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
Government approves WE ARE HERE! Foundation as a cultural organisation
July 16, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
WE ARE HERE! Foundation is now on the Register of Cultural Organisations (ROCO), having been approved by the Australian Federal Government’s Office for the Arts. Read more
The ECAJ Zoom session with Anthony Albanese
July 15, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The full recording of the meeting between ECAJ and the Leader of the Opposition. Read more
Discussing COVID
July 15, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce facilitated a zoom meeting of two leaders in the fight against COVID, Australia’s Professor Paul Kelly and Israel’s Dr Sharon Alroy-Preis, the head of public health services in the Health Ministry. Read more
Albanese pledges support and denounces “apartheid” and BDS
July 14, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has denounced the use of the apartheid analogy to demonise Israel during a zoom meeting organised by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry. Read more
Jerusalem wall built in the Stone Age exposed
July 14, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Archaeological excavations in the City of David National Park have uncovered the remains of the city wall, built during the Iron Age – the days of the First Temple in the Kingdom of Judah, to protect Jerusalem from the east. Read more
Grant to improve governance in COSV synagogues
July 14, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Victoria has secured a Besen Family Foundation grant to boost the governance skills of member synagogues. Read more
Labor leader in talks with the ZFA
July 12, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Zionist Federation of Australia held a constructive discussion with federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese yesterday. Read more
Walt Secord’s fiancee sends vaccination message to Russian-speakers
July 11, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
At the beginning of the current COVID lock-down, NSW Shadow Minister for Police and Counter-Terrorism Walt Secord enlisted his Moscow-born fiancée, Julia Levitina to record a message in Russian to urge the community to get vaccinated. Read more
A $33,000 fix for Bondi’s Scout Hall
July 9, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Member for Vaucluse Gabrielle Upton MP today announced that Bondi Scout Hall in Bondi has been granted $33,000 for an upgrade under the NSW Government’s COVID-19 stimulus program. Read more
The Happiest Man on Earth meets Austen Tayshus
July 8, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sandy Gutman uses his alter ego Austen Tayshus to make people laugh but Eddie Jaku is already the ‘Happiest Man on Earth’. Read more
The ORAH Fund tops $1.62 million
July 8, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The ORAH Fund has announced its latest and largest round of donations to date, totalling $430,075 for the six months to 30 June 2021. Read more
Irena is going to be missed
July 8, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
JNF mourns the passing of Irena Nebenzahl who passed away recently in Sydney. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Julia Levy – Philanthropist
July 6, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Julia Levy was born in Bath England in 1826. Her father, Samuel Solomon was transported as a convict in 1832 to New South Wales and Julia, with her mother and seven siblings followed him to Australia, as free immigrants arriving on 1 February 1835. Read more
President-elect Isaac Herzog bids farewell to Jewish Agency colleagues and participants
July 6, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Rivlin: “I learned that without the ability to listen – there is no ability to learn. Without the ability to learn – there is no ability to repair.”
July 6, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The bust of Israel’s tenth president, Reuven Rivlin, has been installed in the Avenue of the Presidents in the gardens of Beit HaNasi ahead of the end of his term of office this week. Read more
JCCV appalled by online auction
July 5, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has reacted strongly to a report in the Herald Sun of an antique shop in the Melbourne suburb of Mt Evelyn offering Nazi memorabilia. Read more
