A menorah at Parliament House…the video

Watch the video as politicians and religious and community leaders celebrate Chanukah at Parliament House in Canberra. Read more

Changing Perceptions about Disability

Members of Melbourne’s Jewish community with disabilities have messages for J-Wire readers… Read more

WJC head calls on Hungary to stop statue in honor of World War II-era pro-Nazi minister

The president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), Ronald S. Lauder, has called on Hungary to stop the unveiling of a statue in honor of a Horthy-era government minister funded in large part by a grant from the Hungarian government. Read more

Journalists’ report card

Journalists who participated in this year’s NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ annual Journalists Study Mission to Israel will report to the community at a public meeting in Sydney next week. Read more

Learning from the Jewish community

Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie spoke in parliament yesterday during the debate on Australian Citizenship Amendment [Allegiance to Australia] Bill and acknowledged Israel’s role “in the global fight against Islamic radicalisation”. Read more

Gandel philanthropy to help the disadvantaged

Through Gandel Philanthropy, Melbourne’s Gandel family has committed A$1 million to the establishment of a transformational scholarship fund to support high-achieving students from disadvantaged backgrounds to study a degree of their choice at Monash University. Read more

Senator thanks colleagues for supporting Israel initiative

Family First Senator Bob Day has thanked his Senate colleagues today for supporting his push to open a free trade dialogue with Israel. Read more

Supporting Jewry in southern Africa

The leaders of Jewish communities from several countries in southern Africa and members of the African Jewish Congress (AJC), earlier this week met with the leadership of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in Johannesburg to discuss the challenges ahead. Read more

Aussies join American Friends of the IDF mission

Supporters from Australia joined more than 100 leaders and supporters of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) from all walks of life, representing communities from across the U.S., for the FIDF National Leadership Mission to Israel last week. Read more

Former Premier launches Australia Israel Labor Dialogue

Former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie has launched the inaugural Queensland chapter of the Australia Israel Labor Dialogue at the Parliamentary House Annexe. Read more

CBA taps in to Israeli start-ups

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia  has signed an agreement with Israel’s Chief Scientist granting it access to Israeli start-ups wanting to test their ideas globally. Read more

Israel’s Chief Scientist to visit Australia

Israel’s Chief Scientist Avi Hasson will visit Australia for a week of events and meetings designed to deepen and strengthen bilateral economic, technological and scientific ties. Read more

New Australian partnerships for The Technion

The Technion in Haifa has signed Memoranda of Understanding with Macquarie University in Sydney and the University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth as part of its ongoing program to become a global university. Read more

World’s Jewish leaders send condolences to France

Top Jewish community professionals from 40 countries world-wide have met in Lisbon  for a two-day conference organized by the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and sent a combined message of condolence to the France’s Prime Minister. Read more

OBK at work for France

Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen has issued an open invitation to join help bake and prepare care packets for staff at France’s diplomatic offices in Australia. Read more

Masorti France

Claude Machline, founder of Massorti France and Masorti Europe has issued a statement following  the massacre in the Bataclan Theatre following the murder of one of their congregant’s granddaughter. Read more

Red Crescent abandons terrorist victims

Prime Minister Netanyahu has instructed Israel’s Foreign Ministry to file a sharp protest with the International Committee of the Red Cross responsible for the Red Crescent requesting explanations for the abandonment of Jewish injured following a terrorist attack in Oltniel which claimed two lives. Read more

The Rabbi and the Prince

Rabbi Ben Elton and his wife Hinda met Prince Charles at a garden party in Sydney and answered questions from His Royal Highness about Sydney’s Jewish community. Read more

Holocaust theme in winning dance performance

Rosebud is a small town on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula…a local school has won a dance competition with a performance using the Holocaust as its theme. Watch it here… Read more

Racial discrimination law under the microscope

Former president of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies David Knoll has spoken at a conference convened by the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA) and the Ethnic Communities’ Council of NSW (ECC NSW) on  “40 Years of the Racial Discrimination Act. Are We Still Protected?”. Read more

ADC remembers Rabin

Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has marked the 20^th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin with profound sadness, remembering his  extraordinary  service and dedication to the state of Israel and to the Jewish people. Read more

Inside a Jerusalem hospital during the stabbing attacks

During the recent wave of terror attacks, a news crew joined Dr. Ofer Merin, Deputy Director General and Director of Trauma Services at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek hospital, and the staff of its Trauma Unit for 96 hours. Read more

Remembering their experiences and understanding the lessons: Kristallnacht 2015

The remarkable true story of the enduring friendship between two men will form the centrepiece of the keynote address at a Holocaust ceremony in Sydney on Sunday evening. Read more

ZFA meets with the FM

Zionist Federation of Australia President Dr Danny Lamm, Vice President Sam Tatarka and Public Affairs Director Ted Lapkin have met with Foreign Minister Julie Bishop at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in Melbourne. Read more

A new burial ground consecrated

A Jewish section has been consecrated at the Moss Vale Cemetery in the Southern Highlands 130 kms south of Sydney offering the community the option lower plot costs. Read more

An award for Jill

Author and authoritative medical writer, Jill Margo has been honoured by the National Press Club in its Health Journalist of the Year Awards for her article about former Premier of NSW Nick Greiner. Read more

Danby welcomes FM’s Iranian consulate position

Labor Member for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby has welcomed Foreign Minister’s Julie Bishop’s comments about Iranian consulates in Sydney and Melbourne as a step in the right direction, but has called on her to rule out approving such consulates. Read more

Australia’s new Chief Scientist

Dr Alan Finkel has been appointed Australia’s next Chief Scientist. Read more

ECAJ meets with Julie Bishop

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s President Robert Goot, and Executive Director, Peter Wertheim, have met with Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop. Read more

Meeting Bill Shorten

Representatives of the Jewish community including its national and state leadership, have met with opposition leader Bill Shorten and his parliamentary colleagues Mark Dreyfus and Michael Danby, to discuss the ALP’s approach to Israel and other issues of concern to the community. Read more

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