Malka Leifer arrested
February 13, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Malka Leifer, wanted to face 74 charges of child sexual abuse in Melbourne, has been arrested in Israel following a police undercover operation. Read more
President Rivlin visits the F-16 crew
February 12, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Reuven Rivlin has visited the pilot and navigator injured yesterday during an operation in the north of Israel, and who were being treated at Rambam Hospital in Haifa. Read more
Israel intercepts Iranian drone launched from Syria
February 11, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
An IDF Apache helicopter has successfully intercepted an Iranian unmanned aerial vehicle launched from Syria and infiltrated Israel. The aircraft was identified by the Aerial Defense Systems early on and was under surveillance until the interception. Read more
Law service in Sydney
February 9, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s The Great Synagogue has hosted the annual Jewish community Law Service to mark the opening of the New South Wales Law Term. Read more
Yad Vashem concerned about new Polish legislation
February 7, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Yad Vashem in Jerusalem has concerns about new Polish legislation signed by Poland’s president yesterday signed which outlaws blaming Poland as a nation for Holocaust crimes committed by Nazi Germany. Read more
Diplomats operating beyond their duties
February 6, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has held a commemoration to honour 36 diplomats recognised by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations dedicating a plaque to those saved Jews in the Holocaust. Read more
More from the Barry Cohen Memorial Service
February 6, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Barry Cohen was minister in the Bob Hawke government who died in December. Yesterday he was remembered at a State memorial service in Canberra yesterday. Here are the unedited tributes paid by Labor leader Bill Shorten and MP Michael Danby. Read more
Top Israeli artist to exhibit at the Perth Festival
February 6, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery will present the exhibition Human Nature by prominent Yemen-born, London-based Israeli artist Zadok Ben-David as part of the 2018 Perth Festival. Read more
Claims against New Zealanders who triggered the Lorde Israel cancellation may be a furphy
February 1, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Shurat Hadin, an Israeli legal rights group, has filed a lawsuit in a Jerusalem Court on behalf of three Israelis who had intended to attend the concert by “Lorde” and which was subsequently cancelled when she decided to boycott Israel. Read more
Alleged abuser Leifer’s extradition hearing deferred for yet another six months
February 1, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
She has canvassed politicians in Australia and Israel to have alleged chid sexual abuser Malka Leifer extradited to Australia to face 74 charges, but survivor Dassi Ehrlich has learned the Israel former principal pf Melbourne’s Adass Israel school has once again successfully avoided the extradition hearing. Read more
WJC leader meets the Pope
January 31, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder met with Pope Francis at the Vatican yesterday together with a delegation of senior WJC leaders from around the world, and thanked him for his dedication to Middle East peace, for speaking out against antisemitism, and strengthening Jewish-Catholic relations. Read more
The CJC launches tree project
January 31, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Commonwealth Jewish Council has launched a Commonwealth wide initiative of Jewish communities to support the adoption in every Commonwealth country of the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy (QCC) project by the Commonwealth Summit in April. Read more
NIF launches emergency fund for asylum seekers in Israel
January 30, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The New Israel Fund (NIF) Australia announced it is launching a $20,000 emergency fund for asylum seekers currently living in Israel. Read more
Netanyahu meets Putin
January 30, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Read more
Seen at the Australian of Year ceremony
January 29, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Victorian Senior Australian of the Year Professor Paul Zimmet was nominated as the national Senior Australian of the Year… Read more
Bill Shorten: history’s most atrocious crime
January 29, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australia’s opposition leader Bill Shorten reflects on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more
1,000 in a road race in Bologna to mark IHRD
January 29, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
More than 1,000 people joined together in Bologna on Sunday for a remembrance road race passing through Jewish historical sites, including those of Holocaust remembrance, as part of a series of events in Italy marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more
Proposed Polish law “historical obfuscation”
January 29, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress has strongly objected to a proposed new Polish law which would criminalise suggestions that Poland was responsible for Nazis crimes, calling it “an act of historical obfuscation and an attack on democracy.” Read more
Secord’s bipartisan support for Sydney Jewish Museum’s Shoah education programs
January 28, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Labor frontbencher Walt Secord has thrown his bi-partisan support behind a State Government pledge to work with the Sydney Jewish Museum on its Holocaust awareness and education programs. Read more
WJC praises Donald Trump’s tribute to the 6,000,000
January 28, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has praised US President Donald Trump’s “poignant and respectful” tribute to the six million Jews who were murdered at the hands of the Nazis during World War II, and underscored the critical nature of Holocaust education and remembrance. Read more
Remains of Earliest Modern Human Outside of Africa Unearthed in Israel
January 28, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A jawbone complete with teeth recently discovered at Israel’s Misliya cave has now been dated to 177,000-194,000 years ago. The finding indicates that modern humans were present in the Levant at least 50,000 years earlier than previously thought. Read more
ADC speaks out on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australia’s Anti-Defamation Commission acknowledges International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more
New Zealand Race Relation Commissioner releases screenshot of antisemitic Facebook posts
January 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
As the world prepares to mark 73 years since the liberation of the German concentration and extermination camp at Auschwitz, New Zealand Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy released a screenshot of hateful, anti-semitic Facebook Posts from recent weeks, many of them made by New Zealanders. Read more
President Rivlin addresses ambassadors ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin addressed ambassadors to Israel from around the world at a special ceremony to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, held in the synagogue at Yad VaShem Holocaust Memorial and Museum in Jerusalem. Read more
Netanyahu meets Trump in Davos
January 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had talks with President Donald Trump in Davos, Switzerland where they both attended the World Economic Forum. Read more
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres joins World Jewish Congress ‘We Remember’ campaign
January 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has joined more than 1.2 million people, including US Ambassador the the UN Nikki Haley and dozens of ambassadors from around the world, taking part in the World Jewish Congress’ We Remember campaign, a social media initiative to combat antisemitism and all forms of hatred, genocide and xenophobia, and the largest Holocaust commemoration event in the world. Read more
Launch of Antisemitism Cyber Monitoring System
January 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day Ministry of Diaspora Affairs has revealed a new and unique platform for realtime information and analysis of online Antisemitism. Read more
B’nai B’rith World Centre honours 98-yr-old Italian
January 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
B’nai B’rith World Centre, Jerusalem and the Committee to Recognise the Heroism of Jews who Rescued Fellow Jews During the Holocaust conferred this week a Jewish Rescuers Citation upon 98-yr-old Enzo Cavaglion for saving the lives of hundreds Jewish refugees in northern Italy during the German occupation. Read more
Hungarians honour a Nazi collaborator on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has asked Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to intervene in a celebratory event scheduled for International Holocaust Remembrance Day honouring the Nazi collaborator Admiral Miklos Horthy, in which a senior Hungarian politician has been confirmed to attend. Read more
A good nose job is hard to find: Kosky’s The Nose premieres in Australia
January 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australian premiere of Barrie Kosky’s new production of the rarely performed Shostakovich classic The Nose has become the most highly anticipated production of Opera Australia’s Sydney Summer Season following its critically acclaimed debut in London in 2017. Read more
