Ireland postpones controversial bill banning trade with settlements after Israel issues protest
January 31, 2018 by Agencies
The Irish Senate postponed a vote on a controversial bill that would criminalize trade with Israeli settlements just hours after the Israeli government protested the measure. Read more
Israel’s finance minister to meet Palestinian prime minister to boost economic cooperation
Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon will meet with Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah in an effort to boost economic cooperation, according to Israeli media reports. Read more
WJC leader meets the Pope
January 31, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder met with Pope Francis at the Vatican yesterday together with a delegation of senior WJC leaders from around the world, and thanked him for his dedication to Middle East peace, for speaking out against antisemitism, and strengthening Jewish-Catholic relations. Read more
The Sydney Jewish Museum remembers and recalls the Holocaust
January 31, 2018 by Community newsdesk
The Sydney Jewish Museum together with the Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants (AAJHSD) has commemorated U.N. International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz. Read more
Permanent exhibition on the trial of Adolf Eichmann
January 31, 2018 by Lydia Weitzman
A new permanent exhibition at the Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum has opened in a kibbutz in Western Galilee entitled Facing the Glass Booth: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann. Read more
NIF launches emergency fund for asylum seekers in Israel
January 30, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The New Israel Fund (NIF) Australia announced it is launching a $20,000 emergency fund for asylum seekers currently living in Israel. Read more
Netanyahu meets Putin
January 30, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Read more
Seen at the Australian of Year ceremony
January 29, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Victorian Senior Australian of the Year Professor Paul Zimmet was nominated as the national Senior Australian of the Year… Read more
Bill Shorten: history’s most atrocious crime
January 29, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australia’s opposition leader Bill Shorten reflects on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more
1,000 in a road race in Bologna to mark IHRD
January 29, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
More than 1,000 people joined together in Bologna on Sunday for a remembrance road race passing through Jewish historical sites, including those of Holocaust remembrance, as part of a series of events in Italy marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more
Proposed Polish law “historical obfuscation”
January 29, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress has strongly objected to a proposed new Polish law which would criminalise suggestions that Poland was responsible for Nazis crimes, calling it “an act of historical obfuscation and an attack on democracy.” Read more
Secord’s bipartisan support for Sydney Jewish Museum’s Shoah education programs
January 28, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Labor frontbencher Walt Secord has thrown his bi-partisan support behind a State Government pledge to work with the Sydney Jewish Museum on its Holocaust awareness and education programs. Read more
Malcolm Turnbull’s message for International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 28, 2018 by J-Wire
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull tweeted his IHRD message. Read more
WJC praises Donald Trump’s tribute to the 6,000,000
January 28, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has praised US President Donald Trump’s “poignant and respectful” tribute to the six million Jews who were murdered at the hands of the Nazis during World War II, and underscored the critical nature of Holocaust education and remembrance. Read more
A stellar line up for UIA Victoria campaign
January 28, 2018 by Community newsdesk
In this very special year of celebrating Israel’s 70th birthday, UIA Victoria will host a stellar line up for its 2018 campaign. Read more
Remains of Earliest Modern Human Outside of Africa Unearthed in Israel
January 28, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A jawbone complete with teeth recently discovered at Israel’s Misliya cave has now been dated to 177,000-194,000 years ago. The finding indicates that modern humans were present in the Levant at least 50,000 years earlier than previously thought. Read more
ADC speaks out on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australia’s Anti-Defamation Commission acknowledges International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more
The four who got away
January 27, 2018 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire apologises to four members of Australia’s Jewish community who were awarded the OA in the Australia Day Awards and were omitted on our initial list. They’re on it now… Read more
2018 Australia Day Awards
January 26, 2018 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire extends congratulations to all members of the Jewish community who have been honoured today by their country…and an awardee whose father passed away less than a week ago. Read more
New Zealand Race Relation Commissioner releases screenshot of antisemitic Facebook posts
January 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
As the world prepares to mark 73 years since the liberation of the German concentration and extermination camp at Auschwitz, New Zealand Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy released a screenshot of hateful, anti-semitic Facebook Posts from recent weeks, many of them made by New Zealanders. Read more
President Rivlin addresses ambassadors ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin addressed ambassadors to Israel from around the world at a special ceremony to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, held in the synagogue at Yad VaShem Holocaust Memorial and Museum in Jerusalem. Read more
Netanyahu meets Trump in Davos
January 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had talks with President Donald Trump in Davos, Switzerland where they both attended the World Economic Forum. Read more
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres joins World Jewish Congress ‘We Remember’ campaign
January 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has joined more than 1.2 million people, including US Ambassador the the UN Nikki Haley and dozens of ambassadors from around the world, taking part in the World Jewish Congress’ We Remember campaign, a social media initiative to combat antisemitism and all forms of hatred, genocide and xenophobia, and the largest Holocaust commemoration event in the world. Read more
Launch of Antisemitism Cyber Monitoring System
January 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day Ministry of Diaspora Affairs has revealed a new and unique platform for realtime information and analysis of online Antisemitism. Read more
B’nai B’rith World Centre honours 98-yr-old Italian
January 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
B’nai B’rith World Centre, Jerusalem and the Committee to Recognise the Heroism of Jews who Rescued Fellow Jews During the Holocaust conferred this week a Jewish Rescuers Citation upon 98-yr-old Enzo Cavaglion for saving the lives of hundreds Jewish refugees in northern Italy during the German occupation. Read more
Hungarians honour a Nazi collaborator on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has asked Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to intervene in a celebratory event scheduled for International Holocaust Remembrance Day honouring the Nazi collaborator Admiral Miklos Horthy, in which a senior Hungarian politician has been confirmed to attend. Read more
Flashes of Memory
January 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre in Jerusalem, has inaugurated a brand new exhibition entitled “Flashes of Memory – Photography during the Holocaust.” Read more
Holocaust remembrance helps fight racism
January 25, 2018 by David Zwartz
“Our collaboration with the Human Rights Commission’s ‘Give nothing to racism’ campaign shows how strongly Holocaust remembrance contributes to the aim of improving New Zealand society,” Holocaust Centre of New Zealand director Inge Woolf said today. Read more
Aussie teachers spend summer in the Arava
January 24, 2018 by Stacy Hayman
It’s hot, dry, and located on the other side of the world, but the Central Arava Region in Israel shares a close connection with Australia through the Arava Australia Partnership (AAP) and the Zionist Federation of Australia. Read more
The Pences visit Yad Vashem
January 24, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara accompanied US Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen on a visit to Yad Vashem. Read more
