At work in Nepal
April 30, 2015 by Agencies
The Joint Israelife Disaster Response team, comprising volunteers from ZAKA, United Hatzolah and F.I.R.S.T, attended to about thirty injured Nepalese yesterday in the small, far-flung villages east of Kathmandu. Read more
Yom Hazikaron: Melbourne
April 29, 2015 by Agencies
Over 1,000 Melbournians have commemorated the lives of Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror on Yon Hazikaron. Read more
The Holocaust: The Red Cross “lost its moral compass”
April 29, 2015 by Agencies
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the world’s foremost humanitarian organization, and the World Jewish Congress (WJC) have commemorated the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camps. Read more
ADC welcomes Pope’s comments
April 28, 2015 by Agencies
Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has welcome remarks by Pope Francis in which he decried the “troubling” antisemitic movements and violence in Europe and called on Christians to deplore all forms of antisemitism and to stand united with the Jewish people. Read more
Survivors to visit Bergen Belsen
April 24, 2015 by Agencies
More than 100 survivors of the Nazi camp Bergen-Belsen, children born at the post-war displaced persons (DP) camp Bergen-Belsen, as well as British liberators will travel to Lower Saxony, Germany on 26 April to mark the anniversary of the camp’s liberation 70 years ago. Read more
Yom Hazikaron: Benjamin Netanyahu
April 23, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl on Yom Hazikaron. Read more
Independence Day – A message from Benjamin Netanyahu
April 23, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister sends a video message for Israel’s Independence Day. Read more
Yom Hazikaron: the President speaks
April 22, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has addressed the commemoration of Yom Hazikaron…Remembrance Day for the Fallen of Israel’s Wars and Victims of Terrorism. Read more
Bibi meets children of fallen IDF members
April 21, 2015 by Agencies
Ahead of Yom Hazikaron, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met with the children of members of the Israeli Defence Forces who lost their lives on active service. Read more
Holocaust survivors in Israel observe Yom Hashoah
April 17, 2015 by Agencies
Thousands of Holocaust survivors have observed Yom HaShoah—Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day—at ceremonies held today (Thursday, April 16) in the 57 residential facilities operated by The Jewish Agency for Israel’s sheltered housing subsidiary, Amigour. Read more
Netanyahu at Yad Vashem
April 17, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at Yad Vashem on Yom Hashoah. Read more
March of the Living 2015
April 17, 2015 by Agencies
70 years after the end of the Second World War 11,000 participants, both Jews and non-Jews, joined the 27th March of the Living from Auschwitz to Birkenau. Read more
Nuclear threat from Iran concerns children of survivors
As Israel readies to observe Holocaust Remembrance Day, a new Bar-Ilan University study reveals that the adult children of Holocaust survivors are more preoccupied with the threat of a nuclear Iran than their peers whose parents are not Holocaust survivors. Read more
March of the Living 2015
April 13, 2015 by Agencies
70 years after the end of the Second World War the March of the Living will once again take over 10,000 young people, Jews and non-Jews, from across the world on an emotional and inspiring educational journey. Read more
After marathon talks, Iran and world powers reach nuclear framework deal
April 3, 2015 by Agencies
Iran and the P5+1 (U.S., U.K., France, Russia, China and Germany) world powers have announced that a framework deal on Iran’s nuclear program has been reached after marathon talks in Switzerland that blew past the March 31 deadline, setting the stage for a final comprehensive agreement to be reached by June 30. Read more
President’s Pesach
April 3, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has been preparing for Peach…with the help of his grandson. Read more
WJC’s reaction to Iran deal
April 3, 2015 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder has reacted to the preliminary agreement reached by the negotiators of the P5+1 group in Lausanne. Read more
UIA Victoria – Seniors’ Afternoon Tea
March 29, 2015 by Agencies
UIA Victoria’s recently hosted a community afternoon tea for seniors..were you there? A J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
Melbourne YoungUIA events
March 27, 2015 by Agencies
Over the UIA Victoria campaign period, YoungUIA held a couple of successful events. Read more
Pesach recipes: a link to the past
March 24, 2015 by Agencies
Does memory have a taste? Anyone who has tried to replicate their favourite family dishes without a recipe will tell you it does. Read more
A visit to Wolper
March 23, 2015 by Agencies
Ahead of this weekend’s NSW State election, Liberal MP Gabrielle Upton took time out to tour Sydney’s Wolper Jewish Hospital. Read more
BDS concerns in South Africa
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has expressed concern that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel is creating a climate of increased antisemitism in South Africa. Read more
How Pesach’s four cups of red wine can save your life
March 15, 2015 by Agencies
Research, released by researchers from the University of Leeds, UK, reports that resveratrol, a chemical found in red wine, may halt Alzheimer’s disease progression. Read more
French police issue arrest warrants for suspects in 1982 Jewish deli attack
March 6, 2015 by Agencies
French police have identified three suspects in a terror attack on a Jewish deli in Paris that occurred 32 years ago. Read more
UIA NSW Women’s Division – Photo Gallery
March 3, 2015 by Agencies
Did you attend a UIA NSW Women’s Division function? Check here for the photos… Read more
The meaning of light
February 11, 2015 by Agencies
2015 is the United Nations proclaimed ‘Year of Light’ and who better to explain the ‘meaning of light’ than a man who has played a key role in unravelling its mysteries, Technion Distinguished Professor Mordechai ‘Moti’ Segev. Read more
French Jews on the move
February 10, 2015 by Agencies
A record 8,000 people, mostly between the ages of 16 and 35, have visited Israel opportunity fairs held by The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption this week across France. Read more
Distinguished author Martin Gilbert passes away
February 5, 2015 by Agencies
British-Jewish historian Martin Gilbert, the official biographer of United Kingdom prime minister Winston Churchill, has passed away from cancer at 78. Read more
93-yr-old Auschwitz guard to face court
February 3, 2015 by Agencies
Oskar Groening, a 93-year-old former guard at the Auschwitz death camp, will go on trial in Germany in April on at least 300,000 counts of accessory to murder. Read more
The price of security
January 31, 2015 by Agencies
Two Israeli soldiers were killed on the country’s northern borders this week. President Rivlin has visited their families. Read more
