Israel’s Labor Party cuts ties with U.K. Labour head over antisemitic incidents
Israel’s opposition Labor Party has cut ties with the head of the United Kingdom’s Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, over concerns regarding antisemitism and his relationship with the Jewish community. Read more
Journalist killed on Gaza-Israel border was reportedly a Hamas officer
April 11, 2018 by Agencies
A journalist contracted by the Norwegian Refugee Council, who was killed on April 6 during the violence along the Gaza-Israel border, has reportedly been exposed as an officer in the Hamas terrorist group. Read more
Memorial Service for victims of the Holocaust
April 10, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
More than 200 members of the community gathered at the Martyrs’ Memorial at Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney to participate in the remembrance and name-reading ceremony ahead of Yom Hashoah. Read more
An award for George
April 10, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Association of Jewish Service & Ex-Service Men & Women (NAJEX) has conferred Honorary Membership on Sydney’s Masada College Senior History teacher George Charlton in recognition of his outstanding initiatives in educating students at Masada College about Australia’s military history and the sacrifices made by its soldiers. Read more
Matt gets Gold
April 10, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Para-swimmer Matt Levy has won the Gold for the 50m S7 freestyle and the second Gold for the Jewish contingent. Read more
New study finds intergenerational transmission of trauma highly evident among offspring caring for Holocaust survivor parents
April 10, 2018 by Elana Oberlander
More than 70 years since the end of World War II, there are still signs of intergenerational transmission of Holocaust trauma that are manifested in the way adult offspring of Holocaust survivors care for their elderly parents, according to a new study by researchers at Bar-Ilan University. Read more
Report: Israel notified US ahead of Syrian airstrike
April 10, 2018 by JNS
Israel reportedly informed the United States in advance of its airstrike in Syria early Monday morning, two U.S. officials told NBC News. Read more
Israeli airstrikes target Gaza following breach of border, planting of explosives
April 10, 2018 by JNS
Israeli Air Force fighter jets attacked terror targets in northern Gaza early Monday following the infiltration on Sunday of three Palestinian terrorists who planted improvised explosive devices on the border fence with Israel. Read more
Israel’s chief rabbi: Jews have a ‘moral obligation’ to help end the genocide in Syria
April 10, 2018 by JNS
Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef declared that Israel has a “moral obligation” to intervene in what he called a genocide being committed against the people of Syria by its president, Bashar Assad. Read more
Jemima snares first Gold for Jewish athletes in track and field
April 9, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Jemima Montag has won the coveted Gold Medal in the 20km women’s walk at the Commonwealth Games on Queensland’s Gold Coast. Read more
The Partisans’ Song – Triumph Over Adversity
April 9, 2018 by Eli Rabinowitz
Anti-Israel rally in Melbourne
April 8, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
There was a pro-Israel presence at Saturday’s Melbourne anti-Israel/Jewish rally sponsored by Islamic Council of Victoria and a myriad of Palestinian activist groups and far-left political groups. Read more
Bold new website for Jewish Care Victoria
April 5, 2018 by Kirsten Young
How people use technology and their expectations of websites has changed dramatically over the past few years. Jewish Care Victoria is keeping up with these changes by launching a newly revamped website that is sure to please visitors to the site. Read more
AIJAC expresses regret over cancellation of asylum-seeker deal in Israel
April 5, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council today expressed its regret over the cancellation of the arrangement between the State of Israel and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHRC) to regulate the standing of migrants seeking refugee status in Israel. Read more
Beth Din rabbis appeal contempt of court judgment
April 4, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Four rabbis found in contempt of court in Sydney’s Supreme Court are appealing the judgement. Read more
Amid antisemitism scandal, U.K.’s Corbyn criticised over Seder with far-left group
Amid an ongoing antisemitism scandal, the United Kingdom’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn was heavily criticised by Jewish leaders for attending a Passover Seder hosted by a radical far-left Jewish group. Read more
Poll: 20 percent of Central, Eastern Europeans do not accept Jews as fellow citizens
April 4, 2018 by JNS
About one-fifth of people polled in Central and Eastern European countries say they do not accept Jews as fellow citizens and do not want Jewish neighbours.
In a Passover message, British premier recognises fight against antisemitism
April 4, 2018 by Agencies
In a message to the Jewish community on the occasion of Passover, British Prime Minister Theresa May spoke of antisemitism in the United Kingdom. Read more
Saudi crown prince: Israelis have a right to their own land
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said in an interview on Monday that Israelis are entitled to live peacefully in their own land—a remarkable statement from one of the kingdom’s most powerful men. Read more
#RememberTheYom
April 4, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The RememberTheYom team of Robyn Pakula and Larnce Gold who released the stunning image last year of the recreation of the late Joseph Pakula’s Auschwitz Number on Sydney’s Bondi Beach have teamed up again to create another powerful image for Yom Hashoah 2018. Read more
Amid criticism, Netanyahu freezes UN deal to resettle African asylum-seekers in Western countries
April 3, 2018 by JNS
In a dramatic turnaround, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has frozen a plan reached with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the deportation of African migrants just hours after it was announced. Read more
Israel Reaches Unprecedented Common Understanding with UNHCR
The State of Israel and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees have reached an unprecedented common understanding on the issue of migrants.
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Music for refugees
April 2, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Music for Refugees send music instruments to refugees & asylum seekers both in and out of detention throughout Australia and the Christmas Island Detention Centre, and now Nauru & Manus Island are on board. Read more
US blocks UN statement calling for inquiry into IDF actions during Gaza border riots
April 2, 2018 by JNS
The United States blocked a draft UN Security Council statement on Saturday expressing “grave concern at the situation on the border” following the ‘Land Day’ protest march in which some 30,000 protestors violently rioted at the Israel-Gaza border. Read more
Beth Din in contempt – to be fined
April 2, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In announcing the penalties facing the Sydney Beth Din a Supreme Court judge has written that he regards the improper pressure as a serious affront and challenge to the integrity of the administration of justice in New South Wales following the Beth Din’s ruling a commercial case be heard by them and not in a civil court. Read more
Chag Sameach
March 30, 2018 by J-Wire Staff
We wish all our Jewish readers a joyous Pesach and Seders. We will resume publishing from Sunday night. Read more
The Last Post sounded for Sergeant Albert Levy on the 100th anniversary of his death
March 30, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Every evening the Australian War Memorial in Canberra holds a Last Post Ceremony farewelling visitors with its moving Last Post Ceremony sharing the story behind one of the names on the Roll of Honour. Yesterday it remembered Sergeant Albert Levy and his service in the First World War. Read more
WJC remembers Mirielle Knoll
March 30, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress held a memorial for Mireille Knoll, the Holocaust survivor murdered last week in Paris, at its headquarters in New York in the presence of French Consul General Anne-Claire Legendre. Read more
Frydenberg calls for an apology for Nazi slur on Dutton
March 29, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Senior cabinet minister Josh Frydenberg has called an apology on behalf of Home Minister Peter Dutton from high profile lawyer Julian Burnside who retweeted an image depicting Peter Dutton as a Nazi. Read more
Ryvchin at Yale
March 29, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry Co-CEO Alex Ryvchin was recently invited to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut to lecture on the anti-Israel movement and his new book, “The Anti-Israel Agenda – Inside the Political War on the Jewish State.” Read more
