MURDERED!
July 1, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The bodies of kidnapped Israeli teenagers Naphtali Frenkel, Gilad Sha’ar and Eyal Yifrach have been found near the spot in Gish Etzion from where they were abducted. Read more
WANTED – for the abduction of three young Israelis
June 27, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Less than a day after the abduction of Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frankel and Eyal Yifrach, the ISA learned that Hamas was behind the kidnapping. Read more
Sir John Monash’s wartime papers released
June 27, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was present at the release of Jewish WWI General Sir John Monash’s papers. Read more
BRW Rich 200
June 27, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne businessman Anthony Pratt has been named by BRW as Australia’s richest man with a quoted wealth of $7.67 billion. Pratt’s family is included in the figure. Read more
Former US ambassador to the UN to deliver oration
June 27, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Ambassador John Bolton will deliver the 31st B’nai B’rith ADC-Gandel Oration in Melbourne next month. Read more
AIJAC leader meets Netanyahu
June 20, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Mark Leibler, The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council’s National Chairman,has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem this week. Read more
President Peres meets parents
June 20, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s President Shimon Peres has met with the families of kidnapped boys Eyal Yifrach, Naftali Frankel and Gilad Shaar. Read more
Commemorative panels at Sydney University
June 18, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
A series of panels to be hung in the University of Sydney’s Department of Hebrew, Biblical & Jewish Studies in honour of its major benefactors has been inaugurated by Her Excellency Professor The Honourable Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO, Governor of NSW. Read more
Calls to help find the missing teenagers
June 17, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Organisations and a federal MP have added their voices to bring back the three abducted Israeli teenagers believed to being held captive by Palestinian terrorists. Read more
Support services for missing teenagers
June 17, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Members of the Sydey and Melbourne Jewish communities gathered last night to pray together for the missing Israeli teenage boys Eyal Yifrach, Gil-ad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel captured by Palestinian terrorists.
Kidnapped teenagers: a plea to the UN
June 16, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Orly Levi-Abekasis, Chair of the Knesset Committee on the Rights of the Child has made a plea to U.N. president Ban Ki-moon seeking intervention in the abduction of three Israeli teenagers. Read more
Community support for teenagers
June 16, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council and the B’nai B’rith anti-Defamation Commission have joined in expressing hope for a quick and successful result in finding and rescuing the three teenagers kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists. Read more
Kidnapping comment from Canberra
June 16, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s ambassador to Australia Shmuel Ben-Shmuel has issued the following statement following the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers… Read more
A prayer
June 16, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
For J-Wire readers unable to attend a prayer meeting, Canberra’s Rabbi Alon Meltzer has sent this message…and prayer to recite wherever you may be… Read more
Call to prayer
June 16, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Meetings have been called in Sydney and Melbourne to offer prayers calling for the safe return of the three Israeli teenagers kidnapped by Hamas. Read more
Labor MPs visit Israel
June 16, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Preparing for 2015 ANZAC centenary
June 16, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
A ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ has been completed between the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, The Federal Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women and the Australian Jewish Historical Society. Read more
Kidnapped Israeli teenagers: 80 arrests – search continues
June 15, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The IDF has made more than 80 arrests in the hunt for three teenagers kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists. Read more
Breaking news: three teenagers missing
June 14, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The IDF has released a statement expressing concern about three missing Israeli teenagers. Read more
A Melbourne Jewish donor and an Arab Student from the Galilee
June 13, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Tel Aviv University Arab scholarship recipient, Lana Wahibe has met her Australian benefactor after a year’s wait. Read more
JNF Australia spreads its wings
June 12, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW branch of JNF Australia has just collected a blue box…in Manhattan. Read more
Rabbis discuss child protection
June 12, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) focussed on the area of Child Protection at its recent Biennial conference. Read more
Wallenberg stamp
June 11, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has asked fellow Labor MP Mark Dreyfus and Liberal MP Josh Frydenberg to join him in petitioning Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull to have Australia produce a commemorative Raoul Wallenberg stamp on the milestone anniversary of his heroic actions marking the the 70th anniversary of his disappearance. Read more
Hayman: 19 months suspended sentence
June 10, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Daniel Hayman has received a 19-month suspended sentence for the indecent assault of a then 14-year-old boy at the Yeshiva Camp Gan Israel at Stanwell Tops, Sydney in the 1980s. Read more
New Israeli drama for Australian TV
June 6, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
In its latest acquisition as a finished product, the highly acclaimed scripted drama ‘Hostages’ has been acquired by Australia’s SBS-owned subscription channel STUDIO. The series is set to debut on Australian television on Wednesday 13 August, 8.30pm, and marks the first time an Israeli drama will be aired in the original language on the channel. Read more
Rare disease impacts on community
June 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
LARA (LAM Australasia Research Alliance) has held a walkathon at Sydney’s Centennial Parklands involving over fifty people either living with LAM or those whose lives have been impacted by this rare and progressive lung disease being suffered by family members. Read more
Gabrielle gets her calendar
June 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Rabbi Gourarie visited State Liberal MP Gabrielle Upton (member for Vaucluse and minister for family and community services) to formally hand her the BINA calendar. Read more
Writers’ Festival Award for Levi
June 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Levi Zulman has won the WriteNow! competition in his age group in the Sydney Writers Festival Young Writers awards. Read more
Melbourne’s B’nai B’rith Menorah Awards 2014
June 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Annual B’nai B’rith Menorah Awards now in the 37th year, recognise volunteers who work quietly behind the scenes, giving many decades of service to the community. Read more
NAB chief to lead a Technology Innovation Trade Mission to Israel
June 1, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Cameron Clyne, Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of NAB will lead an important Trade Mission to Israel next month. Read more
