MDA annual campaign to raise money for ambulances
July 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
On Tuesday, Australian Friends of Magen David Adom, NSW will be holding its annual fundraising campaign with funds targeting the purchase of twelve ambulances. Read more
UK expert Dave Rich offers advice on confronting the recent explosion of antisemitism
July 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
At a time of rising antisemitism, the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council’s latest webinar guest was Dave Rich, Director of Policy at the U.K’s Community Security Trust. Read more
ECAJ slams Burnside’s Twitter post
July 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has condemned the recent Twitter statement made by Julian Burnside QC, a Greens candidate at the last Federal election, which likened Israel’s measures to defend its citizens from Hamas’s rocket and arson attacks to “Germany’s treatment of the Jews during the Holocaust”. Read more
Jessica Fox strikes Gold
July 29, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Jessica Fox has done it. She has won her first Olympic gold medal, taking out the women’s canoe slalom C1 final. Read more
The 2021 census is coming
July 29, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
How many Jews live in the Outback? To find out, we’d need the Australian census which is arriving in two weeks. Read more
“Israel Go”, a funding initiative providing financial support for Gap Year Programs in Israel
July 29, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) has launched a new two-year pilot program– Israel Go – which provides financial support for young adults to participate in gap year Israel programs in 2022 and 2023. Read more
Queensland community calling for new legislation to combat Jew-hatred
July 27, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Hatred against Jews in Queensland is increasing and the community states laws must change so those who incite animosity or engage in harassment or intimidation on the basis of someone’s race, religion, sexuality or gender are punished. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Phillip Blashki – a great business and community leader
July 27, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Phillip was born Favel Wagczewski in Blaszki, Poland on 21 February 1837. Read more
Helping to find orthodox women with public speaking skills
July 26, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
After successfully launching in Melbourne in May 2021, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Australia is establishing a national orthodox female speaker’s bureau. Read more
South African Jewry in Crisis: A Keren Hayesod-UIA Global Family Webinar
July 26, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In response to the queries and concerns regarding the current political, social and economic turmoil that has unfolded and heightened recently in South Africa, UIA has coordinated a webinar with key South African communal leaders and experts – ‘South African Jewry in Crisis’, to be held on Wednesday 28 July. Read more
Secord expresses alarm at antisemitic conspiracy theorists at anti-lock down rally
July 26, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ilan Kidron, The Choice Foundation and JCA produce the theme song for the Paralympics
July 25, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
ARIA Award-winning singer-songwriter Ilan Kidron has written and performed the music Channel 7 will promote the Paralympics. Read more
Moriah takes action
July 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Expulsion, discipline and police intervention have followed the widespread revelation of trespassing online schooling and videos being published on social media showing what appears to be drug-taking. Read more
Senior NSW politician adds his voice to listing Hezbollah as 100% terrorist group in Australia
July 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The NSW Shadow Minister for Police and Counter-Terrorism has thrown his support behind a growing campaign to list the entirety of Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation in Australia. Read more
Director of opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics fired over Holocaust jokes
July 22, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Simon Wiesenthal Centre condemned antisemitic jokes made by Japanese comedian Kentaro Kobayashi, who was to be the show director of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. Read more
A new principal for Yeshivah-Beth Rivkah
July 22, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Melbourne’s Yeshivah-Beth Rivkah Schools have appointed a new principal. Read more
Millie Phillips: more tributes
July 21, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
As the news spread of the passing of businesswoman, grandmother and mother Millie Phillips on Monday, tributes continue to flow in. Read more
Anthony loses his hero
July 21, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Anthony Small was by his grandmother Millie Phillips’ side as she passed away earlier this week. Read more
A double barmitzvah in Townsville
July 21, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
After a year of studying their parsha by Zoom, two boys have celebrated their bar mitzvah in the north Queensland city of Townsville with their rabbi driving five hours from Cairns to be by their side. Read more
Ben and Jerry in the bad books
July 21, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Although Ben and Jerry’s ice cream products in Australia carry a hechsher certifying that is Kosher, main Kashrut bodies in Australia have decided to remove the product from their marketing catalogues. Read more
Swastikas in Glebe ignored by council
July 21, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Three swastikas and the word “heil” were scrawled onto a parking meter on Wentworth Park Road in Sydney’s Glebe but despite being reported to the council, the offensive graffiti remained for several days. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: The story of Emily Nathan
July 21, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Emily Nathan, born in Hobart Town, Tasmania, on 14 December 1858, was the third of seven children of Mark and Flora Nathan who had come to Australia from New York in 1853. Read more
Millie Phillips remembered
July 20, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Tributes have poured in to recognise the philanthropic work of Millie Phillips who has died in Sydney at the age of 92. Read more
Barca in Israel
July 20, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Israel Ministry of Tourism today has hosted a short tour of ancient Caesarea with the legends of FC Barcelona. Read more
Ambassador Mitch Fifield meets President Herzog
July 20, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Isaac Herzog met Monday at Beit HaNassi in Jerusalem with a delegation of foreign ambassadors to the US and UN visiting Israel this week. Read more
Swastika and ‘Kill Gays’ etched on a Melbourne trail
July 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Jewish LGBTIQA+ group Aleph Melbourne has condemned the etching of a swastika and the words “kill gays” on a footway in the Melbourne suburb of Ashwood. Read more
Aussie madrichim in the Arava
July 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Four Melbourne students have used their gap year in Israel to become madrichim to lead programs in the Arava. Read more
$180,000 for Eastern Suburbs cinemas
July 18, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs is well-known for a thriving artistic culture and the Federal Government has committed to keeping the projectors rolling at the independent cinemas in the Wentworth electorate. Read more
A tour in Hebron with Breaking the Silence and NIFau
July 16, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NIF Australia is hosting its first virtual tour later this month. Read more
Gary Groves: First six months at the helm of Sydney’s JewishCare
July 16, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The first six months in any job is always dynamic, but when it’s the top job of an established community organisation like JewishCare, operating in the middle of a pandemic, the challenges are tenfold and effective leadership is critical for agility, change and growth. Read more
