Times at Tatura
March 4, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Memories of another day are no stranger to Eva de Jong-Duldig a director of a museum which has made a sizable contribution to “Behind Barbed Wire: POW and Interment Camps in Victoria 1939-1945” an exhibition showing the lives and times of internees and prisoners of war in Victoria opened recently at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance. Read more
Shalit meets Sydney school students
February 27, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier who spent five years as a prisoner of Hamas, has addressed over 1800 senior school students in Sydney. Read more
Face to Face with Ari Briggs
February 25, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Former Sydneysider Ari Briggs now lives in Ra’anana and is Director of International Relations with Regavim…a Jerusalem-based organisation which contests in court claims made the Bedouin over ownership of State and privately-owned land in the Negev. Watch the video Face to Face interview ahead of his public meetings in Sydney and Melbourne. Read more
New Old Torah for Central
February 22, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Thanks to investigative work by New York-based George Klas, a Torah captured by the Germans from a synagogue in Czechoslovakia has been found..in Sydney. Read more
Roman Polanski: A film memoir
February 21, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Andrew Braunsberg, is a close friend and former business partner of iconic movie director Roman Polanski. Their intimate filmed conversation originally intended to be private, during Polanski’s house arrest in Zurich are the subject of a new film “Roman Polanski – a Film Memoir”. Read more
ACO goes to Shul
February 18, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
For the first time since it was founded in 1975, the Australian Chamber Orchestra will perform in a synagogue. Read more
Inappropriate says Carr
February 15, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Australian Foreign Minister is not happy with the tweet that is not a tweet as reported in the Australian Financial Review. Read more
Australian food technologist found guilty of babies’ deaths
February 15, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
An Israeli food technologist who holds Australian citizenship has been found guilty of causing the deaths of three babies resulting from the omission of Vitamin B1 in the milk formula produced by the company for which he worked. Read more
DFAT launches investigation
February 14, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade knew about the detention of Ben Allen aka Ben Alon aka Ben Zygier…and Foreign Minister Carr has called on his department secretary to launch an investigation. Read more
Prisoner X: What we know – What we don’t
February 13, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
There is little doubt that Israel incarcerated a prisoner in Ramla at the Ayalon prison…but no-one can positively identify him. Read more
Cooking with Qantas
February 13, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Goldman Travel MD David Goldman recently joined forces with Qantas CEO Alan Joyce at the CEO OzHarvest Cook Off in Sydney. Read more
Repairs underway in Christchurch
February 8, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Work has begun on repairs to the cash-strapped Canterbury Hebrew Congregation’s synagogue in Christchurch which was severely damages in the earthquake two years ago. Read more
Australian suspect in Burgas bombing
February 6, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
A six month enquiry into the bombing of a tourist bus in Burgas Bulgaria last July in which five Israelis lost their lives was most likely carried out by Hezbollah militants from Lebanon…one of them the bearer of an Australian passport. Read more
Green Sunday Sydney
February 4, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
More than 400 senior school students and member of Jewish youth groups worked in shifts for the twentieth year in succession at the headquarters of Harry Triguboff’s Meriton company to calll the community to add their effort to a project which will see 120,000 trees circle the Negev city of Be’ersheva.
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Sexual abuse scandal
February 1, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
A Minnesota rabbi has trivialised sexual abuse within the community prompting an Australian advocacy group to suggest he brought before the Beth Din in a Din Torah [a matter of litigation]. Read more
Australian educators at Yad Vashem
January 31, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Australian educators have attended a seminar at Yad Vashem. Read more
Postal voting ahead
January 30, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
The Australian Federal election date was announced by Prime Minister Julia Gillard today. September 14. Yom Kippur. Read more
All apparently clear in Brisbane
January 28, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Head of the Queensland Jewish Community Services Ari Heber has reported no incidents in Brisbane following the violent storm experience by the Queensland Capital. Read more
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! No! No! No!
January 28, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Moshe Feiglin, the leader of the Manhigut Yehudit party has one more thing to do before he enters the Knesset as an MK….give up his Australian citizenship. Read more
Sad loss for the Melbourne community
January 28, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Melbourne community stalwart Les Erdi has passed away. Read more
The Australia Day Awards
January 26, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
J-Wire salutes those who have received recognition of their contribution to the betterment of our society and lists those with Jewish connection… Read more
Our Big Hero
January 25, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Rabbi Dovid Slavin, the founder of Our Big Kitchen situated in the basement of the Sydney Yeshiva Centre in Bondi, has been named Waverley’s Local Hero of the Year. Read more
The Party’s Over
January 24, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
One last evening of saying goodbyes and that was it…the end of a highly successful 2013 Maccabi Junior Carnival. Read more
Man accused of descrating Jewish graves pleads innocence.
January 22, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
A man accused of desecrating Jewish graves in Auckland appeared in court today, maintaining his plea of not guilty to a charge of intentional damage . Read more
Pre-election analysis and Q&A
January 21, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Gil Hoffman, the Chief Political Correspondent of the Jerusalem Post spoke to Australian media by teleconference on the eve of the Israeli elections. J-Wire participated. Read more
Hot work for Maccabi junior athletes
January 18, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Today was community day for those attending the Maccabi Junior Carnival in Sydney…and for some it meant working outdoors in the searing heat. Read more
Israeli Tennis champions advance
January 16, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Israel’s current tennis champions have made it through to the next round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.. Read more
Maccabi Junior Carnival off to a great start
January 16, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
More than 550 young athletes are competing in the 31st Maccabi Junior Carnival which opened in Sydney last night. Read more
NZ tragic car accident
January 7, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
J-Wire has discovered that the car involved in a fatal road New Zealand accident reported yesterday which claimed the life of a 61-yr-old Israeli woman was trailing another vehicle in which her husband was a passenger. Read more
A Very Happy New Year
December 31, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
J-Wire wishes all its readers and contributors a very happy, successful and fulfilling 2013. Read more
