NSW Labor to be asked to ban ALP politicians from participating in Israel study tours
January 20, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
In a highly contentious proposal, the forthcoming State Conference of the NSW ALP is being asked to ban ALP personnel from visiting Israel through organised and supported programs. Read more
Psychotic incidents block extradition proceedings
January 20, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
An Israeli woman facing extradition to Australia to from 74 charges of child sexual abuse suffers psychotic incidents preventing her from attending proceedings either in court or in her own home. Read more
Israel: keeping an eye on Iran
January 17, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has welcomed the announcement that Iran has met its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal, a move that will lead to the lifting of sanctions Read more
Jewish group condemns desecration of Catholic graves
January 13, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has denounced the desecration of six Catholic graves at the Beit Jimal monastery near Jerusalem. Read more
Exciting start for new principal
January 8, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
In her first week as principal of Perth’s Carmel School , Shula Lazar was reading headlines proclaiming it the Western Australia’s top-performing academic school. Read more
ZFA calls on Malaysia to issue visas to Israeli athletes
January 7, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
ZFA President Danny Lamm has called upon the Malaysian Government to reverse its vindictive denial of entry visas to Israeli athletes seeking to compete in next month’s World Team Table Tennis Championships in Kuala Lumpur. Read more
Facebook challenged
January 7, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
An experiment run by an Israeli law centre Shurat HaDin has shown that Facebook was quick to respond to complaints about anti-Palestinian posts but slow to act on hate posts aimed at Israel. Read more
The Angel of Kaunas
December 31, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Electronics giant Philips is behind a book being written by Dutch author Jan Brokken on the story of Jan Zwartendijk, also known as the “Angel of Kaunas” and wants to hear from anyone whose family may have survived the Holocaust because of his help. Read more
The Lowys honoured by the IPO
December 27, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Thousands of subscribers to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra crowded Tel Aviv’s Charles Bronfman Auditorium (Heichal Hatarbut) for its gala series concert dedicated to Sydney-based supporters Shirley and Frank Lowy. Read more
Religious Freedom analysed – then celebrated
December 18, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Masada scores well
December 18, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Hakoah moves forward
December 15, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The Development Application lodged by Sydney’s Hakoah Club for the redevelopment of White City has been unanimously approved by the Joint Regional Planning Panel. Read more
Swastika in the city
December 13, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has been quick to react to a swastika drawn on the exterior wall of a Sydney hotel. Read more
Life on the North Coast of NSW
December 13, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
An unnamed community of 300 Israeli and Jewish families, a newspaper which publishes a blog asserting that Israel was responsible for 9/11, a genial Catholic bishop who is due to lead a religious delegation to Israel and in-depth studies of the Holocaust being undertaken at high schools throughout the area were among the take-outs from an intensive bridge-building tour of the Ballina-Byron Bay-Lismore area of northern New South Wales conducted by NSW Jewish Board of Deputies chief executive Vic Alhadeff. Read more
Interfaith group celebrates Chanukah
December 13, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Muslim, Baha’i and Hindu faiths and the major Christian denominations including the Catholic, Coptic and Uniting churches have united with members of Sydney’s Jewish community attending a Chanukah service and Shabbat meal at Emanuel Synagogue. Read more
The spirit of things
December 10, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Religious freedom is championed in the West but in the rest of the world American Ambassador-at-large for Religious Freedom, Rabbi David Saperstein advocates for minorities. Read more
EU to combat antisemitism
December 10, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has welcomed the appointment of Ms. Katharina von Schnurbein as the EU’s first coordinator on combatting antisemitism. Read more
Catholic-Jewish national Dialogue
December 10, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Gonski appointed president of the Art Gallery of NSW Trust
December 9, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Distinguished businessman and arts aficionado David Gonski has been appointed president of the Art Gallery of NSW Trust for the next three years. Read more
A joyous Chanukah…shared with others
December 9, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Menorah lit in Victorian parliament
December 8, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The Chanukah Menorah has been lit in Victoria’s Parliament House in Melbourne. Read more
The Governor-General goes to shul
December 8, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The Queen’s Australian representative Governor-General, His Excellency Sir Peter Cosgrove, together with Lady Cosgrove have attended a Shabbat service at Sydney’s Great Synagogue. Read more
25 years of KA
December 8, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The Kashrut Authority has celebrated its Silver Jubilee with a gala dinner in Sydney. Read more
An award for the Jewish Holocaust Centre
December 7, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne’s The Jewish Holocaust Centre has received a Victorian Multicultural Excellence Award for its ‘Hide and Seek: Stories of Survival’ education program. Read more
Record program for BJE
December 7, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Board of Jewish Education students currently participating in the Emet Israel Program represent the largest group in its history. Read more
Young Kiwi challenges a pro-BDS demonstration
December 6, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Premier Mike Baird sends Chanukah greetings
December 4, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Premier of NSW Mike Baird sends his Chanukah message to J-Wire readers… Read more
Remembering Jews expelled from Arab countries
December 4, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The World Jewish Congress has co-sponsored an event at the United Nations in New York, organised by Israel’s Permanent Mission to the UN, to commemorate the expulsion of 850,000 Jews from Arab countries and Iran in the wake of Israel’s independence in 1948…a similar event was held in Sydney. Read more
Technion doctorate for its new patron
December 4, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Former governor of NSW Dame Marie Bashir has agreed to become patron of Technion Australia (NSW) and Technion Society of Australia Environmental Research. Read more
BDS-supporting professor refuses to help Israeli schoolgirl
December 3, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has denounced UK Professor Marsha Levine for refusing to help Shachar Rabinovitch, a 13 year-old Israeli schoolgirl who requested information about early horse species for a research project. Read more
