…and now for the relay
Steven Solomons, the 19-yr-old Sydney athlete who, beyond expectations, made it to the final of the 400m at the 2012 London Olympics is preparing for his next Olympic event…a member of the four man 4 x 400m relay. Read more
Carr @ Yad Vashem
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Bob Carr has visited Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Read more
Bob Carr meets Bibi Netanyahu
Israel’s Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has hosted Australian Minister Bob Carr in Jerusalem. Read more
Talking with Tony
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bob Carr today held talks with Quartet Representative Tony Blair in Jerusalem, to reinforce Australian support for a negotiated two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians. Read more
School security grants – the schools say thank you
The Australian Council of Jewish Schools has expressed its, and the Jewish community’s, enormous gratitude to the Federal Labor Government for its continued support and recognition of the needs of Jewish schools (amongst others) for significant security measures following the announcement by the Minister for Home Security, Jason Clare, at a meeting at Melbourne’s Mt Scopus of further grants to Jewish schools and preschools under the Secure Schools funding program. Read more
Hoenig commits to Friends of Israel
Ron Hoenig, the Labor candidate for the NSW State seat Heffron, has announced that he will join the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel, if elected to the NSW Parliament in this month’s by-election. Read more
Send a message to Steven
Want to let Steven Solomon know you are barracking for him when he competes in the 400m this weekend? J-Wire shows you how… Read more
B’nai B’rith remembers Munich
B’nai B’rith Melbourne has commemorated the memory of the eleven Israeli athletes murdered at the Munich Olympic Games 40 years ago. Read more
To give when you love
As Tisha B’Av finishes, yahrzeit for their daughter Malki approaches for Arnold and Frimet Roth. Arnold writes to J-Wire… Read more
Waks, WIZO and Sexual Abuse
Manny Waks has spoken to a Melbourne WIZO group about his personal experiences as a victim of child sexual abuse… Read more
Leader for Leadership
The Australasian Union of Jewish Students has appointed Rachel Flitman to lead its 2012/13 Leadership Development Program (LDP) – AUJS’s flagship international program. Read more
Busy year for the Jewish Film Foundation
The Jewish Film Foundation of Australia is gearing up for its most ambitious year yet. Read more
Sydney hosts student conference
Students came from around Australia recently to attend the Australian Conference of Rabbinical Students held at the Yeshiva Centre in Bondi. Read more
Anglo-Jewry’s PR – Millis responds
Columnist Isi Leibler wrote an article on the appointment of the UK’s United Jewish Israel Appeal’s PR chief – Joseph Millis responds… Read more
Thoughts and prayers
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has issued a statement following the bombing of a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria… Read more
Steven Solomon to run individual 400m at the 2012 Olympics
Already competing in the 4 x 400m relay in London , Sydney athlete Steven Solomon will face the starter’s pistol in the individual 400m at the 2012 Olympics following a racially tainted outburst by athlete John Steffensen whose current time for the event lags Solomons. Read more
A letter from Julia
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has written to the president of the International Olympic Committee requesting one minute’s silence in memory of the eleven Israeli athletes murdered by Palestinians at the 1972 Munich games. Read more
Cyprys to fight charges
At the adjourned Directions Hearing in Melbourne’s County Court today Judge Sue Pullen set the date for the trial of David Cyprys who will face 41 charges brought by 12 alleged victims of sexual abuse. Read more
Sydney Ironman New York bound
Ironman Jason Shein is heading to New York to push his body to the limit in the most grueling race of his life – all in the name of charity. Read more
Solomon through to final
Three days of tough competition has seen 19-yr-old Sydneysider Steven Solomon run his way into the final of the 400m Junior World championship to be run tomorrow morning in Barcelona at 5 a.m. Sydney time. Read more
Religions get together
A group of over 50 which included rabbis, priests, imams and lay people have lived and talked together for three days at Pallotti College, a Catholic retreat in the Yarra Valley participating in the ninth annual winter conference of the Jewish Christian Muslim Association. Read more
People of the Book: Land Language Culture
The Department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies at the University of Sydney is presenting a one-day seminar on 15 July at the Sydney Jewish Museum. Presented by experts from the department, this seminar will examine the broad contours of Jewish history and belief as well as the sacred texts and languages that have accompanied Jews to all their habitations. Read more
People of the Book: Land Language Culture
The Department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies at the University of Sydney is presenting a one-day seminar on 15 July at the Sydney Jewish Museum. Presented by experts from the department, this seminar will examine the broad contours of Jewish history and belief as well as the sacred texts and languages that have accompanied Jews to all their habitations. Read more
Aboriginal story features in U.S. Jewish calendar
A Jewish calendar for 5773 (2012 to 2013) recently published in the United States and circulated internationally highlights the story of Aboriginal activist William Cooper’s compassionate and courageous march through the streets of Melbourne to protest against the Nazi persecution of Jews on and following Kristallnacht, in November 1938. His story appears above the November page of the calendar. Read more
Wallenberg remembered
The Council of Christians and Jews Victoria AGM has been held in conjunction with Raoul Wallenberg Unit of B’nai B’rith. Read more
Face to Face with Clive Lawton…a J-Wire video feature
Clive Lawton is a British educator who co-founded the Jewish learning initiative, Limmud. He goes Face to Face with J-Wire… Read more
Help to achieve pregnancy
Australian Jewish Fertility Network (AJFN), formally known as ‘Spa For the Soul’, aims to provide resources, information, financial and emotional support to those struggling with infertility. Read more
Visiting the past and witnessing the future
85 year-old Australian Dennis Rudnick took part in Israel’s War of Independence. Recently, he revisited his Israeli past with KKL-JNF. Read more
ECAJ praises Parliament
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry President, Dr Danny Lamm, and Executive Director, Peter Wertheim, have hailed a resolution by Australia’s House of Representatives calling on the International Olympic Committee to observe a minute’s silence to remember the 11 Israeli athletes who were murdered by Palestinian terrorists at the Munich Games in 1972. The resolution was passed on Tuesday with bipartisan support. Read more
So you thought PM Netanyahu is tough on terrorism? Not exactly.
The mother of Melbourne-born Malki Roth who died at the hands of a suicide writes about the release of the woman who was responsible for her death. Read more
