Sydney rabbi joins the Beersheba commemoration
October 31, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Australian politicians including Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull received a special welcome in Israel when they coincidentally met a Sydney rabbi who made the trip with his wife and son to attend the Beersheba anniversary. Read more
A visit to the egalitarian section of the Kotel
Dozens of Jewish leaders from around the world, members of the Board of Governors of The Jewish Agency for Israel, have visited the egalitarian section of the Western Wall accompanied by Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency Natan Sharansky and Minister Tzachi Hanegbi. Read more
Malcolm faces the press
October 31, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull spoke to media following his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and fielded a question on the extradition of Malka Leifer who faces 74 charges of child sexual abuse while principal at Melbourne’s Adas Israel School. Read more
New Zealand Governor General plants a tree in Jerusalem
October 31, 2017 by Ahuva Bar-Lev
In Israel to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Beersheba in which the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) liberated the city from the Turks and Germans, New Zealand Governor General Dame Patricia Lee Reddy took the time to plant a tree at the KKL-JNF Grove of Nations in Jerusalem as a symbol of friendship between her country and Israel. Read more
Governor-General Patsy Reddy meets Israel’s leaders
October 31, 2017 by Agencies
New Zealand Governor General Patsy Reddy has visited Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin on her visit to mark the 100thanniversary of the WW1 battle for Be’er Sheva. Read more
The Netanyahus welcome the Turnbulls
October 31, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara have welcomed Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy who travelled to Israel in the framework of the event to mark the 100th anniversary of the WWO battle for Be’er Sheva.
Hamas terror tunnel discovered under UN refugee agency’s school in Gaza
October 31, 2017 by Agencies
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) stated Saturday that it had discovered a Hamas terror tunnel located underneath one of the U.N. body’s schools in the Gaza Strip. Read more
A stone for Holocaust families
October 30, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
Visiting Israel for the Anzac centenary commemorations, Peter Wise, Gary Weiss and Johnny Weiss, took the opportunity to dedicate a plaque at Yad Vashem in memory of their families murdered in the Holocaust. Read more
Complaints on the Iranian diplomat and imam’s call for the destruction of Israel
October 30, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The New Zealand Jewish Council have informed the Human Right Commissioner of the address delivered by an Iranian diplomat calling for the destruction of Israel. Read more
In the footsteps of heroes
October 30, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
Among the thousands of visitors to Israel for the centenary commemorations of the Anzac liberation of Beersheba are Aborigine descendants of the original soldiers who took part in the battles. Read more
Q&A in Israel
Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten, Minister for the Environment, Energy, Josh Frydenberg and Dan Tehan separately faced the media in Israel. Here are some of the questions…and their answers. Read more
Shia leaders deny Holocaust and call for destruction of Israel in New Zealand Mosque
October 30, 2017 by Shalom.Kiwi
A disturbing hate-speech-laden video has emerged, from a mosque in Pakuranga, Auckland, which promotes Holocaust denial and calls for the destruction of Israel. Read more
Turnbull says Australia to upgrade co-operation with Israel
October 30, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced that Australia is to upgrade co-operation with Israel on defence and national security while Minister for the Environment and Energy Josh Frydenberg
will chair a roundtable of energy and technology companies when in Israel.
Anti-Semitic blogger Brendon O’Connell arrested on arrival to New Zealand
October 29, 2017 by Keren Cook
Brendan Lee O’Connell, 46, was jailed in 2011 in Perth after being found guilty of six racial hatred charges – and has failed to claim political asylum in New Zealand. Read more
Sydney Mount Sinai Appeal: A J-Wire photo gallery
October 29, 2017 by Community Editor
Did you attend the recent Mount Sinai Appeal event?… Read more
WJC welcomes FIFA decision to drop Palestinian push against Israeli soccer teams
October 28, 2017 by Agencies
The World Jewish Congress has welcomed the decision by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Council to decline the Palestinian Football Association’s long-standing push for punitive measures against the Israeli Football Association on the grounds that it is a complex political dispute unrelated to football. Read more
UN Security Council Resolution 2334 criticised in NZ coalition agreement
October 27, 2017 by Shalom.Kiwi
Last week New Zealand’s new Prime Minister-elect, Jacinda Ardern, and New Zealand First leader and Deputy Prime Minister-elect, and likely Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, signed a coalition agreement, which revealed the full extent of the policy wins obtained by New Zealand First in return for enabling the Labour Party to form a government. Read more
Jewish Care Victoria announced as finalist for VicHealth Award
October 27, 2017 by Ayal Tusia
Melbourne’s Jewish Care has been named a finalist in health promotion’s night of nights, the VicHealth Awards. Read more
Labor MP’s Nazi Germany comparison apology welcomed by ECAJ
Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon likened recent police raids on the offices of the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) to Nazi Germany in an interview on Sky News this week. Read more
Montefiore extends CHeBA funding to set a new agenda for dementia research
October 26, 2017 by Danielle Oppermann
Sydney Montefiore President David Freeman and CEO Robert Orie have announced a renewed five – year funding partnership with the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA)) at UNSW Sydney. Read more
President Rivlin addresses Balfour Declaration centennial at Young Person’s Award ceremony at British Ambassador’s Residence
October 26, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has addressed the award ceremony for the International Young Person’s Award – Israel, a volunteering and young leadership project under the umbrella of the renowned Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme in the UK. Read more
ANZAC Centenary Mission traces the footsteps of the soldiers from the Jordan Valley to Beersheba
October 26, 2017 by Ahuva Bar-Lev
Catch Tuvia Tenenbom at UIA Events
October 26, 2017 by Community newsdesk
United Israel Appeal will host Tuvia Tenenbom, best- selling author of ‘Catch the Jew’ at events in Sydney, Perth and Brisbane in November. Read more
Wertheim corrects Gaza aid error
October 25, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Jews of Greece
Dr Stavros Kyrimis, Consul General of Greece in Sydney has opened The Jews of Greece Exhibition at the Sydney Jewish Museum in h. Read more
NZ Governor-General to go to Beersheba
October 24, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Tension rises in Israel’s north as Syria, Iran team to fight ‘Zio-American schemes’
October 23, 2017 by Adam Abrams - JNS.org
The IDF struck three Syrian rocket launchers Saturday after five rockets from Syria entered the Israeli Golan Heights earlier that day, and as Iran’s military chief inked an agreement with Damascus pledging to combat “Zio-American schemes.” Read more
Melbourne Jewish Comedy Festival – Free tickets
October 23, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Melbourne Jewish Festival will take place on December 5,6,7. J-Wire has a double pass to give away for each performance. Read more
Poland’s proposed restitution law ‘excludes vast majority of Holocaust survivors and heirs’
October 21, 2017 by Agencies
The World Jewish Congress has expressed “profound disappointment” in the Polish government’s proposed legislation for the restitution of confiscated property belong to Holocaust victims and their heirs. Read more
Five letters to finalise a torah
October 20, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
A brand new Torah in Australia’s Parliament House was completed by all five Jewish Members of Parliament witnessing the moment. Read more
