Jewish media excluded from multicultural awards
August 17, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The CEO of The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies has called on members of the Keep Safe NSW coalition to write to the NSW Opposition Labor leader to protest the omission of J-Wire and The Australian Jewish News in multicultural media awards organised by the Labor Whip Shaoquett Moselane. Read more
Yallah’ Young Adult Event
Last year I was asked to give the closing address at the 30thof November event which is the annual commemoration of the plight of the Jewish Refugees from Arab lands and Iran, hosted by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies…writes Hila Tsor. Read more
Public broadcaster backs down over Eurovision deposit, contest to take place in Israel
Israel will host the Eurovision Song Contest after the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC) and the Finance Ministry reached a compromise on Tuesday on a 12 million euro deposit required by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in order to obtain the production rights for the 2019 competition. Read more
Beth Rivkah’s new Holocaust Memorial unveiled
August 16, 2018 by Lisa Frenkel
Melbourne’s Beth Rivkah students, parents, teachers and members of the community came together for the unveiling of a striking new Holocaust Memorial mural. Read more
Two Israeli universities in world’s top 100
August 16, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s The Technion has jumped to 77th place in the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) – the best ranking for an Israeli university this year. Read more
More voices raised against Senator Anning
August 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Labor opposition in NSW and The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council have spoken out against remarks made n the maiden speech of Senator Fraser Anning invoking the phrase “Final Solution” and calling for a plebiscite to restrict Muslim immigration and those who are English-speaking. Read more
Top Israeli missile engineer issues warning over Iran nuclear deal
August 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Preeminent Israeli expert on missile defence Uzi Rubin provided an insightful talk at an AIJAC luncheon discussing the flaws of the Iranian nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Read more
Uncovering campus racism
August 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Final Solution – in the Australian parliament
August 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Crossbench Senator Fraser Anning has created an uproar in the Senate calling on “the final solution” on immigration of Muslims into Australia invoking the wrath of his one-time leader One Nation’s Paula Hanson who called his speech “straight from Goebbels’ handbook from Nazi Germany.” Read more
Vic Alhadeff sent packing by Muslim MP
August 15, 2018 by Henry Benjamin
With an invitation in his hand, the CEO of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Vic Alhadeff arrived at Labor Party event in Sydney…only to be refused admission by the organiser, Muslim NSW MP Shaoquett Moselmane. Read more
November 14 crucial for Leifer’s return
August 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A Jerusalem court has heard from the city’s chief psychiatrist that Malka Leifer is fit to face extradition charges in court which could see the former Melbourne school principal returned to Melbourne to answer 74 charges for child sexual abuse. Read more
Israel to US: don’t cut funding to UNRWA activity in Gaza
August 14, 2018 by Yona Schnitzer - TPS
Israeli officials have requested the United States not to cut funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza, due to concerns that it may push the humanitarian crisis in Gaza over the brink of disaster, the Israel Hayom daily reported Monday. Read more
At Ashdod port, Israel confiscates tens of thousands of balloons headed for Gaza
August 14, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Three shipping containers containing tens of thousands of balloons on their way to Gaza were stopped and confiscated at the Ashdod port, according to a report by Israel’s Channel 10. Read more
Netanyahu condemns UK’s Corbyn for Munich terrorist memorial
August 14, 2018 by JNS
United Kingdom Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exchanged words on Twitter yesterday after photos surfaced last Friday of the former laying a wreath near the graves of the Black September terrorists who killed 11 Israelis at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Read more
An open letter to Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg
August 14, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Claims Conference has focused from its inception on its fight for restitution to compensate Holocaust survivors and now sends an open letter by video to Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Read more
Fairfax changes their Gaza headline
August 14, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The problematic headline ‘Mother and child killed by air strike’, placed on an otherwise reasonable report by Isabel Kershner published on August 10 in both the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age has now been changed to ‘Talk of cease-fire between Israel, Hamas interrupted by cross-border fire.’ Read more
UK’s Corbyn admits he was ‘present’ at memorial honoring Munich terrorists
August 14, 2018 by JNS
The United Kingdom’s Opposition and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn admitted that he was present at a memorial ceremony in 2014 in Tunisia for the Palestinian terrorists behind the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, but did not “think” he was involved in the wreath-laying. Read more
Netanyahu: Arab demonstrators want to see end of Israel as Jewish Nation State
The Arab demonstrators who raised Palestinian flags at Saturday night’s protest against the Nation State Law “want to annul Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said at the weekly Cabinet meeting, yesterday. Read more
Netanyahu: Israel won’t accept anything less than full Gaza ceasefire
August 13, 2018 by TPS-IL
Israel will not accept anything less than a complete ceasefire with Gaza, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting yesterday, while a senior minister said that the option of toppling Hamas was inching ever closer. Read more
Premier for NSWJBD AGM
August 13, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian will be the keynote speaker at the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies AGM next week. Read more
Dedication of The Australian Jewish War Memorial and commemoration of the centenary of General Sir John Monash’s knighthood
August 13, 2018 by Yvette Goode
The ACTJC, the Canberra Jewish Centre has held a solemn ceremony in the grounds of the Centre dedicating the Australian Jewish War Memorial to honour Australian Jewish military personnel who have died in wars serving their country. Read more
Yiddish 2 – with a Chinese twist
August 12, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Signalling that Yiddish still has some life in it, a Chinese scholar in residence at Oxford University who speaks it fluently has used a Chinese song using modern music demonstrating that Yiddish harmonies are not restricted to the shtetl. Read more
Yiddish 1
August 12, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress and its International Yiddish Centre has hosted the International Commemorative Conference of Yiddish Culture and Language in western Ukraine, as part of the Jewish Culture Days in Bukovina celebration. Read more
Head of the Sderot Yeshiva talks of the rocket attacks – a video report
August 12, 2018 by TPS-IL
Rabbi Dov Fendel, Head of the Sderot Yeshiva speaks about the dozens rockets launched by Hamas from Gaza and the damages to the city of Sderot in southern Israel. Read more
Thousands of Christians stand with British Jewry amid Labour antisemitism row
August 12, 2018 by Jackson Richman - JNS
Thousands of Christians have voiced solidarity with British Jewry amid ongoing allegations of antisemitism by Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Read more
Amazon pulls ‘Make Israel Palestine Again’ after outrage
August 12, 2018 by JNS
Amazon is no longer selling a T-shirt that reads “Make Israel Palestine Again” amid outrage from consumers and followers of the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT), a non-profit that tracks radical Islam. Read more
Antisemitism on the rise in Germany
August 12, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress has expressed strong concern this week following the release of new figures in Germany indicating a 10 percent increase in antisemitic incidents in the country over the course of the first half of 2018 when compared with the same period in 2017. Read more
IDF airstrike demolishes Hamas building in Gaza City
August 10, 2018 by TPS-IL
IDF jets have demolished a five-storey building in Gaza City used by Hamas’ internal security apparatus, a military spokesman said Thursday evening. Read more
2,200-year-old earring found in Jerusalem excavation sheds light on Hellenistic period in Judea
A 2,200-year-old golden earring was discovered at the City of David’s archaeological excavation just outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, shedding light on life in the city after it was conquered by the Greeks. Read more
Complaint Two: ABC
August 9, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
An AIJAC complaint against an article on the ABC’s website, which claimed Hamas and Islamic Jihad are listed as terrorists by Australia simply because of “their continued resistance against Israeli occupation”, has been upheld by the ABC’s Audience and Consumer Affairs unit. Read more
