CEO Cookout
February 13, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Rabbi Mendel Kastel CEO of Jewish House was one of the CEO’s at Oz Harvest’s CEO Cookoff last week which fed 1000 disadvantaged people. Read more
Jewish House updated
February 11, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Gabrielle Upton, NSW State Member for Vaucluse has visited Jewish House as it celebrate its refurbishment and recognises the NSW Government’s contribution to the costs. Read more
Friday the Ambassador Baked Challah
February 10, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The United States Ambassador to Australia, Jeffrey, Bleich, dropped in to Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen today…and prepared his Shabbat challah. Read more
Climate change and the Negev
February 10, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Climate change and the encroaching desert will be the topic for a public lecture hosted by the Jewish National Fund NSW next week. Read more
Israeli Trade Commission for Plenum
February 9, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Executive Director of the Sydney-based Israel Trade Commission will address the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies monthly plenum next week. Read more
Eruv in Court
February 8, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Land and Environment Court is currently hearing evidence in order to make a ruling on a bid by the orthodox community of the Sydney suburb of St Ives to install an Eruv. Read more
More Memories of Sir Zelman
February 8, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Following the address in Parliament made by the Prime Minister honoring the memory of the late Sir Zelman Cowen, Liberal MP Josh Frydenberg and Labor MP Michael Danby have expressed their feelings in the House. Read more
Cool time in Israel
February 8, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Australian Union of Jewish Students has been joined by counterparts from South Africa, the UK, the USA and Switzerland on their five month long Israeli Aviv program. Read more
Sir Zelman remembered in Parliament
February 8, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
As Parliament resumes, Prime Minister Julia Gillard moved a motion paying respect to the late Sir Zelman Cowen, the second member of the Jewish community to attain the honour of being theGovernor-General of Australia. He passed away last December. Read more
Come march with us
February 7, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Jewish Gay and Lesbian organisation Dayenu is extending an invitation to members of the Jewish community who support GLBT rights to march with them in the Mardi Gras parade at the beginning of next month. Read more
Holocaust comparison to NZ Colonisation “Unacceptable”
February 6, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The President of the New Zealand Jewish Council has slammed a Maori academic for trivialising the Holocaust. Read more
Freeman Responds
February 6, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Jewish media last week reported “concerns over the commercial management” of Sydney’s Montefiore Home. President David Freeman responds…
Shir Madness Dance Party
February 5, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
More than 300 dancers contributed to the first fund-raising event leading up to this year’s Jewish music festival Shir Madness. Read more
Work in Progress
February 3, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire toured the the new building which will both house and consolidate the activities of Sydney’s JewishCare. Read more
Community Relations Commission Challenges “The Promise”
February 3, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Stepan Kerkyasharian, the chairperson of the Community Relations Commission of NSW has told SBS that “The Promise” caused distress to the Jewish community and asked the TV station to “desist from further publication or distribution of the program”. Read more
Australian Survivors’ Association welcomes German support for Yad Vashem
February 2, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors & Descendants has welcomed a German decision to fund Yad Vashem in Jerusalem to the tune of 1 million euro annually until 2021. Read more
Prime Minister addresses Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce
February 1, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has addressed the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce in Melbourne. Read more
Israeli Trade Delegation to Visit Australia
February 1, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Shalom Simhon, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Labour for the State of Israel, will be leading a trade delegation to Australia between the 27th Feb and the 2nd March. Read more
Chief Rabbi in Melbourne – the video
January 31, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire presents a six-minute video of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sack’s visit to Melbourne…courtesy Sean Meltzer. Read more
Kings shoot different baskets
January 30, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Four members of the Sydney Kings basketball team recently visited Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen and baked biscuits to fill food baskets. Read more
Sydney Rebbetzin keynote speaker in New York
January 29, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Co-director of Sydney’s Chabad North Shore Rebbetzin Fruma Schapiro will be the keynote speaker in New York at the annual International Convention for Chabad women emissaries. Read more
Establishing Jewish identity in Russia
January 27, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
A new office dedicated to establish Jewish lineage and Status under the hospices of the Rabbinical Court of Moscow (Moscow Bet Din) has opened in Moscow in cooperation and with the support of the Australia based Harry O Triguboff Foundation and the Toronto Friendship—the Dov Friedberg Charitable Fund. Read more
PM sends a message on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Today is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Because of Shabbat, community activities to mark the day have been delayed until Sunday. Read more
Australia Day Honours List
January 26, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire congratulates those members of the Australian Jewish community honored for their special endeavors over and above their regular line of duty…. Read more
Report Card
January 25, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Four senior journalists who toured Israel as guests of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies will report on their impressions at a public meeting next week. Read more
ECAJ Welcomes Bruce Wolpe
January 25, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has responded to an article in “The Age” entitled “PM’s Jewish move queried”. Read more
In conversation with the ABC
January 22, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Holocaust survivor and Sydney Jewish Museum guide Ruth Leiser is Monday’s guest on “Conversations with Richard Fidler” on ABC local radio. Read more
Mailman Busy at Our Big Kitchen
January 20, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Our Big Kitchen has received letters from overseas….praise from the World Jewish Congress for its communal work and thanks from the Australian armed forces in Afghanistan for food packages… Read more
Leibler Panel Calls for Constitution Change
January 20, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne lawyer Mark Leibler is Co-Chair of the Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and has called on all Australians to work for change citing the effect of the Holocaust on his own family. Read more
A Tale of Two Papers
January 17, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The executive director of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has questioned the treatment of his complaint to SBS over the screening of the TV miniseries “The Promise” which depicted contemporary Israeli-Palestinian relations and those of the time of the British Mandate in the 1940s.
