Australian professor assisting Bedouins with land rights claim
July 1, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
Adjunct Professor John Sheehan is assisting Bedouins in the Be’er Sheva region in preparing native title claims similar to those of Australia’s indigenous Aboriginals…and for Mabo, read Muri. Read more
Hezbollah remains on the terrorist list
July 1, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
The Australian Government has re-listed Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation. Read more
Aussie doctor president-elect of the British Medical Association
June 27, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
Sir Michael Marmot has been declared President-Elect of the prestigious British Medical Association. Read more
Photographer barred from Jewish sites
June 27, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
A photographer chronicling synagogues and Jewish cemeteries throughout the world has been barred from including Australia in his project. Read more
Mumbai Shabbat for Michael Danby
June 26, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
Michael Danby will attend a Shabbat service in Mumbai, India this evening…at the newly rebuilt Chabad Synagogue. Read more
Michael Misrachi at ROI in Israel
June 26, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
600 applicants from 29 countries sought one of the coveted 120 places at the ROI Young Innovators Conference in Israel. Michael Misrachi from Sydney was a successful applicant. Read more
International Yiddish Theatre Festival in Canada
June 25, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
Yiddish theatres from around the globe have held an international festival in Canada…Australia was represented by Melbourne’s Alex Dafner.
ABC says sorry
June 24, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has apologised for misreporting in April that Israel’s Supreme Court had ruled that the West Bank wall is illegal and should be pulled down. Read more
Memorial service for Richard Pratt
June 22, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
The life of the late cardboard king Richard Pratt was highlighted at his Victorian State Memorial Service held at the Victorian Arts Centre yesterday. Read more
Kathy Schweitzer – do they know who murdered her?
June 21, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
NSW detectives will shortly name a person “of interest” in their bid to solve the murder of Kathy Schweitzer. Read more
Rabbinical Top Ten!
June 19, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
Believe it or not, there is a web site featuring the world’s top ten rabbis… Sydney Rabbi Levi Wolff and Melbourne’s Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick have made the list…. Read more
Mendel experiences sleeping like the homeless
June 19, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
The St Vincent de Paul Society organised a sleep-out for 250 CEOs last night to show how the homeless fare on a winter’s night. The CEO of The Jewish House, Rabbi Mendel Kastel was one of them. Read more
Prestigious award for Sydney Aged Care Home
June 19, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
The Sir Moses Montefiore Home in Randwick has won the property industry award for the best development project resulting in better communities…taken out last year by Sydney Airport’s Terminal 2. Read more
Petition delivered to Julia Gillard
June 18, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
A petition protesting her visit to Israel was delivered by email yesterday to Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard shortly before her departure. Read more
Smith praises Netanyahu’s speech and calls for peace talks
June 15, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has issued a new call for paece talks in the Middle East. Read more
Marcia re-appointed to the Victorian Multicultural Commission
June 14, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
Marcia Pinskier has been named by Victorian Premier John Brumby as a Commissioner to the Victorian Multicultural Commission…for the second time. Read more
Sydney South African’s $1.5 billion Ponzi scheme shocks Australia and SA
June 13, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
Questions are being asked throughout Australia’s Jewish community…who is Barry Tannenbaum? Who has lost money to him? The community woke up to a front page in the Fairfax Press this morning indicating that Australia had discovered its own Bernie Madoff. Read more
80th Anniversary of the birth of Anne Frank
June 13, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
J-Wire publishes only news that impacts on Australia. Anne Frank qualifies. She would have turned 80 this week. The Jewish Chronicle in London published a computer-image of how she would have looked today. We reproduce it with their permission. Read more
New technology for Melbourne’s Holocaust Centre
June 12, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
Melbourne’s Holocaust Centre will launch unique new technology to bring Holocaust stories to life. Read more
Full text of Gillard’s speech to the Chamber
June 12, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard addressed the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce ahead of her visit to Israel. J-Wire publishes the text of what she said… Read more
$17 million for Jewish primary schools
June 11, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
Jewish schools have received almost $13 million in Government aid announced by Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard yesterday. Read more
Top gongs for AIDS specialists and legal reformer
June 8, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
In the Queen’s Birthday Honours announced overnight, a Sydney professor who has committed a huge part of his life to the field of HIV/AIDS and a legal reformer have been awarded the AM. Read more
Danby heading to the Dalai Lama’s birthday celebration
June 6, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
Federal Labour MP Michael Danby will lead a six-member parliamentary delegation to India to visit the Dalai Lama. Read more
Sydney to house Fella Hamilton as new store opens at Bondi Junction
June 5, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
At a time when several fashion designers have been forced to shut up shop from the economic downturn, a well-known fashion brand in Melbourne and manufactured in Australia, is expanding its business into Sydney. Read more
Lowy makes his move
June 4, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
Frank Lowy is in the Bahamas in a bid to make Australia the host nation for the 2018 soccer World Cup. Read more
Victoria ups the ante against racism
June 3, 2009 by Henry Benjamin
Victoria’s Sentencing Act is to be amended to require judges to take into account racial hatred or prejudice against a particular group when sentencing. Read more
