WWI Australians honoured in Israel
October 12, 2022 by J-Wire
The heroic efforts of the Australian Light Horsemen were acknowledged at the Battle of Semakh Commemoration recently at the historic Semakh Railway Station. Read more
Nov-2 11:20pm SBS World Movies: The Counterfeiters
October 12, 2022 by J-Wire
Salomon ‘Sally’ Sorowitsch is an expert Jewish counterfeiter, enjoying the good life until he’s sent to the Mauthausen concentration camp. Read more
Nov-3 8:30pm SBS World Movies: Waiting for Anya
October 12, 2022 by J-Wire
Based on the book by world-renowned author Michael Morpurgo, Waiting For Anya tells the powerful and true story of a young shepherd and a reclusive widow who work together to smuggle Jewish children across the southern border of France into Spain during the horrors of World War Two. Read more
Nov-3 10:30pm SBS-World Movies: Into the Arms of Strangers
October 12, 2022 by J-Wire
For nine months prior to World War II, Britain conducted an extraordinary rescue mission, opening its doors to over 10,000 Jewish and other children from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. Read more
Oct-23 Sydney: Jewish speed dating event
October 9, 2022 by J-Wire
Sydney’s Dover Heights Shule will be the venue for Debbie Katz’s next speed dating event. Read more
Send a message against racism – join the Harmony Walk
October 7, 2022 by J-Wire
Four Sydney Councils – Randwick, Waverley, Bayside & Woollahra will join Multicultural NSW in supporting the anti-racist Harmony walk being held on 16 October. Read more
Fight for the common good
October 7, 2022 by J-Wire
Prime Minister Yair Lapid yesterday addressed the memorial ceremony for IDF soldiers who fell in the Yom Kippur War. Read more
Oct-29 5:10pm SBS-World Movies: Between Worlds
October 6, 2022 by J-Wire
25-year-old Oliel lies severely injured and unconscious in hospital after a terror attack in Jerusalem. Read more
Oct-27 9:55pm SBS-World Movies: The Physician
October 6, 2022 by J-Wire
In Persia in the 11th Century, a surgeon’s apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians. Read more
Novak Djokovic wins Tel Aviv tournament for 89th title
October 4, 2022 by J-Wire
Novak Djokovic won his third trophy of 2022 and the 89th of his career at the Aviv Watergen Open on Sunday, defeating Marin Cilic in straight sets. Read more
Oct-20 10:10am SBS-World Movies: September of Shiraz
September 28, 2022 by J-Wire
This is the story, based on true events, of a secular Jewish family caught up in the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979 – and their heroic journey to overcome and ultimately escape from the deadly tyranny that swept their country and threatened to extinguish their lives at every turn. Read more
Oct-22 11:15pm SBS: Marshall
September 28, 2022 by J-Wire
In the year 1941, as the nation teeters on the brink of entering WWII, a nearly bankrupt NAACP sends its only lawyer, thirty-two-year-old Thurgood Marshall, to conservative Connecticut to defend a black chauffeur against charges of rape and attempted murder brought by his wealthy socialite employer.
Israel’s leaders wish Jewish communities worldwide a Happy Rosh HaShanah 5783
September 25, 2022 by J-Wire
Global Rosh Hashanah messages to worldwide Jewry. VIDEO Read more
Former Sydneysiders representing Israel in Lifesaving World Championships
September 23, 2022 by J-Wire
Israeli are competing for the first time in the ILS Lifesaving World Championships currently being held in Riccione in Italy. Read more
Oct-08 4:55pm SBS-World Movies: The Scarlet and the Black
September 15, 2022 by J-Wire
Based on the humanitarian works of Irish-born Vatican priest Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, who saved thousands of escaped prisoners of war, Jews and Italian Resistance families in occupied Rome during the World War Two, by hiding them in the church. Read more
Oct-06 12:50pm SBS-Viceland: Black Lives Matter – Israel
September 15, 2022 by J-Wire
The murder of Ethiopian Israeli teen Solomon Teka by an off-duty police officer sparks outrage. Ethiopian Jews confront issues of identity and racism in the fight for justice.
In sickness and in health, Israel’s medical technology companies are here for you
September 14, 2022 by J-Wire
The entrepreneurial ecosystem in Israel creates opportunities for start-ups to become advanced, commercially viable, and promising businesses. Read more
Iran TV: Queen Elizabeth on same level as Hitler, her death is ‘good news’
September 13, 2022 by J-Wire
Following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, a special on Iranian Channel 1 was broadcast on Friday. Read more
Armageddon Time to open JIFF
September 11, 2022 by J-Wire
This year’s Jewish International Film Festival will open with the Australian premiere of Armageddon Time, starring Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong, headlining the biggest JIFF festival to date. Read more
President Herzog visits Bergen-Belsen
September 7, 2022 by J-Wire
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has visited the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Read more
Australian Senate hears about “pay for slay”
September 7, 2022 by J-Wire
NSW Senator Hollie Hughes has addressed the federal parliament describing her visit to Ramallah, seat of the Palestinian administration and what shocked her. Read more
Sep-11 5:35pm SBS-TV: Secretsof theImperial War Museum
August 25, 2022 by J-Wire
At IWM’s flagship site in Lambeth Road, team of curators, conservators and contractors are racing to complete an ambitious set of new galleries dedicated to telling the story of the Second World War and the Holocaust in a new way
Israel grants another 1,500 work permits to Gazan Arabs
August 21, 2022 by J-Wire
Israel has decided to expand the quota of workers coming to work in the country from the Gaza Strip by an additional 1,500. Read more
FIFA World Cup hospitality website excludes Israel, lists ‘Palestine’ instead
August 19, 2022 by J-Wire
The FIFA World Cup, which is set to take place in Qatar from Nov. 21 through Dec. 18, has a website that offers the public help in purchasing hospitality packages, but Israelis looking for their country were originally given the sole option of “Palestinian Territories, Occupied” rather than “Israel.” Read more
Aug-21 5:30pm SBS-TV: Hell on Earth – WWII
August 18, 2022 by J-Wire
Summer 1942 to Spring 1943. The war enters its third year with battlefields in Eastern Europe, North Africa and the Asia/Pacific. Read more
Sep-03 4:15pm SBS-World Movies: Between Worlds
August 18, 2022 by J-Wire
25-year-old Oliel lies severely injured and unconscious in hospital after a terror attack in Jerusalem. Read more
Sep-05 7:30pm SBS-World Movies: Bee Season
August 18, 2022 by J-Wire
In the Naumann household, 11-year-old Eliza (Flora Cross) feels she has little to offer in a family of overachievers. Read more
Sep-04 2:25pm SBS-Viceland: Secrets of Our Cities
August 18, 2022 by J-Wire
Greig Pickhaver travels to the iconic and glamorous beachside suburb of Bondi, Sydney. Read more
Adelaide Holocaust Centre vandalised
August 17, 2022 by J-Wire
An active neo-Nazi group is believed to behind the latest vandalising of the Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Andrew Steiner Centre complex. Read more
Sydney Jewish dayschool’s registration cancelled
August 16, 2022 by J-Wire
The Civil and Administrative Tribunal meeting in Sydney confirmed that the registration of the Yeshiva College, Bondi is not to be renewed and that it is now cancelled. Read more
