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
The trouble continues
March 5, 2014 by J-Wire
There has been another antisemitic incident on Australia’s campuses Read more
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March 3, 2014 by J-Wire
Melton: Adult Learning for the Wondering Jew
2014 is an exciting year for Melton with classes in Sydney starting at the end of February and the beginning of March. Read more
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February 24, 2014 by J-Wire
Israel’s president Shimon Peres meets soccer legend Johann Cruyff
Double demonstrations at Batsheva concert
A group of pro-Palestinian protestors called for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel in Wellington last night…and group of pro-Israel supporters was in place to support Israel and to hand out leaflets explaining Israel’s position… Read more
Cyprys appealing conviction…not sentence
February 23, 2014 by J-Wire
Convicted child sex offender David Cyprys will appeal his conviction of five charges of rape and not his sentence as reported in Jewish media last week. Read more
Back in the wardrobe
February 11, 2014 by J-Wire
The Dressing Sydney exhibition at Sydney’s Jewish Museum has closed following a highly successful 15 month run. Read more
Woodside Leviathan deal makes progress
February 7, 2014 by J-Wire
Woodside and the Leviathan Joint Venture participants, Noble Energy Mediterranean Ltd, Delek Drilling LP, Avner Oil Exploration LP and Ratio Oil Exploration (1992) LP, have agreed to convert a previous in- principle agreement for the potential acquisition of an interest in the Leviathan field into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Read more
