Pesach in Sydney
April 22, 2016 by J-Wire
NSW Liberal politician David Clarke has once again bought the chometz from Sydney Yeshiva’s Rabbi Pinchus Feldman…and a 12-yr-old boy has delivered a siyum. Read more
Australian chosen for prestigious leadership program
The US-based Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation has selected 29 outstanding Jewish professional and volunteer leaders from around the world for the second cohort of the Schusterman Fellowship including Australia’s Brandon Srot. Read more
Labor’s plans for security upgrade in Melbourne
April 20, 2016 by J-Wire
A Shorten Labor Government will match the Victorian Government’s commitment to provide $500,000 for major security upgrades to the Beth Weizmann Community Centre in Melbourne. Read more
J-Safe launches in Melbourne
April 19, 2016 by J-Wire
Melbourne businessman Avi Yemini who runs self defence school IDF Training is behind a new Facebook page designed to protect the Jewish community in the city’s south-east. Read more
Of dingoes and wolves
Technion Australia through TSA Environmental Research Ltd (TSAERL) is funding groundbreaking research into apex predators…dingoes in Australia and wolves in Israel. Read more
Farewell Barry
April 11, 2016 by J-Wire
Barry Joseph was farewelled in Sydney last week following 15 years’ service as executive director of the Australian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Read more
The birth of the Maccabiah
March 29, 2016 by J-Wire
As the wheels organising next year’s 20th Maccabiah start gathering speed, Maccabi members around the globe remember today’s 84th anniversary of the very first Games. Read more
Rabbi MC’s Greek event
March 21, 2016 by J-Wire
An orthodox rabbi was the Master of Ceremonies at an event in the NSW Parliament celebrating Greece’s Independence Day. Read more
Defending the ALP
March 17, 2016 by J-Wire
Liberal candidate for Melbourne Ports Owen Guest’s letter to the Australian Jewish News attacked the ALP’s position on Israel. You can always tell who the Liberal candidate for Melbourne Ports is when they suddenly start to take an interest in taking partisan potshots on Israel in an election year…. Read more
Nothing to do with Elbit
The Australia Israel Labor Dialogue has challenged any notion that it is funded by an Israeli arms manufacturer. Read more
Harry Triguboff’s second barmitzvah
March 8, 2016 by J-Wire
Over 700 guests packed Sydney’s Westin Hotel ballroom to celebrate Meriton chief’s Harry Triguboff’s second barmitzvah. Read more
Writers’ Festival giveaway
February 18, 2016 by J-Wire
J-Wire has a free double pass for next Thursday’s conversation in Sydney with Simon Sebag Montefiore, the author of “Jerusalem – The Biography”. Read more
NSW Labor calls for Hebrew as a second language
A State Labor Government will expand the teaching of modern Hebrew in eastern and northern Sydney suburbs with significant Jewish populations – as part of its second language in primary schools’ plan. Read more
Jewish Care, The Age: victim speaks
February 12, 2016 by J-Wire
The ongoing story of the stoush between Melbourne’s Jewish Care and local newspaper The Age has taken a new twist with child sexual abuse Manny Waks posting a statement from a victim whose identity has allegedly been compromised. Read more
Melbourne Yeshivah and Jewish Care cease arrangement
February 12, 2016 by J-Wire
Melbourne’s Jewish Care’s participation in a scheme with the Yeshivah Centre supporting victims of child sexual abuse will cease to exist from next Tuesday. Read more
Who holds the power?
February 9, 2016 by J-Wire
Child sexual abuse advocate Manny Waks has blogged that the proposed change in authority at the Melbourne’s Yeshivah Centre in Melbourne, “has been vetoed by the organisation that apparently has always had ultimate power, authority and responsibility: Chabad Headquarters based in Brooklyn, New York.” Read more
Bishop responds to Danby attack
Member for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby has slammed the decision by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to table a suspension of Australian sanctions against Iran…but the Minister has said that Australia looks to Iran to meet its commitments. Read more
B’nai B’rith say French move may inhibit peace talks
France’s announcement that it will recognise a “Palestinian State” if there is no progress soon in peace talks for a two-state solution prejudges the issue and will more than likely inhibit the pace of talks, rather than facilitate peace negotiations say Australia’s Anti-Defamation Commission and B’nai B’rith International. Read more
ARZA joins call to counter extreme right-wing groups in Israel
January 6, 2016 by J-Wire
Recent events in Israel have led to ARZA, the organisation representing Progressive Zionists in Australia, to join a campaign led by its world body ARZENU to call on the Government of Israel to take immediate and strong action against extreme right-wing groups, and for Zionist groups around the world to condemn their acts of terrorism and hate-mongering. Read more
Record Ulpan group
December 2, 2015 by J-Wire
2015 has seen an incredible 97% participant rate by Melbourne’s Mount Scopus College Year 10 students in the optional Ulpan program. Read more
Ukranian Jews discussed in Melbourne
December 2, 2015 by J-Wire
The inaugural Australia-Ukraine Bilateral Relations Forum has been held in Melbourne and included a discussion on the role of the Jewish community in modern Ukraine Read more
Winner of UIA Roots Project
December 1, 2015 by J-Wire
Joel Ehrlich is the winner of the UIA NSW’s 2014 Roots Project. Read more
Putting your best foot forward
November 19, 2015 by J-Wire
Melbourne’s YoungUIA Women’s Division will run a workshop next month titled “Upskill Yourself: How to put your best foot forward.” Read more
Mitzvah Day: One week to go
November 6, 2015 by J-Wire
As part of the world wide Mitzvah Day initiative, Melbourne’s Emmy Monash together with partner organisations, Central Shule Chabad, Mount Scopus College (SFPS) and other volunteer members within the Jewish Community are planning a special community event honouring the Mitzvah Day motto “doing good deeds to meet community needs”. Read more
Golden Circle no longer guaranteed kosher claim not ratified
Kosher Australia says Australia’s most popular range of fruit juices and canned fruits will disappear from Kosher food shelves…ut the company says no decision has been made to stop Kosher certification. Read more
Israeli NGOs to disclose foreign funding
November 3, 2015 by J-Wire
Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked is sponsoring a new bill that would force nongovernmental organisations to disclose foreign funding sources if they make up more than half their budgets. Read more
Rivlin visits Theriesenstadt
October 23, 2015 by J-Wire
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has visited the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp, accompanied by President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman. Read more
B’nai B’rith slams Roger Waters
October 14, 2015 by J-Wire
Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has denounced a letter penned by former Pink Floyd singer Roger Waters to Bon Jovi slamming the band for refusing to join his cultural boycott of Israel and going ahead with their concert in Tel Aviv. Read more
Threat to Jewish day schools
October 14, 2015 by J-Wire
Pink hope
October 13, 2015 by J-Wire
A counsellor specialising in breast cancer consulted by movie icon Angelina Jolie will be the guest speaker at this year’s Pink Monday Tea in Sydney. Read more
