New faces at Maccabi Australia
December 2, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Maccabi Australia has marked several changes to the Maccabi Australia board, the most significant of which was the addition of three new board members in Julian Dunne, Daniel Parasol and Dean Rzechta. Read more
Community welcomes the Royal Commission report
December 1, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has commended the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse for its report into the response of Yeshiva Bondi and Yeshivah Melbourne to allegations of child sexual abuse made against people associated with those institutions. Read more
Limmud Fest 2016 brings 200+ People to the Central Coast
December 1, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
With 220 people in attendance, a stunning campsite and perfect weather, this Limmud Fest 2016 weekend of Jewish thought and ideas was high successful. Read more
Gassing sheep
December 1, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission has accepted Senator Culleton’s clarification that in his comments— “This will show that the ANZ bank came in and misled the farmers. In actual fact, said, ‘Come take a shower’, and gassed them.”— he did not mean to refer to the Holocaust but to a mass gassing of sheep that took place in Australia in the 1990s. Read more
Scopus students on Ulpan
December 1, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
94% of Mount Scopus College Year 10 students have departed for the College’s optional Ulpan programs in Israel and Prague. Read more
Australian Jewish Historical Society gets a facelift
December 1, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Former JCA president Peter Philippsohn has taken the reins of the Sydney-based AJHS [Inc] with plans to streamline NSW’s Jewish archives. Read more
Hanson/Roberts meeting called off
November 30, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Senators Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts have today confirmed that due to security reasons they will cancel their visit to Melbourne to listen to the concerns of the local Jewish community. Read more
Royal Commission – the rabbis call on named to stand down
November 30, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Executive of the Rabbinical Council of Australia and New Zealand (RCANZ), The Rabbinical Council of New South Wales (RCNSW) and the Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) have expressed their deep distress by the contents of the report by the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse at Yeshiva Bondi and Yeshivah Melbourne. Read more
Leeser encourages all communities to play a part in the 18C inquiry
November 30, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Following a plea to delegates at The Executive Council of Australian Jewry annual conference Julian Leeser MP federal Member for Berowra has encouraged all community groups to take an active part in the current Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights Inquiry into freedom of speech and the Racial Discrimination Act. Read more
The Hon Justice James Edelman: appointed to the High Court of Australia
November 29, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Perth-born judge James Edelman has been appointed to the High Court of Sydney…a position he will take up in January 2017 at the age of 43. Read more
The Royal Commission releases its report on the Yeshiva and Yeshivah
November 29, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has said that some members of the community had been “discouraged from reporting”. Read more
Community groups urge MPs not to weaken laws against race hate
November 29, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A delegation of leaders representing the Indigenous, Greek, Arab, Chinese, Jewish, and Indian communities has held a round of meetings with key MPs in Federal parliament to discuss the current Inquiry into freedom of speech. Read more
Fraudsters raising funds in Australia for the firefighting efforts in Israel
November 29, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Antisemitic incidents in Australia up 10%
November 27, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
NSW has experienced the highest incidents of antisemitic incidents in Australia in the past year. Read more
Fires: Netanyahu thanks Abu Mazen
November 27, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Michael Kuttner reports on the fires blazing across Israel while Israel’s leader thanks his Palestinian counterpart for sending fire crews to assist firefighters. Read more
Jones takes Judaism to Java
November 25, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Jeremy Jones, Director of International and of Community Affairs of the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council, has completed an intensive programme of dialogues, discussions, meetings and seminars in the world’s most populous Muslim nation, Indonesia. Read more
The NSW Premier’s 2017 Multicultural Community Medals
November 25, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Members of the community who strive to maintain harmony and peace in NSW are being encouraged to nominate for the 2017 Premier’s Multicultural Community Medals. Read more
David Southwick concerned about One Nation meeting
November 25, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Victorian State Member of Parliament David Southwick has concerned that the upcoming event to be addressed by One Nation Senators Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts will pose as security risk for the community. Read more
A light in the darkness
November 24, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A power failure and an order to evacuate the building, did not deter the 19th “Annual Conversation” between Australia’s Catholic Bishops and a delegation from the Executive Council of Australian Jewry taking place in Sydney this week. Read more
Hanson and Roberts get a change of venue
November 24, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne organiser Avi Yemini has been forced to change the venue of a meeting for Independent Jewish Council of Australia at which One Nation Senators Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts are scheduled to address. Read more
“An Amazing Spectacle” – Shadows of Shoah’s, River of Tears
November 24, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Shadows of Shoah’s new exhibition River of Tears will complete its season in the Gold Coast on December 2. Read more
Young Scholar to address AJHS meeting
November 23, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Mark Rapport will speak on the topic An Old Feud Oft-Times Renewed: Orthodox and Liberal Judaism in Australia at a Australian Jewish Historical Society in Sydney. Read more
Minister delayed and forum cancelled
November 22, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Due to industrial action by pilots in Israel, Israeli Minister Tzachi Hanegbi’s visit to Melbourne has been delayed and his public function in Melbourne has cancelled. Read more
The Jewish Agency CEO to speak at Celebrating Israel
November 22, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The National Council of Jewish Women of Australia’s Celebrating Israel annual event marks the historical vote by the United Nations General Assembly of resolution 181, on 29 November 1947, the Partition Plan, called for the establishment of a Jewish State alongside an Arab State, in mandatory Palestine, paving the way for the establishment of the State of Israel. Read more
“Strictly Jewish” named documentary of the year
November 21, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Mint Pictures has won the 2016 Screen Producers of Australia (SPA) award for best Single Documentary of the Year for its production “Strictly Jewish”. Read more
Rabbi joins religious leader to back marriage equality
November 21, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio has joined other religious leaders from across all faiths in backing marriage equality at the first National Faith and Civil Marriage Equality Forum held at Parliament House in Canberra. Read more
DonateLife Thank You Day
November 19, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
DonateLife Thank You Day is a national day to honour all living and deceased organ and tissue donors and their families and to acknowledge their generosity, which saves and transforms the lives of others. Read more
Community leadership distances itself from the IJCA
November 19, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry and The Jewish Community Council of Victoria have distanced themselves from a new Jewish group which has invited Senators Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts to address it. Read more
Israeli minister to talk in Australia
November 18, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Those who can’t wait for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit in February won’t want to miss Minister Tzachi Hanegbi’s public talks in Melbourne and Sydney. Read more
Chanukah in the air
November 17, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Premier Mike Baird and Opposition leader Luke Foley have addressed a special function at the NSW Parliament to mark Chanukah. Read more
