WJC President Lauder condemns Palestinian unity accord
April 24, 2014 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder today condemned the reconciliation deal announced by Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas, which could lead to a unity government between the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, which is led by Mahmoud Abbas, and the Hamas government in Gaza. Read more
Seder for children affected by rocket attacks
The Jewish Agency for Israel will hold a special Passover camp experience for some 100 children from southern Israel whose lives have been affected by rocket fire from Gaza and by other terror attacks. Read more
WJC Urges UN Human Rights Council to Drop Anti-Israel Bias
March 26, 2014 by Agencies
The World Jewish Congress today urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to remove from its agenda an item singling out Israel for criticism, saying that the UN’s approach is biased and is setting back the cause of Middle East peace. Read more
World Jewish Congress v Amnesty International
The Australian newspaper has published a report by Amnesty International accusing Israel of 45 unlawful killings. The WJC has dismissed the accusation. Read more
Aid for Ukraine’s Jews
February 23, 2014 by Agencies
Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky has announced that The Jewish Agency will extend immediate emergency assistance to the Jewish community of Ukraine and will help secure Jewish institutions in the country. Read more
Helen Clark on first ever visit to Israel
February 18, 2014 by Agencies
Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is due to arrive on her first visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. This is the first visit to the region of former New Zealand prime minister. Read more
Ambassador calls for rejection of boycott
The Israeli ambassador to New Zealand has responded to a call to boycott the visit to NZ of the Israel Bat Sheva Dance Company. Read more
Natalie Portman joins Israeli Emergency Aid Operation for Syrian refugees
February 7, 2014 by Agencies
Natalie Portman joined Israeli Emergency Aid Operation for Syrian refugees…and so did former Perth resident Leon Schneider. Read more
Israeli technology for Australian diabetics
February 5, 2014 by Agencies
LabStyle Innovations Corp developer of the Dario™ Diabetes Management Platform, has announced that the company has signed an agreement with uHealth Australia Pty Limited (uHealth), a leading distributor of digital health and surgical innovations, to exclusively distribute in Australia the Dario™ blood glucose monitoring device, one of the three main components of the Dario™ platform. Read more
International Holocaust Remembrance Day – UNESCO
January 27, 2014 by Agencies
Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yad Vashem has been presented with a Certificate of Recognition by UNESCO marking the inclusion of the Pages of Testimony Memorial Collection in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. Read more
Erekat: Israel destroying chances for 2-state solution
January 24, 2014 by Agencies
Chief PLO Negotiator Saeb Erekat has said that Israel was responsible for destroying the peace process and the two-state solution…and has held meetings on the subject with an Australian politician and a New Zealand diplomat. Read more
Kashrut Authority Israeli style
January 22, 2014 by Agencies
Sydney is not the only location battling Kashrut administration problems…the Israeli government has stepped in to establish a new modus operandi for the country’s kashrut organisers… Read more
Ariel Sharon – the Eulogies
Israeli president Shimon Peres has delivered the eulogy at former prime minister Ariel Sharon’s memorial service…. Read more
Ariel Sharon – his life in brief
January 13, 2014 by Agencies
Ariel (‘Arik’) Sharon was born in 1928 in Kfar Malal. He served in the IDF for more than 25 years, retiring with the rank of Major-General. He holds an LL.B in Law from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1962). Read more
Medicine to replace injections
January 3, 2014 by Agencies
Oramed Pharmaceuticals a developer of oral drug delivery systems with its R & D based in Jerusalem has announced that it has received Notices of Allowance from the Israel and Australian Patent Offices. Read more
Simunic to miss World Cup
December 17, 2013 by Agencies
Croatian international Australian-born Josip Simunic has been suspended for ten official matches by FIFA, banned from entering the confines of the stadiums for those ten matches and fined CHF 30,000. Read more
Search for Paul Arber: Body found in river
December 12, 2013 by Agencies
As investigators work to formally identify the body of a man recovered from the Waikato River in Hamilton this morning, colleagues are taking steps to ensure a group of teenage rowers, who discovered the body, get all the support they need. Read more
Chanukah in the Bush
December 2, 2013 by Agencies
As Jewish communities in major cites across Australia celebrate the Chanukah festival this week, one group is heading into country Australia to support Jewish people living in isolated areas without a synagogue or connection to their culture. Read more
Billy Crystal’s Serious Side…writes Robert Gluck
After suffering a tough personal loss early in life, there has always been a serious side to the comedy of famed Jewish entertainer Billy Crystal. Read more
Peres in Praise or Rabin
October 17, 2013 by Agencies
Israeli President Shimon Peres has spoken at the State Memorial Ceremony marking 18 years since the murder of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Read more
Ponim Book
October 16, 2013 by Agencies
Facebook has established its first research and development unit outside of the United States…in Israel, personally welcomed by President and Facebook user Shimon Peres. Read more
Facebook faces online hate protest
October 15, 2013 by Agencies
The Melbourne-based Online Hate Prevention Institute has played an integral role in a protest by more than 75 people at Facebook HQ in Menlo Park Calfornia over the issue of antisemitism and Holocaust denial on the social media platform. Read more
A truly Grand Final for Daniel Waks
October 2, 2013 by Agencies
Melbourne’s Caulfield Auskicker, Daniel Waks, was the envy of his friends lat weekend when he participated in the 2013 Toyota AFL Grand Final, one of the biggest events on the Australian sporting calendar. Read more
Yad Vashem founder passes away
October 1, 2013 by Agencies
Yad Vashem has been saddened by the death of Prof. Israel Gutman, a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and Auschwitz who was a leading and trailblazing historian of the Holocaust in Israel and abroad. Read more
Race Discrimination Commissioner delivers address
September 22, 2013 by Agencies
Australian Race Discrimination Commissioner Dr Tim Soutphommasane has delivered this year’s Peace and Understanding Lecture mentioning videos in which viewers are encouraged to kill Jews. Read more
Gutnick to repay $1 million
September 4, 2013 by Agencies
Mining magnate Joseph Gutnick, one of Australia’s most senior Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis, has been ordered to repay $1 million after a judge found him guilty of engaging in “misleading and deceptive conduct” in a business deal with a fellow Lubavitcher in Melbourne according to a report in Israeli paper “Haaretz”. Read more
Israel’s population tops 8,000,000
September 3, 2013 by Agencies
As we approach Rosh Hashanah, the Israeli Population, Immigration, and Borders Authority on Monday issued its annual report containing the most recent population data for the Jewish state. Read more
The last Ethiopians arrive in Israel
Around 450 new immigrants from Ethiopia boarded two Jewish Agency-chartered flights bound for Israel yesterday and arrived in Tel Aviv a few hours later. Read more
Israel’s rights explained by European counsel
August 28, 2013 by Agencies
NSW parliamentarian The Rev Hon Fred Nile MLC has hosted a meeting at which Andrew Tucker – Executive Director of Christians for Israel and International and Legal Counsel to the European Coalition for Israel delivered an address titled ” Israel, Settlements and International Law”. Read more
Top award for George
APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre have awarded the Distinguished Services to Australian Music honour at this week’s 2013 ART Music Awards to composer George Dreyfus. Read more
