New Zealand apologises
June 20, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The New Zealand Minister for Immigration has written to the Israeli ambassador in Wellington apologising personally for the Immigration New Zealand publishing a map of the Middle East naming Israel as Palestine in a fact sheet. Read more
Complaint about a pro-Israel article dismissed
June 20, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Walt joins Emanuel
June 19, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Well-known supporter of Israel and Jewish causes NSW Labor frontbencher Walt Secord has revealed to parliament that he and his wife have joined Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue. Read more
WJC President expresses concern about Malaysian Prime Minister’s antisemitic comments
June 19, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has condemned the antisemitic comments made by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s at the Cambridge Union. Read more
Two Aussies at 2019 ROI Summit in Jerusalem
June 19, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Todd Sampson films Gaza March of Return
June 18, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Popular TV identity Todd Sampson has taken his Body Hack team into Gaza for the opening program in the Network 10 series. Read more
Berlin’s Jewish Museum director resigns
June 18, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The director of Berlin’s Jewish Museum has resigned following a tweet from the museum linking to Israeli academics who criticised the German parliament’s resolution condemning the BDS movement as being antisemitic
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Medieval Jewish ritual bath beneath a church in Sicily
June 18, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israeli scholars have announced the discovery of a Hebrew inscription on the wall of a medieval Jewish ritual bath located deep underground beneath the Church of St. Philip the Apostle in Syracuse, Sicily. Read more
World-wide communities show support to Romania
June 17, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Senior professionals representing Jewish communities from more than 50 countries have chosen Bucharest in which to hold their annual meeting to support the 5,000 Jews still living in Romania. Read more
Courage to Care visits Darwin
June 16, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Students of Taminmin College in Humpty Doo, Darwin were the fortunate beneficiaries of an unexpected visit by a B’nai B’rith Courage to Care Victoria program team. Read more
One of the last Sugihara visa recipients in conversation
June 15, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Marcel Weyland, one of the last living recipient of a ‘Sugihara visa’ living in Sydney, will appear in conversation with Holocaust expert Professor Konrad Kwiet at Limmud Oz. Read more
The Jewish community came here with the First Fleet. They are embedded in our DNA as a community.
June 14, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Gabrielle Upton, the NSW Liberal MP for the Vaucluse electorate, home to the majority of Easter Suburbs Jewish community in Sydney, has spoken in parliament about anti-semitic attacks which took place recently within the electorate. Read more
Courage to Care exhibition at Surfers Paradise
June 13, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Gold Coast Courage to Care Exhibition launch was held in the Katranski Community Hall at Surfers Paradise earlier this month. Read more
Tomorrow would have been her 90th birthday
June 11, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl, has been translated into Te Reo Māori. Read more
A life-changing venture for those with disabilities
June 11, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Access Inc has announced the launch of our new WEEKLY Pop Up Café at Luigi’s in Melbourne’s South Caulfield…run and staffed by people with disabilities. Read more
The fight against antisemitism becomes a priority for the Dutch
June 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress has welcomed the decision of the Government of the Netherlands to allocate three million Euros to fighting antisemitism, a matter which has now been added to the list of national priorities for the first time. Read more
The funeral of Nechama Rivlin
June 6, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
People came to the Jerusalem Theater to pay their last respects to Nechama Rivlin ז”ל before her burial on Mount Herzl where President Reuven Rivlin delivered the eulogy. Read more
Peter’s Hall
June 6, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Switch-Triguboff Center for Training and Advancement of Employment has been launched at Israel’s Idan HaNegev Industrial Park. Read more
New board appointments at Technion Australia
June 6, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Technion Australia has announced the addition of three new members to its Board of Directors. Read more
Elena Kats-Chernin opera “Whitely” to be premiered next month
June 6, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Opera Australia’s newly commissioned work about the turbulent life of iconic Australian artist Brett Whiteley and his vivacious wife Wendy will have its world premiere at the Sydney Opera House on 15 July 2019.
Secord tells the NSW parliament about the Sephardis’ Farhud
June 6, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Deputy Chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel Walt Secord has spoken in the NSW parliament on the Sydney Sephardi Jewish community’s commemoration of the Farhud on 2 June. Read more
Nechama Rivlin – condolences
June 5, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Nechama was born in 1945 in Moshav Herut in the Sharon region. Read more
Australian innovator selected for global ROI Summit in Jerusalem
June 5, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australia joins the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
June 5, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australia has been admitted as the thirty-third member of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) following a unanimous vote of the plenary in Luxembourg. Read more
Prestige U.S. award for Colin Rubenstein
June 3, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Executive Director of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council Dr Colin Rubenstein has been honoured for his advocacy on behalf of the Jewish people and Israel by the Board of Governors of the American Jewish Committee. Read more
Natalie Ward heads NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel
June 3, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Upper House Liberal MP Natalie Ward is the new chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel following its formation meeting last week. Read more
Margalit Levin joins her high-level peers
June 2, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The ZFNZ condemns New Zealand government
May 31, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Zionist Federation of New Zealand has strongly condemned New Zealand again voting in favour of yet another anti-Israel resolution, this time at the WHO on 22 May which denounced Israel over “Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan. Read more
Bedouin diplomat Ishmael Khaldi speaks to AIJAC
May 31, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s first Bedouin diplomat Ishmael Khaldi was recently in Melbourne where he addressed an Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs (AIJAC) lunch. Read more
This most important speech
May 31, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Natalie Ward, a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council has spoken out against antisemitism in the NSW parliament this week. Read more
