Chief Rabbi: a visit on the cards

Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis will become the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregation of the UK and the Commonwealth in September…and has signalled a visit to Australia and New Zealand. Read more

See the tree, see the forest

The world knows about Israel’s technological success but its environmental success stories often go under the radar. Read more

Done deal!

The deal to keep the Sydney Yeshiva operating as a viable entity has been concluded with an elated Harry Triguboff now owning the synagogue and school buildings after finalising and signing the contracts. Read more

Dubai and Qantas: The ACCC in the picture

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has expressed its view on the submission by the ECAJ on the creation of Dubai as a hub for Qantas flights. Read more

New Chief Rabbi

The Chief Rabbinate Trust has confirmed the appointment of South African-born Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, as the 11th Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the UK and the Commonwealth. He will assume office when Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks steps down in September 2013. Read more

Carr “disappointed” about settlements

Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr has expressed strong disappointment at the approval by the Jerusalem District Planning Board’s of 1,500 new housing units in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Ramat Shlomo, as well as with reports the Board is considering approving another 5000 units in nearby settlements. Read more

Back to school

Sydney’s Macquarie University will hold a Summer School  7 to 11 January, 2013 offering courses in Classical Hebrew (Beginners and Advanced) and Aramaic, and places are still available. Read more

Australia’s Progressives protest arrests of women at the Kottel

The Union for Progressive Judaism (UPJ) and the Australian Reform Zionist Association (ARZA) echo the outrage expressed by their global organisations (WUPJ and ARZENU) at the latest arrests of four women seeking to pray at the Western Wall of the Temple in Jerusalem. Read more

Israeli Embassy screening open air movies

After two days of horrible Wellington weather, the Israel’s embassy in Wellington will host an open air cinema in the city’s Botanic Gardens this evening. Read more

Yeshiva buildings bought by Triguboff

Two Sydney Yeshiva buildings, one housing the Synagogue and the other the school in Bondi’s Flood St are to be bought by Meriton chief Harry Triguboff for $6 million. Read more

Record number of students visit the Sydney Jewish Museum

The Sydney Jewish Museum has reported that a record number of students have visited its exhibitions this year. Read more

New Zealand’s super investment in Israel updated

The three Israeli companies from which investment has been withdrawn by the New Zealand Superannuation Fund as part of their divestment policy were among a total of 45 firms in which the government-sponsored fund had a financial interest last financial year. Read more

Jewish History for Years 11 and 12

Masada and the Holocaust will take their place as compulsory subjects for students electing to study Ancient and/or Modern History in Years 11 and 12 in Australian schools. Read more

…and Manny Waks responds

Following the publication of the letter to the ECAJ’s letter to the Victorian Government Inquiry into Handling of Child Abuse, Manny Waks, himself an alleged victim of sexual abuse who made a submission to the Inquiry, responds… Read more

Organisations v Community

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has written to the Victorian Government Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and other non-Government Organisations criticising a submission claiming that sections of the Jewish community may have been at fault. Read more

Youngest child slaughtered was Jewish

A Jewish family is among those mourning in Newtown, Connecticut. The youngest child murdered Noah Pozner turned six last month. It is believed his twin sister survived the massacre. Read more

New Zealand Super divests

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has announced that it has excluded three Israeli  companies from its $20 billion investment portfolio on responsible investment grounds. Read more

Turning the other ear?

Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand has told Wellington’s Dominion Post that he did not hear remarks critical of Israel made by a member of a Klezmer band performing at a Chanukah celebration…but the man who made the comments claims that he was eye to eye with the ambassador when he spoke. Read more

Adler lights city Chanukeah

Jason Adler, the son of Rodney and Lindi Adler, received the honour of lighting the Sydney’s  Chabad Youth NSW’s giant menorah in Sydney’s Martin Place. Read more

Lynch and the BDS and Dan Avnon

The Federal Government has asked questions of Sydney University following the refusal by Associate Professor Jake Lynch on the basis that he supports BDS to accept an offer by an Israeli academic  to visit the university and work with him on a civics program. Read more

Student group win an award to aid the homeless

A team of three students at the University of New South Wales has won the “Big Idea” social enterprise competition to aid the homeless and unemployed. Read more

Chanukah Chips

Following his long tradition of creating unusual menorahs, Rabbi Mendel Kastel lit a Chanukeah in Bondi this week…made out of Pringles chips containers. Read more

JewishCare backs new disability scheme

Australian and New South Wales governments reached an historic agreement that will allow for the full roll out of a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in New South Wales by July 2018. Read more

Response from the Foreign Minister’s office

A spokesperson for Foreign Minister Bob Carr has responded to the op-ed by Federal Labor MP Michael Danby…. Read more

New book on William Cooper – and the march makes its mark

The 1938 march to the German Consulate in Melbourne by a group of Aborigines to protest the Holocaust-triggering events of Kristallnacht was re-enacted recently. Read more

Abbott on his way to London for the Australia-UK-Israel Leadership Dialogue

Leader of the Federal Opposition Tony Abbott will head for London tonight to participate in the Australia-UK-Israel Dialogue. Read more

Israeli Authorities investigating cruel treatment of Australian animals

An ABC investigative report crafted by an Israeli journalist has exposed unacceptable levels of cruelty  to animals imported for slaughter from Australia. Read more

Sydney University’s Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies – the ECAJ has its say

Associate Professor Jake Lynch at Sydney University’s  Centre for Peace and Conflict recently rejected an offer of co-operative civics research from a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem because the CPC supports BDS, including boycotting Israeli academics. The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has its say… Read more

Three Zionist Youth leaders re-elected

Three Zionist youth movement leaders, including the chairperson of the council that oversees them all, have been re-elected to return for a second year…the first time this has happened. Read more

Spigelman delivers Human Rights Speech

James Spigelman, former Chief Justice of NSW and currently Chairman of the ABC , has delivered the Human Rights Day Oration. Read more

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