An answer for Marrickville from Israel
February 6, 2011 by Agencies
A message and a video to the world from young Israelis questioning the value of Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions against their country….following a call to artist Macy Gray to cancel her concert in Tel Aviv next week. Read more
WA Shadow Minister Welcomes Vilification Sentence
February 4, 2011 by Agencies
John Hyde, the Western Australian State Shadow Minister for Multiculturalism has welcomed the conviction of Brendan O’Connell, sentenced in Perth earlier this week after being found guilty on six counts of racial vilification. Read more
Cyclone Yasi – An Appeal for Your Help
Emergency Call takers required urgently Red Cross runs the State Inquiry Centre (SIC) and has similar arrangements in each state of Australia. The Victorian SIC is gearing up to handle national inquiries in relation to Cyclone Yasi (www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ65002shtml).
Red Cross and Jewish Emergency Management Plan (JEMP) have a Memorandum of Understanding through which JEMP attempts to offer emergency assistance to support the State’s emergency efforts during a crisis, an in particular to provide either a backup call centre to handle call overflow or to provide call taking staff. Read more
Students to serve Internship at the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies
February 2, 2011 by Agencies
Two university students have been selected for the inaugural NSW Jewish Board of Deputies Internship Program – Daniel Cohn and Romi Rutovitz. Read more
CJF meets the Hungarian Ambassador
February 1, 2011 by Agencies
The Hungarian Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency Gabor Csaba,addressed the Capital Jewish Forum (CJF) on ‘Hungary: 20 Years On and Now in the Driver’s Seat’ at the Ambassador’s residence. Read more
Perth Commemorates International Holocaust Day
February 1, 2011 by Agencies
The Holocaust Monument in Perth sits just inside the entrance of the Stirling Gardens adjoining Council House, at the corner of St Georges Terrace and Barrack Street. It is in a beautiful location, under the trees and prominently placed for passers-by to contemplate. Small and unobtrusive, it commemorates the tragic loss of the millions of victims of Nazi oppression and systematic extermination.
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Melbourne player wins $2 million poker prize
January 30, 2011 by Agencies
The new king of poker was crowned this morning, when David Gorr, a 68-year-old grandfather from Melbourne collected a whopping AUD$2,000,000 in prize money…the second year in a row the top prize has gone to a Jewish player. Read more
Global Antisemitism on the decrease – Delegitimisation and Demonisation on the rise
January 26, 2011 by Agencies
The Jewish Agency and the Government of Israel have released the annual report of the Coordination Forum for countering Antisemitism. Read more
Surgeon invoked Jewish parable to save sight – the Australia Day Honours List
Professor Ivan Goldberg has been awarded an AM in the Australia Day Honours and has told J-Wire of one of the most memorable moments in his successful career as an opthamologist… Read more
The Gaza Flotilla Public Commission Report in Full
January 24, 2011 by Agencies
The Israeli Embassy in Canberra has issued the findings of the Public Commission which examined the Maritime Incident of 31 May, 2010…the Gaza Flotilla Incident…. Read more
Australian Family Backs Yad Vashem Initiative
January 24, 2011 by Agencies
Yad Vashem, has launched a YouTube Channel in Farsi, as well as an expanded version of its Farsi website. Read more
Eva Cox Stamps her place in History
January 20, 2011 by Agencies
Feminist advocate Eva Cox, a member of the fabled 1950s group the Sydney Push is featured in one of a new group of 60¢ postage stamps released today. Read more
New Library launched to Coincide with Consecration
January 19, 2011 by Agencies
Australia will have its first collection of books and interactive material focusing on Jewish women’s issues with the establishment of the Rebbetzin Jana Gottshall Memorial Library by the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (NCJWA) NSW Division. Read more
Brisbane: A Message from the Chief Rabbi
David Paratz, the Immediate Past President of the Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies, has received a letter of support from Lord Sacks, the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth Read more
Queensland Floods – Latest
January 18, 2011 by Agencies
Rob and Jane Mulchin survived the Queensland floods – just. “We were in the house and the water kept rising at about an metre an hour, it kept going up and up,” Jane said. “Next thing I know someone jumped onto my roof and onto the deck and rescued us, got my daughter, my nana and me and got us out. Read more
For Jazz Lovers – Jewish Jazz
January 18, 2011 by Agencies
Mike Gerber’s Jewish Jazz program from the UK has been updated…hear it online. Read more
Maccabi In The Swim
January 10, 2011 by Agencies
Maccabi has restructured its swimming program to meet contemporary needs. Read more
AIJAC Welcomes Durban Decision
January 5, 2011 by Agencies
Dr. Colin Rubenstein, Executive Director of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has welcomed the December 24 vote by Australia at the UN against the ‘Durban III’ conference. Read more
Not the Holocaust
December 27, 2010 by Agencies
The president of the Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors & Descendants has criticised the B’nai B’rith Anti Defamation Commission for using the Holocaust as an analogy in the recent boat people tragedy. Read more
Israel’s Government in Strategic Talks with World Jewish Leaders
December 24, 2010 by Agencies
Senior representatives of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Prime Minister’s Office met in Jerusalem last week for a strategic consultation with more than 100 top professionals and Jewish leaders from around the world. Read more
Four Million Names Registered at Yad Vashem
December 24, 2010 by Agencies
Yad Vashem has identified two-thirds of the Jews murdered in the Holocaust – 4 million names…many connected to Australian and New Zealand families.
Aboriginal Kristallnacht Activist’s Family in Negev Ceremony
December 17, 2010 by Agencies
A delegation of members of William Cooper’s family took part in a ceremony in Yatir Forest, where they unveiled a plaque in appreciation of his actions of over 70 years ago. when, after the events of Kristallnacht in 1938, he headed a delegation that marched to the German Consulate in Melbourne to present a petition in protest against the Nazi regime’s brutal persecution of the Jews…the only recorded protest worldwide. Read more
Honest Reporting and The Good Weekend
Honest Reporting has lashed out at the Walkley Awards for bestowing its major gong to Fairfax journalist Paul McGeough for his report on the Gaza Flotilla Incident. Read more
Rudd talks with Liberman
December 16, 2010 by Agencies
Before he left Israel, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd joined Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman in a press conference to discuss the Australia-Israel relationship and non-nuclear proliferation….J-Wire publishes the text. Read more
Rudd meets Shalit’s Parents
December 15, 2010 by Agencies
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has met with the parents of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier who has been held captive by Hamas since June 2006.
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Holocaust Studies Welcomed
December 15, 2010 by Agencies
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has welcomed the mandatory inclusion of the Holocaust as a topic of study in the latest version of the National Education Curriculum for Year 10 history. Read more
Beethoven and the Zipper
Musica Viva is the largest entrepreneurial chamber music organisation in the world…its origins lie in the realised dreams of a Viennese Jew who fled war-torn Europe to Sydney and made his fortune from zippers. Read more
Rudd Addresses the Australia-Israel Leadership Forum
December 14, 2010 by Agencies
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has addressed the Australia-Israel Leadership Forum in Jerusalem on “Future Directions for the Middle East Peace Process”.
Rudd, Yad Vashem and William Cooper
December 13, 2010 by Agencies
Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has visited Yad Vashem in Jerusalem attending the inauguration of the Chair for the Study of Resistance during the Holocaust…a tribute to William Cooper, a 77-year-old Aboriginal who led a march in 1938 to the German Consulate in Melbourne to protest against Kristallnacht…the only recorded demonstration in history world-wide. Read more
Solidarity for Fire Victims
December 13, 2010 by Agencies
The Zionist Council of NSW together with NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, held a solidarity gathering lastnight for the Sydney Jewish community to remember the fallen, stand with the victims and salute the heroes of the Carmel Fire Tragedy. Read more
