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
Safer beaches for Tel Aviv
October 20, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
With Magen David Adom announcing that 134 people have got in difficulties swimming in the Mediterranean Sea on Israel’s coastline, news that a new nippers program on Tel Aviv’s beach will be signalled by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm when he visits Israel later this month. Read more
So who goes to Beersheba?
October 20, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
As New Zealand welcomes its new Labor Prime Minister, it is a waiting game to see who will represent at the 100th anniversary of the famous Light Horse cavalry charge which won Beersheba and marked the end of the Ottoman rule. Read more
Securing the Sydney Jewish Museum’s future
October 19, 2017 by Kate Efrat
The Sydney Jewish Museum honoured four families who have made substantial contributions to the Museum’s Endowment Fund to help ensure the future sustainability of the Museum and the vital work they do in the community. Read more
Fairfax makes up quotes to attack NZ-Israel innovation deal
October 19, 2017 by Shalom.Kiwi
Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union, has issued a press release and penned an article to correct false and misleading reporting by Fairfax journalist, Madison Reidy, that gave the impression that the Taxpayers’ Union had an anti-Israel agenda. Read more
Hope for reason to prevail at the UNHRC as Australia takes its place
October 18, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Jewish community has welcomed the Australia’s election to Unite Nations Human Right Council. Read more
Historian travels New Zealand to recount Holocaust Denial experience
October 17, 2017 by Keren Cook
History aficionados attended an event at University of Otago’s Wellington Campus on the weekend to hear a famous historian share how he overcame an infamous Holocaust denier. Read more
World Jewish Congress calls Austrian election result ‘distressing’
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has voiced serious concerns about the strong showing of the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) in Austria’s parliamentary election. Read more
What did Michael do in Israel?
October 17, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Media reports it had evidence Labor MP Michael Danby had attended a security conference when he was reported visiting Israel last year when on sick leave from Parliament. Read more
Australia elected to U.N. Human Rights Council
October 17, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Australia was elected overnight by a majority of United Nations member states to serve a three-year term on the Human Rights Council, the world’s peak body for promoting and protecting human rights. Read more
Islamic State claims responsibility for rockets fired at Israel from Sinai
October 17, 2017 by Agencies
The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for firing two rockets from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula into southern Israel on Sunday night. Read more
New portions of Western Wall and Roman theatre unveiled in Jerusalem
The Israel Antiquity Authority (IAA) has announced large-scale excavations conducted in the Old City of Jerusalem for the past two years have revealed massive portions of the Western Wall unseen for 1,700 years, as well as an ancient Roman theatre. Read more
Danby uses a sick pass to visit to Israel
October 16, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Australian has reported that Federal Labor MP for Melbourne Ports furnished the party with a medical certificate in order to take time off from the sitting parliament in September last year…and that he used the time to travel to Israel. Read more
Racing journo taunts club exec about his “Yid mates
October 16, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
A Melbourne Racing Club executive has complained to The Age newspaper that one of its racing journalists spoke to him of his “Yid mates at Caulfield”. Read more
“The Jews are like my people” – Aboriginal elder
October 15, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
At the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia’s Conference in Darwin delegates Josie and Ian Lacey heard an address by Djapirri Mununggirritj . Read more
WJC Urges UN Body to focus on its Core Mandate
October 15, 2017 by Agencies
Following the U.S. and Israel governments’ announcements this week that the two countries intend to withdraw from UNESCO, World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder urged the United Nations body “to focus on its core mandate rather than addressing political matters that fall outside the organisation’s purview.” Read more
Mountain bikers to trace the Light Horsemen’s ride
October 14, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
On October 30-31, exactly 100 years since the heroic victory of the ANZACs in the Battle of Beer Sheba, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will become the first Australian prime minister to visit Israel to attend the centennial commemoration…and going for the ride is Australian cycling legend Cadel Evans. Read more
A visit to Jewish Goulburn
October 14, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Shadow Arts Minister Walt Secord recently visited Goulburn – as part of his ongoing exploration of historic Jewish sites in rural and regional NSW. Read more
WJC cautiously optimistic on UN postponement
President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald S. Lauder said he is “cautiously optimistic” regarding UNESCO’s postponement of resolutions dealing with Israel and, in particular, Jerusalem. Read more
Journalists report back
October 11, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The eight journalists who participated in the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ Journalists Mission to Israel addressed a packed community meeting this week. Read more
Feldmans must quit Flood St Yeshiva Centre
October 11, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
A submission from The Yeshiva Centre to be allowed to continue to occupy the Flood St premises it leases from a company associated with Harry Triguboff following the expiry of the lease in December has been rejected by the NSW Supreme Court in Sydney. Read more
Belgium freezes funding for Palestinian Authority schools over incitement, watchdog says
October 11, 2017 by Agencies
Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), an organisation that monitors Palestinian incitement, said its research has prompted Belgium’s government to freeze funding of Palestinian Authority (PA) schools. Read more
Sukkot in paradise
October 10, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Jews of Greece- Οι Εβραίοι της Ελλάδας
October 10, 2017 by Community Editor
The Sydney Jewish Museum will launch its new temporary exhibition, The Jews of Greece later this month. Read more
Sukkot with the president
October 10, 2017 by Agencies
President Reuven and First Lady Nechama Rivlin have hosted their traditional Open Sukkot event, inviting the Israeli public to celebrate the holiday at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. Read more
Danby’s ads authorised by parliament…but no more to come
October 9, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The ads placed in the Australian Jewish News and briefly on J-Wire by Michael Danby criticising ABC Middle East correspondent Sophie McNeill have been stamped with approval by Parliament. Read more
Michael Danby – “foreign agent”
October 8, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Following the publication of Federal Labor member Michael Danby’s ads criticising the ABC for its Middle East reportage, tweeters have surfaced calling the veteran politician a “foreign agent”. Read more
Danby stands his ground
October 8, 2017 by Henry Benjamin
Melbourne Labor MP Michael Danby is sticking by his advertisements in the Jewish media criticising ABC correspondent Sophie McNeill’s reporting in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read more
Israeli students receive New Zealand citizenship in Dunedin
October 7, 2017 by Keren Cook
Israeli siblings Ari and Michelle Fridman pledged oaths as two of the sixty-eight people to officially become New Zealand citizens at a ceremony in Dunedin this week. Read more
