JNF NSW Gala dinner – photo gallery

Did you attend the JNF NSW gala dinner?  A J-Wire photo gallery. Read more

NZ dismayed about lack of progress in peace talks

New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Murray McCully has expressed dismay about the “lack of progress on relations between Israel and Palestine” in an address to the United Nations Security Council. Read more

ABC follows up Code of Silence

Breaking the Silence, a one hour COMPASS special, follows the journey of Australian Jew Manny Waks who was, until recently, the only survivor of child sexual abuse within Melbourne’s Jewish community to speak publicly…Waks meets with an abuser and confronts one who abused him. Read more

Conversion needed for Israeli citizenship to start in the Ukraine

A new project has been launched in Kiev to assist Olim eligible by the Law of return to begin their conversion process right in their country of origin, in light of the increase in the number of Olim from the Ukraine. Read more

NZ government urged to stop “pressuring Israel”

11,685 people have joined Pastor Nigel Woodley in urging the New Zealand Government to cease from pressuring the State of Israel to give up its rightful and God-given Land. Read more

NSW intent on tightening up racial vilification legislation

NSW Attorney-General Gabrielle Upton has told the The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies plenum “we cannot allow race hate speech to divide our community”. Read more

Maccabi 90 years on

Maccabi Australia’s  90th Anniversary continues to be marked by many outstanding sporting and social events. Read more

Danby calls the government an “unwitting facilitator” in aiding and abetting Iran

Member for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby has spoken to a parliamentary motion moved by Opposition Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Tanya Plibersek. Read more

Parliament told of Palestinian call to kill Jews

Liberal Member for Deakin Michael Sukkar has delivered a speech in parliament on a sermon delivered by a Palestinian cleric calling on terrorists to form “groups of three or four” to stab Jews to death.  Read more

Australia seeks membership of the UN Human Rights Council

Australia has launched its candidacy for membership for the first time of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2018-20 term. Read more

A man in Vogue

David Leser wrote an article for German Vogue in 2009 about his father Bernard, founder of Australian Vogue who passed away in Sydney this week at the age of 90.. Read more

Middle East motion to be moved by Danby and Plibersek

Labor Member for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby and Opposition Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Tanya Plibersek will move a motion in Parliament on Monday questioning the Australian Government’s strategy and response to the crisis in Syria and Iraq. Read more

A brother delivers a eulogy

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Speakout4Israel

In response to the recent wave of terror attacks across Israel, the Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) has launched a proactive campaign, Speak Out For Israel, to facilitate education, participation and advocacy amongst Jewish students and the wider community. Read more

New measures to combat terrorism announced in Israel

Israel’s cabinet has approved new measures to deal with the current wave of terrorism. Read more

Peres gathers religious leaders to call for a stop to the violence

Israel’s former President Shimon Peres has held an emergency conference with representatives and leaders from the various religious communities across Israel to issue a joint call to stop the bloodshed and to prevent further and unnecessary grief. Read more

Jews for refugees

Over 35 members of Sydney’s Jewish community have participated in a rally marching with Muslims and other Middle Eastern groups in a call to help refugees. Read more

JCCV opposed to Feiglin’s views

The Jewish Community Council of Victoria finds views of former MK Moshe Feiglin are “inconsistent with the values and the policies” of the JCCV. Read more

Organise a minyan on line

WhatsApp and Facebook groups have been launched in Sydney to find those willing to make up a minyan at funerals. Read more

ADC distressed about escalating violence

Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission has expressed its profound distress and alarm about  the escalating wave of Palestinian terrorist attacks sweeping Israel that has resulted in the wounding of more than a dozen of Israeli civilians and soldiers. Read more

Jones visits Paramatta mosque

AIJAC’s Jeremy Jones has laid flowers at the Parramatta site at which police employee Curtis Cheng was gunned down last week. Read more

150 years of Jewish life in Queensland

This year, Queensland Jewry community celebrates its 150th year and the Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies (QJBD), is organising a series of activities to mark this special occasion. Read more

Our Israel experience

Members of the Australian parliament who recently participated in a Rambam study visit to Israel, have spoken of their experiences. Read more

Jerusalem mayor cancels JNF visit

Due to recent tragic events  in Jerusalem, the city’s mayor Nir Barkat has been forced to cancel his visit to Australia next week during which he was to address JNF’s gala functions in Melbourne and Sydney. Read more

Germany, refugees and the Holocaust

The Deputy Leader of the NSW Opposition Walt Secord has visited Germany and witnessed first-hand the refugee processing…saying that Germany cannot be callous because of the Holocaust. Read more

Aussie soccer star playing in Israel

Australian international striker Nikita Rukavytsya  has signed and is now playing with the Beitar Jerusalem Soccer Club. Read more

Racial vilification on the NSWJBD plenum agenda

NSW Attorney General Gabrielle Upton MP will discuss ’Racial vilification’ and the options for legislative reform when she addresses this month’s NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum.  Read more

New leadership for AUJS

Michael Fisher, a commerce/law student at Melbourne’s Monash University, and the AUJS National Treasurer in 2015, has been elected as National Chairperson for 2016. Read more

ECAJ appalled by Sydney shooting

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has expressed its dismay at yesterday’s fatal shooting of a police employee in a killing described by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as an act of terrorism. Read more

Abbas denounced

B’nai Brith International and Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) have  denounced Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’ disavowal of signed peace agreements with Israel in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly. Read more

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