Is the Rabbi Being Offered Fair Compensation?
July 21, 2017 by J-Wire
Mr Hochroth refers to an offer of more than one million dollars to the Rabbi but fails to mention that included in this offer are existing current debt obligations to the Rabbi for the following: Read more
Correction: Egypt allocates $2.2 million to restore historic Alexandria synagogue
July 12, 2017 by J-Wire
The original story supplied by a news agency stated that Egypt had allocated US$22 million to restore synagogue. Read more
To Israel and back for one day
July 11, 2017 by J-Wire
Sydney Rabbi Levi Wolff flew to Israel last week in time to officiate at a Barmitzvah and left the next day to return…but the ceremony had a special meaning for him. Read more
South Head congregation’s meeting wants to continue
June 30, 2017 by J-Wire
Around 100 members attended South Head Synagogue’s emergency meeting unanimously agreeing they want to see the shule continue. Read more
Gett forbidden by Australian constitution
An ultra-orthodox Jewish man has failed in the NSW Family Court to force his wife to grant him a Jewish divorce known as a gett. Read more
South Head’s period of serenity
June 28, 2017 by J-Wire
Western Wall: Jewish Agency takes action
June 28, 2017 by J-Wire
Following The Jewish Agency for Israel Board of Governors’ meetings in Jerusalem yesterday Chairman of the Executive Natan Sharansky briefed nearly 200 Jewish Agency shlichim(emissaries) posted around the world updating them on the recent developments on the Government of Israel’s suspension of the Western Wall agreement and its approval of the conversion bill. Read more
South Head Synagogue: the rabbi is back in his pulpit
June 26, 2017 by J-Wire
Rabbi Benzion Milecki remains as the spiritual head of Sydney’s South Head Synagogue after the Supreme Court of NSW ruled that his termination was void. Read more
NZ Jewry outraged
The New Zealand Jewish Council is saddened and outraged by the desecration of ANZAC graves at Beersheba Cemetery in Israel. Read more
South Head: rabbi’s termination void
June 22, 2017 by J-Wire
A judge in the Supreme Court in Sydney has ruled the termination of Rabbi Benzion Milecki’s contract by the administrator of the South Head Synagogue is void. Read more
Win a startup trip to Israel
June 19, 2017 by J-Wire
NSW fintech and cyber security startups are invited to a free event tonight to find out how to apply to win a career-igniting trip to the world’s innovation capital of Israel as part of a joint NSW Government and Austrade program. Read more
Kids Circle to hold holiday camp at North Shore Temple Emanuel
June 13, 2017 by J-Wire
Sydney’s Kids Circle has lined up another attractive and varied School Holiday Program for July including visits from Australia’s leading food rescue organisation, OzHarvest, Le Cordon Bleu Qualified Chef and owner of Jon-Patrick Catering Company, Gene Cameron, and co-author of “A Fearsome Beast and a Dumpling Feast”, Yves Stening. Read more
Schizophrenic: An American Zionist in Israel
I was disappointed and distressed that J-Wire should publish Gideon Ben-Zvi’s otherwise excellent article under the above headline. The use of the word Schizophrenic, both in the headline and in the text of the article, reinforces the misconception that schizophrenia is equivalent to split personality. Read more
Farewell to Wagner and Hello to Kindertransport
May 26, 2017 by J-Wire
Annie Byron has been acting in Sydney since the early 1970s but this year will the first in which she will have performed in two productions with strong Jewish themes. Read more
Trump and Bibi: Feintooner cartoon
May 24, 2017 by J-Wire
Feintooner on President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read more
Yom Yerushalayim
May 24, 2017 by J-Wire
Jerusalem Day 2017 commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the city’s unification during the Six Day War. Read more
Kol HaKavod
May 23, 2017 by J-Wire
I refer to a letter by Shaun Segal in the Australian Jewish News last Friday 19 May,2017. Dr Segal writes Kol HaKavod to the Board and finance committee of South Head Synagogue but I must question for what is the Kol HaKavod? Read more
Dr Tony Abbott
May 21, 2017 by J-Wire
Former Liberal Prime Minister Tony Abbott has received an honorary doctorate from Tel Aviv University. Read more
Sexual abuse survivors funds welcomed by ECAJ
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has welcomed the announcement in the Federal budget that $33.4 million will be allocated to establish a national redress scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse that occurred in Commonwealth institutions. Read more
East Perth Jewish Memorial Cemetery Rededication
May 11, 2017 by J-Wire
The Jewish Historical and Genealogical Society of Western Australia seeks the descendants and relatives of the deceased listed below, to attend a rededication ceremony to be performed by Rabbi Dovid Freilich of the Perth Hebrew Congregation (PHC). Read more
Game Changers
May 11, 2017 by J-Wire
B’nai B’rith Alfred Dreyfus Unit and JNF Australia are calling for nominations for the fifth annual Game Changers – Youth & Young Adult Achievement Awards which recognise the efforts of young people helping to make the world a better place. Read more
New potential donors…including popular rabbi
May 9, 2017 by J-Wire
25 people celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut at Sydney’s Moriah campus become potential blood stem cell donors to save the lives of Jews diagnosed with blood cancer. Read more
Denial: Melbourne barrister Amanda Meddes Da Costa explains
May 4, 2017 by J-Wire
Over 100 people packed Cinema 4 at the Classic in Melbourne’s Elsternwick to hear Melbourne Barrister Amanda Mendes da Costa preview the critically acclaimed BBC film “Denial”. Read more
Kosher pop up restaurant for theatre production
April 27, 2017 by J-Wire
Following the huge success of the kosher pop up restaurant at the 2016 Sydney production, MY NAME IS ASHER LEV, preparations are underway to bring back the restaurant for this year’s season. Read more
ZFA sends a message for Yom Ha’amaut
April 24, 2017 by J-Wire
The president of the Zionist Federation of Australia Dr Danny Lamm sends a message to Australia’s Jewish community for Yom Ha’atzmaut. Read more
Jewish girl record-breaking power-lifter
In the testosterone-fuelled sport of power-lifting, the last person one expects to see is a slight Orthodox Jewish girl. Since she began competitively lifting at the age of eight, under the coaching of her father, Naomi “Supergirl” Kutin has consistently shocked spectators and lifters alike, lifting nearly three times her bodyweight and breaking one record after another. Read more
New Israeli ambassador to Australia
April 14, 2017 by J-Wire
London-born Mark Sofer is to become Israel’s ambassador to Australia current following Ambassador Shmuel Ben-Shmuel’s completion of his posting to Canberra. Read more
Luke Foley sends Pesach greetings
NSW Leader of the opposition Luke Foley has sent greetings to the Jewish community. Read more
Suspected chemical attack in Syria kills at least 68, including 11 children
A suspected gas attack, carried out by either Syria’s government or Russian jets, killed at least 68 people—including 11 children—in the Syrian province of Idlib. Read more
…and a Pesach message from Bill Shorten
March 31, 2017 by J-Wire
Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten sends a Pesach message.. Read more
