Hope found – hope lost
July 18, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Last year Gift of Life Australia invited the Jewish Community to help save Ezra and Ayelet’s lives by joining the Aussie Stem cell registry ABMDR in order to find miracle matches for two very young patients…for one a miracle can still happen, for the other it is too late. Read more
Greens no longer automatically preferred
July 15, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Labor Party’s annual conference has this weekend overwhelmingly resolved to deny the Greens automatic preferences at elections and reaffirmed Labor will continue to put One Nation and other “racist right” parties last. Read more
Turning away from the Greens
July 10, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
In the lead up to this weekend’s State conference, two prominent State Labor MPs with a record of supporting Israel and Jewish causes – have expressed their formal support for NSW ALP General Secretary, Mr Sam Dastyari’s statement distancing Labor from the Greens. Read more
Germany accepting Soviet WWII claims
July 10, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The chairman of The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany has announced that an estimated 80,000 victims of Nazi Germany in the former Soviet Union are now eligible for compensation payments. Read more
Miller heads to Israel
July 9, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president Yair Miller will represent Australia at the first Global Israel Diaspora summit being held by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Jerusalem next week. Read more
Israel says thank you
July 6, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon has met with the Australian Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Peter Slipper. Mr. Slipper is in Israel for his first visit in his role as Speaker of Parliament. Also at the meeting were Ilana Romano and Ankie Spitzer, the widows of Yosef Romano and Andrei Spitzer, who were murdered by Palestinian terrorists at the Munich Olympic Games in 1972. Read more
There is only life
July 6, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Claude Lanzsmann, the French film maker who produced Shoah, the 9½ hours long documentary on the Holocaust, was interviewed on ABC’s Lateline by Tony Jones. Read more
Sydney Yeshiva – statement in full
July 5, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Sydney Yeshiva Centre has issued a full statement regarding its current financial crisis. Read more
March of the Living chairman calls for increased Australian involvement
June 29, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Day school students who took part in this year’s March of the Living have met Holocaust survivors at a special function at the Sydney Jewish Museum…and heard a plea from the MOTL World Chairman for stronger Australian involvement.
Hitler gets a mention in NZ Parliament
June 28, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
A member of the New Zealand Parliament has compared the country’s National Party to Adolf Hitler regarding legislation dealing with partial asset sales. She has apologised, Read more
Regular visitor
June 28, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Sydney-based United States Consul-General Niels Marquardt is a regular visitor to Bondi’s Our Big Kitchen operated under the auspices of Chabad…. Read more
Progressives and Refugee Week
June 27, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The UPJ’s Jewish Religious Action and Advocacy Centre (JRAAC) launched Refugee Week activities with premier showings of the highly praised documentary “The Last Survivor” in Sydney and Melbourne. Read more
Australian parliament stands in silence in memory of Israeli athletes
June 26, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Anna Burke, this morning called members to stand in silence in memory of the eleven Israeli athletes murdered by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Read more
Australia’s Woodside teams up with Israel’s Delek
June 26, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s Delek Group Ltd has applied for Cypriot offshore oil and gas exploration licenses through its gas exploration units Avner Oil and Gas LP and Delek Drilling LP. The companies are part of a consortium with Italy’s Enel Trade SpA, France’s Edison International SpA, and Australia’s Woodside Energy Holdings Pty Ltd. Read more
Carbon Dioxide to fuel – an Australian-Israeli initiative
June 26, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
An Israeli-Australian venture will use solar technology developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of brown coal. Read more
Grant for Jewish House Yes We Can Food Drive
June 26, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW State Member for Vaucluse, Gabrielle Upton MP, has announced a $3,000 grant for the Jewish House Yes We Can Food Drive project. Read more
A Minute’s Silence
June 25, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Federal Liberal Member for Bradfield Paul Fletcher has moved a motion in Parliament calling on the International Olympic Committee to observe a minute’s silence to commemorate the memory of the Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Read more
Census clarified
June 25, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has clarifed the results of the 2011 census and has confirmed that the registered Jewish population of Australia stood at 97,335 on the day of the census…and increase of 9.57% over the 2005 result. Read more
Wallenberg Centenary
June 25, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
A call has gone out to rabbis to prepare and deliver sermons in synagogues across Australia to honor the memory of Raoul Wallenberg on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Read more
Funding for NSW Jewish dayschools’ security
June 22, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Federal Government funding for the increased security for Jewish day schools in NSW is yet to be finalised. Read more
Securing our Schools
June 21, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Michael Danby, Member for Melbourne Ports, today congratulated six local Jewish schools for being awarded over $2.1 million under the Gillard Government’s Secure Schools Program. Read more
Swinging rabbi
June 20, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Jewish House’s Rabbi Mendel Kastel enjoyed his golf lesson today….from former Prime Minister Bob Hawke. Read more
Mini Limmud in Sydney
June 19, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Yom Limmud packed a wonderfully varied program of subjects into one very busy day for its organisers and presenters. Read more
Auschwitz artifacts on loan to Sydney museum
June 17, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Sydney Jewish Museum has received artifacts on loan from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Read more
Never too late to learn Part 2
June 16, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Tomorrow [Sunday] is Yom Limmud in Sydney and we would like to introduce you to some more of the presenters who will take you one step further along your Jewish journey… Read more
Protestors have no effect on meeting
June 15, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Speakers at the State Zionist Council of NSW reception for Israeli Major General Elazar Stern were not phased by competition from outside the Sydney venue by pro-Palestinian protestors. Read more
Honestly interesting
June 14, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
A unique mission to Israel has been announced by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies in conjunction with the highly-regarded Israel-based media monitor HonestReporting. Read more
Dr Harry Hoffman
June 13, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Perth philanthropist Harry Hoffman has received an honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Read more
Honorary Doctorate for Perth Businessman
June 7, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem will confer an honorary doctorate on Perth businessman Harry Hoffman on Sunday. Read more
Brocha for a plane
June 6, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Rabbi Dovid Slavin has blessed a brand new type of air ambulance in Sydney…making a shehechiyonu over the gleaming red fuselage. Read more
