NSW Labor welcomes listing of Goulburn Jewish cemetery on State’s Heritage Register
July 4, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Labor has welcomed the listing of the Goulburn Jewish cemetery on the State’s Heritage Register recommended by the Heritage Council of NSW. Read more
Mandlebaum House weathers the COVID storm
July 2, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Addressing the AGM of Mandelbaum House this week, Chairman, Associate Professor David Levy noted that “although the last year had been tough, the college can be very proud of its achievements”. Read more
US expert Emanuele Ottolenghi explains Hezbollah’s criminal networks
July 2, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The latest Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) webinar guest was Dr Emanuele Ottolenghi, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, whose areas of expertise include Iran and Hezbollah. His topic was “Hezbollah and the Toxic Terror Crime Convergence”. Read more
Changes for Macnamara dropped
June 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australian Electoral Commission has reversed its proposal to make a substantial change to the Melbourne Electorates of Macnamara and Higgins that would see all of Caulfield North, Caulfield, Caulfield East and parts of Elsternwick and St Kilda East move from Macnamara into Higgins; and parts of Prahran and South Yarra move from Higgins into Macnamara. Read more
Walt Secord completes his conversion to Judaism
June 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Labor frontbencher and the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair Walt Secord has recently completed his conversion to Judaism through Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue. Read more
Some Jewish Archibald participants – painters and posers
June 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Following the final episode of Finding the Archibalds on ABC which featured a prize-winning portrait of the late Rabbi Israel Porush, photographer Ben Apfelbaum pointed his lens at other Archibald portraits with a Jewish connection. Read more
Q + A still in the spotlight
June 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has dismissed as “laughable” a response it received from the ABC’s Audience and Consumer Affairs (A&CA) division to a complaint it lodged about the panel on the “Q&A” program which aired on ABC TV Thursday May 27. Read more
“Bias against Israel at the UN must end. Our region needs trust between people.”
June 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Reuven Rivlin met yesterday with UN Secretary-General António Guterres at UN headquarters in New York. Read more
Australia’s Mitch Fifield joins other ambassador to the UN in meeting President Rivlin
June 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Reuven Rivlin has met with a delegation of ambassadors from around the world to the United Nations including Australia’s Ambassador Mitch Fifield. Read more
JewishCare ready to care
June 29, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s JewishCare continues to support the community during these challenging times with family, mental health, financial, aged care and disability services. Read more
The rabbi’s portrait takes the Archibald Prize…watch it on TV
June 29, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The transition of a White Australia to a multicultural saw the style of the famous Archibald Prize change with the times and in 1961, a portrait of the Great Synagogue’s spiritual leader Rabbi Israel Porush winning the country’s most prestigious art award. Read more
Eastern Suburbs COVID outbreak: forum answers questions
June 29, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
More than 35 leaders of the NSW Jewish community attended an online forum focusing on the current COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. Read more
A difference of interpretation
June 28, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Recently, a contingent from The Executive Council of Australian Jewry met up with ABC’s managing director David Anderson to discuss coverage of the recent Israel-Palestinian conflict involving Gaza and the one-sided Q + A program that featured it. Read more
President Rivlin meets WJC President Lauder
June 28, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has met Israeli President Reuven Rivlinprivately in New York to thank him for his many years of dedicated service to the State of Israel and the Jewish people. Read more
Secord welcomes election of Scott Farlow as new chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel
June 28, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Labor frontbencher and deputy chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel Walt Secord has welcomed the election of Liberal MP Scott Farlow as the new chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel. Read more
Jewish House providing help during lockdown
June 27, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Jewish House has responded swiftly to the latest COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in the Eastern Suburbs. Read more
Sam Weiss: Composer in Residence
June 25, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney musician Sam Weiss has become the Composer in Residence for Sydney Children’s Choir. Read more
Stay at home orders for some Sydney readers
June 25, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
To protect the people of NSW from the evolving COVID-19 outbreak, current restrictions will be extended to at least midnight on Friday 2 July. Read more
Jewish House helps out on COVID testing
June 24, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In light of the latest outbreak in the Eastern Suburbs, Jewish House is taking the initiative to keep its staff, clients and the community safe through onsite Covid-19 testing. Read more
President Rivlin farewells Israeli Olympians
June 24, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Reuven Rivlin gave his blessings to the Israeli Olympic and Paralympic delegations as they depart for Tokyo 2020. Read more
Vic pops up at ECAJ
June 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Vic Alhadeff this week joined the Executive Council of Australian Jewry as a part-time consultant. Read more
Government been recommended to relist Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation and in its entirety
June 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) has recommended the Federal government consider listing Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organisation. Read more
Honorary doctorates for President Rivlin and Miriam Adelson
June 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s Ariel University has conferred honorary doctorate degrees on the 10th President of the State of Israel, Reuven Rivlin and Dr Miriam Adelson. Read more
An unhappy marriage could cause a stroke
June 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A new Tel Aviv University study reveals that perceiving marriage as unsuccessful is a significant predictor of death from a stroke and premature death among men, no less than well-known risk factors such as smoking and lack of physical activity. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Fanny Sarah Breckler – a business and community leader
June 22, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney Jewish Museum: Labor Shadow Minister congratulates NSW Treasurer
June 22, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In the spirit of bipartisanship, NSW Shadow Minister for Police and Counter-Terrorism Walt Secord has welcomed the decision by the NSW Liberal government to provide $6.25 million to the Sydney Jewish Museum. Read more
Rabbi Gabi appointed to Victorian Anti-Racism Taskforce
June 22, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
UPJ offers workshop to respond to heightened antisemitism
June 22, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
After discerning a high level of urgency to respond to heightened levels of antisemitism and ways to effectively engage when confronted by anti-Zionist and anti-Israel voices, the Union for Progressive Judaism has held an online workshop. Read more
Interfaith work together to battle COVID
June 22, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Paramatta Park hosted a special programme of prayer and music this week, as people from around Sydney gathered to support medical projects to assist the people of India to deal with the ravages of the Covid pandemic. Read more
Jewish Holocaust Centre wins Australasian best website award
June 22, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
‘Understanding through Testimony’, a program that humanises history by sharing the stories of 26 Melbourne-based Holocaust survivors on the specific phases of the Holocaust has won the Jewish Holocaust Centre (JHC) a prestigious Australian accolade. Read more
