Advocate speakers represent four major human rights issues in Australia
June 21, 2018 by Community newsdesk
The Sydney Jewish Museum has hosted an engaging and dynamic panel of speakers, who explored four major human rights issues facing Australia today. Read more
Posh Shoppe gives $550,000 to special needs
June 21, 2018 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Melbourne’s The Posh Opp Shoppe recently handed over a cheque for $550,000 to Jewish Day Schools and permanently supporting the Melbourne Jewish Children’s Aid Society. Read more
Foxtrot: Double passes for lucky readers
June 21, 2018 by Arts Editor
Michael and Dafna are devastated when Israeli army officials show up at their home to announce the death of their son Jonathan. Read more
Netanyahu, Danon praise US decision to leave UNHRC
June 20, 2018 by Mara Vigevani - TPS
Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has thanked the Trump administration for the decision to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), saying the world body had “betrayed its mission of protecting human rights”. Read more
Australia not happy with US decision to quit UNHRC
June 20, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australia is disappointed by the decision of the United States to resign from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Read more
Citing ‘chronic bias against Israel’ the US quits the UN Human Rights Council
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced on Tuesday that the U.S. is pulling out of the U.N. Human Rights Council, citing the world body’s “chronic” bias against Israel as one of the primary factors for the withdrawal. Read more
Meet Brad Klibansky
June 20, 2018 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Brad Klibansky, Funeral Director at Melbourne’s Tobin Brothers Jewish Funerals tells Henry Greener about the new initiative undertaken by his firm. Read more
Jewish Life in Germany
June 20, 2018 by Danielle Kamien
Melbourne’s Jewish Holocaust Centre is to present a new exhibition: ‘Jewish Life in Germany Today’. Read more
A motion to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to move the Australia embassy there
June 19, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Senator Fraser Anning (Qld) last night filed a Notice of Motion with the Clerk of the Senate to the effect that Australia will recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move our embassy to the western side of Jerusalem…the motion was defeated in the senate today by 50-4. Read more
Australia takes a seat at the United Nations Human Right Council
June 19, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australia’s second session as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) commences in Geneva today. Read more
Wonder Women of Israel
June 19, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Jewish Interactive (Ji) is an Educational Technology non-profit committed to providing quality, accessible and affordable content that inspires Jewish children to connect to their Jewish identity, wherever they are. Read more
Anne-Sophie Mutter with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra: a music review by Victor Grynberg
June 19, 2018 by Victor Grynberg
On her third visit in just six years, arguably the world’s leading violinist, Anne-Sophie Mutter clearly wanted to share her ability with a delighted Sydney audience. Read more
Annual Jewish and Catholic Friendship Dinner explores youth issues
June 19, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) and the Ecumenical and Interfaith Commission (EIC) of the Archdiocese of the Catholic Church have co-hosted the fourteenth Jewish and Catholic Friendship Dinner at the Catholic Leadership Centre. Read more
Prince William itinerary refers to Old City of Jerusalem as ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’
June 19, 2018 by JNS
The itinerary of Britain’s Prince William in his visit to Israel will include a visit to the Old City of Jerusalem, which the document refers to as “Occupied Palestinian Territories,” a characterisation that set off criticism in Israel. Read more
British blogger gets prison sentence for antisemitic posts and Holocaust denial
June 19, 2018 by Yossi Lempkowicz - JNS
A British blogger, who was found guilty of broadcasting antisemitic songs on YouTube and of waging a Holocaust denial campaign, has been convicted and given a two-year suspended prison sentence. She has also been banned from posting anything on social media for 12 months. Read more
British demand that UN Human Rights Council end its anti-Israel bias
June 19, 2018 by JNS
The United Kingdom called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to ends its long-standing bias against Israel and drop the controversial agenda item singling out the Jewish state. Read more
Will recognising Israeli sovereignty in the Golan Heights be the next move for Trump?
June 19, 2018 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
Rep. Ron DeSantis’s proposal to the Congressional Committee on Foreign Affairs that the United States recognise Israeli sovereignty in the Golan Heights has been shelved for the foreseeable future…writes Israel Kasnett/JNS. Read more
Israel’s hosting and participation in 2019 Eurovision faces uncertain future
June 19, 2018 by Yona Schnitzer - TPS
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit, Culture Minister Miri Regev and Communications Minister Ayoub Kara on Monday, following reports that the European Broadcasting Union could move the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest from Israel to Austria. Read more
Disgraced former Israeli minister Gonen Segev charged with spying for Iran
Former Minister of Energy and Infrastructure and MK Gonen Segev was arrested last month by the Israel Security Agency and indicted on charges of aiding the enemy in time of war and espionage against the State of Israel, the Shin Bet revealed yesterday. Read more
An Australian-first for business-savvy students
June 18, 2018 by Amy Jones
Two Year 12 students from Sydney’s Moriah College have been selected to launch first entrepreneurship program of its kind in Australia. Read more
Feintooner
June 18, 2018 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Chain Reaction. Read more
Beth Rivkah’s Spigler Family Wing officially opened
June 18, 2018 by Lisa Frenkel
The official opening of the new Beth Rivkah Primary building – The Spigler Family Wing – was an interactive delight of STEM demonstrations, coupled with a warm welcome to mark the occasion. Read more
NIF: ‘We can support Israel and work to end the occupation’
June 18, 2018 by Sharon Berger
The New Israel Fund (NIF) Australia hosted the successful Melbourne and Sydney book launches of Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation last week. Read more
Is religion one of the world’s problems?…ask the rabbi
June 18, 2018 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple served for 32 years as the chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, Australia’s oldest and most prestigious congregation. and now lives in Jerusalem. He proffers his answer… Read more
ZFNZ critical of NZ’s stance on Israel
June 18, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Zionist Federation of New Zealand has issued a statement saying New Zealand believes that Israel should allow Israelis be killed proportionately to satisfy the international community. Read more
Students politically incorrect party “indefensible”
June 17, 2018 by J-Wire
Jewish community leaders have slammed post-exam partygoers who used a politically incorrect theme to dress us members of Klu Klux clan, Holocaust victims, a black-face person and a moustached Nazi in uniform. Read more
Trump, Kim and the ‘good citizen’
June 17, 2018 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
One of the many memorable scenes in “The Lives of Others”—an exemplary German movie whose plot centers on the Stasi secret police in the late, unlamented German Democratic Republic—involves the indiscreet telling of a joke about Erich Honecker, the Soviet puppet who served as the GDR’s head of state…writes Ben Cohen/JNS. Read more
US threatens to withdraw from UN Human Rights Council over anti-Israel bias
June 17, 2018 by JNS
The United States is close to withdrawing from the U.N. Human Rights Council after talks to reform the Council have failed to meet Washington’s demands. Read more
Anti-Semitism at the United Nations can’t go ignored
June 17, 2018 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
It was just another day at the office for U.N. officials. As it has done innumerable times in the last 50 years, on June 12, the General Assembly devoted an entire day of debate, procedural wrangling and voting to an effort to condemn Israel. As was the case with almost every previous effort of this kind, it succeeded…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more
3 Australian innovators selected to attend prestigious global summit in Jerusalem
June 16, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Melbourne natives Dean Cohen, Eyal Halamish and Bradley Smorgon have been selected to join over 150 of the Jewish world’s leading young innovators from 29 countries who will convene in Jerusalem this month to connect with other change makers, gain new skills, and find renewed inspiration at the 2018 ROI Summit. Read more
