Camp Sababa at Shalom
December 9, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Shalom Institute President Jonathan Leib and JCA President Peter Philippsohn extended a warm welcome to Camp Sababa at Shalom College. Read more
Sydney’s water embraces Israeli technology
December 9, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
A new association between an Israeli company and Sydney Water may pose a problem for BDS supporters in need of a shower or a coffee! Read more
Caring store funds caring mums
December 9, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne upmarket designer boutique store Grace in popular Hawksburn village has named the National Council of Jewish Women (Vic) Caring Mums program as the recipient of funding of its holiday tote for 2014-15, Read more
Stopping racism
December 8, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello and Member for Coogee Bruce Notley-Smith today announced the roll-out of Racism. It Stops with Me display posters on 30 bus stops and 500 buses across the eastern suburbs of Sydney. Read more
The Walkleys – more have their say
December 5, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Members of Australia’s Jewish community have slammed the Walkleys for awarding the highest journalistic honour in Australia to Ruth Pollard, John Lyons and an ABC-Four Corners team. Read more
Mount Scopus meets Mount Scopus
December 5, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne’s Mount Scopus College students are visiting Israel, with nearly 90% of Year 10 students choosing to participate in the College’s optional Ulpan programs. Read more
Antisemitic graffiti on the streets of Wellington
December 4, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
An elderly couple was heckled as they chalked antisemitic graffiti on a pavement in the CBD of New Zealand’s capital city Wellington. Read more
Lapid on the front foot
December 4, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Israeli party Yesh Atid’s chairman Yair Lapid has taken his first shot at incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has called for an election in March. Read more
Abramovich remains at the helm
December 4, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Dr Dvir Abramovich has been re-elected chairman of the Melbourne-based B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission. Read more
Greek mayor visits Our Big Kitchen
December 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen has acknowledged the input into its foundation by the Greek community in the presence of the mayor of Thessaloniki. Read more
Jewish House Gala Dinner
December 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Over 500 guests packed Sydney’s Sheraton Wentworth Hotel for The Jewish House Gala Dinner, raising over $250,000 for the care and refuge facility. Read more
Award for Emile Sherman
December 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards and the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) have announced Australian producer Emile Sherman as the 2014 recipient of the FIAPF Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film in the Asia Pacific region. Read more
The ambassador visited by Chabad
December 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s Ambassador to Australia Shmuel Ben Shmuel has put on Tefillin in honour of the victims of the recent terrorist attack on a synagogue in Har Nof, Jerusalem. Read more
Maccabi Australia announces new President
December 2, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Barry Smorgon has been elected as the new President of Maccabi Australia. Read more
Triguboff thanked for conversion support
December 2, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
A major legislative reform of the conversion process in Israel has been amended as an administrative decision in an Israeli Cabinet meeting. Read more
Jews from Arab Lands
December 1, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The president of Israel has spoken at a ceremony commemorating the First Exit and Deportation of Jews from Arab Lands and Iran Day…an event also remembered in Sydney. Read more
The Chief Rabbi in Melbourne
December 1, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Chief Rabbi of theUnited Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis attended a Victorian Jewish communal event in his honour. Read more
The bees’ knees
November 29, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Auckland’s Kadimah School has won a national competition organised by Crown Relocations calling on children to independently produce a 90 second video about what they would do if they won $4,00o. Read more
Mount Scopus bridges the gap
November 27, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
A small group of Mount Scopus College students have been volunteering to visit Emmy Monash Aged Care once a month as part of the Bridging the Gap Program. Read more
Building bridges
November 27, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies will undertake its annual bridge-building tour of regional New South Wales next week when it visits the Blue Mountains. Read more
Faith in the future
November 27, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello has hosted a meeting of the State’s key religious leaders at NSW Parliament. Read more
Canberra rabbi inaugurated by the Chief Rabbi
November 26, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Rabbi Alon Meltzer has been inaugurated by the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis as the first full-time spiritual head of the ACT National Jewish Memorial Centre. Read more
David Kramer deported to the United States
November 26, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
An American teacher who sexually abused children at a Melbourne Jewish school has been deported to the United States following his release from prison. Read more
David Southwick: Liberals and the Jewish community
November 26, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
This election, the Victorian Coalition pledges to continue its unwavering support for the Jewish community and ensure security, education and community programs are supported by a re-elected Napthine Government. Read more
Gus Lehrer solves a 75-yr-old mathematical question
November 26, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Australian Academy of Science has honoured University of Sydney academic Professor Gustav Lehrer from the School of Mathematics and Statistics who among other achievements solved a 75-yr-old mathematical problem.
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In the Senate – Har Nof
November 26, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Western Australia Senator Joe Bullock has addressed the Senate in the Australian Federal parliament analysing the aftermath of the Kehilat Bnei Torah Synagogue massacre in Jerusalem. Read more
Focus on Adass
November 25, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Mint Pictures, the documentary production company responsible for ABC-TV’s Walkley-nominated “Code of Silence” which focused on Melbourne’s Yeshivah community is now turning its lenses towards Adass. Read more
Thessalonike – a Greek city once known as Madre Yisrael
November 25, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ president Jeremy Spinak – recently attended a ball celebrating the the Greek city of Thessalonike. Read more
Melbourne’s Jewish centre promised an upgrade
November 25, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
As this weekend’s Victorian State election approaches, the Labor Party, currently in opposition, has promised a $500,000 grant to upgrade Melbourne’s Beith Weizmann Community Centre. Read more
An award for Nadine
November 24, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The MUM FOR MUM program run by the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia [NSW] has won the Wellbeing Award from the Sydney branch of the Australian Psychological Society. Read more
