Mofaz visits Canberra
September 9, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Lt Gen (Ret) Shaul Mofaz, Israel’s former Deputy Prime Minister, Defence Minister and IDF Chief of Staff has visited Canberra where he met the Australian Ministers of Defence, Senator Marise Payne and Veterans Affairs, Dan Tehan. Read more
Australian gymnastic second in world event
September 8, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Deborah Greenbaum has taken second in the ANAC Aerobic Gymnastics World Cup event in Las Vegas. Read more
NSW fintech ambassador to Tel Aviv
September 8, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The 2016 Graf Oration: Global issues and their impact on Israel and Australia
September 6, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A high-powered panel will explore global issues as they impact Israel and Australia at the Graf Oration in Sydney this month. Read more
Antisemitism and holocaust denial on Australian university campuses
September 6, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Leaflets which have been distributed at universities in New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT claiming that the Holocaust never happened have been referred to University authorities for investigation and led for calls for tougher action against racism on university campuses. Read more
Israel’s President Rivlin and PM Benjamin Netanyahu meet with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop
September 4, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Foreign Minister of Australia Julie Bishop has met Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more
Bishop in Israel
September 4, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is currently undertaking a visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Read more
Old Parliament House goes kosher for launch of the ACT Jewish Community’s Capital Campaign
September 1, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
August 30th was a busy day in the nation’s capital, not only was the 45th Parliament opened, but just down the road at Old Parliament House, the ACT Jewish Community held the launch of their 2016 Capital Campaign. Read more
Gravestones defaced at Nowra
August 31, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Police are investigating an incident where a number of gravestones were defaced with anti-semitic slogans at the NSW South Coast town of Nowra. Read more
Reflections by a Jewish Corrective Services Chaplain
August 25, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Holocaust exhibition in Queensland
August 25, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Shadows of Shoah had its international debut in Brisbane this week with members of federal, state and local governments joining the Jewish community and invited guests to see the artistic and moving exhibition. Read more
Israel’s Paralympian sailors head to Rio
August 24, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s sailing team spoke ahead of their departure for Rio…and ask the Jewish world to like its Facebook page. Read more
An app for Melbourne’s eruv
August 24, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne’s community has launched the Melbourne Eruv smartphone app for Android and Apple iOS operating systems, which can be found in each app store simply by searching for ‘Melbourne Eruv’. Read more
UIA to launch art exhibition
August 24, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Keren Hayesod-UIA NSW is to hold its inaugural art exhibition, Israel NOW, in the iconic Rocks precinct. Read more
Sydney’s Shabbat Project Set To Take New Heights
August 24, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Shabbat Project returns in 2016 and continues its amazing growth. The Shabbat Project will be later this year due to Adar II and will be observed on the Shabbat of the 11th & 12th November 2016. Read more
The Jewish International Film Festival screening 70 movies in 2016
August 23, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Presenting over 70 exceptional international premiere features and documentaries, the Jewish International Film Festival returns to Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Auckland from late October, and tours to Canberra for the first time in the festival’s history. Read more
Perth’s Carmel School sweeps essay field
August 22, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
This year the Australian Jewish Historical Society (NSW) conducted an essay competition which used a theme focused on Jewish servicemen and women from the First World War. Read more
Labor says that Turnbull’s authority in tatters on 18C
August 21, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
“Despite telling Australians in February he has “no plans to change” racist hate speech protections in Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, Malcolm Turnbull today left the door open to changes” have said Labor’s Mark Dreyfus and Tony Burke. Read more
Nick Cater and James Brown Address AIJAC Luncheon in Sydney
August 21, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Two of Australia’s most prominent public intellectuals, Nick Cater, Executive Director of the Menzies Research Centre and James Brown, Research Director of the University of Sydney’s United States Studies Centre, addressed an AIJAC luncheon in Sydney having recently returned from an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) RAMBAM delegation to Israel. Read more
A Yazidi woman tells her story
August 18, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Nadia Murad Basee Taha is a Yazidi woman from northern Iraq who was captured by Daesh (or ISIS) in mid-2014 will tell a seminar at Sydney University how she escaped. Read more
Westfield’s World Trade Centre mall reopened following its destruction in the 9/11 attack
August 18, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Westfield has launched its rebuilt World Trace Centre Mall fifteen years after the devastating attacks in 2001 which destroyed the iconic twin towers of the World Trade Centre. Read more
$500 membership for Sydney’s The Great Synagogue
August 16, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Great Synagogue has launched a $500 annual membership rate, which gives all benefits, including the right to sit in any seat without a dedicated brass plaque. Read more
WJC extends sympathies from the world Jewry
August 16, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder that his thoughts and prayers were with the members of the Muslim community in New York, after an imam and his assistant were shot dead leaving a Queens mosque over the weekend. Read more
Responsible Citizenship and Speaking Up – Berlin’s Last Starlit Night
August 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Two sisters, granddaughters of Holocaust survivors, team up for an exciting new theatrical/educational workshop for students in collaboration with Sydney Jewish Museum this September. Read more
Phillip Maisel – an inspiring true story
August 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A filmmaker to screen his inspiring documentary about 94-year-old twin volunteers and Holocaust survivors and their continuing legacies. Read more
Victorian Coalition delegation looks to Israel for innovation inspiration
August 12, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Over the course of eight days in July, a delegation of eleven Victorian Coalition MPs, including a number of Shadow Ministers, travelled to Israel to partake in AIJAC’s Rambam Israel Fellowship Program with a key focus on learning about Israel’s startup culture and industries. Read more
Call to action – to keep NSW safe from racist violence
August 12, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Every member of the NSW Jewish community is being urged to immediately send a letter to their MP and the Premier, urging them to keep NSW safe from racist violence. Read more
Swastikas on Bondi
August 11, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Fifteen swastikas have daubed on electricity boxes, bus stops and poles in Campbell Parade…the thoroughfare facing Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach. Read more
Grynberg to leave JCA
August 11, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
After three years in the role, and three highly successful fundraising campaigns, Daniel Grynberg has decided to step down as JCA CEO at the end of this year. Read more
Moriah visits the Archibald
August 9, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Members of Sydney’s The Moriah Foundation joined with the Grandparents’ Club for a private viewing of the Archibald Prize finalists at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Read more
