President Rivlin addresses United Nations
January 29, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York…and tells its members “never again”. Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Yad Vashem on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spoke at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem at yesterday’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration. Read more
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, victims and leaders mark 70 years since Auschwitz liberation
More than 300 Holocaust survivors along with world leaders gathered at the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp on Tuesday to commemorate the 1.1 million people killed there, as well as the millions of other victims killed during the Holocaust, as part of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more
Australia Day message from Tony Abbott
January 26, 2015 by Agencies
Prime Minister Tony Abbott delivers his Australia Day message for 2015. Read more
Israel releases world antisemitism report
2014 marked a distinct shift in the level of antisemitism around the world, and especially in Europe according to the annual report on Anti-Semitism presented to the Israeli cabinet today by the Minister for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs, Naftali Bennett. Read more
‘This is your land,’ Netanyahu tells Birthright participants
January 16, 2015 by Agencies
The Taglit-Birthright Israel program has celebrated 15 years of bringing young Jews (ages 18-26) on free 10-day trips to Israel on Wednesday evening in Jerusalem. Read more
WIZO Conference in Israel
January 15, 2015 by Agencies
Two hundred WIZO leaders from 25 countries including Australia will participate this week in the World WIZO AGM. Read more
Supermarket victims buried in Jerusalem
The four slain victims of last week’s kosher supermarket siege in Paris have been buried in Jerusalem…and President Rivlin declared “Jewish blood is not worthless”. Read more
Netanyahu visits supermarket scene
January 13, 2015 by Agencies
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday visited Hyper Cacher, the kosher supermarket in Paris where Muslim terrorist Amedy Coulibaly took nearly 20 shoppers hostage and killed four of the hostages. Read more
The state of French Jewry
World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder has met with French President François Hollande at the Élysée Palace in Paris to discuss the situation of the Jewish community in France. Read more
The growth of antisemitism on the U.N.’s agenda
January 13, 2015 by Agencies
The General Assembly of the United Nations will meet later this months to discuss the growth of antisemitism at the request of 37 countries including Australia. Read more
Paris: The Jewish world sends condolences
Israeli, Australasian and other world leaders have sent condolences following the terrorist attack on the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo which has resulted in 12 deaths. Read more
Holocaust survivors and the President
President Reuven Rivlin lit Chanukah candles at the President’s Residence, together with survivors of the Holocaust. Read more
Australia opts out of Geneva conference
December 18, 2014 by Agencies
Australia boycotted a conference in Switzerland discussing the Fourth Geneva Convention and the situation in the Palestinian territories due to concerns about the conference’s anti-Israel bias. Read more
A special Menorah lighting
December 17, 2014 by Agencies
Israel’s President Reuven and First Lady Nechama Rivlin have hosted a Chanukah party for the children of ‘Rachashei Lev’ which seeks to improve the lives of children with cancer. Read more
Chanukah fact sheet
December 16, 2014 by Agencies
Tonight is the first night of Chanukah and J-Wire offers a refresher on the festival’s origins. Read more
NGO Monitor blacklisted
December 5, 2014 by Agencies
NGO Monitor has been the subject of media bans. Read more
South African Jewish leaders meeting with Abbas creates backlash
December 3, 2014 by Agencies
Senior leadership of the South African Jewish community has met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and President Zuma at the Presidential Guest House in Pretoria. Read more
Ron Proser addresses the U.N.
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations has made a significant speech to the international body. Read more
The faces of grief
Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin spoke at the funeral of Sergeant-Major Zida Saif who lost his life fighting the terrorists responsible for the Har Nof synagogue massacre. Read more
South African community leader passes away
“If there was a Jewish organisation, I belonged to it – with my heart and soul,” was an oft-quoted utterance of veteran and world-renowned South African Jewish communal leader Mervyn Smith who passed away on Shabbat, November 15/22 Cheshvan, after a long illness. He was 77. Read more
Glick cartoon in Palestinian media
November 14, 2014 by Agencies
A Palestinian Authority newspaper printed a cartoon portraying wounded Temple Mount activist Rabbi Yehudah Glick as a snake, Palestinian Media Watch reported Thursday. Read more
Another car killing attack in Jerusalem
November 6, 2014 by Agencies
A terrorist car attack in Jerusalem has killed one and injured nine. Read more
Talking about Jerusalem
November 6, 2014 by Agencies
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Ron Proser addressed the U.N. Security Council during its emergency session on Jerusalem… Read more
American Jewish Committee delegation in Australia
November 1, 2014 by Agencies
An AJC senior leadership delegation has concluded a five-day mission to Australia. The visit included stops in Melbourne, Canberra, and Sydney. Read more
Glick fighting for life
October 31, 2014 by Agencies
Activist Yehuda Glick, a promoter of Jewish access to the Temple Mount, was shot and seriously wounded on Wednesday night by a gunman riding a motorcycle outside of a Jerusalem conference. Read more
Sweden recognises Palestine
October 31, 2014 by Agencies
Sweden on Thursday officially recognized a Palestinian state, with Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom saying that the “criteria of international law” have been met because there is “a [Palestinian] territory, a people, and government,” The Associated Press reported. Read more
The Warsaw Jewish Museum
October 30, 2014 by Agencies
At an emotional ceremony today in Warsaw, Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin inaugurated the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, together with President of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski. Read more
Rivlin attends massacre commemoration
October 27, 2014 by Agencies
Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin attended the memorial ceremony in Kafr Qasim commemorating the murders of 48 Arabs by Israeli soldiers in 1956. Read more
The President and the Prime Minister
October 2, 2014 by Agencies
U.S. President Barack Obama has met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…J-Wire publishes their public statements. Read more
