A challah for number one
May 27, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Meriton chief Harry Triguboff has plenty to celebrate today…named number one in the BRW top 200 and he will take home a challah to prove it. Read more
Echoes of Apartheid
May 23, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Renowned international journalist Roger Cohen has spoken at a New Israel Fund Australia event in Sydney claiming Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank is “an echo of apartheird”. Read more
Meet Amir Ohana
May 18, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Amir Ohana is the first openly gay member of the Likud…and a man who would like to see marijuana legalised in Israel and to see responsible Israelis having the right to carry a gun. He talks to J-Wire. Read more
Freelander under fire…but apologises
May 12, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Political hopeful Dr Mike Freelander has apologised for remarks he made describing Australia’s detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island as “concentration camps”. Read more
Iran: A Labor Government will change Australia’s policy
April 27, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References committee has heard that the U.S. has named 225 Iranian companies and/or individuals against which or whom sanctions remain…but the Australian number is only 91. Read more
Adass documentary for SBS
April 21, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Filmmakers Dan Goldberg, Adam Kay and Danny Ben-Moshe have teamed together to produce a documentary for SBS television on an orthodox Jewish community in Melbourne. Read more
A Pesach story
April 18, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
A 91-yr-old Christian woman will hold her own version of a Seder for the first time in the remote NSW town of Jindabyne nestling at the foot of the Snowy Mountains. Read more
ANZAC commemoration
April 18, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Former MP Colonel Mike Kelly has told an ANZAC Day commemoration service in Sydney that “Israel’s enemies are our enemies”. Read more
Carer gets her visa
April 17, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
A Philippine woman who has looked after a 103-yr-old Holocaust survivor in Sydney for eight years has been granted a visa which will allow her to return to Australia to continue caring for him. Read more
UIA giant passes away
April 14, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Saul Same, a former federal president of the United Israel Appeal, has passed away in Melbourne at the of 97. Read more
A premier mission
March 30, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Mike Baird, the Premier of NSW will celebrate his birthday this Friday flying to Israel leading a delegation of business and government leaders. Read more
New nippers club…in Netanya
March 16, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Surf Life Saving Israel has announced the birth of its second nippers program in Israel under the watchful eye of a member of the famous Coogee Surf Life Saving Club in Sydney. Read more
A surprise meeting
March 4, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Former Chief of the General Staff of the IDF Benny Gantz was on a visit to Sydney’s Moriah College where he unexpectedly met up with grandson of one of his late mother’s oldest friends. The two women had survived Bergen-Belsen, travelling to Palestine together after the war. Read more
Israelis train on Bondi Beach to become surf life savers
March 2, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Two Israelis are currently being trained in Sydney to reached the bronze proficiency level needed to become surf lifesavers…at a club which boasts 1942 photographs taken of a surf carnival held by Australians on Gaza beach during WWII. Read more
Rivlin to visit Australia
February 18, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
The Jerusalem Post has reported that Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin will visit Australia next month. Read more
Green Sunday rosy success
February 17, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
JNF’s Green Sunday has been received enthusiastically across Australia with over 350 school students manning phones in the fundraising drive. Read more
An opera dream comes true
February 11, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Sydneysider Sam Sakker has realised a dream…singing the role of Alfredo in Verdi’s “La Traviata” at London’s Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. Read more
Israeli expert talks of preemptive strike against Iran
February 4, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Specialist in security and strategic issues in the Middle East Dr Efraim Inbar has told an AIJAC meeting in Sydney that there are three developments which had changed the strategic map in the region…and says a preemptive strike against Iran may be on the cards. Read more
BINA expands in 2016
January 30, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney’s Rabbi Michoel Gourarie will be joined by his son Rabbi Levi Gourarie in running the popular BINA educational courses. They talk to J-Wire..a video interview. Read more
Perth men on mercy mission
January 11, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Two Perth men used Facebook to generate support for the victims of the fires which destroyed the town of Yarloop claiming two lives, driving 700kms in one day to deliver the donated goods. Read more
A Jewish Santa
December 24, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Why is this Santa different from all other Santas?….because he’s Jewish! Read more
Prime Minister lights the Shammos
December 14, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull lit and held the Shammos in Sydney’s Central Synagogue before declaring that the message of Chanukah is not confined to the Jewish community… Read more
A solemn moment at a joyous event
December 11, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
For a few moments, the dancing and music at the lighting of a the giant Menorah in Sydney’s Martin Place turned to silence as heads bowed and silence dominated as families, and religious and political leaders stood in silence to remember Katrina Dawson and Tori Johnson who died in the Lindt Café siege last year…close by to where the Menorah stands. Read more
Broken Hill synagogue defaced
December 1, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
The coordinator of the historical synagogue in the outback city of Broken Hill arrived at work yesterday to prepare for a visit by tourists and found the front of the building had been defaced with Nazi and Islamic symbols. Read more
Behind the scenes of counter-terrorism
November 30, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Counter-terrorism expert Detective Superintendent Richard Stamford spoken of his work at The Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s annual conference. Read more
Penny Wong reaffirms Labor support for Israel
November 30, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Senator Penny Wong tackled Labor’s perceived relationship with Israel at The Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s annual conference in Sydney. Read more
Grand Mufti’s cover-up “a graphic failure”
November 30, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Federal Minister Josh Frydenberg has told Sky News that he was “very concerned” about the grand mufti of Australia’s statement following the terrorist attacks in Paris earlier this month even though the the Islamic leader clarified them later…a cover up according to the politician. Read more
Lucy Turnbull to head trade mission to Israel
November 29, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
2016 will see two high-profile trade missions to Israel, one lead by NSW Premier Mike Baird and the other by Lucy Turnbull, wife of Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Read more
We are on the map!
November 27, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
“We are on the map! And we are staying on the map – not only in sports, but in everything”…the iconic words of Israeli basketball legend Tal Brody, guest speaker at Maccabi Australia’s 90th anniversary gala dinner in Sydney. Read more
Britain’s Chief rabbi knew of the Holocaust
November 8, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Rabbi Ben Elton has told the NSW Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women that Britain’s rabbonim were aware of the tragic murder of Europe’s Jews during WWII but were unable to help stop the slaughter. Read more
