Ambassador makes his debut

Ambassador-Designate Shmuel ben-Shmuel who, will present his credentials to formally become Israel’s new ambassador to Australia next week, has made his communal debut…presenting trade  awards to 14 Israeli companies and their Australian partners. Read more

NSW Greens want funding stripped from Jewish schools

NSW Labor frontbencher Walt Secord has clashed with the NSW Greens over their education policy targeting non-government schools – after they moved amendments in State Parliament to strip funding from private schools including all NSW Jewish high schools. Read more

PM gets behind Mitzvah Day

This coming Sunday is Mitzvah Day and it has a new backer…Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Read more

Mission Accomplished

A team of Israeli surgeons and support medical staff have returned to Israel after a 10 day mission in Tanzania where they performed 17 life-saving operations on children suffering from heart disease. Read more

Gatekeepers nominated

The Israeli film “The Gatekeepers” has been nominated for the 7th Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Read more

Liberals go easy on pets

Importation of pets from Israel into Australia will be easier in 2014 thanks to a 20 day reduction of the quarantine period announced by the Federal Government. Read more

Warm memories from a battlefield

Down to one tank and facing total defeat at the infamous Valley of Tears tank battle in the Valley of Tears during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, commander Avigdor Kahalani invoked an ancient Aramaic code to fool the Syrians into believing he had 41 tanks in the hope that his communications commander would understand he was down to one…both got the appropriate message and in Sydney last week Kahalani met the daughter of his communications commander for the first time. Read more

JNF showcases two special speakers

JNF gala fundraising events throughout the country were addressed by an engaging Israeli war hero joined in Sydney and Melbourne by a current serving Israeli Cabinet Minister. Read more

Monitoring the Blue Mountains fires

In September, two newly-ordained Chabad rabbis travelled throughout the now fire-ravaged Blue Mountains area of New South Wales visiting Jewish people living in the region 80 kms from Sydney and have been able to contact each one they met offering them refuge from the mammoth blazes which have so far claimed more than 200 homes. Read more

Amaze in Taste says Mashgiachim are with them

Responding to the statement made by the Kashrut Authority on J-Wire, caterer Amaze in Taste has emphasised its plan to go it alone. Read more

KA and Amaze in Taste: Talks break down

Talks between representatives of Sydney catering company Amaze in Taste and the Kashrut Authority over the issuing of a Kosher licence have broken down following a fiery discussion at Bondi Kosher eatery Katzys. Read more

ABC responds to the ECAJ

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has apologised to The Executive Council of Australian Jewry for publishing anti-Israel comments on its ABC2 Facebook page following the broadcast of ‘Five Broken Cameras’. Read more

IT addiction a reality

Well-known TV personality Steve Liebmann will moderate a panel discussion in Sydney dealing with the addictive effects of social media and the Internet. Read more

Your iPhone/Android becomes a money box

The Jewish religion differentiates between charity and tzedakah and the latter has always been considered obligatory…and this generally forgotten cornerpost of Judaism is now set to reappear in the mainstream community thanks to an iPad/iPhone/Android app developed in Sydney. Read more

The Lion of the Senate

Despite media reports that former Foreign Minister Senator Bob Carr is to quit the statement, the politiican who declared all Israeli settlements in Palestine illegal appears to have no intention of quitting the Senate. Read more

All over for Passion 8

Sydney high-profile caterers Passion8 are now in liquidation and its once buzzing commercial Lane Cove HQ are now deserted bar a few administrative staff…and the food that it supplied to COA’s meals on wheel service is now being aired into Sydney from Melbourne. Read more

Jewish Kennel

Sydney care organisation Jewish House has expanded…it now incorporates Jewish Kennel. Read more

Maitland Jewish Cemetery on the State Heritage Register

The NSW Heritage Council has plans on the table to list the Maitland Jewish Cemetery. Read more

Strong Jewish connection to NSW award

NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell has conferred the inaugural NSW Human Rights Award on Andrew Penfold, founder of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation. Read more

Moriah Foundation concerned about cost of education

Donors to the Moriah Foundation have heard an update on the fund’s activities at its annual cocktail party…and concern about increasing numbers of Jewish children at public primary schools. Read more

Malcolm hold Wentworth? Sure can!

It’s that time of the year…a Federal election and the Jewish House Rosh Hashana food drive. Read more

Jake Lynch responds to Shurat HaDin complaint

Israeli advocacy organisation lodged a class complaint with the  with the Australian Human Rights Commission over Sydney Professor Jake Lynch’s participation and public support of  boycotts of Israel including an academic boycott of  Israeli universities. Professor Lynch responds… Read more

Foreign Office explains

The Department for Foreign Affairs has responded to a “please explain” call by J-Wire regarding a statement made at the Lakemba mosque by Foreign Minister Bob Carr that all Israeli settlements on Palestinian land are illegal under international law and should cease. Read more

Malcolm’s time-out for the homeless

Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull took valuable time off campaigning for the Sydney seat of Wentworth to support The Jewish House’s drive to help the homeless. Read more

JNF Update

The Jewish National Fund recently hosted a breakfast forum in Sydney addressed by Major-General Oren Shachor [Res.] co-founder of the Jerusalem Arbitration Center. Read more

The Merchant of Peace

A retired Major General in the Israeli army whose career moved into the world of big business has joined ranks with one of Palestine’s most successful business identities to create the Jerusalem Arbitration Center designed to settle conflicts of a commercial nature between the two countries. Read more

Israel’s man in New Zealand

Meet Yosef Livne, the new Israeli ambassador to New Zealand. Read more

No Aldi Boycott

Reports on the Internet claimed that popular supermarket chain Aldi had stopped selling goods produced in Israel settlements. The company has denied that this is the case. Read more

Helping Israel’s Children

High on Mount Carmel above the sparkling Mediterranean Sea, WIZO Ahuzat Yeladim offers a last chance for troubled teenagers. Read more

“We can’t stop someone from making a living”…Maccabi

Maccabi Australia has responded to an article on the Israeli newspaper Haaretz’s web site in which Australian communal leaders and family members of the four athletes who lost their lives in the 1997 bridge collapse described the continuing employment of a man found guilty for the part he played in the tragedy as being “disgraceful”, “astounding” and “inconceivable”. Read more

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