Students march for climate action
November 30, 2018 by Michelle Favero
Over 35 students from Sydney’s Emanuel School marched at the Big School Walkout for Climate Action in Martin Place today. Read more
Boycott Hanukah
November 30, 2018 by Jeremy Rosen
Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott was a protestant land agent in Ireland in the second half of the eighteenth century.
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Can you be concerned for Australia’s environment and also concerned for the safety of Australians?..asks Michael Danby
November 30, 2018 by Michael Danby
My answer is a definite “YES!’ I have deliberately withheld this strong policy attack on the Green Political Party’s weakness on counter-terrorism.
Ultra-Orthodox IDF enlistment at all time high
November 30, 2018 by Yona Schnitzer - TPS
Zohar Rabbinical Organization issues call for immediate extradition of Malka Leifer
November 30, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In a meeting with Dassi Ehrlich, Nicole Meyer and Elly Sapper, three sisters who have accused Malka Leifer of sexual abuse while the three were her students, Rabbi David Stav, Chairman and founder of Tzohar, expressed the organization’s full support for the sisters’ campaign to have Leifer extradited to Australia to stand trial for her alleged crimes. Read more
Joint Jewish-Christian delegation visits Parliament House in Canberra
November 30, 2018 by Emily Gian
The Zionist Federation of Australia has co-hosted a delegation of Jewish and Christian groups for a visit to Canberra and Parliament House.
International amnesia
November 30, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
There are two very important events commemorated in Israel at the end of November which the rest of the world have either deliberately wiped from their collective memory or conveniently decided to distort…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
The lethal error in appeasing Iran
November 30, 2018 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
When the Obama-brokered Iran nuclear deal was signed in 2015, one of the many spurious reasons offered for that agreement was that it would help the supposedly moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani draw the sting of the Islamic regime’s extremism…writes Melanie Phillips/JNS. Read more
New assistance for the disabled and elderly
November 30, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Bar-Ilan University is marking International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Monday by introducing a new technology that facilitates access to buildings, classrooms and restrooms for the physically disabled and the elderly by automatically opening doors for them. Read more
Jordan-Israel peace agenda trumps PLO-UN war agenda
November 30, 2018 by David Singer
Jordan and Israel are becoming enmeshed in a bi-national agenda requiring urgent direct negotiations – which if successfully concluded – could end the 100-years old Jewish-Arab conflict…writes David Singer. Read more
A Chanukah greeting from Walt Secord
November 30, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Walt Secord is the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel Deputy Chair and sends this Chanukah message. Read more
$90,000 grants for Jewish institutions in the seat of Vaucluse
November 29, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Member for Vaucluse, Gabrielle Upton has announced that the Vaucluse Electorate has secured $330,000 for a total of 16 projects through the NSW Government’s 2018 Community Building Partnership Program with $90,000 earmarked for Jewish projects. Read more
White Ribbon Day men’s breakfast at JewishCare
November 29, 2018 by Elana Bowman
Dr Michael Salter’s informative and thought-provoking address at Sydney’s JewishCare White Ribbon Day Men’s Breakfast was greatly appreciated by over 80 attendees. Read more
Rabbi Roberts now senior rabbi at NSTE
November 29, 2018 by Leanne Shelton
Rabbi Nicole Roberts has been installed as Senior Rabbi of Sydney’s North Shore Temple Emanuel (NSTE), becoming the first female Senior Rabbi in Australia. Read more
The art of Eli Zagoria
November 29, 2018 by Eli Rabinowitz
Perth artist Eli Zagoria died in 2013 and an exhibition of his work will run until December 15 at the City of Wanneroo Gallery. Read more
Meet Perth’s newest band: ‘Schtik’
November 29, 2018 by Susana Wills-Johnson
Four graduates from Perth’s Carmel School have jumped straight from WACE exams to forming Perth’s newest band, Schtik. Read more
The deadly threat of far right antisemitism
November 29, 2018 by Julie Nathan
Over the last year or so, far-right groups in Australia, mimicking those in the US, UK and Europe became increasingly open and virulent in expressing hatred of Jews as a group, and increasingly brazen in calling for their murder and genocide. Read more
Jewish Care: enriching lives for 170 years
November 29, 2018 by Kirsten Young
Jewish Care Victoria celebrated its 170-year anniversary by previewing a new hardcover book paying tribute to the history of the organisation. Read more
UIA NSW hosts North Shore briefing with Ohad Hemo
November 29, 2018 by Community newsdesk
UIA NSW hosted over 140 supporters at its North Shore Briefing and 2019 Campaign Launch at North Shore Synagogue recently with guest speaker Ohad Hemo -Correspondent for Palestinian Affairs for Channel 2 News in Israel….a J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
Mount Sinai College Art Show- inspired by artists
November 29, 2018 by Community newsdesk
Mount Sinai College hosted a spectacular Art show last Sunday for parents, family and the community at large. Read more
A roaring success
November 29, 2018 by Michelle Favero
Sydney’s Emanuel School’s primary production of the Lion King Jr was a roaring success. Read more
Rare 9,000 year old stone mask discovered in Hebron hills
November 29, 2018 by Mara Vigevani - TPS
The Leifer saga shleps on
November 29, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
After eleven months the courtroom soap opera-like drama concerning the extradition of Malka Leifer to Australia continues. Read more
The Prime Minister is treating us as morons
November 29, 2018 by Isi Leibler
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu displayed his political savvy by avoiding an election as he outmanoeuvred Naftali Bennett and his Bayit Yehudi party, forcing them to blink after Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman resigned. Read more
The decline of the memory of the Holocaust
November 28, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress is deeply disturbed by the findings of a European-wide CNN poll detailing public sentiment toward Jews. Read more
Leifer still not cleared to face extradition proceedings
November 28, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
What have we learned one month after the Pittsburgh heartbreak?
November 28, 2018 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
When an armed man entered the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighbourhood during Shabbat-morning services on Oct. 27, the carnage that followed sent shock waves through the Jewish world. Read more
The most brutal of killings, those of kids
November 28, 2018 by Martin Sherman - Mida via JNS
On International Children’s Day, Nov. 20, the British-based group Campaign4Truth held an event at Golders Green, commemorating the Israeli children murdered or maimed by Arab terror since 1920. I was asked by the organizers to compose a short message for the event. Read more
UIA WA hosts major donors thank you event with Ohad Hemo
November 28, 2018 by Community newsdesk
UIA WA launched its 2019 Campaign at the Major Donors Thank You Event at ECU Mt Lawley Campus, Perth where over 60 guests heard guest speaker Ohad Hemo, the Correspondent for Palestinian Affairs for Channel 2 News in Israel. Read more
A Chanukah message from Bill Shorten
November 28, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten sends his Chanukah message to the Jewish community on Chanukah… Read more
