Israel’s oldest social services organisation prepares for refugees from Ukraine
March 7, 2022 by J-Wire
Israel’s Aliyah (immigration to Israel) and social organizations are preparing for the thousands of Jewish refugees who are expected to arrive in Israel and make Aliyah in the coming weeks, fleeing Russia’s invasion of their former home. Read more
Hakoah on its mark, get set
March 2, 2022 by J-Wire
The AGM for Hakoah which is about to embark on building a super centre for Sydney’s Jewish community has learned that days of planning are almost behind Hakoah and the days of construction are on their way. Read more
Mar-07 7:30pm Zoom: A discussion with Yuval Rotem
March 2, 2022 by J-Wire
Mar-15 8:00pm SBS-TV: Great British Railway Journeys
March 2, 2022 by J-Wire
Michael continues his travels through England’s Home Counties, beginning this time in Buckinghamshire at Stoke Mandeville, where he discovers the legacy of a German Jewish doctor who fled the Nazis to settle in Britain.
Feb-27 8pm AEST Zoom: All you need to know about Israel Apartheid Week
February 24, 2022 by J-Wire
A very powerful Zoom event which Rolene Marks, World WIZO Head of Public Diplomacy and Hasbara will present. Read more
David Emanuel: a fighter to the end
Well-loved David Emanuel was capped nine times as a Wallaby representing Australia in Rugby Union. On Monday, he passed away in Sydney at the age of 87 after a nine-month-long battle with cancer. Read more
Mar-07 9:45pm SBS-World Movies: Asia
February 18, 2022 by J-Wire
Asia’s motherhood has always been an ongoing struggle rather than an obvious instinct. Read more
Feb-28 7:30pm SBS-World Movies: This Must be the Place
February 13, 2022 by J-Wire
Cheyenne (Sean Penn), a wealthy former rock star, now bored in his retirement in Ireland embarks on a quest to find his father’s persecutor, an ex-Nazi war criminal now hiding out in the U.S. Read more
Feb-28 5:40pm SBS-World Movies: The Crossing
February 13, 2022 by J-Wire
December 1942. Following their parents’ arrest for being part of the Norwegian resistance movement during the war, young siblings Gerda and Otto are left on their own. Read more
Feb-27 7:30am Melbourne: Cycling from the heart
February 13, 2022 by J-Wire
Join the Rambam ride to raise awareness for sudden heart failure Read more
Feb-20 10:05 pm SBS-TV: Every Family Has a Secret
Ellis Treleaven always believed she had been born in Amsterdam towards the end of WWII. Read more
Launch of Neishlos Foundation marks new generation inJewish philanthropy
January 28, 2022 by J-Wire
Australian-Israeli entrepreneur and philanthropist, Eitan Neishlos, has launched a new philanthropic foundation, the Neishlos Foundation. Read more
Arafat cartoon exhibit angers PA street
January 27, 2022 by J-Wire
An exhibition of cartoons opened by Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh at the Arafat Museum in Ramallah is stirring the Palestinian street. Read more
Jan-30 8-50pm SBS-TV: Auschwitz One Day
January 26, 2022 by J-Wire
This documentary tells the story of a typical day in 1944 in the ‘death factory’ at Auschwitz from the viewpoint of victims – but it also allows insights into the mindset of the perpetrators.
The film is based on a unique document which is kept in the Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Center Yad Vashem.
Feb-01 4:05pm SBS-TV: Michael Mosley – Queen Victoria’s Slum
January 26, 2022 by J-Wire
Things go from bad to worse as Britain is gripped by an economic depression in the early 1880s. Read more
Jan-30 6:55pm SBS-World Movies: Abe
January 26, 2022 by J-Wire
Twelve-year-old Abe is an aspiring chef from Brooklyn who wants his cooking to bring people together – but his half-Israeli, half-Palestinian family has never had a meal that didn’t end in a fight. Read more
UN approves Israeli resolution combating Holocaust denial
January 21, 2022 by J-Wire
The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday adopted an Israeli-sponsored resolution that condemns denial and distortion of the Holocaust. Read more
Palestinian family evicted in Jerusalem
Israeli police have evicted a Palestinian family from their home in the flashpoint East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, demolishing the dwelling in a case that has drawn international attention. Read more
Appearing at the Australian Open
January 16, 2022 by J-Wire
Some names to follow as the 2022 Australian Open tennis championships start tomorrow in Melbourne. Read more
Jan-30 12:35am SBS-World Movies: Sobibor
January 5, 2022 by J-Wire
This film tells the story of the heroism of Soviet officer Alexander Pechersky. Read more
Jan-29 8:30pm SBS – World Movies: Septembers of Shiraz
January 5, 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
Jan-08 10:50am SBS World Movies: Fanny’s Journey
January 5, 2022 by J-Wire
After being separated from her parents, Fanny, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, and a group of eight children attempt to escape from Nazi-occupied France. Read more
The Nazis Knew My Name: a remarkable story of survival and courage in Auschwitz
January 5, 2022 by J-Wire
This book is about Magda Hellinger. It is an amalgam of materials both from writings and stories shared by Magda as well as those she recounted through the oral histories programs of both Melbourne’s Jewish Holocaust Centre and the Visual History Foundation [often described as the Spielberg project]. Read more
Can it get worse?
December 31, 2021 by J-Wire
As we teeter on the edge of a new civil year the question on most people’s minds is whether 2022 will be worse than 2021. Read more
Desmond Tutu and the Jews
Archbishop Desmond Tutu who has just died, was a Nobel Prize winner, a hero of the anti-apartheid movement. Read more
Christian leaders play anti-Israel political games in Jerusalem
December 27, 2021 by J-Wire
The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem (Christian Leaders) request for urgent dialogue with “Israel, Palestine and Jordan” on protecting the Christian community in Jerusalem and the integrity of the Christian Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem – is an anti-Israel political ploy that should be rejected by Israel. Read more
Aussie-born Israeli gives priceless gifts to African nations
December 24, 2021 by J-Wire
While many Australians are heading to department stores, engaging in online shopping, or trying to purchase that unique gift, Aussie-born Israeli Achi Kuchnir is giving one of the greatest gifts: the gift of time and expertise to some of the poorest communities in Africa. Read more
Dec-16 8pm AEST Zoom: Damon Galgut on zoom with the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival
December 13, 2021 by J-Wire
Acclaimed South African playwright and novelist, Damon Galgut, will be on Zoom in conversation with Joanne Fedler on Thursday. Read more
Improving online discourse starts with all of us
December 8, 2021 by J-Wire
Tell me, what on earth is going on with us? How did our discourse become so inflammatory, extreme and unrestrained? How have social-media platforms become an arena where seemingly everything goes, where anyone and anything can be dragged through the mud, humiliated, scorned—where any adversary, or just someone with a differing opinion, can be treated as an enemy? Read more
Australian Olim in the Arava
November 29, 2021 by J-Wire
The inaugural Olim L’Arava day took place recently where the Arava Australia Partnership and the Zionist Federation of Australia’s (ZFA) Israel Office hosted more than 60 Australian Olim in the Arava to experience and taste what the incredibly unique Partnership region has to offer. Read more
