Naftali Bennett’s International Spokeswoman, Keren Hajioff on the death of Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu-Akleh
May 13, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s International Spokeswoman, Keren Hajioff has made this video statement today regarding the death of Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu-Akleh. Read more
Naomi Levin joins the JCCV
May 13, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has appointed Naomi Levin as its Chief Operating Officer, the first in the organisation’s history. Read more
Sydney celebrates Yom Ha’atzmaut
May 12, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
More than 500 people attended the annual communal Yom Ha’atzmaut cocktail reception in Sydney where NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet delivered the keynote address. Read more
Where do parties and candidates stand on matters affecting the Australian Jewish community?
May 12, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry wrote to the leaders of the Liberal Party of Australia, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the Australian Greens Party, as well as candidates for the seats of Wentworth, Goldstein, Macnamara and Kingsford-Smith, ahead of the upcoming federal election seeking their positions on policies and issues of particular interest to the Australian Jewish community. Read more
Victoria adopts the IHRA antisemitism definition
May 11, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Premier Daniel Andrews has announced the Victorian government has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Antisemitism. Read more
Tonight: Goldstein and Macnamara on centre stage
May 11, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Tonight L’Chaim – to Life’s Maurice Klein and Morry Frenkel will ask the candidates from the seats of Goldstein and Macnamara questions of Jewish community interest about Israel. Read more
Hebrew University collabarating with Australia
May 11, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Zelman Cowen Academic Initiatives has launched a call for applications for scientific projects (including medical science), with a preference for projects that involved Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel-Australian collaboration. Read more
From war in Ukraine to university in Israel
May 10, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Fleeing war in their homeland, Ukraine’s top teenage math geniuses have landed in Israel, and the high school students are now starting a specially-created program at Bar-Ilan University’s International School. Read more
Katherine Deves keeps her promise to visit the Sydney Jewish Museum
May 8, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Liberal candidate for Warringah, Katherine Deves accepted an invitation from The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies and The Executive Council of Australian Jewry to visit The Sydney Jewish Museum following her paralleling lobbying prevention transgender participation in women’s sport to opposing the Holocaust. Read more
“Memory in the Living Room” Shoah memorial event at NSW State Parliament
May 6, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The bipartisan NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel have hosted the NSW Parliament’s first-ever “Zikaron BaSalon” (“Memory in the Living Room”) Holocaust memorial event, bringing a small group of NSW MPs and senior parliamentary staff with a local Sydney-based Holocaust survivor. Read more
Ahead of Yom Ha’atzmaut: Israel’s population grew almost twelvefold since its establishment
May 6, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel has 9,506,000 citizens, almost 12 times its population of 806,000 at the time of the establishment of the Jewish state in 1948, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), which released its traditional statistics report on the citizens of Israel in honour of Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day being celebrated yesterday. Read more
Now Sydney University’s student council votes on anti-Israel issues
May 5, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Hot on the heels of the University of Melbourne’s Student Union pro-Palestinian motion, the Students Representative Council at Sydney University has voted on similar issues. Read more
…and a message from Israel’s prime minister
May 5, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
VIDEO: A message on Yom Ha’atzmaut from Naftali Bennett. Read more
Australia’s leaders send messages for Yom Ha’atzmaut
May 5, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Both Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese have sent messages on Israel’s 74th birthday. Read more
Zac swinging to success
May 4, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Six-yr-old Zac Wolfe has won the 2022 Australian Junior Age Golf Championships (under 7s division) held at Royal Pines on the Gold Coast. Read more
Maccabiah torch to make the rounds
May 4, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Haredi world population around 2.1 million out of global Jewish population of 15 million – report
May 4, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The high growth rate among Haredi Jews has pushed the Haredi population past 2 million and accounts for as much as 80% of the total growth of the world’s Jewish population. Read more
University of Melbourne: antisemitic motion is not the position of the university
May 4, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The University of Melbourne has reacted to the anti-Zionist motion passed by the Students Council last week which also called for an academic boycott. Read more
Melbourne University Student Union resolution: The community stands as one
May 4, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Zionism Victoria has written to both the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of University of Melbourne on theresolution passed by the University of Melbourne Student Union(UMSU) on Friday titled “UMSU stands with Palestine – BDS and Solidarity Policy”. Read more
More to say on the Melbourne University Students Union motion
May 2, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria condemns the antisemitic motion passed by the University of Melbourne Student Union which describes Israel as a “colonialist” and “racist”. Read more
Leaders condemn the Council of the University of Melbourne Student Union
May 1, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Jewish organisations have slammed the Council of the University of Melbourne Student Union for voting for a motion that was strongly anti-Israel and pro-BDS as reported on J-Wire on Friday. Read more
A new light . . . . A Green light
May 1, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
While antisemitism and racism appear to be on the rise there appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel. In this case it is a green light. Read more
University of Melbourne’s Students’ Union passes motion supporting Palestine and BDS
April 29, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) has strongly condemned the motion which was passed 10-6. Read more
‘Memory that makes us grow’: Israel remembers the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust
April 28, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The State of Israel marked the beginning of Yom HaShoah, its national Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, on Wednesday night with an official ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem in memory of six million Jewish men, women, and children murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. Read more
Yom HaShoah in Sydney
April 28, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In Sydney, almost 2000 members of the NSW Jewish community watched the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ Yom Hashoah commemoration, both in-person and online. Read more
Glen Eira Council adopts the IHRA definistion of antisemitism
April 27, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Following a scare that prompted creating a petition, the Glen Eira Council passed the adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism on Tuesday evening with a 6-1 vote in favour. Read more
Wendy Sharpe: Site Unseen
April 26, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World Jewish popluation still below 1939 figures
April 26, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The number of Jews worldwide is 1.4m less than it was in 1939. Read more
Holocaust memories at the president’s home
April 26, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog have hosted a special Remembrance in the Living Room event at the President’s Residence. Read more
ANZAC Day in Jerusalem
April 25, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Rabbi Dr Raymond Apple addressed the ANZAC dawn service a the Australian War Cemetery at Mount Scopus in Jerusalem. Read more
