The first International Young Leadership Retreat of its kind.
May 21, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
30 young leaders from Australia, Canada, Mexico, Italy, Sweden, and Ireland have taken part in the first International Young Leadership Delegation of its kind in Israel. Read more
The seven months of Kerryn
May 20, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Dr Kerryn Phelps has spoken of her seven months in parliament as the Independent MP for the Sydney seat of Wentworth and received words of praise from her Liberal successor Dave Sharma and her predecessor former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Read more
Christchurch MP promoting BDS
May 20, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Christchurch Central Labour MP Dr Duncan Webb has been criticized by the NZ Jewish Council for his promotion of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement directed at Israel. Read more
Sydney Beth Din refused the right to appeal to the High Court
May 19, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Four members of the Sydney Beth Din found guilty of contempt of court with an appeal against the decision was dismissed have now their application to have their case heard by the High Court rejected. Read more
Memories of Bob
May 17, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Mark Leibler was the president of the Zionist Federation of Australia between 1984 and 1994…and has fond memories of Bob Hawke. Read more
Vale Bob Hawke
May 17, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Zionist Federation of Australia has expressed its deepest sympathies and condolences on behalf of the Australian Jewish community to the family of the late Bob Hawke, Australia’s 23rd Prime Minister, in news of his passing at age 89 on the 16th of May 2019. Read more
OBK at the hustings
May 17, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
While the candidates are doing their thing OBK was getting refreshment to all the candidates contesting Sydney’s Wentworth electorate for tomorrow’s election. Read more
Aleph Melbourne launches 2019 federal election voters guide for LGBTIQ equality
May 16, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Aleph Melbourne has released its 2019 Voters Guide for LGBTIQ Equality. Read more
MDA team surprises an elderly 81-year-old woman for her birthday
May 16, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Diana Prechtman Berger Hadera is taken three times a week from her home in Hadera to hospital for dialysis treatment. Read more
Malka Leifer: Hearing #52
May 15, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jerusalem District Court has heard discussion regarding witnesses and evidence in the extradition trial of Malka Leifer who is wanted by the Victorian authorities to face 74 charges of child sexual abuse. Read more
Funding boost for The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies
May 15, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Minister Paul Fletcher and Liberal candidate for Wentworth Dave Sharma have announced funds of over $210,000 to The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies. Read more
Israeli team comes home with medals from Asian Physics Olympiad
May 13, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Members of the Israeli Physics Team won several accolades at the Asian Physics Olympiad which took place last week in Australia and were awarded gold, silver and bronze medals as well as an honourable citation. Read more
Malka Leifer: Hearing #51
May 12, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Malka Leifer is facing extradition from Israel to Melbourne where she is facing 74 charges of child sexual abuse. Today was hearing #51 in a case in which the defence claims the former principal is incapable of facing proceedings on psychiatric grounds. Read more
WJC “disturbed” about South African, Kuwait and Indonesian move in U.N.
May 10, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress is disturbed by the United Nations Security Council’s agreement to hold a special meeting condemning Israeli settlements on Thursday – at the request of South Africa, Indonesia and Kuwait – just days after a barrage of some 700 deadly rockets were fired by terrorists from the Gaza Strip against southern Israel without condemnation or rebuke by the same body. Read more
Rivlin visits Iris again and again with condolences
May 10, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin paid a condolence call on the Feder family whose father Moshe Feder ז”ל was killed on Monday when an anti-tank missile struck him. Read more
Yom Ha’azmaut in Israel
May 9, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara attended the torch-lighting ceremony on Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem, to mark Israel’s 71st Independence Day yesterday. Read more
Yeshivah-Beth Rivkah Schools accepted into the NRS
May 9, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Melbourne’s Yeshivah-Beth Rivkah Schools Limited (YBRSL) has been accepted into the National Redress Scheme (NRS). Read more
Israel’s Independence Day 2019 report card
May 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s population is 9,021,000 as it prepares for its 71st Indnependence Day. Read more
Cisco names Israeli school best in European region
May 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Cisco Networking Academy has awarded Boys Town Jerusalem the Above and Beyond Award for 2019. Read more
Two MPs go public on antisemitic attacks
May 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Liberal MP for Berowra Julian Lesser and Independent MP for Wentworth Dr Kerryn Phelps have reacted to antisemitic incidents during their election campaigns. Read more
Michael Danby attends Anzac Day service in France
May 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Labor MP Michael Danby attended the 2019 Anzac Day Dawn Service at Villers- Bretonneux in France last week, as the Federal Opposition’s representative. Read more
The rockets’ toll
May 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin has paid condolence calls on the Prezuazman family, whose son Pinchas Menachem was killed yesterday by flying shrapnel in Ashdod; the Agadi family, whose father Moshe was killed on Saturday in a rocket attack on Askhelon; and the al-Hamamda family whose father Ziad was killed yesterday in the rocket attack on the factory in Ashkelon. Read more
President Rivlin meets members of the IDF’s casualties unit
May 6, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin met members of the IDF’s casualties unit this morning at Beit HaNasi. Read more
Our Big Shul remembers Poway
May 5, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Our New Shul at Bondi’s Harry Triguboff Centre held a Friday evening service in solidarity with Chabad of Poway which was attacked by a sole gunman at the end of Passover. Read more
Frydenberg posters defaced again
May 5, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Scott Morrison had denounced the vandalising of Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s election posters stating “this is about crimes and hate.” Read more
WJC appeals to UNSC to condemn rocket attacks
May 5, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
After a barrage of hundreds of rockets struck Israel from the Gaza Strip on Saturday, the World Jewish Congress appealed to Indonesia, as president of the United Nations Security Council, to lead the international community in unequivocally condemning Hamas and holding it responsible for the terrorist acts that it continues to carry out and enable in the territory under its control. Read more
KKL-JNF and B’nai B’rith mark heroism of Jewish Rescuers during Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony
May 3, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The B’nai B’rith World Centre in Jerusalem and Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) have held a unique joint Holocaust commemoration ceremony on Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah). Read more
NSWJBD congratulates new Governor for NSW
May 2, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Her Excellency Margaret Beazley AO QC is the 39th Governor of New South Wales starting her five-year tenure today. Read more
March of the Living to focus on Greek Holocaust victims; Israeli, Polish top leaders not expected
May 2, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ahead of the annual International March of the Living beginning on Thursday, no senior Israeli and Polish officials are expected to be on the trip amid tensions between Jerusalem and Warsaw. Read more
JCCV slams anti-Muslim comments
May 2, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has condemned the views of the former Liberal candidate for the Melbourne seat of Isaacs for his disgraceful anti-Muslim comments. Read more







