Another student starts proceedings

Melbourne’s The Age newspaper has reported that a second former student has commenced proceedings against the ultra-orthodox Adass Yisroel School following this week’s judgement awarding over $1 million to a former student who allegedly suffered sexual abuse. Read more

Australia plans tax treaty with Israel

The Australian Government has announced its intention to enter into tax treaty negotiations with Israel. Read more

Alhadeff and Jones discuss Hizb ut-Tahrir

The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies’ CEO Vic Alhadeff has spoken on air with Sydney radio station 2GB’s Alan Jones about Hizb ut-Tahrir a group which has accused Jews “of corrupting the world”. Read more

Rosh Hashana greeting from Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel’s Prime Minister sends his Rosh Hashana greeting…a video message. Read more

Malki remembered through helping others

Sharon Zinger has told of her personal experience in taking care of a son with special needs during an event at the home of Australian Ambassador to Israel, Dave Sharma. Read more

B’nai B’rith slams anti- Islamic stickers distribution

The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has denounced the distribution of racist and anti-Islamic stickers by Neo-Nazi group Combat 18 in a  children’s playground and shopping centre in the Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg.  Read more

Reducing the cost of burials

Married couples who elect to bury vertically in one grave, rather than in two graves side-by-side, will pay 42% less for their burials and gravesite. Read more

President Rivlin’s Rosh Hashanah message

Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin sends a video message for Rosh Hashanah. Read more

A Rosh Hashanah message from The Greens

The Leader of the Australian Greens has sent a Rosh Hashanah message to Australia’s Jewish community. Read more

Aliyah up 13%

According to data compiled by The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, around 29,500 immigrants arrived in Israel in the Jewish year 5775, representing a 13% increase over the 26,000 who came in 5774.  Read more

Yad Vashem: Online exhibition

Ushering in the beginning of the Jewish New Year, Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem has launched a special online exhibition. Read more

ECAJ welcomes refugee intake

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has welcomed the announcement today by the Australian government that Australia will resettle an additional 12,000 refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria and Iraq. Read more

A message from Josh Frydenberg

Federal Member for Kooyong and Australia’s Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg sends a Rosh Hashanah message to the Jewish community. Read more

Hakoah’s DA lodged

Sydney’s Hakoah Club has lodged a Development Application with Woollahra Council for the redevelopment of its White City site. Read more

Jewish help for Syrian refugees

In light of tragic events involving a swelling population of migrants and refugees in Europe and the Middle East, the Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief (JCDR) has acted to expand the scope and mandate of its Jewish Coalition for Syrian Refugees in Jordan to include refugees and migrants in Europe and the Middle East. Read more

A Rosh Hashanah message from Luke Foley

The Leader of the Opposition in NSW sends a Rosh Hashanah message to J-Wire readers… Read more

Naomi Milgrom appointed Venice Biennale Commissioner

Rupert Myer, Chair of the Australia Council for the Arts, has announced the appointment of Naomi Milgrom  as Commissioner for the Australian representation at the 57th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale 2017. Read more

A Rosh Hashanah message from the Prime Minister

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott sends a Rosh Hashanah message to Australia’s Jewish community. Read more

Abbott statement could have been more appropriately worded

The Zionist Federation of Australia and AIJAC have added their voices to the reaction of Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s statement that the Nazis had a sense of shame when comparing them to ISIS. Read more

ZFA dismayed by Queensland Labor

The Zionist Federation of Australia is profoundly dismayed by the ill-conceived and ill-advised resolution on the Middle East adopted by Queensland Labor. Read more

The ECAJ call Rabbi Telsner’s resignation “belated”

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has called for zero tolerance in cases of child sexual abuse. Read more

New leadership for the New Israel Fund

New Israel Fund (NIF) Australia has today announced its new leadership team. Read more

JCCV welcomes Rabbi Telsner’s resignation

The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has welcomed Rabbi Zvi Telsner’s announcement that he has stated down from his position as Rabbi at Melbourne’s Yeshiva Centre. Read more

Anti-Semitism in the Middle East

The fate of minority communities across the Middle East remains desperately uncertain…a topic to be addressed at the NSWJBD monthly plenum by expert Samuel Tadros. Read more

The ZFA annual plenary in photos

Were you at the ZFA annual plenary in Sydney? A J-Wire photo gallery. Read more

Rabbi Telsner resigns

Rabbi Zvi Telsner has stood down as rabbi at Melbourne’s Yeshivah Centre in the wake of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Read more

Queensland Labor calling for recognition of Palestine

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has responded to a resolution by the Queensland Labor Party that a future Labor Government should immediately recognise a Palestinian state. Read more

Sydney Jewish Writers Festival…a photo gallery

Did you visit the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival?….a photo gallery from David Sokol. Read more

The Jerusalem Biennale

Visitors to Israel from the end of this month through to early November should consider including the Jerusalem Biennale in their travel plans. Read more

AUSiMED raising funds funds for breast cancer research

AUSiMED will host a charity art auction in Melbourne next week combined with a cocktail party, entertainment and unique food…with funds raised being directed to breast cancer research. Read more

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