Joshua Cole, Author at J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/author/joshua-cole/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Wed, 23 Nov 2016 01:50:44 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 The Diaspora minus the United States https://www.jwire.com.au/the-diaspora-minus-the-united-states/ https://www.jwire.com.au/the-diaspora-minus-the-united-states/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 01:16:26 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=35095 Zionist Federation of Australia president Philip Chester will be a presenter at the Israeli Presidential Conference.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/the-diaspora-minus-the-united-states/feed/ 1 35095 Israel beckons https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-beckons/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-beckons/#respond Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:18:31 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=31893 More than 360 Australian young adults aged 18-30 will be on long-term Israel programs facilitated by the ZFA and supported by MASA Israel Journey during the 2013 calendar year, breaking the previous record of 345 in 2011. This is a 20 percent increase from 2012. “I always wanted to be in Israel for a long […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-beckons/feed/ 0 31893 Netzer votes https://www.jwire.com.au/netzer-votes/ https://www.jwire.com.au/netzer-votes/#respond Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:36:44 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=31691 During a mock election in which they learned the basic process of Israel’s elections, Netzer’s Melbourne junior campers in Grade 5 elected Yesh Atid party head Yair Lapid as Prime Minister of Israel.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/netzer-votes/feed/ 0 31691 Educating educators https://www.jwire.com.au/educating-educators/ https://www.jwire.com.au/educating-educators/#respond Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:54:50 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=27621 More than 350 Jewish educators from around Australia and New Zealand received a boost in confidence, knowledge and morale as they return to their classrooms for the second half of the year, invigorated by the ZFA’s 8th Biennial Jewish Educators’ Conference in mid-August.   With 80 sessions – which were presented by 10 international experts […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/educating-educators/feed/ 0 27621 Hebrew Café in business again https://www.jwire.com.au/hebrew-cafe-in-business-again/ https://www.jwire.com.au/hebrew-cafe-in-business-again/#respond Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:20:51 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=26148 Hagshama Melbourne have reopened their Hebrew Cafe in conjunction with the Israel Aliyah Centre, in partnership with Masa.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/hebrew-cafe-in-business-again/feed/ 0 26148 Former IDF Chief: Keep Israel’s democracy, religion balanced https://www.jwire.com.au/former-idf-chief-keep-israels-democracy-religion-balanced/ https://www.jwire.com.au/former-idf-chief-keep-israels-democracy-religion-balanced/#respond Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:14:13 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=26090 "The greatest threat to Israel's military survival isn't Iran or the Palestinians – no, it's Israel's own internal identity struggle" said Major General (Res.) Elazar Stern.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/former-idf-chief-keep-israels-democracy-religion-balanced/feed/ 0 26090 Close call for bible contestants https://www.jwire.com.au/close-call-for-bible-contestants/ https://www.jwire.com.au/close-call-for-bible-contestants/#respond Mon, 07 May 2012 04:42:21 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=24831 Facing competition from around the globe, Australian Matthew Lichtig finished strongly at Chidon HaTanach, the International Bible Contest, in Israel.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/close-call-for-bible-contestants/feed/ 0 24831 The Israel Experience https://www.jwire.com.au/the-israel-experience/ https://www.jwire.com.au/the-israel-experience/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:40:46 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=24571 They came to Israel out of both curiosity and love. For most of them, their love has only increased as they have known Israel through multiple experiences by volunteering, studying, learning, meeting new people, talking Hebrew, eating, and, for 58 young Australians, becoming advocates to speak in support of Israel in a world that many many fear is becoming increasingly vitriolic toward the Jewish homeland.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/the-israel-experience/feed/ 1 24571 Iran, Turkey both posturing https://www.jwire.com.au/iran-turkey-both-posturing/ https://www.jwire.com.au/iran-turkey-both-posturing/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:06:33 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=23774 An expert on Turkey, Middle East relations has told a Zionist Federation of Australia meeting that Iran, Turkey are "both posturing".

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/iran-turkey-both-posturing/feed/ 1 23774 Israel By Choice volunteers in Jerusalem https://www.jwire.com.au/zfa-volunteers-in-jerusalem/ https://www.jwire.com.au/zfa-volunteers-in-jerusalem/#respond Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:36:34 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=23623 Participants in the Israel By Choice program run by the Zionist Federation of Australia tell of their time in Jerusalem...watch the video.

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