MH17: B’nai B’rith extends condolences
July 20, 2014 by J-Wire
The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission and B’nai B’rith Australia-NZ have extended their deepest condolences and sympathies to the families and friends of the 29 Australians killed on flight MH17. Read more
Guardian article calls for Alhadeff to step down
July 15, 2014 by J-Wire
An article in “The Guardian” by Joseph Wakim a former commissioner with the NSW Community Relations Commission, has called for Vic Alhadeff, the Commission’s current chair to step down from his position. Read more
Newsflash: Ceasefire
The Israeli Security Cabinet, this morning (Tuesday, 15 July 2014), decided to accept the Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire starting at 09:00 today.
Hamas’s position remains unclear. An Israeli spokesman told J-Wire: “We don’t have ANY information on their position.”
Protective Edge: Official update
July 11, 2014 by J-Wire
Following Wednesday’s Security Cabinet meeting, the following reports have been issued by key Israelie figures: Read more
Your ABC has found the rockets
July 10, 2014 by J-Wire
J-Wire published a report from Honest Reporting earlier today revealing that Australian broadcaster ABC had not mentioned in a news bulletin the total number of rockets launched by Hamas against Israel. Read more
New New Zealand ambassador to Israel
July 10, 2014 by J-Wire
Foreign Minister Murray McCully has announced the appointment of diplomat Jonathan Curr as New Zealand’s new Ambassador to Turkey and regional countries. Read more
Protective Edge
July 10, 2014 by J-Wire
Israel’s Embassy in Canberra has issued a statement indicating that operation Protective Edge will take every care to avoid civilian casualties. Read more
Your ABC is missing a few rockets
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation likes numbers and statistics. It tells us that 20 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes. It tells us that Israel has carried out over 120 strikes. Read more
Israeli police brutality – officer suspended
July 10, 2014 by J-Wire
An Israeli police officer caught on camera exercising excessive force on an American Palestinian youth following a riot in Jerusalem has been suspended from duty. Read more
Farewelling Rabbi Lawrence
Sydney’s the Great Synagogue’s Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence will leave Australia next month. to become spiritual leader of the Finchley community in London…he has been officially farewelled. Read more
Sirens sound in Tel Aviv
July 9, 2014 by J-Wire
As this piece was being prepared for publication, J-Wire’s editor was talking on FaceTime to his son in Tel Aviv when the sirens went off followed by two booms and the conversation resumed from the safe room. Israel’s New Zealand embassy has supplied the latest available information. Read more
Communities and government condemn murder
July 3, 2014 by J-Wire
Members of the Australian Jewish community have condemned the tragic murder of Mohammed Abu Khdair outside Jerusalem…but tension in the area is growing Read more
Israeli cosmetic sellers kicked out of mall
June 27, 2014 by J-Wire
An 82-yr-old woman was escorted to an ATM to withdraw NZ$5000 to buy Dead Sea products from young Israelis working in a shopping mall…the Israelis have been kicked out of the mall. Read more
No appeal for Cyprys
June 25, 2014 by J-Wire
Former Melbourne Yeshiva employee and volunteer David Cyprys has been unsuccessful in seeking leave to appeal his conviction relating to the sexual abuse of children. Read more
A legal business get together…
June 20, 2014 by J-Wire
The Young Jewish Leadership of Melbourne (YJLM) and OnKew joined forces for their second upscale cocktail party for Melbourne young adults, this time aimed at bringing young lawyers and businesspeople together for a social and networking event at the award winning CBD cocktail lounge “The Little Red Pocket”. Read more
WJC condemns social media hate
June 19, 2014 by J-Wire
The World Jewish Congress today denounced the social-media hate campaign, reportedly launched by Hamas supporters, to ridicule the three Israeli youths kidnapped by terrorists last week. Read more
Israeli president-elect Rivlin contrasts sharply with outgoing Peres…writes Alex Traiman
June 18, 2014 by J-Wire
As a well-respected parliamentarian who has served as the government’s Minister of Communications and the speaker of the Knesset, Israeli president-elect MK Reuven “Ruby” Rivlin has the expected profile for his position. But when he takes the reins in July, Rivlin’s strong nationalistic ideology and low-key international presence will provide an immediate contrast to outgoing President Shimon Peres. Read more
Parliamentary Petition – act now
June 18, 2014 by J-Wire
A petition calling for action by the Australian parliament on the abduction of three Israeli teenagers is in place but needs to be acted on IMMEDIATELY. Read more
Israeli technology advances NZ internet capabilities
June 16, 2014 by J-Wire
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, has announced that Wireless Nation, a leading New Zealand, ISP will be deploying Gilat’s SkyEdge II VSATs, powered by Optus’s wholesale satellite services. Read more
…and the scorpion remains the same…writes Ambassador Yosef Livne
One of the most famous fables concerns the scorpion that approaches a frog and asks her to carry him across the pond. When the frog refuses claiming its fear of the scorpion’s sting, its reply was why would I sting you, we would both die. Faced with such logic the frog agrees and the scorpion climbs on its back and off they go. Somewhere in the middle, the scorpion unleashes its venom. The dying frog just asks why, you would also die. It is hard to break a habit, answers the drowning scorpion. Read more
Sydney Cheder prays for missing teenagers
June 15, 2014 by J-Wire
Netanyahu for Australia?
June 12, 2014 by J-Wire
The Israel Trade and Economic Mission has announced in its June newsletter that “the Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, will be in Australia 13-17 July.” Read more
GenNext Photo Gallery
June 12, 2014 by J-Wire
Maybe you were at Sydney’s JCA GenNext event with guest speaker Alisa Camplin-Warner OAM held at JewishCare….check the pix Read more
A Many Splendored Thing…writes Rabbi Laibl Wolf
June 12, 2014 by J-Wire
Love has occupied the minds of thinkers for thousands of years. Ever since the man/woman composite known as Adam split into Man and Woman, the mystery of attraction has defied the microscope of definition and explanation. What does it mean to love truly? Read more
WJC welcomes choice of new president
June 11, 2014 by J-Wire
The head of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald S. Lauder, on Tuesday welcomed the election of Reuven Rivlin as tenth president of the State of Israel. “In electing Reuven Rivlin to succeed Shimon Peres, the Knesset has made an excellent choice. Mr. Rivlin is a man of conviction, and he personifies the values of the Jewish state,” Lauder said in a first reaction. Read more
Ghetto pensions payments granted by German government
The German Parliament (Bundestag) has voted to grant payments retroactive to 1997 to current and future recipients of Social Security for work in ghettos, known by the German acronym of ZRBG or more colloquially as “ghetto pensions.” Read more
Illusions and Delusions…writes Michael Kuttner
June 6, 2014 by J-Wire
Like confidence tricksters who manage to fool multitudes with their snake oil type smooth talk current developments bear an uncanny resemblance to these fraudsters. There is a saying that a fool is born every minute but given what is happening around us at the moment I would venture to suggest that fools are born every second. Read more
Fallible Pontifications…writes Michael Kuttner
May 30, 2014 by J-Wire
The just concluded visit of Pope Francis was always going to be a media spectacle and an opportunity for the Palestinian Arab Authority and its religious leaders to stage pre planned theatricals. Read more
Student body at RMIT
May 29, 2014 by J-Wire
An official Jewish student presence has been established and fully affiliated with the Student Union at RMIT. Read more
Tzedek congratulates Chabad Youth
Child sexual abuse advocacy group Tzedek has congratulated Melbourne’s Chabad Youth on becoming accredited under the Australian Childhood Foundation Safeguarding Children Program. Read more
