Marie visits Our Big Kitchen
October 21, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Former Governor of NSW Dame Marie Bashir has visited Our Big Kitchen. Read more
Top Israeli analysts to speak in Melbourne and Sydney
October 21, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Maj Gen (res) Yaakov Amidror will headline a group of senior analysts who are coming to Australia later this month for the Be’er Sheva Dialogue, an annual military to military exchange facilitated by the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA) in Israel, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) and the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC). Read more
Gandels receive prestigious Victorian Premier’s award
October 20, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne’s John and Pauline Gandel are recipients of the Premier’s Award for Community Harmony. Read more
Rutland, Lipski and Toltz shortlisted
October 19, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Suzanne Rutland, Sam Lipski and Steve Tolz have been shortlisted for the 2016 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. Read more
UNESCO resolution: the ECAJ writes to the Foreign Minister
October 16, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has written to Australia’s Julie Bishop following the UNESCO resolution denying Jewish connection to the Western Wall and the Temple Mount. Read more
Award to Jewish Fireman at Communal Remembrance Day Commemoration
October 16, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen & Women (NAJEX) has invited its Patron David Hurley AC DSC (Ret’d) Governor of New South Wales to present the NAJEX Centenary of Anzac Award to Senior Fire-Fighter Eddie Vaysbakh. Read more
Artistic Jewish Calendar Infused With Russian Memories
October 16, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Volunteers from Subbotnik, a grassroots organisation bringing together Russian Jews in Australia has published its first Jewish calendar “infused with Russian memories” featuring an artistic tapestry of Soviet cities and their Jewish symbols. Read more
Di Natale attacks Peres
October 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The leader of the Greens Senator Richard Di Natale has told the Australian senate his views of the political life of Shimon Peres, a former Israeli president who died recently at 93. Read more
Netanyahu appoints Yuval Rotem as Acting Director General of the Foreign Ministry
October 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed Yuval Rotem as Acting Director General of the Foreign Ministry in place of Dore Gold. Read more
Victoria’s premier signs Peres condolence book
October 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Victoria’s premier Daniel Andrews has joined other ALP members in signing a condolence in the State Parliaments commemorating Shimon Peres. Read more
NSW State Parliament debates condolence motion for Shimon Peres
October 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Parliament’s Legislative Council has debated a condolence motion in honour of the late-Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres. Read more
“Jewish People have no connection to the Western Wall” – UNESCO
October 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has slammed a UNESCO decision claiming the Jewish People have no connection to the Temple Mount or the Western Wall. Read more
New chairperson for AUJS
October 13, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Isabella Polgar has been elected National Chairperson of The Australasian Union of Jewish Students. Read more
New CEO for Shalom
October 13, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Tamara Samuel has been appointed new CEO of Sydney’s Shalom to succeed Dr Hilton Immerman. Read more
Newspaper column Goers beyond the pale
October 11, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has expressed concern after columnist and ABC radio host Peter Goers published an inflammatory anti-Israel piece in Adelaide’s Sunday Mail on October 9. Read more
Parliamentary tributes to Shimon Peres
October 11, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s embassy in Australia opened a condolences book at the Federal Parliament to record tributes on the passing way of Shimon Peres the last of the surviving founders of the modern State of Israel. Read more
Peres Condolence Book in NSW Parliament
October 11, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
In a show of multi-party support at the NSW State Parliament, the NSW Multiculturalism Minister John Ajaka, the Christian Democrats MLC Paul Green and NSW Labor frontbencher and Labor’s deputy chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel Walt Secord this week officially signed the condolence book in honour of Israel President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Read more
Running for a Jewish museum in NYC
October 11, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Former Melbournian Callum Donnelly will run next month’s 2016 New York City Marathon to raise funds the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Read more
NSW Anti-Discrimination Board without board members for 10 months
October 9, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Shadow Attorney-General Paul Lynch has criticised the State’s A-G Gabrielle Upton for failing to review paper work needed to fill vacancies in Government boards including the Anti-Discrimination Board. Read more
Award for Alba
October 9, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Dr Avril Alba from the Department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies at the University of Sydney has awarded a Vice Chancellor’s Early Career Researcher Award for Excellence. Read more
Ryvchin in Kiev for Babi Yar
October 7, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The ECAJ’s Alex Ryvchin joined with heads of state and representatives of Jewish communities from around the world to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre in Kiev, Ukraine last week. Read more
Pakistani speaking tour cut short
October 7, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A Pakistani who was in Australia on a speaking tour has left the country ahead of schedule after a video had surfaced in which he made antisemitic remarks. Read more
Remembering Shimon Peres
October 7, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
As the world leaders gathered in Jerusalem last Friday to pay tribute to Shimon Peres, the Zionist Council of NSW and the Embassy of the State of the Israel have opened a condolence book in Sydney as a mark of respect from the NSW community. Read more
The right thing
October 5, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne’s Yeshivah Centre “has done the right thing” in apologising to Manny Waks according to the child sexual abuse advocate. Read more
The Prime Minister’s Rosh Hashanah Message
October 2, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s Rosh Hashanah message. Read more
Worldwide Sukkah Directory enters 23rd year of operation
October 1, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A world-wide registry of Sukkahs has been set up, and is listed online at www.localsukkah.org. Read more
Minister Parata to attend Peres funeral in Israel
September 30, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
New Zealand’s Education Minister Hekia Parata will represent the country at the state funeral of former President Shimon Peres in Israel today. Read more
Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs sends Rosh Hashanah greeting
September 30, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Senator Zed Seselja sends a message for Rosh Hashanah to Australia’s Jewish community. Read more
Rosh Hashanah message from Bill Shorten and Tony Burke
September 30, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Bill Shorten, Leader of the Opposition & Tony Burke, Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Australia for Rosh Hashanah have sent a Rosh Hashanah message to the Jewish community. Read more
A joint Rosh Hashanah statement from a group of community organisations
September 29, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A group of Australian Jewish organisations has released a Rosh Hashanah message highlighting their commitment to a tolerant Australia. Read more
