Senator visits Newtown Synagogue to announce security funding
July 20, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Battle over extradition of alleged sex offender Malka Leifer continues
July 19, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ahead of tomorrow’s opening day of the extradition hearing which, if successful, would see alleged child sex abuser Malka Leifer returned to Australia, her defence lawyer appealed in Israel’s Supreme Court against a ruling that his team were not allowed specific documents. Read more
Anti-Semitic bullying prompts government investigation
July 17, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Victoria’s Education Minister James Merlino has asked the Education Department to call for an independent investigation on antisemitic bullying in a Melbourne school.
NSW Shadow Minister removes antisemitic graffiti
July 16, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Shadow Treasurer and NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair, Walt Secord saw antisemitic COVID conspiracy theory graffiti in Port Macquarie on the mid-North Coast and felt compelled to remove it – which he did. Read more
Top US Pundit Danielle Pletka looks at US election implications for Israel and Australia
July 16, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) conducted a webinar on July 14 with Danielle Pletka, senior fellow in foreign and defence policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute think tank. Read more
Leave it to the Israelis
July 15, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Zionist Council of New South Wales believes that should the State of Israel decide to extend sovereignty or apply Israeli law to parts of Judea & Samaria (‘West Bank’), that is a decision for the Israeli people to make, whose lives and security are directly impacted by such decisions. Read more
Chabad Youth safeguards children
July 15, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Melbourne’s Chabad Youth has won top marks in the Australian Childhood Foundation’s Safeguarding Children Program for the third time since 2014. Read more
A mezzuza for Michael
July 10, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In January, the tiny township of Beulah in western Victoria, 300 kms from Melbourne made headline news when newly-arrived residents flew a Nazi flag in their garden opposite a home where a Holocaust survivor was living. Read more
Antisemitic bullying: MPs say enough is enough
July 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Two Victorian opposition members of parliament have criticised the Victorian Department of Education following reports of antisemitic bullying in a State secondary school in Melbourne. Read more
Malka Leifer’s legal team launches appeal
July 8, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel media has reported that alleged child sex abuser Malka Leifer twelve days ahead of the beginning of the extradition hearing which, if successful, will see her returned from Israel to Melbourne. Read more
$5 million for safer Jewish communities
July 7, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish community in the Sydney electorate of Wentworth will be safer and more secure as a result of grants made under round five of the Government’s Safer Communities Fund. Read more
KH-UIA global family uniting in crisis
July 6, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
UIA Australia hosted over 500 supporters at its Keren Hayesod-UIA Global Family online event last week. Read more
Israel launches new satellite
July 6, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Space Administration in the Directorate of Defence Research and Development of the Israel Ministry of Defence and Israel Aerospace Industries have successfully launched the “Ofek 16” reconnaissance satellite into space. Read more
Antisemitism in the U.K.
July 5, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Antisemitism in the British left was the subject of the latest webinar from the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC). Read more
Homeland star opposes sovereignty
July 3, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Mandy Patinkin, star of TV series Homeland is the narrator of The New Israel Fund’s video opposing restoring Israel’s sovereignty over Judea and Samaria. Read more
ABC apologises over talkback caller’s antisemitic slur following AIJAC complaint
July 3, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has welcomed an on-air apology by ABC Radio host Ian McNamara over an antisemitic slur made by a talkback caller on the May 03, 2020 episode of the ABC Radio program “Australia All Over with Ian McNamara.” Read more
Reprieve yet again for The Shtick
July 3, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Jewish interview TV program The Shtick was preparing a life without a broadcaster with its host Melbourne’s Channel 31 facing the axe on June 30…but Henry Greener’s 10-minute segments continue to provide Jewish entertainment as C31 is reprieved for the sixth time. Read more
Challahs for the cops
July 3, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australian Jewish Association has delivered a special Shabbat message as an expression of thanks to some of the police who protect our community. Read more
Antisemitism in Australia
July 2, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Research Director for The Executive Council of Australian Jewry Julie Nathan has givev a presentation on antisemitism in Australia at the launch of the report on “Freedom of Religion in Australia: a focus on serious harms”. Read more
Australia states its case
July 1, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has called for a resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians with a two-pronged request for each party on the day the world awaits Israel’s move on the restoration of sovereignty over Judea and Samaria. Read more
The Orah Fund beats COVID raising over $100,000
June 30, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Every six months, The Orah Fund allocates much-needed money to Australian Jewish charities. Read more
Advice for NSW rabbis
June 30, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
$76,000 granted to three NSW Jewish organisations
June 30, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Dr Marjorie O’Neill, State Labor Member for Coogee has awarded significant funding to three Jewish organisations in her electorate of Coogee through the State Government Community Building Partnership Program. Read more
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
