L’Shana Tova from Tony Abbott
Leader of the Opposition Tony Abbott has sent a Rosh Hashana message to J-Wire readers… Read more
From Ambassador Rotem…
Israel’s ambassador to Australia, HE Yuval Rotem, sends a Rosh Hashana message… Read more
NSW plans to cut $317m from schools’ budget
State Labor MP, Mr Walt Secord says that NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell is causing uncertainty and angst in the community by refusing to detail his cuts to the non-government education sector, including Catholic and Jewish schools. Read more
World-wide search for school head teacher
The New Jewish Primary School in Finchley, London UK, seeks an inspirational and innovative founding Headteacher, from January or April 2013. Read more
JCA Head in Poland
The president of Sydney communal organisation JCA Peter Philippsohn is currently visiting Poland on a Melton Course. He sends a report. Read more
Garden named for Triguboff at the Rabin Centre
JNF Patron and generous benefactor Harry Triguboff AO was in Israel this week for the inauguration of a garden bearing his name at the Rabin Centre in Tel Aviv. Read more
New Year Message from the Prime Minister
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has sent a New Year’s message to the community through J-Wire… Read more
$16m from the Victorian Government for Family Violence Victims
The announcement by the Victorian Government this week that it is going to provide an extra $16 million for counselling and support services for an increasing number of family violence victims has been warmly welcomed by the Rabbinical Council of Victoria. Read more
Private education scheme for Melbourne
Applications for the Werdiger Jewish education grant scheme are now open. Read more
Sydney Beth Din: reinstate fired Melbourne rabbi or face Din Torah
Melbourne’s Yeshivah Centre is embroiled in a battle with the Sydney Beth Din after it defied an order of the Jewish court. Read more
UPJ sends letter of protest to Israeli PM
Australia’s Union for Progressive Judaism has written to Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu outlining deep concern about the recent attacks on Palestinians in Jerusalem. Read more
Kellerman through to round 3
Adam Kellerman has won his second round match in the wheelchair tennis event at the 2012 Paralympics in London. Read more
The first Shana Tova
NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell has a special Rosh Hashana message for the Jewish community…. Read more
$20,000 fund for young leaders
ROI Community, a global network of young Jewish innovators, and Australian Jewish Funders (AJF) has launched the “Dave Grants” at the Australian Gathering for Young Jewish Leaders, in Melbourne. Read more
Chabad Women’s Convention
Women from all over Australia met up at Chabad of North Shore in Sydney this past weekend, for the 17th Annual Nshei uBnos Chabad Convention. Read more
AUJS seminar attracts top politicians
AUJS has run its fifteenth star-studded fifteenth year premier AUJS Political Training Seminar—PTS—in Canberra. Read more
Breaking the Silence and NIF tell Australian Jews to “pay up and shut up”
The leaders of the Israeli fringe group known as Breaking the Silence (BtS) specialise in sharp criticism of the IDF, but they show no tolerance when it comes to criticism of their own activities. Their part of the current debate in Australia has been particularly shrill, self-righteous, and lacking in substance….write Gerald Steinberg and Naftali Balanson. Read more
David Selinger Award winners say “Come to Carnival”
The 2012 winners of the ‘David Selinger Memorial Award’, Lauren Coppel and Dylan Chilchik, agree that making friends at Maccabi Junior Carnival is the biggest highlight of the week-long event. Read more
Award for Dana Cordell
Breakthrough research on managing global phosphorus supplies has won Dr Dana Cordell and Professor Stuart White from Sydney’s UTS’s Institute for Sustainable Futures the environmental research award in the 2012 Australian Museum’s Eureka Prizes. Read more
Breaking the Silence replies to the ECAJ
In response to a recent publication by the Israeli veteran organization Breaking the Silence, Dr Danny Lamm, president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, blatantly attacked us – veterans of the Israeli Defense Forces – calling the publication “crude propaganda”…. Read more
Israeli Film Festival in Wollongong
The 11th Wollongong Israeli Film Festival has been held at the University of Wollongong. Read more
Rabbi Glasman at Chabad of Melbourne CBD
Rabbi Yakov Glasman has spoken at the Chabad of Melbourne CBD on “Orthodox, Reform and Conservative: Why Can’t They All Just Get Along?” Read more
Anti-Semite? Not me says radio host
Melbourne radio host John Michael Howson, who was suspended for one month for shouting “Sieg Heil” at the mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, says he’s no anti-Semite. Read more
Al-Quds rally in Sydney – we want the lot
Iranian, Bahraini, Hezbollah and Palestinian flags dominated the Al-Quds Day rally held recently in Sydney’s Hyde Park. Read more
Contested elections at the The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies
Contested elections will be held for a number of positions within the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies at its annual general meeting tomorrow night. Read more
March of the Living 2013
Information meetings have been arranged for parents of and students who will be in Year 11 in 2013 (ie current Year 10 students) and are interested in visiting Poland over Yom Hashoah and Israel over Yom Hazikaron and Yom Haatzmaut by participating in the March of the Living 2013. Read more
Wallenberg Centenary Dinner
A man whose father had been a colleague of Raoul Wallenberg has addressed the B’nai B’rith’s Raoul Wallenberg Centenary Dinner. Read more
Apologies from Triple J
Triple J morning presenter Tom Ballard has apologised for comments made on air relating to Hitler and the Holocaust. Read more
Sydney-funded scenic lookout inaugurated in the Negev
The Scenic Lookout at Kibbutz Kramim in the Negev, donated by Gary and Sharon Hendler of Sydney, Australia, was inaugurated this week. Read more
Dr Harry
Australia’s biggest residential property developer, Harry Triguboff AO, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Griffith University at a graduation ceremony on the Gold Coast. Read more
