Massive response
November 11, 2020 by J-Wire
More than 500 acceptances have been received for tonight’s tribute to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks who passed away last weekend at the age of 72. Read more
More tributes to Rabbi Lord Sacks
November 9, 2020 by J-Wire
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Liberal MP Julian Leeser have added their names to the long list of those who have paid tribute to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sachs who passed away on Saturday at the age of 72. Read more
Nov-15 4:00pm online: 80th Dunera Anniversary event – survival through sculpture
November 6, 2020 by J-Wire
The Dunera Association together with Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue and the Duldig Studio will present a special event to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the arrival in Australia of the Dunera and the Queen Mary. Read more
Nov-22 7:00pm online: Yemen Blues to rock Australia
November 6, 2020 by J-Wire
Yemen Blues will be performing a new show “We Shout Love” – Say No to Racism in a special free online event presented by Emanuel Synagogue and the Israeli Embassy. Read more
Nov-12 8pm Zoom: Democracy in Danger
November 4, 2020 by J-Wire
The New Israel Fund Australia is hosting a digital event with veteran New York Times columnist Roger Cohen and academic and former deputy Knesset speaker Naomi Chazan to delve further into the troubling attacks on democracy and pluralism around the world. Read more
Nov-02 7pm Zoom: Charles Edel on U.S. foreign policy – looking to the past to see the future
November 1, 2020 by J-Wire
NCJWA NSW is delighted to invite you to our first Book Club event since the disruptions of the COVID crisis. Read more
Nov-01 Online 3pm: Mark Leibler in conversation with Philip Bliss
October 28, 2020 by J-Wire
An online event presented by the Council of Christians and Jews. Read more
Nov-21 10:45pm SBS World Movies: The Debt
October 28, 2020 by J-Wire
Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington star in The Debt, the powerful story of Rachel Singer (Mirren), a former Mossad agent who endeavours to capture and bring to trial a notorious Nazi war criminal – the Surgeon of Birkenau – in a secret Israeli mission that ends with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Read more
Nov-18 9:45pm SBS World Movies: The Invisibles
This film tells of a largely unknown chapter of the Jewish resistance during the times of National Socialism. Read more
Nov-18 9:25pm SBS-TV: Strictly Jewish
The Adass Israel community is Australia’s most ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect, striving to maintain their ancient faith in the modern world. Read more
A Press briefing on Israel in the US elections
October 27, 2020 by J-Wire
The Jerusalem Press Club has hosted a webinar with Danny Ayalon. Read more
Ivanka Trump prays at Lubavitcher Rebbe’s grave ahead of election
Ivanka Trump, daughter of and senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, made a late-night visit on Thursday to the Ohel in Queens, N.Y., to pray at the grave of the Lubavitcher Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Read more
NSWJBD at a public hearing
October 26, 2020 by J-Wire
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies attended the Joint Select Committee on the NSW Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Religious Freedoms and Equality) Bill 2020 began its public hearings at Parliament House in Macquarie Street on Friday. Read more
Nov-15 Online: WIZO hosts a conversation with Jason Greenblatt
October 23, 2020 by J-Wire
Jason Greenblatt will be talking with Ron Weiser and ZFA’s Emily Gian. Read more
Nov-09 Wellington: Kristallnacht Commemorative Concert in Wellington
October 22, 2020 by J-Wire
The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand in partnership with Te Kōki, the New Zealand School of Music – Victoria University of Wellington, and supported by the Public Trust Hall and the Adam Foundation has announced its Kristallnacht Commemorative Concert. Read more
Oct-27 8pm: Facebook/Zoom – A conversation with Omar Al Busaidy
October 22, 2020 by J-Wire
The Zionist Council of NSW Zooms and Facebooks a chat between Emirati global shaper Omar al Busaidy and Arsen Ostrovsky. Read more
Nov-07 8:30pm: Online concert – Ladies who sing Leonard
October 22, 2020 by J-Wire
Festival of Jewish Arts and Music (FOJAM) is promoting a special Leonard Cohen anniversary concert online ‘Ladies Who Sing Leonard’. Read more
Oct-29 Zoom: Meet the First Lady of Nails
October 19, 2020 by J-Wire
Melbourne’s Jewish Care invites you to a zoom with Suzi Weiss-Fischmann universally know as the First Lady of Nails. Read more
Nov-07 4:00pm SBS-TV: Jewish GIs of WWII
Jewish GIs of WWII tells the profound and unique story of the 550,000 Jewish men and women who served in World War II. Read more
First-Temple Era 2-Shekalim weight discovered near Western Wall in Jerusalem
October 13, 2020 by J-Wire
An ancient limestone-made weight, dating to the First Temple period, was discovered in an archaeological excavation conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) beneath Wilson’s Arch, right next to the Kotel, Western Wall, and the entrance to the Temple Mount. Read more
Some Jewish attitudes
October 12, 2020 by J-Wire
This article presents brief statements of the Jewish view on some current issues. Read more
The night we had dinner with RBG.
September 25, 2020 by J-Wire
The very sad news that Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died was summed up in an email from a friend in Minneapolis – ‘Cry Our Beloved Country. We have lost our moral compass.’ Read more
An Iran update
September 24, 2020 by J-Wire
Foundation for Defence of Democracies Iran expert Behnam Ben Taleblu, speaking at an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council’s (AIJAC’s) webinar urged Australia to take stronger action to try to bring home Kylie Moore-Gilbert, currently imprisoned in Iran. Read more
RBG and how to save a corrosive political culture
September 23, 2020 by J-Wire
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Sept. 18—the eve of Rosh Hashanah—at the age of 87 was a symbol of female empowerment, as well as a renowned scholar and jurist. Read more
Oct-25 11am Zoom: Lox and Loaded
September 21, 2020 by J-Wire
NSW Labor Israel Action Committee (LIAC) will kick off its “Lox and Loaded” zoom online speaker series next month with Ron Kampeas – the Washington DC bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) wire service. Read more
Zoom: Lox and Loaded
September 21, 2020 by J-Wire
NSW Labor Israel Action Committee (LIAC) will kick off its “Lox and Loaded” zoom online speaker series next month with Ron Kampeas – the Washington DC bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) wire service. Read more
A Rosh Hashanah message from President Rivlin
September 18, 2020 by J-Wire
The President of Israel Reuven Rivlin has videoed a Rosh Hashanah message to world Jewry. Read more
Hell hath no fury like peaceniks upstaged
September 16, 2020 by J-Wire
Israeli protesters gathered on Sunday night along the highway to Ben-Gurion International Airport, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was headed to board a flight to the United States. Read more
Sep-17 Zoom: A special event for Shimon Peres 4th Yahrzeit
September 15, 2020 by J-Wire
The Peres Centre for Peace and Innovation is partnering with a variety of Australian Jewish organizations and bodies for a special event marking the fourth anniversary of Shimon Peres’ passing. Read more
Keep up the pressure
September 15, 2020 by J-Wire
The President of the Zionist Federation of New Zealand Rob Berg cannot believe that Mt Hutt Ski Area and NZ Ski think it is acceptable to name a ski slope and a restaurant after an unrepentant officer of the SS, as well as have a plaque erected to “respect his legacy”. Read more
