A mother’s tale
June 15, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Author of the best-seller “The Book Thief” Markus Zusak has enthralled Sydney’s JCA East Communal Event with stories of broken eggs and wartime Munich. Read more
Christopher Pyne opens new learning centre
June 12, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne has opened the new Education Resource Centre at Sydney’s Jewish Museum which now has the capacity to increase the numbers participating in its courses by over 75%. Read more
A word from Jake
May 28, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Associate Professor Jake Lynch has retained his position at the University of Sydney following the disruption by protester of a lecture delivered in March by pro-Israel British military man Colonel Richard Kemp. A comment for J-Wire readers… Read more
Meet the man who made Struggle Street
May 22, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Filmmaker Marc Radomsky is the writer/producer of Struggle Street..a ratings record-breaker for SBS-TV showing life on the other side of Sydney’s tracks. He talks to J-Wire. Read more
NSW Jewry commemorates the ANZAC centenary
May 4, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Prime Minister Tony Abbott was guest of honour at a commemorative service to mark the ANZAC centenary held by the NSW Jewish community. Read more
Sir John Monash statue unveiled
April 27, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Founded in 1958, Melbourne’s Monash University has unveiled a life-sized statue of the man after whom it was named…Sir John Monash. Read more
Israel honors a righteous Gentile
April 15, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
The son of a Dutch couple who saved a Jewish child’s life during the Nazi occupation will receive a Righteous Among Nations award on their behalf at the Yom Hashoah commemoration in Sydney tonight. Read more
The Road to Realisation
March 25, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
More than 180 people attended at the AGM of Sydney’s Hakoah Club despite there being no election and were “walked through” the Hakoah proposal for the redevelopment plans of the White City site. Read more
Red Rattler apologises
March 23, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
A Sydney theatre which refused to offer its facilities to a Jewish group saying that the organisation “does not support colonialism/Zionism” has apologised to the applicant. Read more
The summit of life
March 19, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
A mountain in the far-off Pyrenees provided hope, inspiration and drive for a critically ill leukaemia patient in Sydney. Read more
“An internal Holocaust”
March 4, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
A leading Israeli rabbi has told a meeting in Sydney that world Jewry is currently experiencing “an internal Holocaust”. Read more
Behind the photonics chip
February 26, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Winner of Israel’s highest honour the Israel Prize Professor Moti Segev, has been visiting Australia to further the Technion’s collaborative project with Sydney University to develop the next generation of computer chip. Read more
New name for old organisation
February 18, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
In the wake of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse end the ensuing resignation of Rabbi Meir Kluwgant from the presidency of the Organisation of Rabbis of Australasia, ORA has been rebadged to NORA. Read more
$5.6 million available for community organisations
February 18, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Contrary to published reports $5.6 million dollars, the proceeds from the sale of Sydney’s Strathfield Synagogue, have still to be allocated to approved community organisations. Read more
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse : “He is attacking Chabad”
February 15, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant, the current president of the Organisation of Rabbis of Australasia was quizzed at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse hearing in Melbourne on Friday about a text he sent in which he wrote about Zephaniah Waks “He is attacking Chabad”. Read more
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse :
February 13, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Rabbi Yaakov Glasman, president of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria between 2009 and 2012 when the RCV was seeking to shape community responses to the issue of child sexual abuse. Read more
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Final Day – Rabbi Zvi Telsner
February 13, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
The final day of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse saw Rabbi Zvi Telsner complete his evidence followed by appearances by Rabbi Glasman, Rabbi Kluwgant and Rabbi Smukler. Read more
Reunited with the family after 73 years
February 10, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Photographs, documents, cutlery and sheet music secreted away by a chazan in an attic in wartime Czechoslovakia and discovered 72 years later have been reunited with his descendants in Sydney. Read more
Simchas in Double Bay – happy days are here again
February 10, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
The Intercontinental Hotel recently opened in the plush Sydney suburb of Double Bay has launched its permanent Kosher kitchen. Read more
JNF Green Sunday – Sydney
February 9, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Did you take part in JNF’s Green Sunday in Sydney? You may be in this gallery…. Read more
JNF’s Green Sunday
February 9, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Communities around the country manned the phones raising funds during JNF’s Green Sunday. Read more
Kosher caterer’s premises destroyed by fire
February 6, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
The premises of Peter Unger Catering in the Melbourne suburb of Prahran have been destroyed by fire…but it is business as usual. Read more
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse – Day 3: Rabbi Moshe Gutnick
February 4, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Statements made by Sydney Rabbi Moshe Gutnick have reignited a commitment to Judaism for child sexual abuse victim Manny Waks. Read more
“Everyone hates us”
February 3, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
The wife of a victim of child sexual abuse at Melbourne’s Yeshivah College told the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse that her daughter told her on the eve of her Batmitzvah “everyone hates us”. Read more
Josh Frydenberg at Auschwitz
January 28, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Among the world dignitaries attending the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz was Australian Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Read more
Israel smoothing the waters with New Zealand
January 26, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
An Israeli diplomat has made a special trip to New Zealand to deliver a letter to the country’s Foreign Minister in an attempt to reconcile diplomatic differences between the two countries. Read more
An attic reveals its secret
January 5, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
A roof in need of repair in the Slovakian city of Presov has provided a Sydney family with memories of a precious past…a cache of photographs, documents and personal effects hidden by a rabbi before he was transported to his death in Auschwitz. Read more
Chanukah tales
December 22, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney’s Young Adult Chabad have distributed hundreds of latkes and doughnuts in Martin Place.
Menorah in Martin Place
December 19, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
The Chanukah celebration organised in Sydney’s Martin Place , the scene of this week;s siege, was cancelled in respect to this who lost their lives…but the giant menorah has been erected and carries a message to all Australians. Read more
Peace in Martin Place
December 19, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
Rabbi Levi Wolff and Rabbi Zalman Kastel joined other religious leaders in Martin Place in an act of togetherness centering around Ken Johnson, the father of Tori Johnson who was brutally murdered during the Martin Place siege. Read more
