Danby walks out of parliament

During yesterday’s  Question Time, the Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s  slur linking Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to Nazi Dr Goebbels, prompted Federal Labor MP Michael Danby  to walk out of Parliament. Read more

Hakoah AGM: Three positions up for election

A move to change the number of positions available for election on Sydney’s Hakoah Club board at next week’s AGM has failed in the Supreme Court. Read more

NSW Maccabi follows Lowy and backs Hakoah board

NSW Maccabi has emailed its members asking them to back the incumbent Hakoah Club board at the upcoming AGM…following the stance taken by the Lowy family. Read more

Jones addresses AIPAC

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Shir Madness heading for Melbourne

The Jewish Music Festival Shir Madness has become a diary date for Sydneysiders since 2010. In 2015, it will also take place in Melbourne. Read more

JCA not involved “in any way”

JCA  president Stephen Chipkin has written to J-Wire to dispel rumours that the community organisation is involved in “the current dispute” with the board of the Hakoah Club. Read more

Sydney University Disruption: B’nai B’rith has its say

The president of B’nai B’rith NSW has written to Sydney University in the wake of the protest which disrupted a lecture being delivered by Colonel Richard Kemp. Read more

Hakoah in court

The Supreme Court in Sydney will hear  an application tomorrow which, if successful, could increase the number of available positions on the Hakoah board from three to eight…ahead of next Tuesday’s planned AGM. Read more

J-Wire under-privileged

J-wire recently published a statement from the NSW Kashrut Authority in which a barrister opined that the the K-A’s response to the Kashrut Commission of Inquiry contained no failure of governance…so we asked for the barrister’s findings. Read more

Rabbi Franklin not standing for NORA presidency

In the wake of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Sydney’s Rabbi Selwyn Franklin became interim president of NORA, the New Organisation of the Rabbis of Australasia…a post he will not contend at NORA’s inaugural conference. Read more

Congratulations, Bibi

The B’nai Brith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) and B’nai Brith ANZ have extended their congratulations to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his electoral victory. Read more

Hakoah: A letter from Frank Lowy

Frank Lowy, former president of Hakoah and currently the club’s patron and one of its Life Governors,  has sent a letter to the club’s members…in favour of the incumbent Board. Read more

EU Task Force to deal with antisemitism

The B’nai Brith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has welcomed the call by Federica Mogherini, Vice President of the European Commission and High Representative of the E.U. for Foreign Affairs, for the establishment of a European Union task force on antisemitism. Read more

Hakoah: She said…he said..he said

The future of Sydney’s Hakoah Club is the focus of intense campaigns by both the incumbent board and a group focused on a different plan for the development of the sporting organisation’s White City site.  David Singer responds to Andrew Boyarsky and Victor Grynberg joins the debate. Read more

Hakoah soccer field – Maccabi Juniors “neutral”

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Independent barrister says K-A is in the clear

A statement released by the NSW Kashrut Authority claims that barrister Ian Neil SC had examined the K-A’s response to the Kashrut Commission of Inquiry and had found that it contained no failure of governance. Read more

Sydney University and Jake Lynch: Have your say

The Australasian Union of Jewish Students has launched a petition calling for the dismissal of Associate Professor Jake Lynch following the violent disruption of a lecture being delivered by Colonel Richard Kemp last Wednesday. Read more

Sydney University: Violent protest under investigation

lThe University of Sydney has started an investigation into Wednesday’s violent protest at a meeting being addressed by former UK military commander Colonel Richard Kemp. Read more

Ambassadors visit president

Israel’s ambassadors to Australia and New Zealand have joined their counterparts in other Asian/Pacific countries at a meeting with Israeli president Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem. Read more

Yet another hate video

Another video made by anti-Jewish group Hizb Ut-Tahrir has been published on the organisation’s website. Read more

Protest at Sydney University – the video

J-Wire has received video of yesterday’s violent  protest at Sydney University disrupting a lecture by celebrated British military officer Colonel Richard Kemp. Read more

After the Royal Commission…

The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has established a Task Force on Child Protection that will focus on the welfare of children in communal institutional settings. Read more

Child sexual abuse victims call for all to resign

Eleven victims of child sexual abuse at Melbourne’s Yeshivah Centre have called for more resignations…even though four have this week. Read more

Live Israeli election coverage on J-Wire

J-Wire  will present Shalom Hartman Institute President Donniel Hartman and iEngage Project Fellow and prizewinning author Yossi Klein Halevi in a live Election Day webinar program from Jerusalem on March 17. Read more

Changing the world – one project at a time

A former Sydney Emanuel School student has taken on the challenge of tackling global poverty by promoting empowerment and autonomy for the women of Kenya. She will relate her remarkable story at the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum next week. Read more

Rabbi Selwyn Franklin: NORA and the K-A

Rabbi Selwyn Franklin is the interim president of the New Organisation of Rabbis of Australasia and the vice-president of the NSW Kashrut Authority…a situation which The Executive Council of Australian Jewry finds questionable. Read more

Board asks for action on inflammatory video

The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies has written to Stepan Kerkyasharian, the president of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board seeking action to prosecute two Sydney men appearing in an inflammatory video stating “tomorrow you Jews will see what will become of you”. Read more

Reforming orthodox rabbis’ organisation

In a joint statement, the Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Australia and the New Organisation of Rabbis of Australia will ensure appropriate standards are met and maintained. Read more

Kemp to talk at Sydney University

United Israel Appeal’s keynote speaker Colonel Richard Kemp will take time off the UIA campaign to take part in a discussion at the University of  Sydney. Read more

Ballarat and Courage to Care

Ballarat, home to the mainland’s oldest synagogue, will host Courage to Care’s travelling Educational Program and Exhibition later this month.  Read more

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