Sydney’s turn to try to save a life

Melbourne paediatrician Les Markman is dying from leukaemia and his only hope for survival is a blood/stem cell/bone marrow transfusion from a suitable donor. The odds? 10,000-1. Read more

The Barnes Boys a Hit at the Jewish House Gala Dinner

Jimmy Barnes, working with his son David Campbell, topped a big night for Sydney’s Jewish House’s Gala dinner. Read more

Football or rockets – ask Barry O’Farrell

The NSW Opposition Leader compared border life in Tweed Heads with border life in Israel. Read more

Adelaide’s Jewish School facing closure

Masada College in Adelaide has run out of money and faces permanent closure on December 17. Read more

Turnbull skips ECAJ conference

The political turmoil embroiling Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull will keep him in Canberra today…forcing the cancellateion of his scheduled appearance at the Executive Council of Australian Jewry annual conference. Read more

Olmert visits the Montefiore

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert paid a visit to Sydney’s Montefiore Home in Randwick this week. Read more

Award for Israel at the Asia-Pacific Screen Awards

Israel co-produced “Hashmatsa” [Defamation], winner of the Best Documentary at the Asia-Pacific Screen Awards held at the Gold Coast. Read more

Auckland loses one of its finest

Fred Silberstein spent most of his life in Auckland educating the general community about the Holocaust. He died this week, Read more

Shabbat at the Great – White Ribbon Day

Sydney’s Great Synagogue will deliver a message to its congregants this Shabbat about confronting domestic violence…a message it wants to share with Jewry throughout Australia and New Zealand. Read more

Voiceless adds voice to domestic violence initiative

Sydney identity Brian Sherman, a director of animal welfare group Voiceless, spoke at JewishCare this morning on domestic violence heralding the beginning of campaign involving 16 rabbis , 16 days…and 16 synagogues. Read more

Zentai’s son talks to J-Wire

Ernie Steiner , whose 88-yr-old father Charles Zentai is currently in a Perth prison awaiting extradition to his native Hungary to face questioning about the 1944 murder of an 18-yr-old Jewish youth, failed to get a meeting with Minister for Home Affairs Brendan O’Connor last week. Read more

UIA worldwide luminary passes away

Mendel Kaplan, a larger than life figure known and respected throughout the Jewish world, has passed away in his native South Africa. Read more

Distribution of left-over food wins award for Ronni

The founder of Ozharvest, an organisation which distributes left-over food from events to the needy has been made New South Wales Local Hero of 2009. Read more

ECAJ to propose panellists for Q & A

ABC-TV has responded positively to matters of concern about the format of popular panellist program Q & A raised the Executive Council of Australian Jewry. Read more

Minister decides – Zentai to be extradited

Charles Zentai, the 88-yr-old Perth man accused of murdering a Jewish youth in 1944 in Budapest, is to be extradited to his native Hungary for questioning. Read more

Prestigious award for Sydney writer

Novelist Diane Armstrong has received the prestigious Biennial Award for Fiction from the Society of Women’s Writers in NSW. Read more

Hakoah to out-source venues

With more than 2000 members having renewed their membership, Sydney’s Hakoah Club will continue to function…out-sourcing venues when necessary. Read more

Indonesian ambassador addresses the Capital Jewish Forum

The recently formed Capital Jewish Forum has hosted a luncheon addressed by the Indonesian ambassador. Read more

Hakoah’s farewell to Hall St

More than 300 members and former football players reminisced over the history of Sydney’s Hakoah Club as it prepares to shut its doors for good in its current Bondi location. Read more

Bialik pegs fees

Melbourne’s Bialik College has pegged its fees 2010 increase at 1.5%. Read more

Marcus Einfeld appealing “excessive” sentence

Lawyers for disgraced judge Marcus Einfeld have told a Sydney appeal court that their client was suffering from an undiagnosed bipolar condition. Read more

Offending textbook withdrawn from sale

A school textbook which was the subject of a complaint by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies this week has been withdrawn from sale. Read more

Happy birthday, Sir Zelman

Australia’s Governor-General, Quentin Bryce, wished her predecessor Sir Zelman Cowen a very happy 90th birthday in Melbourne yesterday. Read more

Charles Zentai’s first day in jail

Zentai’s son Ernie visited his father in prison today. Charles Zentai, 88, awaits his fate, in the hands of Home Affairs Minister Brendan O’Connor. The Hungarian government is seeking his extradition to answer questions on the 1944 murder in Budapest of 18-yr-old Jewish youth Peter Balazs. Read more

My father did not change his name to elude justice

Charles Zentai’s son claims his father’s name was changed when he was a child. Read more

Lane’s Sydney ‘family’ talks to J-Wire

Don Lane was buried in Sydney this morning. Read more

Zentai behind bars

Charles Zentai, the 88-yr-old Perth resident wanted by Hungarian authorities for questioning over the 1944 murder of a Jewish youth in Budapest, is now in prison awaiting the Government’s extradition decision. Read more

A Message for Sheik Haron – from Greg Sher’s father

The father of an Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan has advice for the man who is alleged to have sent him hate mail…”If you don’t fit in to or like Australian life, go home.” Read more

Israeli tributes to Richard Pratt

The family of Richard Pratt, who died six months ago, will attend tributes to the philanthropist in Israel. Read more

Q & A with the son of Charles Zentai

Charles Zentai, the 88-yr-old Perth man facing extradition to Hungary where authorities want to question him about the murder of an 18-yr-old Jew in 1944, will be remanded in custody today. J-Wire speaks to his son… Read more

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