Solomons family reunion
March 21, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
More than 200 descendants of Emanuel and Vaiben Solomon, convicts who landed in Australia in 1818, held one of the largest reunion on record in the Jewish community. Read more
Getting ready for Pesach
March 21, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Pesach preparations were well underway in Sydney last week with management and staff from fifteen Coles supermarkets receiving a rapid-fire education about the significant Jewish festival. Read more
Condolences to France as the Jewish World Mourns
March 20, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Australian Prime Minister and the Jewish community through the Executive Council of Australian Jewry have sent condolences to the French community following the tragic murders of three Jewish children and one of their teachers in Toulouse. Read more
iPad app for Toddlers’ Ivrit
March 19, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
A new free app for your iPad is now available to help teach toddlers basic Ivrit. Read more
Lamm Library Launched
March 19, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Lamm Jewish Library of Australia has been opened by the Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu. Read more
Australia helps to clean up Israel
March 16, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Tons of rubbish were cleared from Israel’s outdoors across the country by children and adults , both Jews and Arabs, who took part in this year’s National Clean-Up Day. Read more
Israelis facing deportation from New Zealand
March 15, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Six young Israelis are to be deported from New Zealand following the discovery of a racket in which they were selling cheap Chinese paintings at inflated prices. Read more
A Concert for Malka
March 14, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Arnold Roth is inviting all Australians and New Zealanders who live in or are visiting Israel to a concert in aid of The Malki Foundation…set up in the name of his daughter Malka who was murdered in a terrorist attack in Israel in 2001 at the age of 15. Read more
Jewish pre-schools eligible for security funding
March 9, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Federal Member for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby has welcomed the announcement from the Minister for Home Affairs that Jewish pre schools are eligible for security funding. Read more
Spigelman Head of ABC – Official
March 8, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Former Chief Justice of NSW James Spigelman has been appointed Chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Read more
The ECAJ and Bob Carr
March 6, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has congratulated Bob Carr on the announcement of his appointment by the Australian government to the position of Minister for Foreign Affairs. Read more
Governor Tours Emanuel
March 5, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
For the first time since its inception, Sydney’s Emanuel School been visited by a NSW Governor.
Israeli protesters charged in New Zealand
March 2, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Two Israeli citizens currently living in New Zealand have been charged with burglary following a four day protest on a ship in Port Taranaki. Read more
Apps Across the Sea
March 1, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
An ambitious online collaboration aimed at bringing together pupils from the New Zealand city of Canterbury and pupils in Israel has opened its electronic doors for business. Read more
NSW Minister for Trade meets Israel’s Minister for Trade
March 1, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Stoner today welcomed to Sydney a trade delegation from Israel led by Mr Shalom Simhon, Israel’s Minister for Industry, Trade and Labor. Read more
Queens of the Blue Box
February 29, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The JNF National Board has named the late Bessie Krell z”l who was a staunch Blue Box collector in Adelaide and Peta Birnbaum of Melbourne as joint National Blue Box Workers of the Year for 2011. Read more
Trade Mission in Australia
February 27, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Israeli Minister for Industry, Trade and Labour, Shalom Simhon, has arrived in Melbourne with a trade delegation of Broadcast Media and Communications companies. Read more
Politician tours Jewish House
February 26, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Liberal NSW State member for Vaucluse, Gabrielle Upton, has told Parliament about her recent visit to Jewish House. Read more
UIA Women in action
February 26, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The United Israel Appeal Women’s Division launched a new format for their 2012 Campaign last week…”In Conversation”. Read more
Government check on school’s security
February 26, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice Jason Clare today toured Melbourne’s Shalom Aleichem College to inspect security upgrades made at the school under the Federal Government’s Secure Schools program. Read more
Miller at the Helm and on Course
February 24, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
President of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, Yair Miller, has taken part in a program demonstrating the different roles the police play in the community.
Concern for new TV Program
February 23, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Federal Labor MP for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby has expressed concern to the establishment of a TV program run by the Citizens’ Electoral Council. Read more
AusAid/World Vision suspends funding to Palestinian group
February 23, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
AusAid has suspended aid to Union of Agricultural Work Committee an alleged agency of the proscribed terror organisation the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Read more
Meeting the Challenge of the Desert and Spearheading IT
February 21, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The president of Ben Gurion University and members of its academic staff have addressed meetings in Sydney on technology and water preservation. Read more
The Gonski Report and Jewish Schools
February 21, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Australian Council of Jewish Schools has announced that it will be part of the consultation process following the release of the Gonski Report into the Review of Funding for Schooling. Read more
Parliamentarians visit Our Big Kitchen
February 21, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW State Liberal MP for Coogee Bruce Notley-Smith and the Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Shelley Hancock are the latest high-profile visitors to Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen. Read more
NSW Parliamentarian makes personal Genocide Study Tour
February 18, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Labor Upper House MP and NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair, Walt Secord has made a self-funded genocide study tour to Israel, Armenia, Iraqi Kurdistan and Auschwitz-Birkeneau. Read more
Upton condemns attacks
February 17, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Gabrielle Upton, the NSW Liberal member for Vaucluse, has condemned attacks on Israeli diplomats. Read more
Back in Business
February 14, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
A revitalised NSW Parliamentary Israeli Friendship Group will be launched in NSW State Parliament next week. Read more
The Silence of the Greens
February 14, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Melissa Parke, the Federal Labor Member for Fremantle moved a motion in Parliament last night on the subject of Human Rights in Iran. The Liberal Member for Higgins Kelly O’Dwyer, brought into play President Ahmadinejad’s views on Israel, the Holocaust and questioned the silence of the Greens. Read more
