Glen Eira Council to vote an IHRA definition
April 24, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
On Tuesday, Melbourne’s Glen Eira Council is to vote on adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism. Read more
Police report: Rioting within the Al-Aqsa Mosque
April 21, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
At the end of the Fajr prayer on the Temple Mount this morning (Thursday), dozens of lawbreakers and masked men rioted and disturbed the peace with severe violence, as they have done in recent days. Read more
Ukrainian refugees to participate in the March of the Living to Auschwitz
April 21, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
After a two-year hiatus due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the March of the Living will return this year, in-person, on a limited basis with 2,500 participants from 25 countries including the UK, UAE, Israel, USA, Austria, Germany. Read more
Melbourne’s The Jewish Holocaust Centre gets a new name
April 20, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Only months before reopening following a three-year major redevelopment, the Jewish Holocaust Centre announces a transition to the name Melbourne Holocaust Museum (MHM) accompanied by a logo and refined look from late April 2022. Read more
“I’d like to walk where they walked”
April 20, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Holocaust survivor and sculptor Andrew Steiner had been providing education about the Holocaust to students for the past 40 years. Read more
A seder in Odessa
April 20, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
While tens of thousands of Jews have fled Ukraine since the start of the war, the majority of Jews still remain.
Most elderly Jews are too frail to leave and do not want to be split up from their family or leave the only home they know. For some, the journey out of the country is simply too terrifying a prospect or it is simply too dangerous to venture out.
A seder for Scott
April 18, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Scott Morrison attended the Shabbat/Passover service 0n Friday night at the Ark Centre in Melbourne’s Hawthorn East. Read more
Victorian Daniel Andrews send a Pesach message
April 15, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
It gives me great pleasure to wish the Victorian Jewish community good health, happiness and peace during Passover this year. Read more
A Seder with the Herzogs
April 14, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog will host a traditional Seder night at the President’s Residence for the first time. Read more
UIA world leaders visit Poland and Ukraine
April 14, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Steven Lowy, Chairman, World Board of Trustees and Sam Grudwerg World Chairman headed a two-day mission to Poland and Ukraine. Here is their report: Read more
From Israel with love: six 4×4 ambulances
April 14, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Magen David Adom has donated six all-terrain (4×4) ambulances to the people of Ukraine. Read more
Students unite with brothers and sisters from Ukraine
April 13, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
UIA recently collaborated with Jewish Primary Schools in Sydney to connect students to their Jewish brothers and sisters in Ukraine who have suddenly found themselves as refugees. Read more
Ukraine update from the JDC The Joint
April 13, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A member of JDC The Joint’s staff filed this latest report from the Former Soviet Union yesterday. Read more
Prime Minister Scott Morrison sends his Passover message
April 13, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
As the sun sets at Passover, Jewish families in Australia and around the globe will come together to find strength in faith, family, fellowship and community. Read more
Ukranian orphans celebrate their bar mitzvahs at the Kotel
April 12, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Just weeks after being forced to flee their homes in the town of Zhytomyr, Ukraine, a group of 13-year-old boys participated in an emotional Bar Mitzvah celebration at the Western Wall on Monday. The boys and their classmates, all of whom lived in an orphanage in the town near Kyiv, were part of an annual Bar Mitzvah ceremony for orphan boys made possible by the Colel Chabad social services organization in Israel. Read more
NSW Opposition in talks with faith leaders
April 12, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Darren Bark, together with leaders from the Christian, Islamic, Buddhist, and Hindu communities, met NSW Labor Leader Chris Minns and key members of his leadership team to discuss a number of issues and priorities for their respective communities. Read more
Walt Secord sends his Pesach message
April 12, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
As NSW Shadow Minister for Police and Counter Terrorism and as deputy chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel, it is once again my pleasure to wish friends and family in the NSW Jewish community – a Chag Pesach Sameach. Read more
Ensuring Holocaust survivors’ stories live on
April 12, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The theme of this year’s communal Yom Hashoah commemoration in NSW is “Keeping Alive the Stories of Survival”…writes Dane Stern. Read more
A passover message from Anthony Albanese
April 12, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
It gives me great pleasure to offer you the greeting that has been a shining thread through the centuries: Chag Pesach Sameach. Read more
Ukrainian refugees try OBK borscht
April 11, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen and Kangarusski ZFA have hosted eight Ukrainian families who arrived in Australia over the past few weeks having escaped the war. Read more
Herzog on video link with Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe aboard the International Space Station
April 11, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog have spoken tonight via video link with Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe, live from the International Space Station, where he is stationed as part of the Rakia Mission. Read more
45 Holocaust survivors rescued
April 10, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel and Bhutan improve their ties in Canberra
April 8, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Embassy of Israel in Australia and the ACT Jewish Centre have jointly hosted an informal gathering with representatives from the Royal Bhutanese Embassy, Canberra and the Australia-Bhutanese community. Read more
Terror attack in the heart of Tel Aviv – multiple casualties in Dizengoff – two dead
April 8, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Arab terrorists shot and killed two Israelis and wounded several in the heart of Tel Aviv on Thursday, the fourth deadly terror attack in a major Israeli city in two weeks. Read more
Digital technology to help thos at risk from domestic violence
April 7, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce, NSW Government and Microsoft held a collaborative workshop exploring the role of digital technology in supporting those at risk and experiencing domestic and family violence. Read more
Allegra Spender: “She has never been a part of my campaign team”
April 7, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
J-Wire asked Wentworth Independent candidate for next month’s elections if she is distancing herself from Blair Palese following her anti-Israel comments? Read more
Students take school to court for antisemitism
April 6, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Allegations of bullying and antisemitism have are behind the reasons why five former students are suing the state of Victoria for negligence by the headmaster and certain staff at Melbourne’s Brighton Secondary College. Read more
Israeli study finds 4th vaccination reduces serious disease
April 6, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A study has found that the rate of severe disease among people who received the 4th dose of vaccine against Coronavirus was lower by a factor of about 3 compared to people who only received three vaccine doses. Read more
Jewish aspiring engineers design a Mars Rover
April 6, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Five years ago, Joel Kuperholz was one of a four-person team, to win the Monash University Warman Design and Engineering Award for their autonomous Mars rover. Read more
Is this a problem for Allegra?
April 5, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Wentworth independent Allegra Spender says she supports Israel. Read more
