New Attorney-General to be sworn in tomorrow
February 3, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Mark Dreyfus QC entered parliament in 2007. Tomorrow will be sworn in as Australia’s Attorney-General. Read more
Rabbi Friedman apologises
February 1, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Rabbi Manis Friedman who likened sexual abuse with diarrhea has apologised for his comments. Read more
New man in charge
February 1, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
David Marlow will attend his first plenum as the new executive director of The Jewish Community council of Victoria next week. Read more
Green Sunday – Take the call
February 1, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Jewish National Fund Australia will host its annual Green Sunday, during which young JNF volunteers from across Australia will make thousands of phone calls to raise money for KKL-JNF projects in Israel. Read more
The One Who Got Away
January 31, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Sincere apologies to Kathryn Selby…we missed you out on the list of those members of the Jewish community recognised for their efforts in the Australia Day Honours List. Better late than never… Read more
Election comment from the PM’s office
January 31, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
As Jewish voters across Australia ponder the ramifications of an election to be held on Yom Kippur, J-Wire has received a comment from one of Julia Gillard’s senior advisors as the debate about the date Read more
John Key, the Holocaust and his mother
January 28, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has told an Auckland meeting commemorating United Nations Holocaust Memorial Day about his mother’s escape from Nazi Europe. Read more
Auschwitz remembered and enter Generation 3
January 28, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Holocaust survivor Olga Horak told her Holocaust story at the 68th anniversary commemoration of the liberty of Auschwitz in Sydney yesterday… followed by her grandson who spoke about the Holocaust from a third generation survivor’s perspective. Read more
Australia Day Awards
January 25, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire has already published the Jewish recipients of Australia Day Honors but they will not appear on line until one minute after midnight tonight.
We wish a resounding Mazeltov to all the honorees and trust you will have an exciting and pleasurable weekend with family, friends and colleagues…. well done!
NIFau invites you to talk with Avrum Burg
January 24, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The New Israel Fund Australia will host a live forum on the internet this evening with former Knesset Speaker and chairman of the Jewish Agency and World Zionist Organisation Avrum Burg in the wake of the Israeli election. Read more
Carr responds to Pyne
January 22, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Liberal MP Christopher Pyne has called Foreign Minister Bob Carr a “dangerous amateur” following the condemnation of Israel’s expansion of its settlements and labeling it “illegal” under international law. Senator Carr has responded. Read more
Carr and Hague grandstanding says “The Australian”
January 21, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
“The Australian” has published an editorial accusing Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr and UK Foreign Secretary William Hague of “grandstanding” in their criticism of the US and Israel. Read more
AIJAC welcomes call for negotiations…but
January 20, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
A call for a return to negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians by the the Foreign Ministers of Australia and the U.K. has been welcomed by The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council…but not their views on the settlements. Read more
Nobel prize winner to visit Australia
January 19, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Technion-based Professor Danny Shechtman was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2011 in chemistry. Read more
New Rabbi for Chabad Canberra
January 15, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Rabbi Shmueli and Rebbetzin Chasia Feldman of Sydney have been formally appointed to run Chabad of the ACT. Read more
The Gift of Life joins a fight for life
January 15, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Gift of Life Australia has received an urgent and desperate plea to help save the life of a Jewish Mum,wife and grandmother in London in need of matching stem cell transfusion to save her life . Read more
Petition demands university breaks ties with Technion
January 11, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
An online petition has been created demanding that the University of Sydney cuts ties with the Technion in Israel. Read more
Royal Commission into Child Sex Abuse underway
January 11, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced the establishment of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Read more
Israeli elections off to an early start
January 10, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Eligible Israelis in New Zealand have cast their votes for a new Israeli Government followed hours later by compatriots in Australia. Read more
Prisoners of War starts on January 19
January 10, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Prisoners of War – the gripping ten-part drama which the award-winning American series Homeland is based on – premieres on SBS on January 19. Read more
Iran – Australia announces further sanctions
January 10, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr today announced further Australian sanctions on Iran, affecting the financial, trade, energy and transport sectors. Read more
Victorian police looking for alleged up-skirter
January 8, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Victorian Police are seeking a man who allegedly up-skirted a woman using a torch and mirror concealed under his briefcase while travelling on a Melbourne city loop train on 26 November 2012. Read more
Israeli woman killed in NZ car accident
January 6, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
A 61-yr-old Israeli woman has been killed in a motoring accident on the Te Anau- Milford Sound Highway, south of Knobbs Flat. Read more
Missing man found dead
January 6, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Missing Pymble man Barry Kodesh has been found dead on the NSW Central Coast. Read more
Australian Muslim scholars meet Hamas leader
January 3, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
A delegation of Australian Muslim scholars has visited Gaza and met with Hamas senior political leader Ismail Haniyeh…a visit which may be subject to a government investigation. Read more
New Zealand Talk Show Host calls for renaming weed
January 3, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Popular New Zealand radio personality Bruce Russell has called for a new name to be given to the noxious weed ‘The Wandering Jew”. Read more
Help find Barry Kodesh
January 3, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Police are appealing to all members of the public to find 48-yr-old Barry Kodesh who has gone missing from his home in the Sydney north shore suburb of Pymble. Read more
Rabbi advises Premier’s office
January 1, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Rabbinical Council of Victoria’s political liaison officer, Rabbi Avrohom Jacks has addressed around 30 senior policy advisors from the Premier’s office on the benefits of faith and diversity in building a strong, cohesive and tolerant Victoria. Read more
Adler naming rights in doubt.
December 30, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
An appeal to have the naming rights of the Melbourne’s Sephardi Association Synagogue revert solely to the building’s original benefactor has been upheld. Read more
Jewish presence at Short + Sweet
December 28, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
To date, four members of the community will participate in the upcoming Sydney drama festival Short + Sweet…offering an opportunity for the theatrically-inclined to demonstrate their talent. Read more
