Back to the past
June 29, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Jewish Museum will reopen its doors on Wednesday following its COVID shutdown. Read more
Goodonya, Matty!
June 29, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Former national rugby league player and current television sports personality Matthew (Matty) Johns and Board of Deputies CEO Vic Alhadeff met for a cup of coffee today in the aftermath of the photo-shopping of an image of Hitler on television during a recent rugby league match. Read more
Yarzheit for Yoni
June 29, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Netanyahu family has marked 44 years since Lt.-Col. Yonatan (Yoni) Netanyahu fell [on the 6th of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, i.e. Sunday] while leading the soldiers of the IDF General Staff Reconnaissance Unit during Operation Yonatan to free the hostages in Entebbe, Uganda. Read more
Police seek man to assist them following antisemitic daubing in Melbourne
June 28, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
South Melbourne police are investigating after antisemitic graffiti was sprayed in Albert Park and Middle Park earlier this month. Read more
Starting tomorrow: Sharing the Jewish story with the YouTube generation
June 28, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
YouTube is a jungle of informative, factual content joined by conspiracy theories and hateful screeds, too often railing against Jews and Israel. Read more
The Combat Anti-Semitism Movement’s global campaign
June 28, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
With the Coronavirus crisis fueling an increase in antisemitism often directed at Israel, the Combat Anti-Semitism Movement (CAM) has launched a global campaign enabling individuals and organizations across the world to highlight Israel’s outstanding contribution towards the international battle against COVID-19. Read more
Dutch railway company grants €5 million to Holocaust memorial centres without consultation
June 28, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The CEO of the state-owned Dutch railway company Nederlandse Spoorwegen has met with representatives of the Dutch Jewish community for the first time – exactly one year after NS’s own commission issued its advisory report calling on NS to “consider, in consultation with the groups concerned, a collective expression of recognition” for the 102,000 Jewish Holocaust victims who perished during or after transport by NS – including 20,000 children. Read more
Racism, Bowraville Murders and truth-telling
June 24, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney filmmakers Dan Goldberg and Adam Kay who produced “Code of Silence” and “Strictly Jewish have turned their attention to the unsolved murders of three Aboriginal children in Bowraville. Read more
Young blood keen to become involved in NSW community
June 24, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ninety-six members of the NSW Jewish community are vying for 70 positions as Elected Deputies of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies for the next two years with almost a quarter of the nominees are under the age of 30. Read more
Appreciation for five rejections at UNHRC
June 24, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australian Jewish organisations have voiced their reactions to the country’s voting against five anti-Israel resolutions in the United Nations Human Right Council. Read more
Antisemitism on social media
June 24, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Antisemitism on social media and what to do about it was the focus of the latest webinar from the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC). Read more
A rat’s tale changes our understanding of human evolution
June 24, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Roughly 200,000-year-old fossils from a Carmel Cave in northern Israel indicate that human migration from Africa actually occurred during the Ice Age. Read more
Australia says “Against” to UNHCR resolutions
June 23, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The votes are in for the Forty-third session of the UN Human Rights Council which sat between 24 February and 20 March 2020. Read more
Neo-Nazi website booted out by web host
June 23, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Web host Digital Pacific has removed the website of The National Socialist Network according to Melbourne’s Herald Sun. Read more
Kosher Meals on Wheels in Sydney gets $5,000 grant from state government
June 21, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s COA has benefitted from a NSW Government COVID-19 Community Support Grant Program which provides assistance for basic necessities like food, transport and language support for vulnerable people. Read more
Gathering Fragments
June 18, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Farkas Sisters, Ruth Geva and Leorah Kroyanker grew up in Jerusalem and witnessed some of the most pivotal moments in the history of the city and of Israel as a young nation. Read more
AFL rabbi
June 18, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Earlier this year Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann was selected to be an AFL multicultural community ambassador and as part of this role, he works with other community and faith leaders to strengthen community cohesion and togetherness through the AFL. Read more
A cuddly robot to reduce pain
June 17, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
B&H says thank you
June 17, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
B&H is a huge world famous photographic/video/audio store in Manhattan run by ultra-orthodox Jews. Not only do they close on Shabbat and Yom Tovim, but they also suspend their website which sells its wares around the world. Read more
An unwelcome sight in Maroubra
June 17, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A Jewish mother strolling with her newly-born baby in the centre of the Sydney suburb of Maroubra was shocked by the sight of a woman sitting on a bench sporting a swastika painted on her face. Read more
A Menorah for the PM
June 15, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-CEO Peter Wertheim travelled to Canberra today to present a Menorah to Prime Minister Scott Morrison as a gesture of support for him and the Government in leading Australia through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Dr Ruth shares her Holocaust and Haganah experiences on Zoom
June 14, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
David Harris talk to AIJAC
June 14, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The guest speaker at the latest webinar by the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) was David Harris, who has been the Executive Director of AIJAC’s US partner, leading US Jewish organisation the American Jewish Committee (AJC), since 1990. During the webinar, titled, “A conversation on defending Israel and fighting racism”, Harris emphasised that “antisemitism is antisemitism is antisemitism, and those who want to weaponise it for particular political purposes are not doing the struggle any benefit.” Read more
Department of Communication representative added to discussion of commitment to International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
June 12, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A representative from Australia’s Department of Communications will be included in discussions about Australia’s commitment to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) after concerns were raised in Senate Estimates about an article published by the ABC. Read more
New CEO for UIA Victoria
June 12, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Jeff Feldman has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of UIA Victoria. Read more
US community council to address NSWJBD plenum
June 10, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
With America in turmoil, the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY)’s will address the NSW Board of Deputies plenum by Zoom next week. Read more
Muslim World League’s General Secretary honoured for fighting antisemitism, calls for unity against hatred
June 10, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
At a special online event, General Secretary of the Muslim World League, Sheikh Dr Mohammed Al-Issa was honoured with an inaugural award for his contribution towards fighting antisemitism. Read more
The three who got away
June 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Without fail, J-Wire misses omits on our original list members of the Jewish community honoured by Australia. In this year’s Queen’s Birthday Awards we missed three praiseworthy honourees and list them today. Read more
The AFR publishes apology for Frydenberg cartoon
June 8, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australian Financial Review’s David Rowe has adjusted a cartoon after complaints that it depicted the Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in an antisemitic trope. Read more
Kingdoms – a look at Hassidim in Israel
June 8, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Following the extraordinary success of Shtiesel and Unorthodox comes Kingdoms, a three-part documentary on the lives of Hassidic Jews in Israel. Read more
