COVID-19 update: weddings from Sep 3
August 31, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies is doing everything within its power to enable the Sydney Jewish community to practice its religious activities in a COVID-safe way. Read more
Monte Hunters Hill COVID scare
August 31, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
All twenty-three residents in a separate care unit at the Montefiore Residential Care Hunters Hill have tested negative to COVID-19 following a positive test on a cleaner who had been working in the home last week. Read more
Rosh Hashanah: Walt Secord
August 31, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
As the Shadow Minister for Police and Counter Terrorism and the deputy chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel, once again, it is my pleasure to extend my warmest wishes for a happy, healthy and sweet New Year ahead to the NSW Jewish community. Read more
IINZ urges government to say no to racism
August 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Israel Institute of New Zealand is calling on the NZ government to boycott the proposed event commemorating the 2001 Durban Conference, where pictures of Hitler were circulated and Jews were blamed for 9/11. Read more
Happy 100th Maccabi World Union
August 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog participated in the Maccabi World Union‘s centenary celebrations at Kfar HaMaccabiah in Ramat Gan. Read more
Woolworths helps out Ark Centre’s Pay It Forward program
August 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Over the past few months, ARK Centre has distributed close to 1000 meals around the community to families and individuals that have been doing it tough. Read more
Bronze for Matt
August 29, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s swimmer Matt Levy has won the bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke SB6 in the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Read more
Louder Together on Spotify! JCA x Glassbreakers & Friends
August 29, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Spotify just got a whole lot more ruach with a new playlist drop – Louder Together – the inspiration of Glassbreakers’ lead singer Ilan Kidron and the team at Sydney’s JCA. Read more
Secord raises Israeli approach to Covid vaccinations at NSW Parliamentary hearing
August 27, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s vaccination rates and its roll-out of a third Pfizer booster jab were canvassed at a recent NSW Health budget estimates hearings by the NSW Labor Opposition. Read more
Afghan disaster likely to “open the flood gates” of Jihadist terror – US expert Michael Rubin
August 27, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
With Afghanistan falling to the Taliban, the latest Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) webinar featured resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and former Pentagon official Michael Rubin – addressing the “Implications of the Afghanistan disaster”. Read more
NZ Human Rights Commission’s campaign to address racism
August 27, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Human Rights Commission has launched an initiative to gather Aotearoa New Zealand’s thoughts on how to address racism. Read more
Burger Centre celebrates 30 years
August 26, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Burger Centre is approaching its 30th birthday during an international pandemic. Read more
Dr Jamal Rifi sentenced in absentia for his work with Project Rozana
August 25, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney doctor Dr Jamal Rifi is reported to have been sentenced to ten years’ jail for working with Israel through a connection with Melbourne-based Project Rozana. Read more
Moriah fraudster jailed for nine years
August 25, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Moriah College’s former Financial Controller Gus Nosti has been sentenced to a maximum of nine years in jail for stealing $7.4 million from the school between 2004-2019. Read more
Ron Dermer and Noa Tishby to join International Line-up at Virtual Gala for JNF’s 120th Anniversary
August 25, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ron Dermer, Israel’s 18th Ambassador to the US, Noa Tishby, actress and activist, Elon Gold, comedian and actor, and, leading Israeli and Eurovision singer Eden Alene will headline JNF’s Virtual Gala marking the organisation’s 120th anniversary.
Adolf Hitler placards at Gold Coast-Tweed border protests “sickening”
August 24, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Labor frontbencher Walt Secord was sickened by the images of a protestor carrying two posters purporting to be Adolf Hitler images at a Tweed-Gold Coast cross-border anti-lock down rally on the weekend. Read more
Bennett to head for Biden meeting in Washington
August 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will leave for Washington DC at the invitation of US President Joe Biden. Read more
Freedom of Information refused in application to NSW Education Department: who posted Hitler photo on AUJS Facebook?
August 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Labor frontbencher Walt Secord has accused the NSW Education Department of protecting a staff member who earlier this year wrote a “vile antisemitic pro-Hitler” Facebook post by formally blocking an inquiry into the matter. Read more
Australian Catholic University to introduce Ancient Israel Program
August 18, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australia’s only academic program dedicated to the archaeology, history and languages of Ancient Israel will be introduced at Australian Catholic University (ACU), offering units on Archaeology of Ancient Israel in Arts, Education and Biblical Studies degrees from 2022. Read more
Thank you to the frontline workers
August 18, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
AUJS Leadership for 2022
August 18, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
AUJS has held its second-ever Zoom AGM with students from across Australia and New Zealand electing a new Executive Committee to lead the organisation in 2022. Read more
Rosh Hashanah at the Emanuel
August 18, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
With Sydney’s ongoing issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, community gatherings in synagogues and churches remain out of reach for many. Read more
Preserving the footprint of Southern African Jewish community life in digital form
August 18, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The rise of the internet has provided unprecedented means for connecting people as well as being a secure repository of information.
Many people with a passion to preserve the history of their Southern African Jewish communities have grasped this opportunity with both hands. How have they done it? People from all over the world are finding out through ‘Community History Online’, a Zoom conference presented in three weekly sessions by the South African Jewish Museum and the UCT Kaplan Centre.
Australia’s National Socialist Network: a call to proscribe it as a terrorist organisation
August 17, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Three senior members of the Federal Opposition are querying why the National Socialist Network and Combat-18 have not been branded as a terrorist organisation following journalist Nick McKenzie’s expose screened on 60 Minutes and published in The Age and ‘The Sydney Morning Herald. Read more
Three Victorian MPs disappointed by antisemitic posts following Jewish engagement party
August 17, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Leader of the Victorian Opposition Michael O’Brien has joined State Liberal MPs Neil Angus and David Southwick in thanking the leadership of the Jewish community in Melbourne which has been working tirelessly with the Department of Health to contain the spread of a local outbreak, Read more
Darren Bark makes his radio debut
August 17, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The CEO of The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies Darren Bark was interviewed on 2GB this morning by Ray Hadley, discussing the Nazi comments made by Cumberland mayor Steve Christou and the 60 Minutes/The Age and Sydney Morning Herald expose on Nazism in Australia, Read more
The ECAJ condemns Taliban takeover
August 17, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has deplored the forcible take-over of Afghanistan by the Taliban. Read more
A party to ignore lockdown
August 16, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has expressed its strong disappointment in and condemns the actions of a small group of people in our community who have not followed COVID restrictions. Read more
New Zealand Jewish community looks to the future
August 15, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
New Zealand Jewish leaders representing over 25 organisations gathered in Auckland from around the country recently for a full day of workshops, seminars, and a deep desire for increased collaboration. Read more
Melbourne Jewish community suburbs listed
August 15, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A number of sites in the Melbourne suburbs of Balaclava, Caulfield North and Malvern have been listed as Tier 2 exposure sites for COVID-19. Read more
