Ammunition Hill and the last night of Chanukah
December 18, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
Tears glistened in the eyes of the soldiers and visitors to Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem as the site of one of the fiercest battles of the Six-Day War provided a background for the flames of the Menorah. Read more
ECAJ annual conference: Take two
December 8, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
Foreign Minister Senator Marise Payne has addressed a second sitting of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s annual conference originally held a week ago. Read more
ECAJ’s annual conference via Zoom
November 30, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s annual conference took place yesterday on Zoom with keynote speakers the United Arab Emirates’ Ambassador to Australia and Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Read more
Former Mount Scopus captain now president of the Law Institute of Victoria
November 25, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
Tania Wolff was the school captain at Melbourne’s Mount Scopus in 1988 and last week she was endorsed as president of the Law Institute of Victoria. Read more
A final resting place
November 20, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
During excavations necessitated by the construction of Sydney’s Light Rail project, the skeletal remains of four bodies were unearthed in an area which had been a Jewish cemetery until the turn of the 20th century. Read more
Dymocks antisemitic book online under review
September 30, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
Bookseller Dymocks is reviewing the inclusion of a book available online known for its antisemitic content. Read more
A family connection
September 15, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
The new president of Sydney’s The Great Synagogue has told the AGM that his great-great-grandmother had been a founding member of the congregation in 1878. Read more
A new Hakoah looming
July 29, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
Hakoah president Steven Lowy talks about the hiatus between Hakoah in Hall St in Bondi which closed its doors in 2009 and the projected new club at White City which, if all goes to plan, will open in 2023/4. Read more
Pokies out! Gym and swimming in
July 29, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
At this week’s AGM of the much-awaited Hakoah Club in White City, president Steven Lowy told attendees on Zoom that the fitness and Wellness centre are expected to be the main source of revenue. Read more
North Queensland family celebrated triple Barmitzvah
July 10, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
The Knezevick family drove eight hours north from their home in the North East Queensland town of Bowen to Cairns where their three sons celebrated their Barmitzvahs yesterday under the guidance of Rabbi Ari Ruben. Read more
Happy 100th anniversary WIZO
July 8, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
WIZO celebrates its 100th anniversary this year and J-Wire asked Federal President Paulette Cherny about WIZO’s history in Australia. Read more
The World’s Best Film to premiere at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival and Revelation Perth International Film Festival
June 29, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
But is this really the world’s best film? Read more
Call for redress for Victorian victims for racial vilification
June 25, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
The Legal And Social Issues Committee Of The Legislative Assembly Of Victoria has heard statements from The Executive Council of Australian Jewry and the mother of a five-yr-old child, a victim of racial bullying at a Melbourne public school. Read more
Justice for Malki?
June 16, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
The Associated Press has reported the Trump administration is considering withdrawing aid to Jordan in order to secure the extradition of Ahlam Aref Ahmad Al-Tamimi wanted by the U.S. on a charge of conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction against American nationals. Read more
Resistance
June 15, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
This is yet another Holocaust movie but its main characters are known to many of us. Marcel Marceau the greatest mime of the last century and Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lyon. Read more
Mirka’s World: an exhibition
June 15, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
MIRKA, an exhibition exploring the astonishing life and work of Australian art icon, Mirka Mora, will open in December at The Jewish Museum of Australia in Melbourne. Read more
Matty Johns says sorry on air
June 4, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
Rugby League TV identity Matty John took the opportunity on Fox to apologise for the Hitler gaffe made on his Fox Sports show earlier this week. Read more
A mother’s grief, a son’s torment
May 31, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
The bullying started in February last year. The 12-yr-old’s tormentors did not know he was Jewish. But on March 16 they did know and the bullying escalated to a level which brought shocks of horror from around the world when a photograph of the victim forced to his knees and kissing a foot of a fellow student hit the headlines. Read more
Joshua Levi enters Honour Roll
May 28, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
UPDATED: The late Joshua Levi has been entered into the NSW Premier’s Honour Roll. Read more
A new rabbi for Newcastle…after 60 years
May 17, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
Rabbi Yossi Rodal has been spent six years working with RARA, Rural and Regional Australia, combing this vast country for Jews living in remote areas but now it’s time to settle down and he will move this week from Melbourne to Newcastle to be the first rabbi the shul has had for 60 years. Read more
Back to shul…but read the rules.
May 17, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
Shuls in NSW will reopen on Shavout with attendance restricted to ten worshippers and two officials comprising a singe minyan. Read more
My life is finished – I love you Tommy
May 13, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
Baruch Ben-Ygal struck a relationship with Maccabi Australia in 1997 when he saved an athlete from drowning when the bridge across the Yarkon River collapsed as the team headed to the opening ceremony. Read more
Behind the South African Festival
May 10, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
Claire Jankelson and Di Singer are the directors of the South African Film Festival. Claire answers questions for J-Wire. Read more
Happy 100th Eddie!
April 13, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
Eddie Jaku, one of the best-known faces in the Sydney Jewish community turns 100 tomorrow [Tuesday] but the Coronavirus put paid to plans for a special celebration with family and friends at the Sydney Jewish Museum. Read more
ECAJ calls on Dymocks to cease selling certain editions of Mein Kampf
April 7, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
National bookseller Dymocks is currently marketing various editions of Adolf Hitler’s manifesto for the Nazi Party Mein Kampf some of which have commentaries appealing to far-right factions. Read more
Plea for expediting the Leifer extradition hearings
April 2, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
Three leading organisations within the Australian Jewish community have sent a joint letter to Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin calling on him to make good his pledge to do whatever he could to expedite the case against Malka Leifer. Read more
Special stipulations to allow Jewish weddings
March 27, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
Wentworth Liberal MP Dave Sharma has advised the Sydney Beth Din that wedding ceremonies can be performed during the Coronavirus epidemic under certain conditions to allow a minyan. Read more
Shnatties on their way home
March 24, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
El Al flight LY87 is fast approaching Perth carrying 16 Masa students desperate to get home from Israel in these troubling times. Read more
El Al flight heading to Australia
March 23, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
An El Al flight will land tomorrow in Perth. Read more
Tie a ribbon to show support for victims of child sexual abuse
March 16, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
Over 60 supporters joined sisters Dassi Erlich, Nicole Meter and Elly Sapper outside the gates of the Adass Israel school in Melbourne whose principal Malka Leifer fled Melbourne to Israel in 2008 ahead of being charged with 74 offences of child sexual abuse. Read more
