Israeli Film Festival Sydney Giveaways
August 13, 2013 by J-Wire
Lucky Friends of J-Wire can win a double passes to a special screening for 10th AICE Israeli Film Festival of SIX ACTS followed by Q&A and then a live performance by festival guest SIVAN LEVY at Palace Verona on Thursday 15 August, 6:30pm. Read more
Abbott pledges support for Israel
August 11, 2013 by J-Wire
President of the Zionist Federation of Australia Philip Chester, today read out a message to the organisation’s plenary conference in Sydney from Leader if the Opposition Tony Abbott pledging support for Israel if his party wins the upcoming election. Read more
AIJAC responds to Carr’s settlements remarks
August 9, 2013 by J-Wire
The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council’s Dr Colin Rubenstein has responded to remarks made by Foreign Minister Bob Carr declaring Israeli settlements “on Palestinian land” illegal. Read more
Israeli editor warns global Jihadists “are winning”
The Foreign Editor of Israel’s largest newspaper, Israel Hayom, who described the recent shutdown of US embassies in the Middle East and Africa as “proof that terrorism is winning” will be addressing audiences in Sydney later this month. Read more
Meet our man in Tel Aviv – progress report
August 6, 2013 by J-Wire
Meet Dave Sharma, Australia’s new ambassador to Israel. Read more
Aug-27 Sydney: Fashionably Faithful
August 6, 2013 by J-Wire
ABC personality Rachael Kohn will moderate a panel representing various religions discussing the role of fashion among the faithful… Read more
Grave desecrator self-deports to avoid jail
A U.K. citizen found guilty of desecrating 20 Jewish graves in Auckland has shown a New Zealand court evidence of his pending departure amo0unting to a self-imposed deportation avoiding possible jail. Read more
Nana Goldie’s guide to Prince Charming
August 4, 2013 by J-Wire
It all starts one Friday night in a shule in Germany, where two strangers meet and toss around an idea…writes Michelle McEwing. Read more
Israel once held all the cards … writes Gil Solomon
August 2, 2013 by J-Wire
The naiveté of the Jewish world never ceases to amaze me. Read more
Wonder where the money goes to?…writes David Werdiger
If you live in the ghettos of Caulfield, East St Kilda or Bondi, and have a mezuzah on your door, then you will surely have experienced them. Read more
Can we do something about Israel’s PR?…asks Rabbi Nochum Shapiro
July 26, 2013 by J-Wire
On Tisha B’Av Israeli newspapers and the world media reported The European Union (EU) has issued a resolution for all its 28 member States that forbids any form of cooperation, including funding, scholarships, and research grants, to any Israelis or Israeli entities in areas that Israel acquired in 1967, namely the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. Read more
Ella strikes gold
July 25, 2013 by J-Wire
18-yr-old Ella Regan-Lacey has won Gold for Australia an the Junior 100 meters. Watch the run… Read more
Only 24% of tourists visiting Israel are Jewish
July 25, 2013 by J-Wire
Income from tourism in Israel has grown from $4bn in 2009 to $5.1bn in 2012 with 56% of inbound tourists being Christian and only 24% Jewish. Read more
Beyond the Pale…writes Michael Kuttner
July 24, 2013 by J-Wire
Not so many years ago back in Czarist Russia, Jews were confined to certain areas of the country beyond which they were not allowed to live. Ironically in light of today’s developments this was called the Pale of Settlement. Of course Russia was not alone in confining its hapless Jews to certain clearly defined areas as most of Europe from time to time also indulged in this selective practice of segregating where their Jewish population could live. Read more
Now playing on the Reality TV: The Fayyad Plan—A + B + C(EU) = 100%
July 19, 2013 by J-Wire
The big show we’re all watching stars US Secretary of State John Kerry, skeptical but concerned about his attempts to restart negotiations between us and the Palestinians…write Ari Briggs and By Jan Sokolovsky. Read more
Claims Conference: Has it No Shame? …asks Isi Leibler
July 17, 2013 by J-Wire
For more than a decade, there have been passionate pleas for the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, the organization responsible since its inception for the distribution of over $70 billion of restitution payments, to review its management, governance and oversight procedures and prioritize the distribution of discretionary funds so that aged Holocaust survivors desperately in need of assistance could live out their remaining years with a modicum of dignity. Read more
Progressive Jewry welcomes US Gay Marriage decision
The roof body of Australian Progressive Jewry has welcomed the decision affording equal rights to married gay couples. Read more
JCA’s Mia Freedman Function
June 29, 2013 by J-Wire
June 15 : Sydney – Mia Freedman was the keynote speaker for JCA….visit the gallery Read more
Danby stays on
June 28, 2013 by J-Wire
Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has accepted Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s request that he continue as Parliamentary Secretary for the Arts. Read more
You Don’t Need Time or Money
June 13, 2013 by J-Wire
Charity and kindness are of the most important aspects of Jewish tradition…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more
Queen’s Birthday Awards
June 9, 2013 by J-Wire
J-wire will publish the list of honorees one minute after midnight tonight.
Goot on Claims Conference team
May 28, 2013 by J-Wire
The President of the ECAJ Dr Danny Lamm has welcomed the announcement of the appointment of Robert Goot, to the Select Leadership Committee of the Claims Conference. Read more
The video they did not want you to see
May 28, 2013 by J-Wire
A video featuring the reactions of Melbourne’s Gary Smorgon House’s residents to “Gangnam Style” was banned from YouTube bu has made its reappearance….watch it here. Read more
South African educator to visit Australia
May 22, 2013 by J-Wire
The former principal of the King David School in Johannesburg will visit Australia later this week. Read more
The Gonski View
May 20, 2013 by J-Wire
Leone Hersh interviews David Gonski for j-junction Read more
New Zealand soldier abducted on the Golan Heights
May 16, 2013 by J-Wire
A New Zealand soldier has been abducted on the Israel-Syria border in the Golan Heights. Read more
A case of shameful silence and deliberate inaction…writes Michael Kuttner
May 11, 2013 by J-Wire
The United States of America which prides itself as the torch bearer of justice, liberty and morality in the world is shockingly guilty of betraying these very virtues over its continued failure to bring to justice the murderers of many of its citizens at the hands of Palestinian Arab terrorists. Read more
The end of the road
Richard Bowles, the Australian-English ultra-marathon runner, has completed the 1009-kilometre Israel Trail, described by National Geographic as one of the world’s most epic adventures. Read more
Friends of Israel v Friends of Palestine
May 8, 2013 by J-Wire
A second member of the NSW Parliament has joined Labor MP Shaoquet Moselmane in supporting a student move to disassociate the University of Sydney from the Technion in Haifa…and Sydney University itself has expressed its thoughts on the affair. Read more
Representing Australian Jewry globally
May 8, 2013 by J-Wire
Two members of the Australian Jewish community have been appointed vice-presidents of the World Jewish Congress Read more
