Aussie film launches San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
June 24, 2009 by J-Wire
Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger,” a “wacky/serious coming of age comedy” directed by Australia’s Cathy Randall, opens the 29th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival on July 23.
Deputy PM visits Yad Vashem
June 23, 2009 by J-Wire
Julia Gillard, Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister, visited Yad Vashem in Jerusalem earlier today [Tue]. Read more
Julia Gillard’s Jerusalem address
June 23, 2009 by J-Wire
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has addressed the inaugural Australia Israel Leadership Forum…J-Wire publishes the full text of her speech…. Read more
Award Night
June 21, 2009 by J-Wire
Maccabi Victoria Celebrates Annual Awards Evening Read more
Adelaide Rabbi facing serious fraud charges
June 17, 2009 by J-Wire
An orthodox Rabbi is facing fraud charges alleging he and his wife received funds for a Jewish school which did not exist. Read more
Memories of home
June 17, 2009 by J-Wire
Russian academic Vladamir Kabo has died in Canberra. Read more
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June 13, 2009 by J-Wire
J-Wire has added Twitter to its site. Read more
Washington gunman has links to Australian hate site
June 12, 2009 by J-Wire
James von Brunn, the gunman who shot dead a security guard at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, has links to the Adelaide Institute…the web site used by Holocaust-denier Dr Fredrick Toben. Read more
The Anti-Defamation Commission supports the Indian Community
June 12, 2009 by J-Wire
The ADC is planning a strong Jewish community response in Melbourne to recent attacks on Indian students. Read more
Mizrachi dispute: in judges’ hands
The Beth Din hearing in London dealing with Sydney’s Mizrachi Synagogue conflict is over. Read more
Missing in action
June 5, 2009 by J-Wire
Add these omissions to the AJN’s Jewish journalists list. Read more
Multicultural culture
June 4, 2009 by J-Wire
Actor Robert Sharpe has added a Jewish element to a multi-cultural play currently being performed in Sydney.
The Rebbe of Dushinsky visits Chabad Yeshiva in Sydney
May 27, 2009 by J-Wire
The Rebbe of Dushinsky, who heads the ‘Beis Zvi Yosef’ institutes in Israel, visited the Chabad shul and the Lubavitcher Yeshiva Center in Sydney, Australia. Read more
J-Junction scores engagement number 5
May 24, 2009 by J-Wire
J-Junction, a national Jewish match-making service, has announced its fifth successful engagement. Read more
New dramatic kosher venue for Sydney
May 23, 2009 by J-Wire
Plans are well under way in the construction of a dramatic new function room to be built at Sydney’s Kesser Torah School. Read more
Israeli Embassy to re-open in Wellington
May 21, 2009 by J-Wire
The Israeli Embassy in Canberra is to relinquish its responsibilty for diplomatic relations with New Zealand. Read more
Jimmy Barnes meets Rabbi Lau
Spotted chatting in Sydney’s Hakoah Club’s Kosher dining room…pop singer Jimmy Barnes and Rabbi Yisroel Meir Lau, Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv. Read more
Sydney Yeshiva Centre completes Ramban project
May 20, 2009 by J-Wire
Tuesday marked the end of a worldwide project to study the Ramban works, with Sydney being the first to finish. Read more
$16 million irregularity at Speciality Fashion Group
May 18, 2009 by J-Wire
A senior employee of clothing retailer the Speciality Fashion Group has been suspended from duties as the company investigates irregularities reported to be around $16 million. Read more
Aussie Jewish Bikies in Holocaust ride
May 15, 2009 by J-Wire
Aussie Jewish bikies will join more than 200 other two-wheeled members of the faith on a ride today from Savannah, Georgia to Charleston, South Carolina and back…to fund a Holocaust library. Read more
Jewish reference dropped by ABC
May 13, 2009 by J-Wire
Content in “The Gruen Transfer” scheduled to be aired tonight has been removed by the ABC on legal advice. Read more
No jail for Zentai
May 12, 2009 by J-Wire
Charles Zentai, an accused Nazi war criminal, will not be held on remand while he fights the decision to extradite him to Hungary. Read more
Lag B’omer – Yeshiva one of the first to celebrate
May 12, 2009 by J-Wire
Sydney’s Yeshiva Centre hosted one of the world’s first Lab B’omer celebrations. Read more
Schindler Jew buried in a city he has never seen
Lolek Selinger was buried in Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney this morning…a city he has never seen. Read more
New life for an old shul
May 11, 2009 by J-Wire
The first baby-naming ceremony in eight years took place in Newcastle Synagogue on the weekend. Read more
CEO Robin Margo’s Speech on Israel’s Independence Day
May 9, 2009 by J-Wire
61ST ANNIVERARY OF ISRAEL’S INDEPENDENCE
7 MAY 2009
Ladies and gentlemen,
On behalf of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies
And our co-hosts this evening:
• Frank Levy AM, President of the State Zionist Council of NSW
• Robert Goot AM S.C., President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry
• Dr Ron Weiser, representing the President of the Zionist Federation of Australia, and
I welcome each and all of you, to this celebration of Israel’s 61st Independence Day.
We are honoured by the attendance of our special guests
• the Honourable Nathan Rees MP, Premier of NSW & Minister for the Arts, and
• his Excellency Yuval Rotem the Ambassador for the State of Israel.
And may I welcome also other dignitaries present with us this evening:
• The Hon Justine Elliott MP, Federal Minister for Ageing;
• Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, representing The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Federal Leader of the Opposition;
• The Hon Eric Roozendaal MLC, Treasurer;
• The Hon Michael Daly MP, Minister for Roads;
• The Hon John Robertson MLC, Minister for Corrective Services, Minister for Public Sector Reform, Special Minister of State;
• Barry O’Farrell MP, Leader of the State Opposition, Shadow Minister for Western Sydney
• Other members of the Federal and New South Wales Parliaments
• Other represetatives of Political Parties
• Consuls General, Honorary Consuls General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls and other diplomatic representatives who have honoured us by their attendance
• Justices of the Federal Court of Australia, the Supreme Court of NSW, and other members of the judiciary
• Distinguished leaders and representatives of
The Jewish Christian Muslim Association releases a statement on Israel and the Palestinians
May 8, 2009 by J-Wire
The Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia (JCMA) today released its Melbourne Statement, a document prepared together following the recent hostilities in Gaza, and because of a recognition of the need for us all to continue to be in dialogue in a world so fraught with violence. Read more
JewishCare helps two-home children
May 8, 2009 by J-Wire
In a new program, “Two Houses, One Suitcase, No Worries”, Sydney’s JewishCare is tackling the problems encountered by children whose parents have separated or become divorced. Read more
Westfield: Frank Lowy’s address in full
May 7, 2009 by J-Wire
J-Wire publishes Westfield Chairman Frank Lowy’s AGM address in full. Lowy has maintained his salary at the 2007 level. Read more
Pro-Nazi mother banned from exposing her daughter to racial hatred
May 6, 2009 by J-Wire
The Family Court has banned the parents of a 6-yr-old girl from forcing her to attend right-wing rallies and from exposing her to racist web sites on the Internet. Read more
