Walker finds 1,700-yr-old stone busts
December 31, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Two impressive Roman busts were found this month near Beit She’an – thanks to the alertness of a local resident, who spotted the top of one of the busts’ heads sticking out of the ground as she was taking a walk north of the old city. Read more
Waks calls for the Sydney Beth Din rabbis to resign
December 30, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Child sexual abuse advocate Manny Waks has called the four rabbis found guilty of contempt of courts to resign immediately. Read more
Amos Oz: a classmate mourns
December 30, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin writes a letter on behalf of himself and his wife to his old classmate Amos Oz who died on Friday from cancer at the age of 79. Read more
Partisans’ Song translated from Yiddish into Noongar
December 28, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Partisans’ Song, Zog Nit Keynmol, written in Yiddish by Hirsh Glik in the Vilna ghetto in 1943, has been translated into Noongar, an Australian indigenous language, spoken in the south-west of Western Australia. Read more
The rabbis confer
December 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Rabbinical Council of NSW has expressed its fears that the guilty verdict upheld in an appeal last week finding the Sydney Beth Din in contempt of court may impact on religious freedom in Australia. Read more
Sydney Beth Din goes public following the 2-1 decision appeal against it
December 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Last week, the Court of Appeal in Sydney rejected an appeal by the Sydney Beth Din against a verdict of being guilty of contempt of court. The Beth Din responds. Read more
Gift of Life Marrow Registry keeps moving forward
December 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In 1991, Jay Feinberg was facing a battle with leukaemia and needed a bone-marrow transplant. Read more
Last surviving Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighter passes away at age 94
December 24, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The last surviving resistance fighter from the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 passed away on Dec. 22 in Jerusalem at the age of 94. Read more
Ramban participants report back
December 21, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has held a briefing by Nationals MP Kevin Hogan and Samuel Mullins, who relayed their impressions from the Rambam Federal Parliamentary group and bipartisan Political Advisor group trips respectively, at an AIJAC luncheon in Sydney. Read more
The Beth Din contempt verdict stays
December 20, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Court of Appeals in Sydney has upheld a decision by the Supreme Court finding the Sydney Beth Din contempt of court but has reduced the penalties imposed on the four rabbis involved. Read more
SBS corrects article but misreporting remains
December 19, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
SBS has partly corrected an article on its website called “The Israeli-Palestinian conflict explained” in response to an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) complaint. Read more
Mark Dreyfus reaffirms Labor’s position on Israel
December 19, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Following the Senator Penny Wong’s resolution passed at yesterday’s ALP national conference which stated that a Labor government would seek to recognise Palestine’s statehood, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has reaffirmed Labor’s support for Israel. Read more
Reaction to Penny Wong Palestine speech
December 18, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Liberal Senator Eric Abetz, the ECAJ, the Zionist Federation of Australia and AIJAC have reacted to Senator’s speech at the ALP national conference calling for the next Labor government to work to recognise a Palestinian state. Read more
Labor calls for a Palestine state…eventually
December 18, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Senator Penny Wong has moved a resolution at the ALP conference in Adelaide calling the recognition of a Palestinian state as “an important priority for the next Labor government” providing Israel and Palestine recognise that they will live in peace and security.
Liberal Friends salutes Morrison
December 18, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The NSW Liberal Friends of Israel have commended the Australian Government on its formal recognition of West Jerusalem as the true capital of Israel. Read more
Music played in Seidler buildings
December 18, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In the Sydney Festival’s Seidler Salon Series music and architecture will come together in a series of concerts hosted in and around, and inspired by, the singular buildings of Australia’s most famous modernist architect, Harry Seidler. Read more
President visits the north
December 17, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has visited the area of Operation Northern Shield in the north of the country where a fourth tunnel has been discovered. Read more
Will NSW Libs allow nationals backdoor preference deal with One Nation
December 17, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Labor frontbencher Walt Secord has accused NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian of being “tricky” on preferences saying she attacks the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party (SFF), but remains silent on One Nation preferences.
Labor’s UNRWA funding pledge ignores concerns
December 17, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Labor’s announced commitment of $20 million in additional funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) specifically ignores the concerns that have been ventilated over funding to that body. Read more
The rabbis on Moriah – George on the rabbis
December 16, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Religious Freedom Review as the ECAJ sees it
December 16, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has cautiously welcomed the release of the Religious Freedom Review handed down by the Expert Panel chaired by the Hon Philip Ruddock, and the Australian government’s response to it. Read more
Our next Governor-General
December 16, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has welcomed the announcement by Prime Minister Scott Morrison that former general and defence force chief David Hurley will be Australia’s next Governor-General. Read more
Yuval Rotem welcomes Scott Morrison’s decision
December 16, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s Director General of the Ministry of Foreign affairs Yuval Rotem has welcomed Australia recognising Jerusalem as the country’s capital. Read more
…and Iran too
December 16, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Zionist Federation of Australia and The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council have also welcomed Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison government’s reassessment of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action regarding Iran. Read more
Mount Scopus shines in the VCE exams
December 14, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
2018 has been another successful year for Year 12 Melbourne’s Mount Scopus students in their VCE exams. Read more
100 years and going strong
December 14, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Government Response to Religious Freedom Review
December 13, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Attorney-General Christian Porter have released a joint statement following the Religious Freedom Review chaired by Philip Ruddock but the Law Council said delicate balance between freedom of religion and freedom from discrimination would be better dealt with in comprehensive national anti-discrimination legislation. Read more
Barmvitzah at 52
December 13, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
While a normal bar or bat mitzvah will typically feature a row of proud grandparents in the congregation doing what is known in Yiddish as kvelling, Dean Waring was surrounded by his wife and children as he had his bar mitzvah in the North Queensland city of Mackay. Read more
Kosher electoral office
December 13, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The spiritual head of Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue Rabbi Jeffrey Kamins visited the Edgecliff electoral office of newly elected Independent Dr Kerryn Phelps and joined her in affixing a mezuzah Read more
Progressive machzor
December 13, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The new Machzor ‘Mishkan T’shuvah’ has just gone to press, to be delivered to the congregations of the Union for Progressive Judaism across Australia and New Zealand in time for next High Holy Days. Read more
