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
Report to UNHRC on Israel’s crime against humanity denounced
March 1, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has vigorously denounced a report submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council accusing Israeli security forces of having committed crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip. Read more
Happy birthday Harry
February 28, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Over 850 guests packed the Internation Convention Centre in Sydney to celebrate the 86th birthday of community benefactor and property magnate Harry Triguboff. Read more
In his own words…new Einstein to be letters revealed
February 28, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Next week, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem will unveil 110 new manuscript pages by Albert Einstein—both personal and scientific—that shed light on the life and times of the world’s best-known scientist. Read more
Australia’s position with Hezbollah to be considered
February 28, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Following the U.K.’s decision to ban Hezbollah in its entirety, Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise has told media that the current situation in which Hezbollah military wing is banned in Australia but not its political wing will be up for discussion. Read more
Cardinal Pell on the Jews
February 27, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
“For some extraordinary reason, God chose the Jews”…Cardinal Pell V Q&A George Pell doesn’t have a high opinion of the Jews. From Q&A debate with Richard Dawkins, 9 April 2012. Read more
NZ Jewish community welcomes UK decision to ban Hezbollah
February 27, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
New Zealand holds the same position as Australia in banning Hezbollah’s military wing whilst accepting its political presence. Read more
A hiccup for Beresheet
February 27, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
