Multicultural Q&A
July 5, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Government’s Ministerial Consultative Committees’ Winter Symposium, which allowed leaders of multicultural communities access to leading government, broadcasting and sports figures, was hosted last night by the Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello. Read more
The Kosher side of Organ Donation
July 5, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Rabbinical Council of Victoria has met with the Federal Government Organ and Tissue Authority following the RCV support for the DonateLife program and its impact on halacha. Read more
Into the Lions’ den
July 5, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Rabbi Mendel Kastel recently visited Bondi Lions club…and walked away with a $5ooo cheque. Read more
Jewish umbrella body supports use of Quran in front bench swearing in
July 4, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has congratulated the first Muslim to be appointed to the front bench of the Australian government…and supports the use of the Quran for his swearing in. Read more
Catholic/Jewish dinner
July 4, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) and the Ecumenical Interfaith Commission (EIC) have hosted the annual Jewish Catholic Friendship Dinner. Read more
Cemetery consecrated
July 3, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Jewish section at the Frederickton Cemetery in the NSW country town of Kempsey has been officially consecrated.
Jewish innovation hub
July 1, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Eden Project, the first Australian Jewish innovation hub for entrepreneurs, social innovators and change-makers, will be launched in Melbourne this week. Read more
Victorian State Government awards grant to the RCV
July 1, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) has been awarded a grant of $60,000 from the Victorian State Government. Read more
1997 – remembering the victims
June 30, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The 415 Australian team members at the 19th Maccabiah will once again honor the memories of the four team members who lost their lives as a result of the bridge collapse in 1997…and any Australians in Israel on the date are invited to attend. Read more
Maccabiah 1997 – Finish the March
June 30, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Australian team began their ill-fated march at the Opening Ceremony of the 1997 Maccabiah by crossing a bridge over the Yarkon River which collapsed causing the deaths of four Australian team members…now Maccabi Australia is inviting members of the 1997 contingent to complete the opening parade at this year’s Games. Read more
Grave defacer must leave New Zealand or face prison
June 30, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
A foreign national found guilt of defacing Jewish graves in Auckland has been given a Get Out of Jail Card free…on the condition that he can produce a plane ticket showing his intended departure from New Zealand. Read more
Sexual assault perpetrator pleads guilty
June 30, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
A man employed by a major Jewish communal institution in Australia has pleaded guilty to numerous charges of child sexual abuse perpetrated against multiple victims. Read more
The ECAJ welcomes Kevin Rudd…and thanks Julia Gillard
June 30, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry offers its sincere congratulations to Kevin Rudd on being sworn in as Prime Minister. Read more
Enter Rudd…exit Gillard
June 27, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Formerly deposed Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who expelled an Israeli Mossad agent from Canberra in 2010, has been elected Labor Party leader and Prime Minister in a bid to avert a landslide defeat in the upcoming Federal election. Read more
The Rabbi Says “Sorry”
June 24, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Rabbi Baruch Dov Lesches has apologised for remarks reported by Fairfax Media intimating that young sexual assault victims may have been consenting. Read more
Lifetime achievement award for the Roths
June 24, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Keren Malki’s founders, Arnold and Frimet Roth, have been honored by the Israeli government for their continued service in helping children with special needs and their families. Read more
New destination – new permanent exhibition at Auschwitz-Birkenau
June 17, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The new Permanent Exhibition SHOAH at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Block 27 has been opened in the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, other Israeli government ministers, Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage Bogdan Zdrojewski, Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Piotr Cywinski, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate and exhibition curator Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council Rabbi Israel Meir Lau and Holocaust survivors. Read more
McCully heads to Israel
June 16, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
New Zealand’s Foreign Minister heads to the Middle East today. Read more
Jewish Mum of the Year
June 14, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Join the search to find the ultimate Jewish Mum of the Year. The Jewish community make up just 0.4% of the British population, yet some of the country’s biggest names in politics, business, banking and entertainment are all members of the Jewish community, including three who are listed in the British Rich List top ten. They have very different personalities, very diverse opinions, but all have one thing in common – a great Jewish mother.
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These are the names
June 14, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Rabbi John Levi has chronicled in detail the lives of more than 1500 Jewish men and women who settled in Australia between 1788 and 1850 either as convicts or free settlers in his new work “These Are the Names”. Read more
New Zealand film selected for Israeli Film Festival
June 14, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Auckland film student Walter Lawry’s film “Blind Mice” has been selected as an entrant in next week’s Tel Aviv Student Film Festival. Read more
Sir John Monash Remembered
June 13, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Governor Marie Bashir was guest of honour at a recent Commemoration Service for the late Sir John Monash hosted at Sydney’s Moriah College. Read more
What you say matters
June 13, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Australian Human Rights Commission has released a new web site and video to raise awareness of racism within the schools’ community. Read more
Limmud-Oz Shines
June 11, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Limmud-Oz 2013 was the biggest ever, attracting more than 1200 participants including over 200 presenters from across Sydney, 17 presenters from overseas and 20 travelling from interstate to spend two and a half days of the Queen’s Birthday long weekend at UNSW. Read more
Queen’s Birthday Honours 2013
June 10, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
An engineer blessed with vision and a Holocaust survivor who has dedicated her award to those who saved Jews and a woman whose career sharpened to perfection the French accents of Australian Opera are among those honored within the Jewish community… Read more
$45,000 grant for FREE
June 7, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
More than 200 guests, mainly young adults from Sydney’s Russian Jewish community in Sydney have attended the 2013 FREE Gala Dinner. Read more
“My Bubala” – murdered girl’s father tells court
June 6, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The son of Holocaust survivors came to Australia for a new life but the horrors of the past have revisited him following the brutal murder of his 18-yr-old daughter in Sydney in 2011. Read more
1982 Hakoah and Israeli consulate bombings – $100,000 reward
June 6, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Government has announced a reward of $100,000 for information relating to the 1982 bombings of the Israeli Consulate in Sydney and the Hakoah Club at Bondi. Read more
Child sexual abuse advocacy group launches in Sydney
June 5, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Tzedek has announced its inaugural NSW event, an information session on ‘Child Sexual Abuse in the Jewish Community’ Read more
Danby believes Liberals are backing the Greens
June 5, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Labor Federal MP for Melobourne Ports Michael Danby believes than an alliance is underway between the Liberals and the Greens to oust him from his seat in the forthcoming September 14 election. Read more
