The Shabbat Project in Sydney
October 2, 2015 by J-Wire
Last year, more than 15,000 members of Sydney’s Jewish community participated in The Shabbat Project…plans for 2015 have now been finalised. Read more
Chag Sameach
September 27, 2015 by J-Wire
J-Wire wishes its readers Chag Sumach for Sukkot. Normal service will resume on Tuesday evening.
Art: Naked men and women playing tag in a gas chamber
September 20, 2015 by J-Wire
Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has joined the Simon Wiesenthal Center in protesting to Krakow Mayor, Jacek Majcrowski an exhibit named “The Game of Tag” at Krakow’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Read more
Independent ARZA
The Australian Reform Zionist Association, ARZA, has become a totally independent association dedicated to representing the views of Progressive Jewish Zionists in Israel and in Australia. Read more
40 years of Hebrew broadcasting
September 11, 2015 by J-Wire
SBS is celebrating the 40th anniversary of SBS Radio, and 40 years as the voice of multicultural Australia. Read more
Aleph takes issue with Rabbi Telsner
September 3, 2015 by J-Wire
Aleph Melbourne says that the apology published by former Melbourne Yeshivah Rabbi Zvi Telsner “falls short”. Read more
Modern day diplomacy…an address by Australia’s ambassador to Israel
September 1, 2015 by J-Wire
Respecting the Other’s Religious and Cultural Narrative
The 2015 Abraham Conference has been held in Sydney and run on the theme was ‘Respecting the Other’s Religious and Cultural Narrative.’ Read more
WWII-era Jewish café reopens in Shanghai
August 30, 2015 by J-Wire
Australian bridge identity Ron Klinger’s family’s café, a popular spot for Jewish refugees in Shanghai during World War II, has been rebuilt and reopened in the city’s Hongkou district. Read more
Another Opening Another Games
An Australian Maccabi team is currently in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where the participated in the opening ceremony of the JCC Maccabi Games and Artfest. Read more
A message to the Arab community
August 2, 2015 by J-Wire
Following the arson attack on a Palestinian home which claimed the life of 18-month-old Ali Dawabsha in the West Bank village of Duma, President Reuven Rivlin has sent a message to Israel’s Arab community…and the Palestinian people. Read more
Labor’s one-eyed misanthropes
July 28, 2015 by J-Wire
Sam Tatarka, the president of the Zionist Council of Victoria has added to the analyses of the Federal Labor Party’s resolution on the Middle East at its recent conference. Read more
Coming to See Aunt Sophie? Five double passes
July 24, 2015 by J-Wire
This amazing play depicting the wartime endeavours of non-Jewish Polish hero Jan Karski will be performed in Sydney next month and J-Wire has five double passes to give away. Read more
Jarryd Hayne “disappoints”
July 12, 2015 by J-Wire
The CEO of The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies has expressed his disappointment on the posting of tweets by NRL start Jarryd Hayne accusing Jews of killing Jesus. Read more
Funding a Belarus memorial
Internet marketer Ruslan Koganhas resisted an urge to fund a memorial commemorating the members of the Belarus Jewish community who perished in the Holocaust. Read more
Was Israel’s response in the 2014 Gaza War disproportionate?
June 12, 2015 by J-Wire
Days before the release of the United Nations Human Rights Council report on the 2014 Gaza War, the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs has released a 3-minute video that confronts one of the main accusations made against Israel throughout and after the war—that Israel’s response to Gaza’s rocket fire on Israeli civilian population centers was “disproportionate.” Read more
Showing Israeli contributions to medicine and health
The Zionist Council of Victoria will highlight innovative medical advances and research developed in Israel at an exhibition, Israel: MediFUTURE, to be held at Queen’s Hall in Parliament House the 9th-11th of June. Read more
Queen Elizabeth to visit Bergen-Belsen
May 18, 2015 by J-Wire
During her state visit to Germany next month, Queen Elizabeth II is planning to visit Bergen-Belsen.
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NCJWA National Conference
May 13, 2015 by J-Wire
National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (NCJWA) will hold their 30th conference in Sydney, from 31 May to 3 June. Read more
New conversation for B’nai B’rith and ECAJ
May 13, 2015 by J-Wire
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry and B’nai B’rith’s Alfred Dreyfus Anti-Defamation Unit successfully launched their “In Conversation” series in Sydney last week. Read more
Principal spirited away
May 6, 2015 by J-Wire
A Melbourne student is suing the Adass Israel Girls School for negligence following the flight of the school’s former principal who is facing child sex abuse charges. Read more
$25 million to tackle extremism
May 4, 2015 by J-Wire
Young role models will form the core of a plan conceived by the Victorian Government to combat extremism and antisemitism. Read more
Israel to rebuild Nepalese village and Chabad feeds 2000 in a day
May 1, 2015 by J-Wire
Israel has pledged to fully rebuild an entire village in Nepal as part of its long-term relief efforts following the devastating earthquake in that country, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced Thursday. Read more
Nazi flag flown in Queensland on Anzac Day
April 29, 2015 by J-Wire
The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has slammed a Burleigh Waters resident for flying a Nazi flag in his backyard over the Anzac Day Weekend. Read more
ANZAC Day: 38 Australian Jews among the 9,000 who perished
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has sent a message to the country ahead of this year’s 100th anniversary of the tragic loss of lives at Gallipoli. Read more
March of the Living – Live on J-Wire
April 16, 2015 by J-Wire
J-Wire presents a live feed from Auschwitz-Birkenau. Sydney cantor Shimon Farkas will sing El Male Rachamim and leading the Kaddish at the end of the ceremony in Birkenau. Starts 9pm Sydney time. The transmission was also recorded and can be viewed in its entirety. Read more
“BDS isn’t Anti-Semitic” – University forum.
April 11, 2015 by J-Wire
In the wake of the protest during the recent lecture by Colonel Richard Kemp resulting in an investigation under way at the behest of the University of Sydney, university staff have been invited to a forum entitled “Why Boycotting Israel isn’t Anti-Semitic”.
Bialek found
April 9, 2015 by J-Wire
Jessica Bialek has been found. Read more
Bishop heading for Teheran
The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council has commented on the recent interim P5+1 deal which leaves Iran still on target to develop its nuclear facilities. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will visit Iran later this month. Read more
Missing!
A Sydney woman has gone missing in the Sydney suburb of Coogee…and police are concerned for her welfare. Read more
