A Premier in Jerusalem
The Premier of NSW Mike Baird is the first premier of the State to have visited Jerusalem. Read more
Child sexual abuse: a female voice
This article is written by a female survivor of child sexual abuse in an institutional setting in the Australian Jewish community. Read more
UIA Major Donors
Did you attend the UIA Major Donors function? A J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
Palestinian voices for peace
The wave of terror directed against Israelis by Palestinians certainly harms Israelis…write Roz Rothstein and Yitzhak Santis/JNS.org Read more
A chat with Ari
Toronto-based Ari Engel spent many of his school years in Melbourne where he has just won the 2016 Aussie Millions $1.6 million poker championship. Robbie Strazynski runs the Cardplayer Lifestyle blog and interviewed Ari earlier in his career. Read more
A Kiwi in Warsaw
Former New Zealand lawyer Lorraine Lipman writes about life in her new home in Warsaw. Read more
A multicultural Australia Day message
It is interesting to note that the buzz this year on Australia Day has been about diversity…writes Concetta Fierravanti-Wells. Read more
Hebrew University’s Melton Centre launches Distance Learning M.A. in Jewish Education
The Melton Centre of Jewish Education from the prestigious Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel’s top ranking college, is launching a new distance learning Masters degree track. Read more
Reader’s letter: Israel’s “transparency law”
This week many people asked me what really bothers me about the proposed “transparency law” promoted by the Minister of Justice, Ayelet Shaked. Read more
JIFF: 10 double passes to give away
J-Wire has ten double passes to give away to a movie of your choice featured in the Jewish International Film Festival which opens in Sydney tomorrow. Read more
JNF Gala Dinner Photo Gallery
Were you ate the JNF Gala Dinner in Melbourne? Check the photo gallery. Read more
Looking for Jews from Olomouc
Olomouc is the historical capital of Moravia in the east of the Czech Republic and a researcher is trying to locate families who may have roots there. Read more
Royal Commission published written submissions
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has published the written submissions made to the Yeshivah Melbourne and Yeshiva Bondi public hearing on its website. Read more
An Israeli reflects on Rosh Hashanah in Sydney
For years I couldn’t understand why Rosh Hashanah came before Yom Kippur. Read more
Ron Klinger on J-Wire
J-Wire is proud to launch today the first of weekly bridge columns from one of Australia’s foremost players and teachers. Read more
Kesser Torah College beats The King’s School…at rugby!
The Chant “Who Are We? KTC!” rises above all other sounds as Sydney’s KTC Under 13’s Rugby Team prepare to run out against their opposition The King’s School. Read more
A Rosh Hashanah message from Bill Shorten
Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten has sent J-Wire readers a Rosh Hashanah message… Read more
Writers Festival 50% discount
Volunteer for the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival and save 50% Read more
Photo Gallery: JCA Major Donor Dinners
Were you at a JCA Major Donor dinner? Giselle Haber may have photographed you. Read more
Photo Gallery: JCA East Communal Awards Event
Did you attend JCA’s East Communal Awards Event? Giselle Haber may have photographed you. Read more
JCA Casino night – a J-Wire Photo Gallery
Were you at the JCA Casino night in Sydney? Giselle Haber may have photographed you. Read more
50 years of AUJS Academy
Naomi Dorevitch still clearly remembers when she was just four-years old, waving goodbye as her grandmother boarded a boat that was to take her Safta to Israel. She pleaded with her father who promised that when she was finished school she could visit her Safta. So it came to be that thirteen years later, in 1964, she joined the first Academy group of students from Australia to Israel. Read more
Homelessness Prevention Week
Homelessness Prevention Week is an annual event that reminds us all that there are people currently homeless or at risk of homelessness. But what do we really understand about the issue of homelessness, especially how it is experienced by the Victorian Jewish community? Read more
Movie giveaways – “Gett”
J-Wire has three double passes for award-winning Israeli film “GETT THE TRIAL OF VIVIANNE AMSALEM”…screening in Melbourne, Adelaide and Hobart. Read more
Examining Breaking the Silence
To be the only democracy in the Middle East, possessing the most moral army in the world, is a noble aspiration. Read more
Movie giveaways
J-Wire has three double passes to give away for Israeli movie Zero Motivation opening at the brand new Lido Cinema in Melbourne’s Hawthorn on June 25. Read more
Netanyahu v Blatter
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met with FIFA President Joseph “Sepp” Blatter. Read more
Movie giveaways
The Palm Springs International ShortFest will feature at the St Kilda Film Festival this weekend. J-Wire has five double passes to give away. Read more
Seeking an old friend
Were you in Kibbutz Shomrat in the summer of 1970? Read more
Let My People Go
A book detailing the efforts made by the Australian Jewish community to relieve the plight of Soviet Jewry, an operation which spanned 30 years, was launched in Sydney yesterday. Read more
