Inaugural Youth Parliament of World Religions
September 19, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Over five hundred young people from across NSW gathered in Sydney last night for the inaugural ‘Youth Parliament of World Religions ’ with two AUJS leaders, Elenore Levi and Avia Madar addressing the packed gathering. Read more
Malcolm meets AUJS
September 17, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
A delegation of 50 AUJS students from around Australia has visited Canberra to develop their political knowledge and skills, by meeting with many of the nation’s senior leaders in Parliament House…including Malcolm Turnbull days before he became Prime Minister. Read more
JewishCare volunteers acknowledged
September 16, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney JewishCare volunteers have been acknowledged by Centre for Volunteering NSW at functions held in Randwick and Castle Hill. Read more
$1m awarded to sex abuse victim
September 16, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
A woman alleged to have been sexually abused by the principal of a Jewish day school in Melbourne has been awarded $1 million in damages. Read more
Community welcomes Malcolm
September 16, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is no stranger to the country’s Jewish community given that his federal seat of Wentworth is home to the majority of Jews living in Sydney. Read more
Crowd-funding for Aleph’s documentary
September 13, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Aleph Melbourne is marking it’s 20th anniversary by making a short documentary. Read more
Spinak to speak at youth event
September 11, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Hundreds of youth from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds will assemble for the inaugural Youth Parliament of World Religions (Youth PoWR) forum in Sydney. Read more
A message from Inga Peulich
September 9, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Victoria’s Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs Inga Peulich has a Rosh Hashanah message for the Jewish community. Read more
Bina’s 4G Plan
September 9, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Looking for good reception? A good Wi-Fi connection? You look for the best 4G plan. Read more
Rosh Hashanah message from the Victorian Premier
September 7, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews has sent the following Rosh Hashanah message to the State’s Jewish community… Read more
A Rosh Hashanah message from the Premier of NSW
September 6, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Premier Mike Baird sends a Rosh Hashanah message to J-Wire readers… Read more
Eat, Pray, Naches
September 5, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Waverley Council is staging a special exhibition of its project preserving and sharing the stories of post-War Jewish immigrants and their families within its community. Read more
Doron wins the Bible Quiz
September 5, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Doron Lewin has won the 2015 NSW Bible Quiz held at Sydney’s Mizrachi Synagogue. Read more
A night at the Zoo
September 4, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Jewish House is hosting a sleep-out this weekend at the city’s Taronga Zoo. Read more
Y2i to increase students’ Israel experience
September 3, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The Y2i project goal is to take 375 Year 10 students from New South Wales, Queensland and the ACT to Israel on a minimum five-week program annually. Read more
Bassam Eid visits Auckland
September 2, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Palestinian human rights activist Bassam Eid has addressed a Zionist Federation of New Zealand function in Auckland. Read more
Year I students get their siddurim
August 31, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Year 1 students at Melbourne’s Mount Scopus College have received their first siddurim. Read more
Palestinian Human Rights Campaigner Excoriates Palestinian Leadership
August 27, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Founder of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group – Bassem Eid – has told 850 people attending WIZO’s major function at Randwick Racecourse last night that the current Palestinian leadership is too old, corrupt and is thinking more about the past than the future. Read more
Non-prosecution of hate speech “a travesty”
August 27, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has slammed a decision not to prosecute Ismael Alwahwah following the posting of an antisemitic tirade on YouTube last year. Read more
Coming to your Post Office – A Raoul Wallenberg stamp
August 26, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Australia Post will release a 70¢ stamp in October commemorating Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat responsible for saving tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Nazi death camps. Read more
Woollahra Council delegation visits Wolper
August 25, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
A delegation from Woollahra Council headed by mayor Toni Zeltzer has made an official visit to Sydney’s Wolper Jewish Hospital. Read more
Is it Kosher? – check your phone!
August 24, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Around the world Jews who keep kosher have a new tool at their disposal to check the status of food on supermarket shelves…a new app called “Is it Kosher?” Read more
Early Jewish Australian items up for auction in Jerusalem
August 24, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
An impressive group of historical items from the founding days of Australian Jewry has surfaced in Jerusalem. Read more
Brain Injury Awareness Week
August 20, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The Sydney event launching the national Brain Injury Awareness Week was held at Bondi’s Our Big Kitchen whose CEO suffered brain damage ten years ago. Read more
The Cosmic Diamond launched
August 20, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
More than 300 people attended the launch of Rabbi Chaim Ingram’s second book of essays The Cosmic Diamond…the sequel to his much-acclaimed Fragments Of The Hammer. Read more
World’s largest Muslim organisation hosts AIJAC’s Jeremy Jones
August 19, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the world’s largest membership Muslim organisation, has hosted Jeremy Jones, the Director of International and of Community Affairs for the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council. Read more
Guess who’s coming to dinner
August 18, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
A small but vibrant synagogue on Sydney’s North Shore has invited dignitaries in its neighbourhood for Shabbat dinner. Read more
Behind the scenes at U.N.
August 18, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
For the first time on Australian shores, Executive Director of UN Watch Hillel Neuer and founder of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group, Bassem Eid will reveal many secrets about what goes on behind the scenes at the United Nations when they visit Sydney this month. Read more
Not everything that counts can be counted
August 18, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Stand Up’s Derech Eretz Indigenous Partnership has celebrated its 10th anniversary.
Tweet shows Shorten wearing tefillin
August 17, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
A tweet featuring an image of Opposition Leader Bill Shorten sporting tefillin with a warplane bearing the logo of the Pratt family business Visy has been removed. Read more
