JCCV’s Zoom plenum
May 6, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria affiliates have connected online for the May Plenum meeting. Read more
AIJAC Online
May 6, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The fifth of The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council’s “Live Online” Webinar series featured Brigadier General (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, a former senior intelligence and security officer in Israel, and Director-General of the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs, who spoke about “The New Antisemitism and the Threat to Israel’s National Security.” Read more
Hitler and Osama Bin Laden bandanas online
May 6, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A company according to sources connected to mega trading Chinese company Alibaba is selling of Hitler and Bin Laden face masks and bandannas by online retail giant Aliexpress. Read more
Board to Board
May 6, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
THE president and CEO of the Board of Deputies of British Jews will be guest speakers at an unprecedented plenum of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies this month. Read more
Share your gratitude
May 5, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Eight years ago Lauren Brender found a brain tumour by complete accident. Last year, that brain tumour joined the party uninvited again – and helped her to realise the profound effect it has had on her life. Read more
RCNSW says “download the app”
May 5, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The president of the Rabbinical Council of NSW Rabbi Nochum Schapiro and his executive has appealed to community members to download the COVIDSafe app. Read more
Opera Australia launches free online streaming platform with Joan Sutherland in the starring role
May 4, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Unable to perform live while the country is in COVID-19 lock-down, Opera Australia has created another way to share their performances with opera fans, today launching OA | TV: Opera Australia on Demand, a free online streaming service. Read more
Mike Kelly: a special friend, a special tribute
May 1, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Liberal MP Julian Lesser sat across the benches in parliament from Labor MP Mike Kelly who announced his resignation from the government yesterday. He pays tribute to his special, close friend. Read more
JNF challenges students with recycled art competition
May 1, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
As Covid-19 forced Australia and the world to stay at home, JNF Australia launched JNF Educate, an online platform to educate, entertain and engage students at home. Read more
Professor Walter Mead on the post-pandemic world
May 1, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In the latest of its webinar series, the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) hosted distinguished academic Professor Walter Russell Mead, who is also the Wall Street Journal’s Global View columnist, on the topic “Who will lead the post-pandemic world?”. Read more
AIJAC asks government to reconsider its position on Hezbollah
May 1, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has welcomed the German government’s decision to join a growing list of countries that proscribe the entirety of Hezbollah as a terrorist group and again urges the Australian government to seriously reconsider its stance on the organisation. Read more
Yom Ha’atzmaut road show
April 30, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Moriah College hit the road yesterday attempting to visit as many homes possible which are temporary “classrooms’ for students in isolation with their family. Read more
Dr Mike Kelly: tributes to a stellar career
April 30, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Labor MP Dr Mike Kelly has resigned from parliament and tributes have been received from colleagues within parliament and from the community. Read more
Poor health forces Dr Mike Kelly to resign
April 30, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Dr Mike Kelly has resigned from parliament citing health issues dating back to the time he served in the Australian Defence Force. Read more
Jewish House partners with Wesley Mission
April 29, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Jewish House has announced a partnership with fellow crisis agency, Wesley Mission, with the opening of a new temporary accommodation property. Read more
A premier Yom Ha’atzmaut
April 29, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Premiers of Victoria and New South Wales have sent messages to their res[ective Jewish communities for Yom Ha’atzmaut as Israel’s celebrates its 72nd birthday since independence. Read more
An invitation to join a world Yom Ha’atzmaut party
April 29, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Maccabi World Union is partnering with JCC Global, JAFI & JCC Association to bring to you, wherever you are in the world, a grand Facebook LIVE CELEBRATE ISRAEL event. Read more
A Yom Ha’azmaut message from Anthony Albanese
April 28, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A special message from the Leader of the Opposition. Read more
A Yom Ha’azmaut message from Israel’s president
April 28, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A special greeting to mark Israel’s 72nd Yom Haatzmaut / Independence Day from President Reuven Rivlin. Read more
Memorial Day for the Fallen of Israel’s Wars and Victims of Terror held at the Western Wall in Jerusalem
April 28, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Reuven Rivlin addressed at the official ceremony Memorial Day for the Fallen of Israel’s Wars and Victims of Terror. Read more
Yom Ha’azmaut virtual cycle race in Israel and you can participate
April 28, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s only professional cycling team, Israel Start-Up Nation (ISN), is inviting fans from across the world to join an unprecedented double event of virtual racing on Israel’s Independence Day, Wednesday 29 April. Read more
Leaders encourage the community to download the Coronavirus app
April 27, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Prime Minister’s message for Yom Ha’azmaut
April 27, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Yom Ha’atzmaut is usually a time of celebration and reflection—a moment to recall the promise of freedom, the strength of hope, and the emergence of a proud and potent nation. Read more
An AIJAC online discussion with Dr Einat Wilf
April 27, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Rather than a classical unity government between two ideologically opposed parties, Israel’s National Emergency Government “reflects a broad consensus that has emerged in Israeli society in the last decade or two,” at least when it comes to the conflict with the Palestinians. Read more
Lest We Forget
April 26, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
On Friday, Senator Dean Smith, Liberal Senator for Western Australia and the President of Jewish Community Council of WA Joan Hillman laid wreaths on behalf of the Jewish Community in Western Australia at the Jewish War Memorial in Perth ahead of ANZAC Day. Read more
Scott Morrison and Jacinda Ardern in a video conference with Benjamin Netanyahu
April 25, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participated in a video conference on Friday hosted by Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, with prominent world leaders on the corona pandemic including Australia’s Scott Morrison and New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern. Read more
COVID-19 and hate crime in Australia
April 24, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australian Hate Crime Network (AHCN) has called for greater vigilance in countering racism and other forms of bigotry that is erupting amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Data on the South African Jewish population
April 24, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A major new research study published this week estimates that South Africa’s Jewish population now stands at 52,300, with four in five living in either Johannesburg or Cape Town. Read more
A Yom Hashoah gift from Dymocks
April 22, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
National bookseller Dymocks has acted to a request from The Executive Council of Australian Jewry by removing non-academic editions of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf. Read more
Yizkor on Yom Hashoah
April 22, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
On Yom HaShoah, as sirens blared across Israel, the men and women of Magen David Adom stood still with all of Israel as they remembered all those who lost their lives in the Holocaust. Read more
