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
More criticism of Reclaim Australia
April 8, 2015 by J-Wire
The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council and The New Israel Fund have both condemned the religious bigotry recently expressed by Reclaim Australia. Read more
Iran Nuclear deal – Netanyahu not happy
April 3, 2015 by J-Wire
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken to US President Barack Obama and expressed Israel’s strong opposition to the framework agreement with Iran which poses a grave danger to Israel, the region and the world. Read more
Al-Taqwa College asked to explain
April 2, 2015 by J-Wire
Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne has issued a please explain to the principle of Al-Taqwa College, in Melbourne’s outer west. Read more
Jewish Agency at work in the Ukraine
April 1, 2015 by J-Wire
Dozens of Jews from war-torn eastern Ukraine who will be immigrating to Israel in the coming days celebrated the upcoming holiday of Passover at a simulated seder (ritual meal) held at The Jewish Agency for Israel’s refugee center outside the city of Dnepropetrovsk. Read more
Red Rattler: Apology accepted
March 25, 2015 by J-Wire
A Sydney theatre which refused to consider a booking from a Jewish organisation has apologised…and the apology has been accepted. Read more
Hakoah Board has its say
March 19, 2015 by J-Wire
The Hakoah Board has its say about White City… Read more
Hakoah: Balkin responds to Singer
March 18, 2015 by J-Wire
David Balkin representing a group offering an alternative plan for Sydney’s Hakoah Club’s White City site has responded to comments made by David Singer, a Hakoah member for many years…but not a member of its Board. Read more
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: JTAFV has iits say
March 2, 2015 by J-Wire
The Jewish Taskforce Against Family Violence Inc. has commended the courage of those victims who came forward to give evidence at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Read more
A message for Copenhagen
The Australian Jewish community stands with in solidarity with the Jews of Denmark following the attack on a Copenhagen synagogue claiming the life of a Jewish security guard. Read more
The Leader is You…writes Rabbi Laibl Wolf
February 11, 2015 by J-Wire
Leadership today is under attack – and for very good reason. It doesn’t lead. Read more
The one who got away
February 10, 2015 by J-Wire
As a barrister, Kinsgley Davis did not find receiving letters from Government House to be a special event. Read more
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse : Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Australia
February 10, 2015 by J-Wire
The Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Australia – their statement: Read more
