SBS facing budget cuts
October 11, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
SBS TV and Radio are facing significant budget cuts by the Federal government…causing concern for the future of community radio and in particular both the Hebrew and Jewish broadcasts. Read more
Best wishes for the HSC
October 8, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
NSW State Member for Coogee Bruce Notley-Smith and Member for Vaucluse Gabrielle Upton today wished local students well in their final preparations for the HSC written exams, which begin next week…and J-Wire extends their wishes to the North Shore. Read more
Australian link to Mikve excavation
October 8, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Archaeologists excavating an Israeli site housing a 2000-yr-old Mikve discovered graffiti left by Australian soldiers serving in WWII. Read more
Find a Sukkah…worldwide
October 7, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The world wide directory of Sukkahs has been published online marking its 21st year of operation. Read more
Sydney woman remains in prison
October 7, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
As Sukkot approaches, 27-yr-old Natalie Gershoig remains in a military prison in Israel. Read more
Rebbetzin issues an apology to Manny Waks
October 7, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Rebbetzin Pnina Feldman has issued an apology to child sexual abuse advocate Manny Waks for language used in an email sent to the found of Tzedek on the eve of Yom Kippur. Read more
Just in time
October 5, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The leader of the NSW Opposition has sent a Yom Kippur message to the Jewish community. Read more
Well over the Fast
October 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten wishes Australian Jewry well over the Fast on Yom Kippur. Read more
BJE Weekend Escape and Adventure
October 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Board of Jewish Education has recently hosted a Weekend escape camp. Read more
Increase for NSW communities
October 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello has announced a new Grants Program. Read more
The Lancet finds a cure
October 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Editor-in-Chief of the British medical publication The Lancet has apologised for the polarization created by an article accusing Israel of war crimes. Read more
Walkley nomination for “Code of Silence”
October 2, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Dan Goldberg and Melbourne’s Danny Ben-Moshe have been nominated for the documentary on Melbourne Yeshivah’s alleged Code of Silence. Read more
Religious communities relations a concern in NZ
October 2, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Community leaders representing Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, Hindus and members of the Jewish community met recently to discuss and review the experiences of the last few months in New Zealand. Read more
Call to Australian rabbis to seek community help
October 2, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Gift of Life is appealing to all rabbis throughout Australia to ask suitable members of their congregations at Yom Kippur services to donate blood in an effort to save six Jewish lives. Read more
Promotion for Ron Hoenig
October 2, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Labor Member for Heffron Ron Hoenig has been appointed Shadow Minister for Emergency Services in a NSW Opposition frontbench reshuffle following the announcement that Member for Macquarie Fields and former Opposition Minister for Health, Dr Andrew McDonald, would not be contesting the next State Election. Read more
On the one hand…
October 1, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Israeli-born Marcelo Svirsky has been criticised by federal MP Michael Danby for supporting the BDS movement by walking from Wollongong to Canberra…Svirsky responds to the criticism. Read more
Bibi addresses the U.N.
September 30, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has addressed the United Nations… Read more
Mossad in search of recruits
September 28, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s secret intelligence service Mossad has launched a new website (in a variety of languages) in order to – inter alia – recruit candidates to its ranks. Read more
More hate mail for Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs
September 28, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Virulently antisemitic leaflets have yet again made an appearance in letter-boxes in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs…raising the ore of local Federal Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Read more
Community Relations Commission facing changes?
September 28, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Opposition Leader John Robertson has raised serious concerns about the future of multicultural harmony in NSW – following reports of a restructure and watering down of the role of the Community Relations Commission. Read more
Board slams knife-wielding intruder at Islamic school
September 28, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has condemned an incident at Al-Faisal College which saw young children take cover beneath their desks while a knife-wielding intruder allegedly threatened staff and students on the College campus. Read more
Rosh Hashanah message from ORA
September 24, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Organisation of Rabbis of Australasia (ORA) has sent the Australian and New Zealand Jewish communities a message for the Jewish New Year. Read more
Rosh Hashanah greetings from the ZFA
September 22, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Dr Danny Lamm, president of the Zionist Federation of Australia, sends a Rosh Hashanah message… Read more
AUJS says no to discrimination
September 22, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Australasian Union of Jewish Students has hit out at a letter in support of discrimination signed by Australian academics. Read more
Mazel Tov Jessica!
September 22, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Minister for Sport and Recreation and Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney Stuart Ayres has congratulated Penrith’s Jessica Fox following her historic double victory at the Canoe Slalom World Championships in Maryland, USA. Read more
Rosh Hashanah greetings from Kevin Andrews
September 19, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Australian Federal Minister for Social Services has sent greetings for Rosh Hashanah… Read more
A Rosh Hashanah message from Bill Shorten
September 18, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Leader of the Australian Opposition Bill Shorten has sent a Rosh Hashanah message to J-Wire readers… Read more
Online hate to be countered
September 18, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Shabbat project update
September 18, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Rabbi Moshe Kahn, Executive Member of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria , has presented an update of the Shabbat Project to its members. Read more
A Rosh Hashanah message from the Prime Minister
September 17, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Australian Prime Minister has sent Rosh Hashanah greetings to the country’s Jewish community. Read more
