A Kosher Pesach from the Premier
NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell has sent his greeting for Pesach to the Jewish Community… Read more
Sydney’s Monte wins award for hotel quality catering
Sydney’s Montefiore Home has been recognised for excellence, taking out the top award for service delivery in relation to its hotel quality catering services. Read more
Finding your roots
A genealogist has visit the Canberra branch of the Australian Jewish Historical Society and passed on tips on how to find seemingly long-lost data. Read more
Sharansky launches AUJS campaign
Natan Sharansky, the executive chairman of the Jewish Agency, has launched the Australasian Union of Jewish Students’ (AUJS) I am an Israeli campaign, as part of his Australian tour. Read more
Sharansky joins UIA for lunch
Sydney’s United Israel Appeal has hosted a lunch for Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky…visit the Photogallery. Read more
ABC gives green light to hate speech
Due to face court in June…found dead yesterday
A Melbourne man due to face court in June on charges of child sex abuse has been found dead in his East St Kilda flat. Read more
Section 18C: A media conference with Mark Dreyfus
Mark Dreyfus is the Shadow Attorney-General and has faced a media conference dealing with the plans to repeal Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. Read more
Holocaust Film Series – Melbourne giveaways
J-Wire has 10 x double passes to the Holocaust Film Series in Melbourne to giveaway! Read more
Calling for volunteers to help grow Limmud-Oz!
Calling for volunteers to help grow Limmud-Oz in Sydney! Read more
UIA Sydney Major Functions
A gallery of guests at recent NSW UIA functions… Read more
BTS responds to AIJAC
The ABC Four Corners on the treatment of Palestinian children by the IDF was addressed by The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council. The leader of Israeli advocacy group Breaking the Silence responds… Read more
AUJS and Hagshama Purim Party Photo Gallery
2014 saw one of the biggest young adult (ages 18-26) Purim parties on record, with more than 200 attendants packing into beautiful Set Bar for a night to remember! Read more
Sydney Jewish Choral Society records for Sydney Dance Company
INXS did it. Lady Gaga did it. Bob Dylan did it. And now the Sydney Jewish Choral Society (SJCS) has done it too…recording a song at Studio 301 in Alexandria, Sydney. Read more
Shalom Institute to present documentary on contemporary slavery
Sydney’s Shalom Institute is to present the inaugural Australian screening of the human trafficking documentary film Not My Life. Read more
Race Discrimination commissioner addresses the ANU
Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane’s delivered an important speech this week at the ANU in Canberra impacting on the Section 18C debate surrounding the appeal to the Federal government to repeal the section, part of the Racial Discrimination Act. Read more
Two turn 100
Two members of the community have reached their 100th birthdays and have been acknowledged by the Sydney Jewish Museum. Read more
Scholarships available
The Melbourne-based Adler Kaspi families and Caulfield Hebrew Congregation are pleased to announce the launch of the Adler – Kaspi Israel Scholarships, to be awarded annually in memory of Andrew Adler z’l and Shlomo Kaspi z’l. Read more
Politicians visit Jewish House
Ron Hoenig, NSW Shadow Minister for Energy and Ports, Walt Secord, NSW Shadow Minister for Roads and Sophie Cotsis, NSW Shadow Minister for Housing have visited Sydney’s Jewish House. Read more
Mardi Gras Message
This weekend, the 2014 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade celebrates the 36th anniversary of the continuing struggle for human rights and equality waged by, and for, LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex) citizens in Australia, including those in the Jewish and broader community. Read more
ABC’s Four Corners Stone Cold Justice Under the Microscope…write Jamie Hyams and Ahron Shapiro
The ABC programme Four Corners, together with the Australian newspaper’s Middle East correspondent John Lyons, produced a story, “Stone Cold Justice” about the alleged Israeli treatment of Palestinian minors it arrests in the West Bank. Read more
Yom Ha’atzmaut and Yom Hazikaron in Melbourne
The Zionist Council of Victoria (ZCV) in partnership with the United Israel Appeal (UIA) is pleased to announce Yom Ha’atzmaut and Yom Hazikaron programs for 2014. Read more
Students in training
Over 70 members of the Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) have met in Sydney for Basic Training, the annual four-day territory training conference. Read more
New Day Centre for Canberra children
The first Jewish Long Day Care Centre and preschool in Canberra has opened its doors. Read more
Jewish future…have your say
Minister of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett and Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky have engaged Jews around the world in an online conversation to determine ways to secure the Jewish future and strengthen young Jews’ Jewish identities and ties between Israel and the Jewish world. Read more
Not too late to nominate
Last chance to nominate someone you deem worthy of the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Community Medal… Read more
Tel Aviv University award for John Howard
The Australian Friends of Tel Aviv University (AFTAU) have launched a Scholarship Fund which will provide financial assistance to students at New South Wales universities wishing to study on exchange at Tel Aviv University. Read more
World wide online Jewish conference
Australia will join Jewish communities from across the globe will take part in a three-day online brainstorming marathon next week, February 16-18. Read more
Stone Cold Justice – the ZFA has its say – Take 2
Dealing with Palestinian minors who take up rocks as weapons against Israeli citizens and soldiers in the West Bank is a very complex and multi faceted problem. Read more
Digitising education
Sydney’s Moriah’s Year 7 students have received a new MacBook Air as part of the College’s One-to-One Laptop Program. Read more
