88-yr-old stood down by Melbourne shule following sexual assault allegation
April 4, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A sexual assault allegation has seen a prominent Melbourne synagogue stand down its caretaker. Read more
NSW to introduce legislation banning Nazi symbols
April 3, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Attorney General Mark Speakman has advised the Clerk of the Legislative Council that the NSW Government is to introduce a new Bill to criminalise the public display of Nazi symbols without a reasonable excuse. Read more
Research into Wollongong’s Bob Sredersas’ possible Nazi past
April 1, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies will work with Wollongong Council and the Sydney Jewish Museum to verify claims a major benefactor to the Wollongong Art Gallery was a member of the Nazi Party’s Schutzstaffel (SS) and Sicherheitsdienst (SD), its intelligence apparatus. Read more
Australian ambassador visits Ben-Gurion University
April 1, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australian Ambassador to Israel Paul Griffiths has been hosted by the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Read more
JCA welcomes 25th organisation to the extended family
March 31, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
JCA has announced the addition of a new supported organisation, the first in ten years. Read more
17% of New Zealanders know nothing about the Holocaust -survey
March 31, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Known as the oldest form of racism, a new study about the views of New Zealanders towards Jewish people shows concerning levels of antisemitism in Aotearoa New Zealand today. Read more
UAP speaker says Union Jack is a Jewish symbol
March 31, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
At a United Australia Party rally this week on the lawns at Parliament House in Canberra, guest speaker, Mark McMurtrie, was filmed called The Union Jack is the union of Jacob. Read more
President Zelensky to address Australian Parliament today
March 31, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Today, the President of Ukraine, Mr Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will address the Australian Parliament by video link at 5.30pm Canberra time. Read more
Hiding in the same basement 81 years later
March 28, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Living alone in Odessa, 88-year-old Natalia Berezhnaya is one of over 40,000 elderly Jews JDC (The Joint) receiving care for in Ukraine. Read more
Bennett meets Blinken
March 28, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem yesterday. Read more
Israel teams up with Australia and UK
March 27, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Embassy of Israel, the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association, and Sheba Medical Centre in Israel held a webinar with experts from Australia, Israel and the UK on the topic of Long COVID. Read more
Two community stalwarts appointed to the Australian Multicultural Council
March 21, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Nathalie Samia and John Searle are among the 17 members appointed by the Australian Government to serve on the Australian Multicultural Council (AMC) for its next three-year term. Read more
The first NSW Jewish legislator: Sir Saul Samuel topic of a talk in parliament
March 21, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
On Wednesday. NSW Parliament presents one of its regular talks dealing with the history of the precinct. Read more
Apple picks Moshe
March 18, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Moshe Shenfeld, a computer science PhD candidate at Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Rachel and Selim Benin School of Engineering and Computer Science has been selected as an Apple Scholar in AI/Machine Learning for 2022. Read more
Dutch couple honoured as Righteous Among the Nations
March 18, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Embassy of Israel, Yad Vashem and the Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies have honoured Mrs Pietertje Bakker and Mr Hendrik Bakker as Righteous Among the Nations with the presentation of a certicate and medallion by Ambassador Amir Maimon to Mrs. Catharina Wogandt, daughter of Hendrik and Pietertje Bakker. Read more
The plight of trapped women
March 16, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Marking Yom HaAguna, the international day highlighting the plight of “trapped women” commemorated annually on the Fast of Esther, the Yad La’isha Legal Aid Centre, part of the Ohr Torah Stone network, confirmed that they had released 49 women from unwanted marriages over the past year in Israel. Read more
An important appointment for distinguished judge
March 16, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Justice David Hammerschlag has been appointed as Chief Judge in Equity in the NSW Supreme Court. Read more
Getting ready for the Maccabiah
March 15, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Dave is at home in the Central
March 14, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
It was reminiscent of a family reunion when Dave Sharma and wife Rachel Lord arrived at pre-Shabbat drinks at Central Synagogue. Read more
Israel donates to Victorian flood victims
March 13, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Deputy Chief of Mission at Israel’s embassy in Canberra Ron Gerstenfeld presented a donation of $16,300 on behalf of the Government of Israel to GIVIT to support their clean-up efforts in flood affected communities in Victoria, hosted by the Parliament of Victoria Friends of Israel. Read more
B’nai B’rith and The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies partner to raise funds for flood victims
March 11, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
New South Wales and Queensland have experienced some of the worst flooding in recent memory. Read more
Senator Kimberley Kitching – a good friend passes away
March 11, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Senator Kimberley Kitching has passed away at the of 52. Read more
Operation Returning Home
March 11, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has the start of Operation ‘Returning Home’ to bring the Jews of Ukraine, who are in danger, and Jews from the surrounding area. Read more
Moriah Head of English on child pornography charges
March 10, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Head of English at Sydney’s Moriah College has appeared in court today facing charges of possession of child pornography. Read more
Bennett praises Jewish organizations for Ukrainian relief efforts
March 10, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett sent a letter to leaders of the Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal, the Jewish Federations of North America and the Jewish Agency for Israel, praising them for their efforts to help the Jewish community in Ukraine while war with Russia rages through their country. Read more
Live Israeli music returned to St Kilda’s Memo Hall this week
March 10, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
After numerous cancellations due to COVID-19, including one cancellation only hours before the musicians were set to go on stage in October 2021, “Kaveret Hozeret” finally took place at Memo Music Hall in St Kilda on Wednesday and Thursday evening, presented by Habayit, Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) and Zionism Victoria.
Vic Alhadeff debuts as a playwright
March 8, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The screen will be raised at a cinema in Sydney replaced by an open stage where actors will perform a reading of the first play written by Sydney Jewish’s community identity Vic Alhadeff. Read more
Josh Burns’ posters daubed twice in one week
March 7, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
How many Jews may be caught up in the conflict in the Ukraine?
March 6, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Dr Jonathan Boyd, Executive Director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, has gathered some data on the numbers of Jews in Russia and Ukraine. Read more
WJC welcomes measure to combat racism and antisemitism
March 6, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress has applauded the Council of the European Union’s adoption of measures to combat racism and antisemitism. Read more
