Liberals Support Israel’s Right to Defend Itself
November 15, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Both Tony Abbott, the Leader of the Opposition and his deputy Julie Bishop have issued strong statements supporting Israel. Read more
Gaza: Jerusalem explains
November 15, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has issued a statement through the Embassy of Israel in Canberra dealing with the current situation in Gaza… Read more
A Weekend Like No Other
November 15, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Limmud-Oz has been enriching the Jewish community for over ten years, but it is Limmud Fest – Limmud-Oz’s younger cousin – that is now beginning to make its mark with a spirited and outdoorsy approach to Jewish learning. Read more
Three embassies to celebrate the life of Raoul Wallenberg
November 14, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Foreign Minister Bob Carr will be the special guest of the Israeli, Swedish and Hungarian embassies at a ceremony to commemorate Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg. Read more
Alan Gross: Cuba’s Ambassador responds
November 14, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire has reported that Federal MP Michael Danby raised the issue of American Alan Gross, held in Cuba and reportedly charged in February 2011 with “actions against the independence or the territorial integrity of the state” with Cuba’s ambassador to Australia. He was also accused by State prosecutors of engaging ‘in a subversive project aiming at bringing down the revolution’. The Cuban ambassador responds…. Read more
Waks Welcomes Royal Commission
November 13, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Alleged victim of sexual abuse Manny Waks has welcomed the Prime Minister’s recommendation for a Royal Commission into allegations of child sexual abuse. Read more
Auckland Graves Desecration – one man pleads guilty and the other fighting the charge
November 13, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Two men have appeared in Auckland District Court charged with vandalising 20 Jewish graves in the city’s Grafton Cemetery. Read more
Woodside chief meets Netanyahu
November 12, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Australia’s Woodside Petroleum Ltd. CEO Peter Coleman at a meeting in Israel. Read more
Israeli journalists take to the podium
November 11, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Two senior Israeli journalists will be speaking to Sydney audiences this week – the opinion editor of Ma’ariv and the defence correspondent for Israel’s Channel 10 TV News. Read more
David Campbell gets to know his cause
November 9, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Popular singer David Campbell has visited Sydney’s The Jewish House ahead of heading the bill at the care organisation’s Annual Gala Dinner. Read more
Kramer extradition process underway
November 7, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
51-yr-old David Kramer is understood to be awaiting extradition to Australia to face allegations that he sexually abused students at the Yeshiva College in Melbourne between 1989 and 1992. Read more
Successful Year for JEMS
November 7, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
JEMs – Jewish Education Matters has held its end of year annual banquet attracting a guest list of over 700. Read more
New CEO for JNF
November 6, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
JNF AUSTRALIA is delighted to confirm the appointment of Dan Springer as CEO with effect from early January 2013. Dan will have as one of his key objectives the implementation of JNF’s program to bring a fresh and dynamic approach to its activities, which was initiated following a formal restructure 18 months ago and the adoption of a new growth strategy in June. Read more
Film maker revisits Uncle Chatzkel
November 4, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney film maker Rod Freedman’s has visited Zagare in Lithuania…the town in which his movie”Uncle Chatzkel” (1999) told the story of how its Jews were killed by the Nazis and their collaborators. He will talk about his visit on ABC Radio later this month. Read more
No case for Toben
November 1, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
A defamation case brought by Holocaust denier Fredrick Toben against community leader Jeremy Jones has been struck out in the Federal Court. Read more
Victorian AUJS goes to Parliament
October 31, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) invited a variety of Victorian parliamentarians at a half- day conference at state Parliament House last week. Read more
Paratz made a member of the QCAT Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
October 29, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Former president of the Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies David Paratz has been appointed a member of QCAT by the Queensland Government. Read more
Israeli singer on return visit
October 28, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Yasmin Levy, the extraordinary interpreter of Ladino music, returns to Australia with her brand new CD, ‘Libertad’, a hand-picked international ensemble, and a slew of accolades from her interim release (‘Sentir’), highly acclaimed live concerts worldwide, and film appearances. Read more
Interfaith Shabbat
October 26, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
100 people representing a broad cross-section of cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds visited Sydney;s the Great Synagogue for Shabbat last week. Read more
Zentai may seek compensation
October 25, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Charles Zentai, a 91-yr-old Perth resident, was incarcerated pending the outcome of an extradition request from the Hungarian government who wanted to question him on the 1944 murder of 18-yr-old Jewish youth Peter Balazs…and Zentai is considering seeking compensation. Read more
Tallit at the Kotel – but worn by a woman
October 24, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Anat Hoffman is a woman who acts on what she believes in. She writes to J-Wire on being arrested at the Kotel for wearing a tallit… Read more
Harry Triguboff – a source of inspiration
October 24, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
JNF World Chairman Efi Stenzler has called Harry Triguboff “a source of inspiration for the warm community of the Jews of Australia” at the dedication of the Triguboff Gardens in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Centre. Watch the video… Read more
Auckland Arrests
October 21, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Two men have been charged with Wilful Damage following the desecration of more than 20 Jewish graves in Auckland, New Zealand. Read more
Central Synagogue service described in Parliament
October 21, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
MLC Walt Secord has described the Police Remembrance Service held recently at Sydney’s The Central Synagogue to the NSW State Parliament. Read more
Leaders welcome UN Security Council seat
October 19, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Australian Jewish community leaders have welcomed the UN vote giving Australia a seat on the Security Council for two years. Read more
Two new members on the front bench
October 18, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
State Labor MP and NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair, Walt Secord and newly elected MP for Heffon, Ron Hoenig have been promoted to the State Labor frontbench this week. Read more
O’Farrell addresses the AICC
October 18, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell has addressed the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce. J-Wire photographed the event… Read more
Israeli Embassy delivers Soccer Gear to the Cook Islands
October 16, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Cook Islands Football Association held a ceremony to receive a shipment of donated football goods valued at $31,000 from the Reagan Milstein Foundation at the CIFA complex in Matavera. Read more
Shurat HaDin and World Vision Australia: In talks
October 15, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has intervened in the dispute between Israel’s Shirt HaDin and World Vision Australia over the former’s claim that World Vision was funding a terrorist organisation. Read more
Rag Trade Exhibition opens in Sydney
October 12, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Sydney Jewish Museum is currently hosting “Dressing Sydney”…an exhibition showcasing the stories of many of the city’s families who were involved in the fashion trade… Read more
