Boomerang menorah
December 14, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Chabad North Queensland has lit up a giant boomerang menorah on the Cairns Esplanade. Read more
Building at M by Montefiore dedicated to Lionel Green
December 14, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Family and friends of the late Lionel Green gathered to honour the memory of the staunch Montefiore supporter at a dedication of a building in his name at the new M by Montefiore development in Randwick this week. Read more
Shirley Lowy passes away
December 13, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Lady Shirley Lowy passed away in Israel last Wednesday at the age of 86. Read more
A very special night in with Jewish House
December 13, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Jewish House brought together more than 1,000 community members online with an evening of entertainment and insight. Read more
Beautiful spot, ugly message
December 13, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The pop-up Sukkah on Melbourne’s Birrarung Marr has been defaced with the slogan, “Is this where they practised blood libel on kidnapped children.” Read more
Shuli does it again
December 13, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Former Sydneysider Shuli Briggs will make history when she boards El Al’s inaugural commercial Israel-Dubai flight today with husband Ari and three of her five sons. Read more
Funds needed to combat prejudice
December 11, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The multi-faith educational organisation Together For Humanity (TFH), has launched its inaugural Giving Together Day in a bid to raise funds to combat prejudice and increase interfaith and intercultural understanding in schools. Read more
Parliament ends and Chanukah starts
December 11, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
On the last sitting day of the Australian Parliament for 2020, Chabad ACT hosted the traditional “Chanukah on the Hill” ceremony in the Great Hall of Parliament House attended by Members of Parliament and Senators including Government Ministers and Shadow Ministers. Read more
Fourth candle for survivors
December 11, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) Gideon Taylor has announced International Holocaust Survivors Night, to be held globally on Sunday, December 13. Read more
Benjamin Netanyahu lights the first candle
December 11, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara lit the first Chanukah candle – shown via Zoom – with the World Zionist Organization (WZO) and representatives of Diaspora Jewish communities. Read more
Ask a Survivor: award for the Jewish Holocaust Centre
December 11, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish Holocaust Centre has received an award from the Australian Museums and Galleries Association Victoria for its Ask a Survivor project. Read more
Morocco/Israel normalisation welcomed
December 11, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Pro-Israel groups have reacted positively to Morocco’s announcement on Thursday of its intention to normalize ties with Israel. Read more
Eddie gets a compliment
December 10, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
During the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards virtual event, Scott Morrison spoke in glowing terms of 100-yr-0ld Eddie Jaku. Read more
Scott Morrison talks to the community
December 10, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison addresses the Jewish community. Read more
“Fourth Israeli election will be different”: Israeli political analyst Haviv Rettig Gur
December 10, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
With the Israeli Knesset expected to dissolve itself later this month and initiate its fourth election in two years, political analyst Haviv Rettig Gur told an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) webinar on December 7 that it is becoming increasingly unlikely that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will find enough support to lead the next government. Read more
Israel launches new moon project
December 10, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President of Israel Reuven Rivlin has hosted the launch of the Beresheet 2 project, the second Israeli spacecraft to be launched to the moon. Read more
At Leadership Dialogue, former UK Defence Minister warns hope not enough on nuclear Iran
December 10, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australian, British and Israeli past and present politicians have discussed Iran and China during the annual Leadership Dialogue. Read more
A Chanukah message from Anthony Albanese
December 10, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese sends a Chanukah greeting… Read more
Leadership Dialogue hears from Australian politicians
December 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Moshe Bar-Siman-Tov, the former director-general of Israel’s Ministry of Health, a figurehead in the country’s fight against Covid-19 told the annual Leadership Dialogue that some restrictions should remain in place even after mass vaccinations have been given. Read more
Police Commissioner thanks AIJAC’s Jeremy Jones
December 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Police Commissioner Michael Fuller thanked Jeremy Jones, Director of International and of Community Affairs for the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council, at the end of Jones’ long service as an advisor to the NSW Police. Read more
Witnessing Holocaust History: From Generation To Generation
December 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The American Holocaust Awareness Museum and Education Centre, the U.K.-based World ORT, and the Perth-based WE ARE HERE! Foundation have partnered this year to provide an international experience of Holocaust education and remembrance to students around the world. Read more
Youth Movement Summer Camps are on…subsidies available!
December 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australian Zionist Youth Council has announced summer camps will be going ahead. Read more
A Chanukah message from the Prime Minister
December 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has used words penned by the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks in his Chanukah message to the country’s Jewish community. Read more
Two Jewish firefighters receive citations
December 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A former Masada College student and a former Moriah College student have received citations for their work with the Rural Fire Service Brigades. Read more
JCCV happy with outcome of antisemitic incident’s investigation
December 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has welcomed the conclusion of the investigation into Dr Arthur Nasis who sent a letter with antisemitic remarks to his sister which was received inadvertently by the subjects of its content. Read more
Israeli company launches pilot program to help solve problem of textile waste
December 8, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Re-Born Global, Israel’s first platform for a circular economy in textiles, has launched Re-Born Textiles, the first circular management system for textile waste. Read more
Vic tells how he was saved in the surf
December 8, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
An awareness-raising evening for the recently-formed Israel Life Saving Federation has been held in Sydney with Board of Deputies CEO Vic Alhadeff relating his own near-drowning experience. Read more
Australian politicians to join UK and Israeli colleagues in dialogue
December 7, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Pillars of Light to take the Chanukah message to Melburnians
December 7, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Melbourne’s The ARK Centre will host ‘Pillars of Light’ festival with Gandel Philanthropy and Federation Square for the eight evenings of Chanukah. Read more
Do-gooders who do bad – NGO problems exposed at AIJAC webinar
December 7, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
With terrorism and antisemitism ever-present threats, the latest webinar from the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) featured NGO Monitor Vice President Olga Deutsch, whose topic was “Following the Money Trail: An Insight into the Funding of Terrorism and Antisemitism”. Read more
