Hatzolah gets a new first responder vehicle
March 14, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Hatzolah has taken delivery of its new response vehicle which was generously donated by Sydney’s Wolper Jewish Hospital. Read more
Animal activist compares commercial animal slaughter to the Holocaust
March 13, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has slammed a vegan activist who compared the slaughter of animals to the Holocaust. Read more
Levi Eshkol 50 years since his death
March 13, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin have addressed the state memorial ceremony for former PM Levi Eshkol on the 50th anniversary of his death. Read more
Steven Lowy takes over the reins at Hakoah
March 13, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Steven Lowy has been elected as president of Sydney’s Hakoah Club 12 years since the former club which had been presided over by his father Sir Frank Lowy was sold to developers. Read more
Jewish Labor candidate for the NSW Legislative Council
March 12, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
South Coast community development adviser and former eastern suburbs resident Michelle Miran is running for the ALP in the NSW Legislative Council – the State’s Upper House. Read more
Two Israelis victims of Ethiopian Airlines tragic crash
March 11, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The official delegation from the State of Israel, with the personal approval of the Prime Minister, consisting of two teams of ZAKA volunteers from Israel and South Africa are on their way to the site of the Ethiopian Airlines crash to locate the remains of the two Israelis who perished in the tragedy and to ensure a full Jewish burial. Read more
Production of Merchant of Venice carries a warning of anti-semitic content
March 10, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Orah Project distributes almost $100,000
March 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
$97,789.51 has been donated to charities in the fourth round of allocations from The ORAH FUND including first donations to worthy Victorian charities. Read more
Julie Bishop to headline UIA Women’s Division 2019 events
March 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
UIA Australia is counting down until the upcoming Women’s Division events in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, headlined by the former Minister of Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop. Read more
Beresheet getting ready to orbit the moon
March 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Leifer protest planned
March 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Child sexual abuse advocate Manny Waks is planning a public protest outside the Jerusalem court which will hear the next hearing in the battle to extradite Malka Leifer to Australia where she is facing 74 charges for child sexual abuse between 2003 and 2008 when Leifer fled to Israel. Read more
International Women’s Day
March 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s women: the statistics published on today’s International Women’s Day. Read more
The U.S. dilutes condemnation of antisemitism
March 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has sharply criticized the U.S.House of Representative’s decision to broaden a formal resolution condemning antisemitism to include Islamophobia and other forms of hate speech, declaring: “The unfortunate decision by the US House leadership to dilute a forthright condemnation of antisemitism is both irresponsible and dangerous.” Read more
Greens candidate Julian Burnside quotes Goering…again
March 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has slammed new Green Party Candidate, Julian Burnside for his quoting of Nazi official, Herman Goering, using an analogy in an attempt to smear Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Read more
Marsha Thomson quits politics
March 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The first Jewish Australian woman to serve as a government minister was formally farewelled from politics by the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council. Read more
UIA Gala Dinner in Melbourne: a J-Wire photo gallery
March 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
1400 supporters attended the UIA Victoria 2019 Gala dinner last month…were you there? Read more
Uluru Statement from the Heart
March 6, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Thomas Mayor, Advocate for the ‘Uluru Statement from the Heart’ for the Aboriginal peoples of Australia, made a passionate speech at Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue on the hopes and aspirations of his people for their future. Read more
New gate for old city
March 6, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
11 million NIS has been invested in renovating the “New Gate” of the Old City of Jerusalem, which will now become a major entrance gate for tourists and visitors to the Old City. Read more
Beresheet takes a selfie
March 6, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Visa waiver deal between Israel and Samoa
March 5, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Prime Minister of Samoa Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has made his first trip to Israel securing a waiver agreement between the two countries. Read more
The Jerusalem embassy in a Eastern Suburbs conflict
March 5, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A supporter of the Federal Liberal candidate for the Eastern Suburbs seat of Wentworth Dave Sharma was blocked on Twitter for taking the incumbent Independent member Dr Kerryn Phelps to task for her remarks about Israelis’ feelings on Jerusalem being the country’s capital. Read more
Federal Minister for Education spends a morning at Yeshivah – Beth Rivkah
March 5, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Yeshivah-Beth Rivkah Colleges hosted the Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan MP. Read more
Pope Francis announces Vatican will open Holocaust-era archives
March 5, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Pope Francis has announced that the Vatican archive surrounding the Holocaust when Pope Pius XII, who has been criticized for doing little to save Jews and for being silent during the atrocities, led the Catholic Church. Read more
A Daley Labor Government to support Shalom Gamarada
March 4, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A Daley Labor Government – as part of its Aboriginal Affairs policy – will fund up to six scholarships for Indigenous medical doctors through a highly successful program sponsored by Sydney’s Jewish community and Shalom College at the University of NSW. Read more
Rabbi on the Mardi Gras float
March 4, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Mardi Gras 2019
March 3, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish LGBTI Dayenu has once again participated in Sydney’s Mardi Gras with special guests Dr Kerryn Phelps MP and her wife Jackie Stricker-Phelps. Read more
“Muslims played no part in 9/11 and Charlie Hebdo”
March 1, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Audiences in mosques across Australia have heard a visiting Egyptian sheik denounce the 9/11 and the 2015 Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris as being comedy films
Coogee countdown
March 1, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
One of the must-win battleground seats in the upcoming NSW election will be in the spotlight at this month’s NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum. Read more
Jeremy Spinak inducted Honour Roll
March 1, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The late Jeremy Spinak has been inducted into the Honour Roll at the NSW Premier’s Harmony Dinner. Read more
Beresheet continues on its way to the moon
March 1, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
