Israeli army gets Jarryd a world record

Jarryd Rubinstein has muscled himself into the Guiness Book of Records…and thanks the IDF for getting him there. Read more

Holocaust survivor named as Australia Day Ambassador in Victoria

Richard Rozen will present the Citizen of the Year Award to this year’s honoree in Girgarre, Victoria. Read more

Matchmaker, Matchmaker

J-Junction’s Sydney matchmakers have celebrated a record year. Read more

Man arrested for protesting against Israeli tennis star

A man will appear in court tomorrow in Auckland for protesting against Israeli tennis star Shahav Peer’s participation in an international tennis tournament. Read more

Adam Wrublewski on the blocks

The Michael Wrublewski Foundation is set to be launched…and the late sportsman’s son is on the starting blocks. Read more

Plight of Sydney’s homeless

The shortage of suitable housing for the homeless in NSW recently reported in the mainstream press has impacted on the Sydney Jewish community. Read more

Hatzolah founder saves dying woman’s life

When the public address system at Melbourne’s Tiger Airways baggage area urgently called for a doctor, Ruvi Herzog immediately raced to offer help. Read more

$100,000 gift from Joe Gutnick secures Adelaide school

Adelaide’s Massada College has received  a $100,000 gift from mining magnate Rabbi Joe Gutnick which will secure its immediate financial future. Read more

Ground-breaking Junior Carnival in Perth

Competitors from Hong Kong and Singapore have joined 300 Aussie athletes at the Maccabi Junior Carnival in Perth. Read more

Tragic loss of Maccabi leader

Helen Synman, a member of the Board of Maccabi Australia Inc, has passed away suddenly in Melbourne. Read more

An old violin plays an old tune for newly-weds

A violin which has not seen the light of day for thirty years has accompanied its former owner’s grandson to his chuppah. Read more

New Year’s Eve – just another night’s work – with a twist

Rabbi Mendel Kastel will don his police chaplain’s uniform as Sydney’s police force prepares for its busiest night of the year. Read more

Year 12 students buddy up with handicapped kids

Twenty-four handicapped children spent four days in a summer camp buddied up with Year 12 students from Sydney’s Jewish dayschools. Read more

2010 heralds Sydney’s first Jewish Music Festival

Shir Madness  will present Sydney’s first ever Jewish music festival at the Bondi Pavilion in September next year. Read more

Hillel web site hacked

Hackers have infiltrated the Hillel organisation’s web site. Read more

Aussie teachers go to school in Israel

Early next month, 25 Australian educators will start a year-long program on Holocaust studies, starting with a 10-day course at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Read more

Not in disarray says Mizrachi acting president

The acting president of Sydney’s Mizrachi Synagogue says there are no problems with the shule. Read more

Mizrachi Mystery

Sydney’s Mizrachi Synagogue is in apparent disarray. Read more

Crisis meeting in Adelaide

The Board of Adelaide’s Massada College is in a crisis meeting with the South Australian government in a bid to stop the closure of the school. Read more

Zentai home for Christmas

A Federal Court judge has ordered the immediate release of Charles Zentai who has been imprisoned awaiting extradition to Hungary for questioning regarding the 1944 murder of an 18-yr-old Jewish youth. Read more

Graeme Samuel talks to the Capital Jewish Forum

Competition, cartels and co-ordinated conduct were subjects dealt with by Graeme Samuel at today’s Capital Jewish Forum’s December luncheon. Read more

Sydney doctor a member of Israeli team examining ancient man

Professor Mark Spigelman is a member of an Israeli research team which has studied the DNA of a 1st century C.E. shrouded man found in a tomb on the outskirts of Jerusalem.

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A surprise Bat Mitzvah…from 1910

Ninety-year-old Bruce Symonds visited Sydney’s Great Synagogue’s to celebrate 100 years of Bat Mizvahs because both his daughters celebrated theirs at the Shule…and learned his mother had been one of the original six girls Batmitzvahed in 1910. Read more

Zentai may be home for Christmas

The Federal Government has reversed its decision to oppose a bail application by Charles Zentai, the 88-yr-old Perth man currently in prison facing extradition to Hungary to face questions relating to the 1944 murder of an 18-yr-old Jewish youth. Read more

Barnaby Joyce denies any association with the CEC

A furious Barnaby Joyce told J-Wire today that he has never had any association with the Citizens’ Electoral Council. Read more

Zentai: Government opposes bail

Charles Zentai, the 88-yr-old Perth man currently in jail awaiting extradition to Hungary to face questions relating to the 1944 murder of an 18-year-old Jew, will have his bail application heard in court next week…but the Federal Government is opposing it. Read more

Sydney film-maker launches compassion campaign

Sydney film-maker Danielle Lauren has launched a campaign to secure 100,000 Aussie signatures for the world-wide Charter of Compassion. Read more

Australia-Israel Leadership Forum security line breached

Three pro-Palestinian protesters broke security lines at Melbourne’s Park Hyatt Hotel where the Australia-Israel Peace Forum was being held. Read more

Zentai’s lawyers to appeal today

The lawyers for Charles Zentai, the 88-yr-old Perth man currently in prison awaiting extradition to his native Hungary to face questioning about the 1944 murder of a Jewish youth in Budapest, will make two appeals today. Read more

Rudd, Abbott and Shalom talk at Sydney Forum

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, leader of the Opposition Tony Abbott and Israeli Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom spoke at the Australia-Israel Forum in Sydney yesterday. Read more

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