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
Religious Discrimination Bill rework OK says ECAJ
December 1, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has welcomed the Federal government’s decision to issue a revised and further exposure draft of the Religious Discrimination Bill. Read more
Antisemitism report’s results tabled in the Senate
November 29, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australian Senator Stirling Griff moved a motion in Australian Senat this week following the publication of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry antisemitism report released last Sunday. Read more
A “rose?” by another name
November 29, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Shadow Treasurer and NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel Deputy Chair Walt Secord has warned that the notorious antisemitic LaRouche movement-aligned Citizens Electoral Council of Australia is trying to rebrand itself – as a new political party. Read more
Germany bans Hezbollah
November 29, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has welcomed the decision of the Federal Government of Germany to ban the Iranian-sponsored Hezbollah terrorist militia. Read more
Melbourne-Tel Aviv planned for 2020
November 28, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
El Al has advised the Tel Aviv Exchange that it trialling return flights from Tel Aviv to Melbourne with a possibility of opening the route to traffic in the second quarter of next year. Read more
Basketball: Moriah College v Boys Town Jerusalem – a very happy result
November 28, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Fourteen Year 11 boys from Sydney’s Moriah College now in Jerusalem on an Israel Study Tour (IST) program took to the basketball court for an impromptu match with students at the Boys Town Jerusalem school. Read more
A friendship walk
November 27, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Around 70 people joined together for the JCMA’s (Jewish Christian Muslim Association) Annual Friendship Walk in Melbourne. Read more
The Giving Forum takes bushfire appeal over $420,000
November 26, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and Stand Up has joined forces for bushfire victims. Read more
