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
Flashes of Memory
January 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre in Jerusalem, has inaugurated a brand new exhibition entitled “Flashes of Memory – Photography during the Holocaust.” Read more
The Pences visit Yad Vashem
January 24, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara accompanied US Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen on a visit to Yad Vashem. Read more
The Pences meet the Rivlins
January 24, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Reuven and First Lady Nechama Rivlin welcomed to the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, United States Vice President Mike Pence, and his wife, Second Lady Karen Pence on the final day of their visit to Israel. Read more
An Israeli Carmen
January 23, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
After a sell-out season in 2016, John Bell’s vibrant production of Bizet’s Carmen, featuring gypsy girls and bull-fighting boys in eye-popping colours, returns to the Sydney Opera House next month. Read more
Sophie Caplan: 1933-2018
January 22, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australia has lost Holocaust survivor and historian Sophie Caplan who died last week in Sydney’s Montefiore Home. Read more
State memorial service for Barry Cohen
January 22, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition leader Bill Shorten will speak at a State Memorial for former Labor minister Barry Cohen. Read more
Israel’s embassy in Amman back to normal
January 19, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel and Jordan have reached an agreement following the incident in Amman involving an Israeli diplomat on July 23, 2017 and the incident in which a Jordanian judge was killed on March 10, 2014. Read more
Chelsea Football Club joins World Jewish Congress #WeRemember Campaign to Combat Anti-Semitism
January 19, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Chelsea Football Club has joined the World Jewish Congress’ #WeRemember campaign, as part of its own long-term educational initiative to raise awareness of the persisting phenomenon of antisemitism in sports. Read more
PM Netanyahu and Moshe Holtzberg Visit Chabad House in Mumbai
January 19, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has visited the Chabad House in Mumbai accompanying 11-yr-old Moshe Holtzberg, who lost his parents in the 26 November 2008 terrorist attack on the building. Read more
Ugly slogan at Sydney station
January 18, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The pristine white walls of Sydney’s Martin Place station have been daubed with a message calling for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to be “1st in the oven”. Read more
Look who’s visiting the Taj Mahal
January 17, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Taking time out for a romantic episode…. Read more
AJA takes issue with CAM’s statement
January 17, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australian Jewish Association believes that The Coalition to Advance Multiculturalism statement supporting Victoria’s African community is ill-considered and counterproductive. Read more
A former NSW premier goes into bat for Michael Danby
January 17, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Former NSW premier Morris Iemma has questions for Fairfax media who have mounted a front page attack against Labor Federal MP for using taxpayer funds for funding ads to point out bias in ABC reporting in Israel. Read more
NSW MP visits Israeli wave technology to generate electricity
January 16, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
With NSW and Australian families facing record electricity bills, NSW State Labor MP Walt Secord visited the pilot site for an Israeli power company using ocean wave technology to create electricity in southern Europe. Read more
70 hours of Israeli Celebrations
January 16, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Plans for celebrating Israel’s 70th birthday events have been announced by Minister of Culture and Sport, Miri Regev. Read more
One ambulance, one shift, two births
January 16, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Last Friday began normally for a team from Magen David Adom’s Modi’in station, headed by ambulance driver and EMT Itzhak Cohen, and volunteers Noa Oster, Ziv Bamberger and Shaked Ron-Tal. Read more
The ECAJ joins the push to quash a death sentence for Baha’i man in Yemen
January 16, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A Yemini prisoner and a member of the Baha’i community has been sentenced to be executed in public because he made contact with Baha’i headquarters in Haifa. Read more
Victorian Jewish community supports Australians of African descent
January 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Coalition to Advance Multiculturalism which includes The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has expressed its targeting the African community as scapegoats for youth crime in the state. Read more
Abe sits at Sugihara’s desk
January 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has visited his country’s former consulate in Kaunas, Lithuania at which Chiune Sugihara issued Japanese visas to around 6,000 Jews escaping Nazi-occupied Poland in WWII. Read more
Game of Drones
January 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The first technique to detect a drone camera illicitly capturing video has been revealed in a new study published by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Weizmann Institute of Science cyber security researchers. Read more
We Remember – the Holocaust survivors’ anthem
January 12, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In the lead up to the UN Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January 2018 a series of recordings of The Partisan Song, Zog Nit Keynmol, sung and recited by ORT and other schools will be available to educators. Read more
The King’s speech
January 12, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
His Majesty King Goodwill Zwelithini, the King of the Zulus, has addressed top six newly elected members of the ANC at his “Osuthu Palace” in KwaNongoma speaking on the importance of South Africa’s relationship with Israel. Read more
65% of Israel’s LGBT community willing to donate blood under new plan
January 11, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s Ministry of Health procedures have been changed to include donations from male members of the LGBT community under condition that 12 months have passed since donors had sexual relations. Read more
Townsville’s first ever barmitzvah
January 11, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Sassoon Chabad RARA House in Townsville has hosted the city’s first barmitzvah. Read more
Israeli father of 6, MDA volunteer medic killed in drive-by shooting terror attack near Nablus
January 10, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The victim, 35-year-old Raziel Shevah, was pronounced dead at Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba in central Israel shortly after arriving there. Read more
