Eitan Misrachi
Lior & Michael Misrachi are thrilled to announce the birth of their beautiful son
Eitan Aviad
איתן אביעד
Born on Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 1 Tevet 5771, 7th Day Chanukah
First-time grandparents, Aviva & Ilan Kogus and Judy & Shavtay Misrachi are over the moon.
Great grandparents Shirley & Malcolm Isaacs (Kibbutz Tzora) Sabine Beecher and Malka Misrachi are delighted
Uncles, aunts, family and friends are so happy
Dec-27 to Jan-23 Sydney: Summer learning experience
December 16, 2010 by J-Wire
Bina stands for Jewish Wisdom for Life and the organisation is running a special summer course… Read more
Tefillin Spark Bomb Alert
December 12, 2010 by J-Wire
An Israeli putting on his tefillin on an interisland New Zealand ferry has sparked a massive bomb scare alert.
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Zuroff v Zentai
Efraim Zuroff, the Executive Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Jerusalem, will head to Budapest this week to appeal with authorities to continue to push for the extradition of 89-yr-old Charles Zentai wanted for questioning over the 1944 murder of Peter Balazs. Read more
Israeli Academics in new Partnership with Sydney University
The University of Sydney has approved the establishment of a forum with the proposed title of “University of Sydney – Israel Research Partnership Forum: Shared Challenges, Future Solutions”. Read more
Australian Jewish Leaders attack Israeli Rabbis’ Housing Petition
December 10, 2010 by J-Wire
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry and the Zionist Federation of Australia have condemned unreservedly the statements made yesterday in a petition by 40 municipal Rabbis in Israel to forbid renting homes to non-Jews. Read more
Jan-05 9:35pm SBS2-TV: Movie from Israel – Ushpizin
December 10, 2010 by J-Wire
Moshe, a former criminal who recently turned Orthodox Jew, and his wife, Mali, discover how genuine religious practices and true devotion can dramatically change their lives for the better. Read more
Jan-05 7:30pm SBS2-TV: Passports to Kill
December 10, 2010 by J-Wire
It was a murder plot captured on CCTV: the victim, and the disguised hit squad who stalked then killed Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a hotel room in Dubai. Read more
Dec-12 Sydney: Solidarity Rally
December 9, 2010 by J-Wire
Join the community in a rally at The Great Synagogue to remember the fallen and salute the heroes of the recent fires in Israel Read more
New President for the Sydney Jewish Museum
December 7, 2010 by J-Wire
The Sydney Jewish Museum has named Professor Gus Lehrer as its new president. Read more
Dec-31 5:30pm SBS1-TV: Global Village
December 7, 2010 by J-Wire
Akko is a small peninsula on the coast of Israel. In this tiny place religions and cultures have clashed throughout history and power has changed hands many times.
ACTU Assistant Secretary checking anti-Israel Union Activists
December 7, 2010 by J-Wire
Anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions activists in Australia have begun an email campaign targeting union leaders and trade union supporters of Palestine. Read more
Mr Rudd and WikiLeaks
December 6, 2010 by J-Wire
Re: Mr Rudd’s justification for his condemnation of the release of classified diplomatic information. Read more
Jan-08 8:35pm ABC2-TV: Fiddler on the Roof
December 6, 2010 by J-Wire
In the picturesque Ukranian village of Anatevka lives Tevye, an impoverished milkman with five unmarried daughters and a sharp-tongued wife to support. As Tevye remonstrates with God for allowing his scrawny horse to go lame, and for not filling his pockets with gold, his wife, Golde, takes more direct steps towards improving their lot. Read more
Palestine – When Silence is Suicide
December 6, 2010 by J-Wire
Should one remain silent when an eminent Australian expresses political, social and humanitarian viewpoints that are apparently based on factually incorrect or deceptive and misleading statements having their sources in Arab propaganda that appear on the Internet day in and day out? Read more
Dec-22 9:30pm SBS2-TV: Movie – Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran
December 6, 2010 by J-Wire
Winner of the Audience Award at the Venice Film Festival in 2003, this is a heart-warming film about a young teenager’s coming-of-age, and his discovery of religion and humanity through his friendship with an aging Muslim shopkeeper. Read more
Dec-21 11:10pm SBS2-TV: Movie – Nowhere in Africa
December 6, 2010 by J-Wire
Winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2002, this film is based on a true story. Read more
New Church Resolution
December 1, 2010 by J-Wire
Thanks for the update on the resolution of the NCCA.
A credit to the hard work of the ECAJ.
your part in publicising the biased resolution of the ncca is to be commended.
keep up the good work.
Sam Goldman
Bellevue Hill
Sydney
Cooper recognised by ECAJ
December 1, 2010 by J-Wire
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has officially recognised the historic protest march made in 1938 by a group of Aborigines led by William Cooper to the German Consulate in Melbourne in response to Kristellnacht…the only known protest worldwide of that notorious night. Read more
On Wikileaks
Is it not odd that the united states (and many other countries) bought stolen secret and confidential financial banking information pertaining to many people worldwide, from a thief, who had stolen the information from a liechtenstein bank. they have had no hesitation to use this information against the individuals involved in a most aggressive way.
and yet they cry “crime and traitor” and have international warrants for the arrest of the wikileaks publishers, for exposing secret documents stolen from their security files.
whilst i do not agree with wikileaks actions, i feel they do endanger world stability, particularly diplomatic stability; however wikileaks have learnt from the usa and others, that those who have stolen secrets have readily been paid millions for stolen illegal documents.
Sam Goldman
Bellevue Hill
NZ Minister under fire over Schechita Case
November 29, 2010 by J-Wire
New Zealand’s Agriculture Minister is embroiled in allegations that his controversial decision to ban the kosher slaughter of animals was taken to preserve the island nation’s profitable meat trade with Muslim countries as well as his own investments. Read more
ABC personality at the Hebrew University
November 27, 2010 by J-Wire
ABC science journalist Robin Williams has interviewed top researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Read more
Chassidic New Year
November 27, 2010 by J-Wire
Chassidic New Year celebrates the release from a St Petersburg prison in 1798 of the first Chassidic Rebbe who had been accused by the Russians of threatening the authority of the Tzar. Read more
Chabad New Year
November 24, 2010 by J-Wire
Thursday evening marks New Year for the Chabad movement and Sydney’s Young Adult Chabad is hosting a farbrengen to celebrate the occasion. Read more
Raizel wins Senate Essay Prize
November 19, 2010 by J-Wire
Raizel Gutnick, a year 12 student at Melbourne’s Yeshivah-Beth Rivkah College has won the prestigious Richard Baker Senate Essay prize. Read more
Sea Change – across the Tasman
Moriah College in Wellington is looking for a new principal… Read more
Waks – Rappaport
November 18, 2010 by J-Wire
November 22, 2010
Mazal Tov to Rivkah Waks (Melbourne) and Dovy Rapaport (London) on their upcoming marriage in Melbourne! We wish them many years of happiness.
Sydney’s Young Adult Chanukah Party
November 17, 2010 by J-Wire
The biggest party of the year for young Jewish Sydney adults. It is collaboration with JNFuture, Hagshama, j-junction and Studio Central. Last year over 500 attended and this year promises to be even bigger. Read more
Dec-01 7:30p.m. SBS2-TV: A Walk in the Park
November 17, 2010 by J-Wire
The fight is on for the holiest city in the holy land. Read more
Dec-01 10:05p.m. SBS1-TV: Movie – The Band’s Visit
November 17, 2010 by J-Wire
A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab cultural centre, only to find themselves stranded, penniless and still wearing their sky blue uniforms in the middle of nowhere. Read more






