A final resting place
November 6, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Yad Vashem in Jerusalem has become the final resting place for the memories of parents, grandparents and siblings of Australian Jewish families whose family members perished in the Holocaust. Read more
Judy Cassab: a painter of compassion
November 4, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Iconic artist Judy Cassab has passed away in Sydney at the age of 91 leaving a legacy of support for those seeking refuge from persecution. Read more
Rabin memorial in Double Bay
November 2, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Nestling in the shade of an olive tree sits a memorial to the late Yitzhak Rabin….not in Israel but metres away from the hustle and bustle of Sydney’s busy Double Bay. Read more
Student Number 20,000
October 27, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney Jewish Museum has welcomed it 20,000th school student visitor this year…an all-time record. Read more
Police Remembrance Shabbat
October 25, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney’s Central Synagogue has hosted the NSW Police Remembrance Shabbat in an event marked with musical entertainment and sombre prayers. Read more
Here comes The Shabbat Project
October 22, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Around the world tomorrow night, Jewish communities will make this Shabbat a very special one as they participate in The Shabbat Project. Sydney is up and running… Read more
Standing up for refugees
October 9, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
A “Jews for Refugees” banner is expected to spearhead a sizeable number of Sydney’s Jewish community at this Sunday’s Stand Up For Refugees rally. Read more
Tal Brody to join in Maccabi celebrations
October 2, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Israeli basketball legend Tal Brody will be guest of honour at next month’s Maccabi Australia 90th anniversary celebrations. Read more
Danby v Bishop Round 3
September 25, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
The dispute developing between Labor Member of Parliament Michael Danby and the nation’s Liberal Foreign Minister Julie Bishop over Australia’s Iran policy is heating up. Read more
Julie Bishop responds to Danby
September 25, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has called comments made by Federal Labor MP Michael Danby in a statement demanding a reversal of the Government’s Iran policy “juvenile”. Read more
A special man, a special chumash
September 21, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Wearing a yarmulke and holding a Chumash given to him by the late Sir Zelman Cowen, Josh Frydenberg was sworn in this morning as Australia’s Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia. Read more
Tiger imported from Israel kills keeper in NZ
September 21, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
A Sumatran tiger imported into New Zealand from Israel last year has killed its keeper. Read more
A first Rosh Hashanah
September 17, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney’s Great Synagogue’s new Chief Minister Rabbi Dr Ben Elton was inducted less than a week before Rosh Hashanah…he tells J-Wire of his first Rosh Hashanah in Sydney. Read more
The communal launch of Y2i
September 13, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Y2i, a project which offers every Jewish Year 10 student in NSW, the ACT and Queensland the opportunity to participate in an extensive study tour of Israel, has been launched in Sydney. Read more
The Greater Synagogue
September 11, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney’s The Great Synagogue has celebrated the inauguration of its 7th Chief Minister in its 137 year history. Read more
Eat, Pray, Naches alive on your screens
September 10, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
The Eat, Pray, Naches project has been launched by Sydney’s Waverley Council. Read more
Armed guards at Mount Scopus
September 7, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Melbourne’s Mount Scopus Memorial College has become the first school in Victoria to employ armed security guards. Read more
70 years since the liberation of the Shanghai Ghetto
September 4, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Members of Sydney’s Chinese and Jewish communities have attended an event commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Shanghai Ghetto. Read more
At tea with the Prime Minister
September 2, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his wife Margie played host at Kirribilli House, their official harbourside Sydney residence, to Australia’s ethnic press. Read more
“Maimonides got it wrong”
August 21, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Federal Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull has officially opened new classrooms and staff room at Sydney’s Kesser Torah College…and found fault with one of Maimonides’s best-known teachings. Read more
ZFA conversation
August 17, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
The 150 delegates attending yesterday’s Zionist Federation of Australia’s Plenary Conference in Sydney were treated to an entertaining, but informative, one hour conversation between Federal Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Israeli journalist and analyst Shmuel Rosner. Read more
Local Hero and Best of the Best
August 14, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Two rabbis have won prestigious awards from Sydney’s Waverley Council for their contribution to the well-being of the local community. Read more
Moriah visits the Archibald
August 14, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney’s Moriah College Foundation members joined the Grandparents’ Club for a private viewing of the year’s Archibald Prize finalists at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Read more
Academic protestors criticised at professor’s farewell
July 31, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
The provost of the University of Sydney has told a farewell event for retiring Professor Suzanne Rutland at the University of Sydney that there were within the campus those “who confuse academic freedom with the right to disrupt”. Read more
The fight for life
July 22, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Michelle Haber is a scientist. David Ziegler is a paediatric oncologist. This superbright pair is at the frontline of the fight to find a cure for currently incurable strains of cancer which claim the lives of three Australian children every week. Read more
A torah walks the Bondi attack route
July 15, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
A shaliach, one of the victims of a vicious attack on a group walking home after Shabbat dinner in the Sydney suburb of Bondi in 2013, has walked the same route with fellow victims and members of a shule…carrying a torah with them. Read more
Governor Linda Dessau
July 5, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Linda Dessau has been sworn in as Governor of the State of Victoria…the first woman and the first Jewish Australian to be accorded this highly significant and important role. Read more
Frydenberg accepts Twitter apology
June 30, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has accepted an apology made by Brisbane financial adviser James Howarth following a series of antisemitic tweets criticising the politician for his position in planned changes to upfront commissions paid to financial planners. Read more
On a train to Australia
June 21, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Five Sydney women, who were little children in April 1945, were traveling on a train en route from Bergen-Belsen to Theriesendat when it was abandoned by the Germans and discovered by the advancing U.S. forces. Read more
You’ve got a friend
June 19, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
For young Australian Jews working in New York City, a new initiative offering a social centre and mentoring has been launched by Sydney;s Central Synagogue’s Rabbi Levi Wolff. Read more
