Waving the flag
October 12, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
Once upon a time, Israelis who chose to live in the diaspora were considered by many to be betraying their country…but today’s high profile Israelis living abroad are assuming the Israeli government encouraged role of quasi ambassadors. Read more
Feldman-Waks war opens on new front
October 8, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
Following the very public stoush involving Rebbetzin Pnina Feldman in Sydney and child sexual abuse victims’ advocate Manny Waks in Melbourne, a new battle has sprung up…this time between Waks and Feldman’s son Rabbi Eli Feldman. Read more
Remembering Babi Yar
September 29, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
On September 29 and 30, 1941, 33,771 Jews perished at the Babi Yar ravine near Kiev at the hands of the Germans…yesterday they were remembered in Australia and a new memorial was unveiled in Sydney. Read more
Key makes it three
September 22, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
John Key has been re-elected Prime Minister of New Zealand and will serve his country as its leader for the third consecutive time. Read more
Dismay at flyers distributed in Sydney
August 26, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
Homes in the Sydney suburbs of Double Bay and Bondi have been targeted in a campaign to spread racial hatred against Jews. Read more
Beit Halochem awaits the wounded
August 25, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
On July 8, 2014, Israeli forces entered Gaza marking the beginning of a continuing operation to counter rockets and tunnels aimed at and built for assaults on the people of Israel. Read more
JNF provides a welcome respite
August 19, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
More than 2,500 Israeli schoolchildren whose homes are close to the Gaza border have received a welcome break from the tension generated by a daily dose of rockets…they were bussed to safer pastures for respite courtesy of the Jewish National Fund’s Australian arm. Read more
Five youths arrested over bus attack
August 7, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
Five youths were arrested at 3:30am this morning in Dover Heights following an antisemitic attack on a school bus yesterday during which terrified students were told they throats would be slit. Read more
Stand with Israel
August 3, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
At 7:30am this morning, a text message was sent to thousands of members of the Sydney Jewish community planning on attending a pro-Israel rally advising them that “due to logistics” the venue had been changed. The message got through. Over 7,000 people answered the Read more
Board seeks apology from Fairfax
July 29, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has sought an apology from the Sydney Morning Herald for publishing a cartoon in last Saturday’s edition which they describe as being “crudely antisemitic”. Read more
Prestigious award for Goldman Travel
July 22, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney’s Tom Goldman became Maccabi World Union vice-president…and his eponymous travel company also scored winning the prestigious Best Corporate Travel Agency in the National Travel Industry Awards. Read more
Slavins help the IDF
July 13, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen Slavin family is in Israel working in temporary barracks in the car park of a movie theatre…without their patriarch Rabbi Dovid Slavin. Read more
Attack in Melbourne
July 13, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
An evening walk through the leafy suburbs of Elsternwick ended in a vicious attack on a Melbourne man wearing an Israeli t-shirt printed in Hebrew. Read more
Public rebuke? Judge for yourself
July 13, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that NSW Premier Mike Baird had publicly rebuked Vic Alhadeff, CEO of The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies and Chair of the NSW Community Relations Commission over a statement made to Jewish community relating to the Israel/Gaza situation. But enquiries by J-Wire reveal that the Premier did not speak publicly other than through a statement to the Herald attributed to a spokesman. Read more
Anatomy of murders
July 7, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
Murders in Israel….thoughts from the Israeli Security Agency, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyau, President Shimon Peres and Australian community identities and others Read more
Australia and New Zealand pay respect…and a message from Hebron
July 1, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
The Australian and New Zealand Jewish communities have sent messages of condolence to the families of Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Sha’er and Eyal Yifrach… Read more
Meet Abe Foxman
June 30, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
One of the world’s most active voices in the battle against antisemitism belongs to the U.S. Anti-Defamation League’s Abe Foxman. He was interviewed by David Horovitz at the recent world Jewish Media Summit in Jerusalem. J-Wire was there. Read more
Meet the president
June 26, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
Israel’s president-elect Reuven Rivlin spoke to international journalists in Jerusalem yesterday. J-Wire was there…. Read more
A President, a Prime Minister
June 23, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
Over 100 representatives of world wide Jewish media participating in a summit conference in Jerusalem have been addressed by Israel’s president Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. J-Wire was there. Read more
To save a life…writes Henry Benjamin
June 22, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
She is five years old, Palestinian and from Hebron. Read more
Queen’s birthday awards – Jewish recipients
June 9, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
A Canberra professor has received an AM exactly 20 years after his late father received the same honour…a woman becomes the 4th member of her family to receive an award…a medical researcher now resident in London is behind the lab work that went in to creating drugs which generate annual sales of over US$25 billion…a mental health expert expresses concern on the plight of those suffering from mental illnesses. We identified 26 honourees: Melbourne 11, Sydney 8, Canberra 2, Perth 2, Brisbane 1, NSW Country 1 and the UK 1.
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JCA honours community stalwarts
June 3, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
Three awards were presented at the Jewish Communal Appeal Eastern Suburbs function.to members of Sydney’s Jewish community who have worked tirelessly to help others. Read more
The $6 million Blue Box Queen
May 23, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
NSW Jewish Blue Box Queen Salome Woods has been honoured by having her name inscribed in the JNF Golden Book in Israel to mark 30 years of service with the Jewish National Fund. Read more
Anti-Semitism around the world
May 15, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
The U.S. based Anti-Defamation League has surveyed antisemitism in 100 countries around the world…and Australia and New Zealand as a region have been found to have the lowest rate globally. Read more
Next term in Jerusalem
May 14, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
More than 500 guests have celebrated Yom Ha’azmaut in Sydney…marking the 66th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel. Read more
Shadows of Shoah – a unique Holocaust exhibition
May 12, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
Perry Trotter is a New Zealander, an evangelical Christian, a highly talented photographer, a skilled musician and a composer….and a man who conceived a state of the art travelling Holocaust exhibition. Read more
Australian initiative to reduce Israeli drownings
May 6, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
Australian lifesavers will travel to Israel in September in a bid to arrest the growing number of drownings caused by inexperienced swimmers. Read more
Faces of the future sing of shadows of the past
April 29, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
An audience of over 900 sat enraptured in the auditorium of Sydney’s Moriah College as a choir of 48 schoolchildren sang songs of the past to commemorate Yom HaShoah…remembering the Holocaust. Read more
Actors reveal the effects of racial vilification
April 28, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
The Australasian Union of Jewish Students has launched a video campaign on Yom HaShoah to test the reaction of bystanders to acts of racial vilification on university campuses. Read more
Shurat HaDin gets a pleasing result…or did they?
April 25, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
