Chassidic New Year
Chassidim around Australia will celebrate the Chassidic New Year on Sunday. Read more
ECAJ AGM
Leaders of the Jewish communities of each of the States, the ACT and New Zealand gathered at the Beth Weizmann centre in Melbourne on Sunday for the Annual General Meeting of the The Executive Council of Australian Jewry. Read more
Qantas meets with AIJAC
Qantas Managing Director & CEO Mr Alan Joyce has met with AIJAC National Chairman Mr Mark Leibler AC and Dr Colin Rubenstein AM Executive Director AIJAC in Melbourne. Read more
Kesser Torah College honours Rabbi & Rebbetzin Feldman
A plaque unveiling ceremony was held last week at Sydney’s Kesser Torah College to recognise Rabbi Pinchus and Rebbetzin Pnina Feldman for their work for Jewish education in the community and in particular for their work in Yeshiva College. Read more
NSWJBD President in Jerusalem
As the ceasefire holds, the president of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies reports on what he experienced as hostilities raged…. Read more
The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister welcome the Ceasefire
The Australian Government welcomes the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel which commenced at 6:00am AEDT today. Read more
Monte v Millie – the latest word
Sydney’s Sir Moses Montefiore Home has published its answer to the latest comments made by care home owner Millie Phillips. Read more
Sirens sound in Australia
Sirens emulating Israeli warnings alerting its population to an impending rocket attack have been sounded in rallies in Melbourne and Sydney. Read more
Gaza: The Timeline
J-Wire details the series of events which has lead up to today’s situation…. Read more
The Alan Gross story – take three
Australian Federal MP Michael Danby has taken the case of Alan Gross, imprisoned in Cuba, to the Cuba’s ambassador to Australia Pedro Monzon who replies stating his country’s take on the affair. Jared Genzer, Gross’s counsel in Washington, responds to the ambassador’s statement… Read more
AUJS Voices Support for Rocket-Ravaged Israel
Following the sudden escalation in rocket attacks on southern Israel with more than 150 rockets fired since the beginning of the month the Australasian Union of Jewish Students launched a Facebook campaign called ‘Code Red – Stop the Rockets’ aimed at providing solidarity from afar for Israelis living in fear of the attacks. Read more
Reaction to the Royal Commission
The Rabbinical Council of Victoria has welcomed the Royal Commission into sexual abuse perpetrated against children. Read more
Macquarie University excavates in Israel
Macquarie University has joined Tel Aviv University, Heidelberg University and a consortium of other institutions in the joint scientific inquiry of Tel Azekah – one of the great archaeological sites of ancient Israel. Read more
Subscribers’ comp: “Dead Europe” giveaways
J-Wire has ten double passes for Australian director Tony Krawitz’s latest film “Dead Europe”. To win simply send an email from the address you used to subscribe to J-Wire. Valid at any participating cinema….
Australian Holocaust music expert lectures in Arizona
Sydney-based Joseph Toltz will lecture on “The Accidental Pioneer: Music from David Broder’s 1946 Work in the Displaced Persons Camps of Europe” at the Tucson Jewish Community Center this weekend. Read more
ANZACs reenact Beersheba Charge
Australian Light Horse riders have reenacted the historical charge of the Australia and New Zealand Armed Corps (ANZAC) at KKL-JNF’s Beit Eshel site in Nahal Beersheba Park. Read more
The Monte and Millie
Last week, nursing homes owner took out a full page in the Australian Jewish News detailing her reasons for advocating a change in the Board of the Sydney Jewish care home…the Monte answers her… Read more
Salute to Israel at Central
Everything that was promised and more was delivered at The Central Synagogue’s “A Salute to Israel” concert. Read more
Australian made film on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict
An Australian film dealing with the Israeli-Palestine conflict will screen this week… Read more
Jewish Care Responds
Melbourne’s Jewish Care has responded to a newspaper article entitled “Jewish Care Under Fire” in which allegations were made about the quality of the care offered. Read more
Australia, Israel and the Community of Nations
Federal Labor Member of Parliament Mark Dreyfus has addressed the 74th Annual Assembly of the Zionist Council of Victoria in Melbourne on Australia, Israel and the Community of Nations Read more
Parliamentarian addresses NSW Jewish Board of Deputies Plenum
Charismatic Member of the Legislative Council Walt Secord has addressed the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies monthly plenum. Read more
Oboler publishes report on online hate
Dr Andre Oboler is the CEO of the Online Hate Prevention Institute. The OHPI an organisation dedicated to combating online hate, has released a major report into Aboriginal Memes and Online Hate. Read more
Shana Tova from the ECAJ
Dr Danny Lamm, the president of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry sends a Rosh Hashana message… Read more
…and from the ZFA
Philip Chester, president of the Zionist Federation of Australia also has a Rosh Hashana message for the community… Read more
“The Mascot” – Truth or Fiction?
The Mascot is the international best-selling Holocaust biography of Alex Kurzem written by his late son, Mark. The book centers on the elder Kurzem’s recovery of his identity as Ilya Galperin, his family’s lone survivor of the 1941 Jewish massacre in Koidanov, Belarus, and an eyewitness to the murder of his mother and two siblings…writes Dr Colleen Fitzpatrick. Read more
Breaking the Silence responds to Ron Weiser
In two opinion pieces on J-Wire (“War of Words” 2 Sep 12 and “Co-founder of Breaking the Silence speaks at Australians for Palestine event” 12 Sep 12), Mr Ron Weiser continues to assert that two activists who recently visited Australia, and were hosted by the Australian Friends of Palestine, were representatives of Breaking the Silence…writes Yehuda Shaul. Read more
Shana Tova from the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies
A video New Year message from Yair Miller, president of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies….. Read more
Shana Tova for our New Zealand readers
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has sent a Rosh Hashana message to our New Zealand readers… Read more
