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
His Holiness at Yad Vashem and with President Shimon Peres
May 27, 2014 by J-Wire
The Pope has visited Yad Vashem and the home of President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem during his visit to the Middle East. Read more
Brussels and Paris: Australia has its say
May 26, 2014 by J-Wire
Australian Zionists have reacted to the attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels and the stabbing attack on French Jews in Paris. Read more
The Pope: Words of welcome from Bibi
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has welcomed Pope Francis to Israel… Read more
WJC reacts to Brussels attack
May 25, 2014 by J-Wire
Three people have been killed following an attack by a gunman at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels. Read more
Lag B’Omer – The Big Parade
May 7, 2014 by J-Wire
Chabad Youth of New South Wales will host The Big Parade on Lag B’Omer which will see NSW police block off a section of Campbell Parade above Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach. Read more
WhatsApp banned in Iran
May 6, 2014 by J-Wire
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder today condemned Iran for apparently banning the popular WhatsApp messaging application, which is owned by Facebook, reportedly because Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is an “American Zionist.” Read more
Golden Dawn in Australia
April 17, 2014 by J-Wire
The NSW Greek community has expressed its concern in an statement issued by the Australian Hellenic Council [NSW] following Channel 9’s Sixty Minutes program during which a member of the Greek far-right group Golden Dawn admitted the party had established branches in Sydney and Melbourne. Read more
Why is this bite different from all other bites?…asks Tami Sussman
April 16, 2014 by J-Wire
If the thought of giving up bread, pasta, muesli and Tim Tams for a bit over a week makes you want to pluck your eyebrows off, then have no fear – you are experiencing a normal response to an anticipatory thought of Passover. Read more
Overseas news alert – 3 killed in Jewish community centres in Kansas
April 14, 2014 by J-Wire
USA Today reports that at least three people are dead after a gunman went on a rampage at a Jewish Community Centre and retirement home in Kansas. As he was led away by police the alleged gunman yelled “Heil Hitler” Read more
Hakoah’s new president
April 1, 2014 by J-Wire
George Farkas has been elected the new president of Sydney’s Hakoah Club. Read more
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April 1, 2014 by J-Wire
Shurat HaDin v Jake Lynch: more next month
March 27, 2014 by J-Wire
Lawyer Andrew Hamilton has returned to Israel following his appearance in Sydney’s Federal Court where he is representing Shurat HaDin in its case against Sydney University Professor Jake Lynch on the grounds that he supports BDS against Israel. Read more
Face to Face with Rabbi Jeremy Gimpel
Rabbi Jeremy Gimpel is a major media personality in Israel. J-Wire spoke with him about major concerns affecting Israel today. Read more
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March 21, 2014 by J-Wire
Commemorating the start of the Hungarian Holocaust
Apr-13 3:35am SBS1-TV: Harbour Of Hope
March 21, 2014 by J-Wire
In Spring 1945 Red Cross liberated thousands of concentration camp survivors and ferried them to the Malmö Harbour, Sweden. Read more
Understanding and accepting
March 20, 2014 by J-Wire
120 students from a cross-section of faiths and cultures will work together next week at a schools harmony program run by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies. Read more
“Stand up to extremists” Dreyfus to Abbott
March 19, 2014 by J-Wire
Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC says it’s time the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott stands up to ideological extremists within his party and abandon its intention to rip away protections for Australians from racially motivated hate speech. Read more
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March 19, 2014 by J-Wire
Trauma from Palestinian rocket attacks inflicts deepening wounds on Israeli society
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March 17, 2014 by J-Wire
Meeting the oldest man in the USA
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March 16, 2014 by J-Wire
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Assessing the U.N.’s candidates to replace Richard Falk, frequent critic of Israel
Yad Vashem gets rare Purim document
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March 14, 2014 by J-Wire
WJC calls for protection of Shechita
Not quite a night for the mainstreamers, but . . .
March 13, 2014 by J-Wire
The Sydney Symphony took a degree of risk in offering its APT Master Series concertgoers two works not high in the popularity stakes, writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more
AIJAC and The Australian
March 10, 2014 by J-Wire
The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council has responded to an editorial in The Australian supporting the repeal of Section 18C of the Race Discrimination Act. Read more
Section 18C: Religion goes on the front foot
A letter to Senator George Brandis, the Federal Attorney-General… Read more
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March 7, 2014 by J-Wire
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Shimon Peres talks to the Arab world….
US, UK, Netherlands funding anti-Israel conference
