JNF Australia Educators Study Tour to Israel
December 17, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
75 educators from across Australia will participate in JNF Australia’s Educators Study Tour in Israel from 31st December 2019 – 9 January 2020. Read more
Remembering Remembrance Day
December 17, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Liberal member for Vaucluse has told the NSW Parliament of three Remembrance events she attended last month and their connection to the Jewish community within her electorate. Read more
Chanukah greetings from David Southwick
December 17, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
It is with great pleasure that I wish J-Wire readers a very happy Chanukah and my best wishes for the year ahead. Read more
Sugihara did not do it alone
December 16, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A Dutch reader questions the working title of Linda Royal’s planned movie about Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese consul in Lithuania responsible for 6,000 Jews escaping Nazi Europe. The reader argues The Saviour should be The Saviours. Read more
The new CEO for Magen David Adom NSW
December 16, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Former NSW Labor politician Eric Roozendaal is the new CEO for Magen David NSW. Read more
My friend Boris Johnson
December 15, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The UK Prime Boris Johnson has received congratulatory messages from Israel’s president and prime minister. Read more
Jew-hatred in the Crown carpark
December 13, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC), has condemned as outrageous the defacing of a car with antisemitic vandalism in the parking area in Crown Casino. Read more
Christian Porter discusses Leifer case with Manny Waks in Tel Aviv
December 13, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australia’s Attorney-General Christian Porter has met with child sexual abuse advocate Manny Waks in Tel Aviv to discuss the interminable Malka Leifer the former Adass Yisroel principal facing 74 charges of child sexual abuse in Melbourne. Read more
Dec-19 Sydney: Ambassador and former Prime Minister to launch Alex Ryvchin’s latest book
December 12, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
John Howard and Israel’s ambassador to Australia Mark Sofer will join ECAJ president Gillian Segal and the ECAJ deputy president Robert Goot in speaking at the launch of Alex Ryvchin’s book Zionism – The Concise History. Read more
The Jewish world mourns
December 12, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress and The Executive Council of Australian Jewry have commented on the fatal shootings in New Jersey. Read more
What Will Become of Us
December 12, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The documentary What Will Become of Us featuring Sir Frank Lowy goes on general release in Melbourne and Sydney today. Read more
A Chanukah greeting from the Prime Minister
December 12, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has a special message as Chanukah approaches… Read more
Israel makes it debut on Tour de France
December 12, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The first-ever Israeli team is to compete in the next Tour de France. Read more
El Al dates for Melbourne direct flights
December 11, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
El Al has announced three trial Tel Aviv-Melbourne-Tel Aviv flights in April and May next year using their Dreamliner 787 aircraft. Read more
Leifer: yet another delay
December 10, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The psychiatric report on Malka Leifer wanted in Australia to face 74 charges of child sex abuse was not available to the Jerusalem District Court expected to rule Leifer’s mental ability to face an extradition hearing. Read more
Giving to Kids Giving Back
December 10, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Wolper Jewish Hospital Health Foundation is to support Kids Giving Back in the establishment of their new program, Connect4All. Read more
Be a Mensch
December 10, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Today is Human Rights Day and the Sydney Jewish Museum launches a new campaign that, together with Holocaust survivors and high-profile community leaders across Sydney, urges people to practise small acts of kindness on an everyday basis to make the world a more accepting and welcoming place. Read more
Political Menorah lighting in Melbourne
December 9, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
There was an early celebration of Chanukah in the Victorian State Parliament last week organised by Chabad of Melbourne CBD attended by former Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Read more
NZ rugby star apologises for racist slur
December 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Crusaders halfback Bryn Hall has apologised to the Jewish Council over a comment he made on live television in which he labelled an All Black a “Jew”. Read more
The Republic of Poland is one of the custodians of the memory of the Holocaust
December 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
On Friday the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel paid a historic visit to the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Read more
NSW Jewish community raises over half-a-million dollars to assist bushfire victims
December 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ronald S. Lauder thanks German Chancellor Angela Merkel for Contribution toward Auschwitz-Birkenau Camp’s Preservation
December 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder today met German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the site of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp and thanked her for announcing that Germany is committing € 60 million to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation to support the preservation of the memorial site. Read more
Tax treaty between Australia and Israel ratified
December 6, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Morrison Government has today ratified a historic new tax treaty between Australia and Israel, representing an important milestone in removing tax barriers and facilitating trade and investment between Australia and Israel. Read more
Torah in Townsville
December 6, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Chabad North Queensland has formed the first Torah study group ever presented in Townsville. Read more
Remembering the forgotten Jews from Arab countries
December 5, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress has co-sponsored an event at UN headquarters in New York to commemorate the rich history of the Jewish communities of the Middle East and North Africa. Read more
NZ Broadcast Standards Authority rejects complaint about the usage of “Jew” as a slur
December 4, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The New Zealand Broadcasting Standards Authority has decided not to uphold a complaint from a member of the public over the use of the word ‘Jew’ by a rugby player on TV as a racist slur. Read more
A brainstorming week in Melbourne
December 3, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Melbourne has welcomed Professor Ehud Cohen, Director of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Brain Disease Research Centre. Read more
NSW regional Jewish community gains new burial grounds
December 2, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A new Jewish section at Worrigee Cemetery (near Nowra) has been consecrated by the Head of the Sydney Beth Din, Rabbi Ulman. Read more
Australian Honour Wall at Yad Vashem full – a second one underway
December 2, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A second Australian Yad Vashem honour wall for Holocaust victims and survivors is planned at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Read more
“One of the few non-Armenians to speak about the Armenian genocide”
December 1, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Armenian community held a minute’s silence in honour of Genocide and Shoah scholar, Prof Colin Tatz – acknowledging his life-long role in fighting for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Read more
