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
Illegal religious gatherings alleged in Melbourne
August 15, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Victoria (COSV) has condemned alleged illegal minyanim taking place under the current COVID restrictions set out by the Victorian Government. Read more
Leaflet compares COVID restrictions with those aimed at those imposed on Jews in 1942
August 13, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies has condemned a letterbox drop leaflet in Sydney’s Neutral Bay area comparing the COVID lockdown restrictions with 1942 Nazi restrictions imposed upon Jews. Read more
Marise Payne condemns Iran and Hezbollah
August 12, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has welcomed comments made in Parliament on August 10 by Foreign Minister Senator Marise Payne condemning Iran and Hezbollah. Read more
A very sad story with a silver lining for a special student
August 12, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Next month Access inc. will award the Daniel and Joshua Szwarc Memorial Scholarship to one high school student living with a disability in the Melbourne Jewish community. Read more
Green light for Hakoah
August 11, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Land and Environment Court of New South Wales has delivered a judgment endorsing the agreement confirming final Development Consent conditions for the $60m+ redevelopment of White City delivering of the new state of the art Hakoah Club, community centre and sporting facilities. Read more
The WA Bar president responds to Mark Leibler
August 11, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Yesterday J-Wire published a letter from prominent Melbourne lawyer Mark Leibler to the president of the WA Bar Association who had criticised Senator Sara Henderson for a letter she penned to the Victorian Bar Association following Julian Burnside’s tweet stating Israel’s “treatment of the Palestinians looks horribly like the German treatment of the Jews” during World War II. Read more
Israeli expert Ehud Ya’ari: Iran not interested in reviving nuclear deal
August 11, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Iran is likely no longer interested in restoring a nuclear deal with the United States and other members of the P5+1, according to Ehud Ya’ari, long-time journalist, commentator and Fellow at the Washington Institute, who discussed this and many other topics as part of a recent AIJAC Online Live webinar. Read more
Gantz says Lebanon crisis is “devastating”
August 11, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s Minister of Defence Benny Gantz toured IDF Northern Command has conducted a situation assessment with the senior commanders following which he was then briefed in the northern town of Shlomi. Read more
Jewish Care CEO wins the LASA Victorian Individual of the Year Award
August 11, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Jewish Care Victoria’s Chief Executive Officer, Bill Appleby has been awarded the Victorian & Tasmanian Individual of the Year Award in the prestigious LASA (Leading Aged Services Australia) Excellence in Age Services Awards. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Judah Solomon – Convict to Businessman
August 10, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Judah arrived in Hobart in 1820 from England, together with his brother Joseph, as convicts for “receiving stolen goods”. Read more
Do It Yourself Rosh Hashanah this year with a little help from your friends
August 10, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
CommunityConnect is a project devised by the Rabbinical Council of NSW to reproduced the spirit of Rosh Hashanah normally experienced in shul within COVID-bound Jewish homes. Read more
Australia’s good work in the Negev
August 10, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Triguboff Switch Centre in the Negev launched its first summer camp for 50 youngsters from the Bedouin villages of Rahat, Lakia, Hora, and Kuseife, whose parents are employed in the Idan Hanegev Industrial Zone. Read more
Israel appoints ambassador to the US
August 8, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has announced the appointment of Brig.-Gen. (res.) Michael (Mike) Herzog as Israeli Ambassador to the US. Read more
A piece of Olympic history
August 7, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
While the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are at their peak, and the Israeli delegation is achieving impressive results, a historic letter, dating back to 1952’s Olympic games in Helsinki in which the first Israeli delegation competed – has been found. Read more
Census message
August 6, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
This week I received, like millions of Australia a letter in the mail letting me know that the Australian census will be taking place next week on the 10th August 2021. Read more
