Mazel Tov to successful students

J-Wire wishes Mazeltov to all HSC and VCE students  and other final school year students throughout Australia and New Zealand who reached their goals in their final school exams. Read more

Chanukah-TV in Hospital

Forty Jewish patients in Sydney’s Prince of Wales Hospital watched the Chanukah Menorah being lit from their beds…thanks to close circuit television. Read more

Jewish Houses

Sydney care facility Jewish House will extend its operations to two Jewish Houses following the purchase of a block of units in Bondi to be used as temporary housing for the homeless. Read more

Jerusalem Prize for Premier Barry O’Farrell

The Jerusalem Prize is a prestigious award given by the World Zionist Organisation to select individuals internationally…last night NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell became the latest recipient. Read more

Woman and car added to Hakoah bombings investigation

At a media conference in Sydney this morning, police distributed images and details of a woman and a car which they believe were involved in the 1982 bombing of the Hakoah Club. Read more

Martin Place Menorah Vandalised

When bocherim from the Yeshiva in Sydney went to the giant Chanukeah in the city’s Martin Place, they found that signage had been vandalised. Read more

The last spin

George Cooks has passed away…a man whose Rowe St Records shop was at one time a haven for every lover of classical music in Sydney. Read more

Swimming for orphans

Adam Brisson was six months old when he was adopted by Charlie and Ricky Brisson…and he will celebrate his 30th birthday by swimming 30kms to raise $30,000 for the orphanage in which his spent the first six months of his life. Read more

Beating the Boredom of Detention

Philip Feinstein is bringing music into the lives of would be Australians for whom home is currently a detention centre. Read more

E-mail the PM

In an article published in the Australian Financial Review, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has reaffirmed her support for Israel. E-mail your support for her. Read more

Do it yourself Film Festival

The Israeli Embassy in Australia has special packs available to encourage private individuals to host a mini film festival in their own homes. Read more

An award for John Howard

Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard has received the inaugural “AIJAC Award Recognising Distinguished Leadership” and spoke about the current debate in the United Nations over the debate to assign observer status to Palestine. Read more

Chanukah in the Army

Australian Jewish army chaplain Rabbi Ralph Genende has hosted a Chanukah lighting ceremony in Sydney’s historic Victoria Barracks. Read more

David Pryce-Jones addresses AIJAC

Australian Financial Review editor Paul Bailey was hosted in Israel by the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council coincidentally at the time of the 10-day war with Gaza. He joined distinguished British  author/historian David Pryce-Jones in speaking to an AIJAC lunch in Sydney this week… Read more

Israeli presence at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards

An Israeli actor and director have been nominated for an APSA the highest accolade in filn in the Asia Pacific area. Read more

The Story of Hava Nagila

Every one knows it. Every one has sung it. Every one has danced to it…and last night in Sydney a Jewish International Film Festival audience heard the history of Hava Nagila from its composer’s granddaughter. Read more

Mike Tyson visits OBK

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has visited Our Big Kitchen. Read more

Barry the Blessed

Chanukah got off to an early start in the NSW Parliament last night when Premier Barry O’Farrell explained how he was blessed. Read more

Can you save this baby’s life?

Baby Boaz is 4½ months old and unless a stem cell match is found for him soon his tiny life may well end before his first birthday. Read more

The Last Post

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, a minute’s silence was held at a NAJEX Commemoration in the military section of the Sydney Jewish Museum. Read more

Community remembers Kristallnacht

The events of the fateful night in November 1938 which many believe triggered the Holocaust were remembered at a function in Sydney where a survivor gave an eyewitness account and in the city’s Martin Place where the shofar was blown. Read more

Emanuel to the rescue

99-yr-old Isaac Borinski was ready to celebrate his Barmitzvah last week in his room at a Woollahra care home. He had his tall it. He had his tefillin…but there was no kiddush cup and no kosher wine. The Emanuel Synagogue came to his rescue. Read more

Danby joins the protest

Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has raised the case of Alan Gross, a US citizen illegally detained in Cuba with Cuba’s ambassador to Australia.

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Israeli author/journalist to talk at Limmud Fest

Jerusalem-based Gershom Gorenberg wrote the book “The Unmaking of Israel”. The jiurnalist and author will be a featured speaker at Limmud Fest in NSW later this month. J-Wire videoed an interview with him…

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Barmitzvah at 99!!

99-yr-old Isaac Borinski visited the 120 Club in Sydney this week and was given the opportunity to put on tefillin for the first time in his life. Read more

Lunchtime Kristallnacht commemoration in Sydney’s CBD

The Council of Christians and Jews will hold a Memorial Service in Sydney’s Martin Place on Friday to commemorate Kristallnacht. Read more

Maccabi NSW Life Member

Former Maccabi NSW president Ruth Nissim has been unanimously voted a life member of the sports club at its Annual General Meeting…which voted approval for non-Jewish members under certain circumstances. Read more

Sydney’s Montefiore in landmark dementia venture

Sydney aged care facility the Sir Moses Montefiore Home has joined the University of New South Wales in launching The Montefiore Chair of Healthy Brain Aging. Read more

Professor released from UAE Jail

78-yr-0ld Professor Cyril Karabus has been released from an Abu Dhabi jail on bail following his arrest at Dubai airport whilst in transit on August 18. Read more

Bad news from Dubai

A 78-yr-old South African pediatrician arrested on a manslaughter charge whilst in transit in Dubai remains in an Abu Dhabi jail following a court decision yesterday not to release him on bail. Read more

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