Can you grab a cab if you have to go hospital on Shabbat?…ask the rabbi
June 13, 2018 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple answers this question…and others. Read more
Looking for Leah
Global Law is trying to locate a mailing address for the family of Leah Aharon formerly of Byron Bay NSW, who had emigrated to Israel. Read more
A visit to Israel
June 13, 2018 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Follow Melbourne video maker Henry Greener’s visit to Israel… Read more
Finding Margaret: A Holocaust story presented online by SBS
June 13, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In 2016, the Australian artist Anne Zahalka begins the melancholy task of sorting her mother Hedy’s belongings after her death. Read more
1,500-plus South African Jews and Christians learn to counter the BDS movement
June 12, 2018 by JNS
More than 1,500 Jews and Christians attended four pro-Israel events throughout South Africa focused on strengthening the local pro-Israel community and countering BDS and Israel delegitimisation. Read more
Israeli residents, Jewish National Fund respond to Gaza arson by planting trees
June 12, 2018 by JNS
Though new arson fires were started inside Israel along the Gaza border, caused by “terror kites” sent by Palestinians on Friday and Saturday, local residents have already begun replanting in a display of resilience and defiance against terror. Read more
Israel’s opposition leader to visit Sydney
June 12, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Labor Israel Action Committee has officially announced the visit by Israeli Labor’s Parliamentary leader and Israeli Opposition leader Isaac Herzog to Australia early next month. Read more
Foxtrot: a movie review by Hila Tsor
June 12, 2018 by Hila Tsor
I’ve never had a movie make me feel in that same way Foxtrot had. I begun crying 10 minutes into the film, and my tears kept rolling right through till the end. Read more
Another recipient
June 12, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
J-Wire apologises to Professor Sever Sternhell who was awarded the AO in yesterday’s Queen’s birthday honours…and omitted on our list. Read more
NSW new anti-hatred laws
June 12, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Premier of NSW Gladys Berejiklian has told J-Wire that the government has listened to the community before introducing new laws prohibiting threats or incitement of violence against any person on the grounds of race, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex or HIV/AIDS status. Read more
Let’s talk about Jewish day school fees…writes Becci Krispin
I read Rabbi James Kennard’s response to the Gen17 survey results, published in the Melbourne Jewish Report in May 2018, with some disbelief. Read more
Bomb near Tomb of the Patriarchs detonated by police
June 12, 2018 by JNS
A bomb found near the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs in Hebron was detonated by police on Sunday. Read more
Israeli embassy in New Zealand says upcoming UNGA assembly will be one-sided
June 12, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The suggested United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) scheduled to take place tomorrow (Wednesday) concerning the violence on the Gaza Border is one-sided. Read more
DRESDEN by Justin Fleming: J-Wire has giveaways
June 12, 2018 by Arts Editor
“That was the hour it all began!” Read more
Danielle Blain
June 11, 2018 by J-Wire News Service
Our apologies to Perth’s Danielle Blain who was awarded the AM in today’s Queen’s Birthday awards. Read more
A deal for Iran
June 11, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a deal for Iran. Read more
August: Osage County – a theatre review by Hila Tsor
June 11, 2018 by Hila Tsor
Love vs solitude lays at the heart of August: Osage County. Read more
Feintooner
June 11, 2018 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Go fly a kite… Read more
Mama Mia…writes Michael Kuttner
June 11, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
We have just returned from a most relaxing vacation in Lake Garda, Northern Italy…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
The Queen’s Birthday Awards – The 2018 Jewish honorees
June 11, 2018 by J-Wire Staff
An icon in the medical world, already an AO, contracted a fatal disease a few months before he was due to have been awarded Australia’s highest award. This year’s recipients of the Queen’s Birthday awards. Read more
AJA joins Betar at protest
Someone needs to have the courage to speak out! Read more
Menaced by extremists and migrants, European Jews increasingly feel abandoned by governments
June 9, 2018 by Eric Berger - JNS
If Sacha Ghozlan had any doubts about whether there would be more antisemitic attacks in France following the March murder of an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor, he quickly got an answer…writes Eric Berger/JNS. Read more
An evening with the MSO and Thomas Hampson singing Mahler: a music review by Ron Jontof-Hutter
June 9, 2018 by Ron Jontof-Hutter
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presented a more unusual type of program consisting of three tone poems and a song cycle rather than the traditional overture, concerto, symphony format. Read more
German Jewish teen found raped and dead; suspects are Iraqi and Turkish migrants
A teenage German Jewish girl who had been missing since May has been found dead by authorities, with an Iraqi and Turkish migrant suspected to be behind her death. Read more
Palestinians launch kite with explosive along Gaza border amid latest clashes
June 9, 2018 by JNS
More than 10,000 Palestinian rioters have gathered at five locations along the Israeli-Gaza border on Friday in the latest round of clashes. Read more
Dore Gold to deliver Gandel Oration
June 8, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
One of the world’s most respected diplomats and authorities on the Middle-East and international relations will deliver the 35th ADC Gandel Oration in Sydney in Melbourne on August 13 and in Sydney on August 16th. Read more
Israel Football Association and FIFA
The Jewish community in Australia needs to urge the Israeli Football Association to lobby FIFA hard to remove the Palestinians from that organization immediately. Read more
Hobart history online
June 8, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney Jewish Museum awarded ‘Highly Commended’ in two national museum industry awards
June 8, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Sydney Jewish Museum has this week been awarded ‘Highly Commended’ in two coveted industry awards; Museums & Galleries National Awards (MAGNA) and Museums Australasia Multimedia & Publication Design Awards (MAPDA). Read more
Balanced NSW Labor foreign affairs report
June 8, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Labor frontbencher and NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair, Walt Secord today paid tribute to the efforts of the NSW Labor Israel Action Committee (LIAC) saying that they fought to have “one of the most balanced foreign affairs reports” from the NSW Labor party in recent years. Read more
