Two former Aussie Prime Ministers to be conferred with doctorates
May 15, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott are to be conferred with honorary doctorates in separate universities in Israel this week. Read more
Broken Hill Synagogue overlooked in restoration funding
May 14, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Labor frontbencher Walt Secord has expressed his disappointment the state government had failed to fund repairs to the historic Broken Hill Synagogue which recently suffered $140,000 in hailstorm damage. Read more
Budget continues to fund school security
May 11, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
$18 million has been continued to fund the Secure Schools Programme across Australia. Read more
Sydney Writers’ Festival: Jewish connections
May 8, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Sydney Writers’ Festival brings a wealth of talent from both overseas and homegrown later this month…J-Wire present a list of participants both Jewish and Jewish connected. Read more
Postgraduates slam antisemitism and Holocaust denial in universities
May 5, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) has condemned the increasing prevalence of Holocaust denial, antisemitic posters that are appearing on campuses nationwide. Read more
New Israel Fund attains tax-deductiblity status
May 5, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The New Israel Fund (NIF) Australia Foundation has been recognised by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) as a public benevolent institution (PBI) enabling it to give tax-deductible receipts for donations. Read more
Mount Scopus teacher charged with child pornography
May 4, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
A member of staff of Mount Scopus Memorial College has today been arrested by Victoria Police in relation to material stored on computer equipment that allegedly was in his possession at his previous place of employment. Read more
Yom Ha’azmaut: Sydney celebrates
May 3, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Members of the political and diplomatic community joined NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Israel’s ambassador to Australia Shmuel Ben-Shmuel at a cocktail party to celebrate the 69th anniversary of Yom Ha’azmaut, Israel’s Independence Day. Read more
Yeshiva stays put…for the moment
May 3, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
An agreement has been reached in the Supreme Court in Sydney allowing to the Yeshiva continued to stay in its Bondi premises for the being moment in spite of an eviction notice been in place since last month. Read more
Yom Ha’azmaut in Canberra
May 2, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Over 200 guests joined Israel’s ambassador to Australia Shmuel Ben-Shmuel in celebrating Yom Ha’azmaut…Israel’s 69th anniversary of its independence. Read more
ANZAC trail 100km bike ride to mark 100th anniversary of Light Horse Brigade charge
May 2, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The legendary charge of 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade near Beersheba on October 31, 1917 will be commemorated by a centennial memorial service and a 100km bike ride. Read more
Yom HaShoah in Auckland
April 27, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Zionist Federation of New Zealand’s annual Yom HaShoah Tekes was held in Auckland and was attended by over 300 people. Read more
Maccabiah swimmers bond in the pool
April 26, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Fifty swimmers from around Australia came together for a long weekend of training, motivation and bonding in Noosa, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Read more
ADC: “We owe these brave souls our utmost respect”
April 25, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Anti-Defamation Commission says ANZAC Day is a solemn occasion for our nation to reflect and to commemorate the service and sacrifice of the fine men and women of our armed forces, from every generation, who laid down their lives to defend our freedoms and values. Read more
Yom HaShoah in Sydney
April 25, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies held three events to mark Yom HaShoah. Read more
Israel’s first Rhodes scholars
April 25, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
After decades of campaigning to include Israel in the prestigious international Rhodes scholarship programme established at Oxford University, the first two Israeli academics have been accepted since the programme was established in 1902. Read more
No Israelis here
April 23, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
An Israeli tourist has posted on Facebook that a retailer in Cairns has displayed a sign in its windows saying that do not serve Israelis. Read more
ADC commemorates Yom HaShoah
April 23, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s Anti-Defamation Commission has marked Yom HaShoah—Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more
False news and freedom of speech
April 21, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
New Zealand’s Holocaust Centre strongly supports the concept of free speech, but works to make young people question what they read online and be aware of the dangers of false news, the Centre said on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. Read more
Plans to farewell the Maccabiah delegation
April 21, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s largest ever Maccabiah delegation will get the send-off they deserve before heading to Israel, with functions planned in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in May and June. Read more
The Spirit of Things: Jewish ANZACs
April 20, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
ABC Radion National program Spirit of Things is entirely devoted to Jewish ANZACs this weekend. Read more
Victorian spiritual hospital visitors now need accreditation
April 20, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Victorian Government has advised that all community appointed spiritual carers visiting hospitals, unless personally invited by the patient, will require accreditation. Read more
Wolper gets top marks
April 20, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Wolper Jewish Hospital has recently successfully undergone full accreditation against all ten National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards. Read more
Acclaimed author and Lior to feature at NSW Holocaust commemoration
April 20, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Acclaimed Australian author Morris Gleitzman – writer of the Holocaust-themed series of novels Once, Then, Now, Soon and After – will be the keynote speaker at Sydney’s community major Yom HaShoah events.
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United Nations Secretary General António Guterres to address gathering of world Jewish leaders
April 20, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Amid mounting concerns about the bias against Israel prevailing at the United Nations, the world body’s new secretary general, António Guterres, will speak to the more than 600 representatives of Jewish communities in over 90 countries who are gathering in New York between Sunday and Tuesday for the Plenary Assembly of the World Jewish Congress (WJC). Read more
JNF and the Tel Aviv University hope to harvest research
April 19, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
A substantial donation is funding a new project initiated with a partnership between the Jewish National Fund of Australia and the Tel Aviv University to prevent disease in cereal crops. Read more
Holocaust denial leaflets reappear at Melbourne universities
April 18, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Jewish students, many of whom are descendants of Holocaust survivors, are deeply disturbed to once again discover Holocaust denial leaflets on campus. Read more
Hot Cross Matzah
April 18, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
A J-Wire reader spotted this sign in a Double Bay supermarket in Sydney during Pesach…a new slant on interfaith initiative! Read more
Focus on Israel at Sydney ANZAC Day commemoration
April 18, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
In the centenary year of the immortal charge of the Australian Light Horse on the Turkish defences at Beersheva, the NSW Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen & Women (NAJEX) has turned the focus on to Israel for its annual Jewish communal commemoration of Anzac Day. Read more
Thomas L. Friedman to speak in Sydney
April 16, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
New Israel Fund Australia is to hosting a major event in Sydney with New York Times columnist and three-time Pulitzer Prize winning writer Thomas L. Friedman. Read more
