New president for NSWJBD
August 22, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Lesli Berger has taken over the reins at the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies following the completion of Jeremy Spinak’s term. Read more
New laws dealing with inciting violence in NSW now operating
August 22, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Anyone who incites or threatens violence against people based on their race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex or HIV/AIDS status in NSW will now face up to three years in prison, under new laws that came into force this week. Read more
Israeli embassy sponsors students at model UN event
August 22, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The New Zealand Model United Nations 2018 has just concluded and the Israel Embassy in Wellington sponsored a pair of bright and determined students at the event. Read more
NZ Parliament Friendship Group with Israel launched
August 22, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ambassador Dr. Itzhak Gerberg and Deputy Chief of Mission Kasa Bainesay-Harbor were welcomed to the New Zealand Parliament by Group Chairman Hon. Alfred Ngaro along with a group of Members of Parliament for the official launch of the NZ-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group. Read more
Clergy and youth groups report an a Rambam study tour
August 21, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Graduates of two recent Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) Rambam study visits to Israel, composed of Christian clergy and University and Youth leaders from across Australia respectively, have addressed an AIJAC luncheon in Melbourne. Read more
Prestigious award for diabetes researcher
August 21, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Head of Clinical Diabetes at Melbourne’s Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Professor Jonathan Shaw will this week receive one the country’s most prestigious diabetes research prizes. Read more
WJC mourns death of Kofi Annan, a ‘tour de force’ within the UN
August 19, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress mourns the death of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 80. Read more
Jewish media excluded from multicultural awards
August 17, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The CEO of The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies has called on members of the Keep Safe NSW coalition to write to the NSW Opposition Labor leader to protest the omission of J-Wire and The Australian Jewish News in multicultural media awards organised by the Labor Whip Shaoquett Moselane. Read more
Two Israeli universities in world’s top 100
August 16, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s The Technion has jumped to 77th place in the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) – the best ranking for an Israeli university this year. Read more
More voices raised against Senator Anning
August 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Labor opposition in NSW and The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council have spoken out against remarks made n the maiden speech of Senator Fraser Anning invoking the phrase “Final Solution” and calling for a plebiscite to restrict Muslim immigration and those who are English-speaking. Read more
Top Israeli missile engineer issues warning over Iran nuclear deal
August 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Preeminent Israeli expert on missile defence Uzi Rubin provided an insightful talk at an AIJAC luncheon discussing the flaws of the Iranian nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Read more
Uncovering campus racism
August 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Final Solution – in the Australian parliament
August 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Crossbench Senator Fraser Anning has created an uproar in the Senate calling on “the final solution” on immigration of Muslims into Australia invoking the wrath of his one-time leader One Nation’s Paula Hanson who called his speech “straight from Goebbels’ handbook from Nazi Germany.” Read more
November 14 crucial for Leifer’s return
August 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A Jerusalem court has heard from the city’s chief psychiatrist that Malka Leifer is fit to face extradition charges in court which could see the former Melbourne school principal returned to Melbourne to answer 74 charges for child sexual abuse. Read more
At Ashdod port, Israel confiscates tens of thousands of balloons headed for Gaza
August 14, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Three shipping containers containing tens of thousands of balloons on their way to Gaza were stopped and confiscated at the Ashdod port, according to a report by Israel’s Channel 10. Read more
An open letter to Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg
August 14, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Claims Conference has focused from its inception on its fight for restitution to compensate Holocaust survivors and now sends an open letter by video to Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Read more
Fairfax changes their Gaza headline
August 14, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The problematic headline ‘Mother and child killed by air strike’, placed on an otherwise reasonable report by Isabel Kershner published on August 10 in both the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age has now been changed to ‘Talk of cease-fire between Israel, Hamas interrupted by cross-border fire.’ Read more
Women of Diversity Dinner
August 14, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Around 300 women from over 20 cultural backgrounds came together for a night of singing, dancing, eating and laughing at the 2018 Women of Diversity Dinner (WDD) recently held at the Emporium Function Centre in Sydney. Read more
Premier for NSWJBD AGM
August 13, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian will be the keynote speaker at the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies AGM next week. Read more
Yiddish 2 – with a Chinese twist
August 12, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Signalling that Yiddish still has some life in it, a Chinese scholar in residence at Oxford University who speaks it fluently has used a Chinese song using modern music demonstrating that Yiddish harmonies are not restricted to the shtetl. Read more
Yiddish 1
August 12, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress and its International Yiddish Centre has hosted the International Commemorative Conference of Yiddish Culture and Language in western Ukraine, as part of the Jewish Culture Days in Bukovina celebration. Read more
Antisemitism on the rise in Germany
August 12, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress has expressed strong concern this week following the release of new figures in Germany indicating a 10 percent increase in antisemitic incidents in the country over the course of the first half of 2018 when compared with the same period in 2017. Read more
7 Days in Entebbe: 10 DVDs to give away
August 10, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Entertainment One will release the DVD on August 29 – email J-Wire to win a copy. Read more
Complaint Two: ABC
August 9, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
An AIJAC complaint against an article on the ABC’s website, which claimed Hamas and Islamic Jihad are listed as terrorists by Australia simply because of “their continued resistance against Israeli occupation”, has been upheld by the ABC’s Audience and Consumer Affairs unit. Read more
Complaint One: Fairfax
August 9, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australian Jewish Association (AJA) calls out the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) for a disgraceful display of anti-Israel bias. Read more
Anti-abortion film uses the Holocaust to make its point
August 9, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A 33-minute anti-abortion video available on YouTube was dropped as a DVD into the letterboxes of the WA city of Albany…but before one word of abortion is mentioned viewers get a thirteen-minute Holocaust lecture featuring graphic images. Read more
Howard Deitcher from Hebrew U speaks to Sydney’s “wondering Jews”
August 8, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Rabbi Dr. Howard Deitcher, Director of the Florence Melton Institute at the Hebrew University, paid a flying visit to Sydney and Melbourne last week to learn more about Melton’s impact on Australian Jewish life and adult learning. Read more
NSW Labor to support Shalom Gamarada indigenous scholarship program
August 8, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A NSW Labor Government will fund up to six scholarships for Indigenous medical doctors through a highly successful program sponsored by Sydney’s Jewish community and Shalom College at the UNSW. Read more
ECAJ joins with AUJS for inaugural Advocacy Summit
August 7, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The ECAJ and AUJS held the inaugural advocacy summit in Sydney last weekend aimed at giving Jewish students the skills, knowledge and confidence to advocate on issues that affect the Australian Jewish community. Read more
Tim Soutphommasane delivers his final speech as the Race Discrimination Commissioner.
August 7, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane had delivered his final official speech before his term comes to an end. Read more
