ECAJ reacts to new organisation
September 5, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has stated that is the most significant representative organisation of Australian Jewry following the announcement heralding the establishment of the Australian Jewish Association. Read more
Israel to assist in medical aid to PNG
September 5, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Townsville-based charity, YWAM Medical Ships, has signed a Joint Declaration of Intent (DOI) with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel aboard the YWAM Medical Ship, MV YWAM PNG. Read more
Intersex international conference at Hebrew University
September 5, 2017 by Dov Smith
This week, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will host an international conference, “Building Interdisciplinary Bridges for Research and Recognition of Intersexed Bodies.” Read more
AJA promises a change from “political correctness”
September 4, 2017 by J-Wire
The Australian Jewish Association (AJA) is being launched this week by a team of senior members of the Australian Jewish community. Read more
New Zealand TV station slammed by the ADC
September 4, 2017 by Agencies
The ADC has denounced TVNZ for describing a former Nazi Waffen SS soldier as a “remarkable survivor” of WWII in a program titled “Father of the Mountain.” Read more
Diller Teen Fellows work with Aboriginal community
September 4, 2017 by Hayley Hadassin
A group of graduates from the Diller Teen Fellows program has presented their concept of working with an indigenous community to build capacity in informal education for youth. Read more
Kiwi views on Israel may affect election outcome
September 4, 2017 by Agencies
The Israel Institute of New Zealand has today released a voters’ guide for the upcoming NZ general election, based on recent analysis of MPs’ positions on the country’s relations with Israel.
Teach children to love
Children should be taught to love and respect, not to hate and kill…says Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more
Holocaust survivor to address Aboriginal event
September 3, 2017 by Community Editor
Dreaming of Freedom will honour William Cooper, a legendary Aboriginal leader who was concerned not just with the plight of his own people but saw fit in 1938 to protest to the German government about the treatment of the Jews following the horrors of Kristallnacht. Read more
Outrageous poses at Holocaust Memorial
September 3, 2017 by Roz Tarszisz
Former Neighbours actress, Xonia, has been criticised for posing in a highly suggestive manner at the Holocaust Memorial in Bucharest according to The Sun, UK.
Pioneering Israeli app helps visually impaired find their way
September 3, 2017 by Agencies
A pioneering smartphone accessibility application launched this week seeks to help orient the visually impaired through crowded indoor spaces, such as malls, hospitals and universities. Read more
Israeli aid group sends emergency experts to flood-ravaged Texas
August 31, 2017 by J-Wire
IsraAID, an Israeli international humanitarian organization, says it’s sending a team of experts from Israel and the U.S. to assist Texas residents dealing with the after effects of Tropical Storm Harvey. Read more
New Israeli device for treatment of heart failure successfully implanted in patient
August 31, 2017 by Agencies
Haifa’s Rambam Health Care Campus is the first medical institution in the world to successfully implant the new Israeli-developed “CORolla” device for the treatment of diastolic heart failure. Read more
UN chief tours Gaza frontier, visits Hamas terror tunnel
August 31, 2017 by J-Wire
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who is on a three-day visit to Israel, traveled to the Gaza border Wednesday to see first-hand the security challenges Israel faces, including visiting a Hamas terror tunnel. Read more
Israeli human rights activist lawyer speaks in Melbourne
August 31, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, named one of the 50 most influential Jews by’ The Jerusalem Post’ in 2014, has spoken at Melbourne Chabad CBD. Read more
New eruv for Sydney
August 30, 2017 by Community newsdesk
A new eruv has been completed linking Sydney’s Maroubra community with the existing eruv serving the Eastern Suburbs in the Bondi region. Read more
Hamas leader says relations with Iran ‘fantastic,’ vows to liberate ‘Palestine’
August 30, 2017 by Agencies
Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas terror group’s recently elected political leader in Gaza, said Monday that his organization has fully restored relations with Iran and is making preparations for the next war with Israel. Read more
Chabad aiding Houston-area Jews with kosher meals, clean water and shelter
August 30, 2017 by Agencies
Chabad-Lubavitch has announced it is aiding Jewish residents of Houston with kosher meals, clean water and shelter amid the biblical-style flood enveloping the region resulting from Tropical Storm Harvey. Read more
New contract for Rabbi Telsner from Yeshivah
August 29, 2017 by J-Wire
Child sexual abuse advocate Manny Waks has cut off communications with Melbourne’s Yeshiva Centre following its announcement of a new contract with Rabbi Zvi Telsner. Read more
António Guterres meets President Rivlin
August 29, 2017 by Agencies
President Reuven Rivlin has held a working meeting at his residence with United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres. Read more
WJC and ICFR thank UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for being ‘determined ally’ in fight against antisemitism
August 29, 2017 by Agencies
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has met privately in Jerusalem with representatives of the World Jewish Congress and the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR), which operates under its auspices. Read more
Antonio Guterres in Israel
August 29, 2017 by Agencies
Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres began his official visit to Israel by visiting the grave of the late Ninth President Shimon Peres. Read more
Melbourne Beth Din to reviews its procedures
August 28, 2017 by Community newsdesk
The Melbourne Beth Din Board has commenced a Strategic Review establishing a Steering Committee, with representation from the Rabbinic Council of Victoria, the Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Victoria and other members of the Jewish Community to oversee a review of its practices and procedures. Read more
The IDF Medical Corps join Magen David Adoms’s Life Guardians Project
August 28, 2017 by Agencies
The IDF Chief Medical Officer, Brigadier-General, Dr. Dudu Dagan and MDA Director General, Eli Bin, have announced a first of a kind collaboration between MDA and the IDF Medical Corps. Read more
WA Labor follows NSW attempt to get federal Labor to recognise Israel
August 28, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The WA State Labor conference has passed a resolution on “Israel-Palestine” in identical terms to that which was passed by NSW State Labor Conference one month ago. Read more
Last witnesses: ABC to show doco featuring child survivors
August 27, 2017 by Henry Benjamin
ABC-TV’s Compass is to screen a documentary about child survivors of the Holocaust now living in Sydney and Melbourne.
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Parliamentary mention for bagel king
August 26, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The memory of Mendel Glick the patriarch of the family responsible for Australia’s best-known bagel baker has been honoured in Victoria’s State Parliament. Read more
Brisbane’s non-orthodox congregations merge
August 26, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Brisbane’s two major non-orthodox communities have reunited following 10 years of separation. Read more
Netanyahu meets Kushner
August 25, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met with US Presidential Advisor Jared Kushner and an American delegation including Envoy Jason Greenblatt, US Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy Dina Powell and US Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman. Read more
First-ever Knesset delegation to South Africa
August 25, 2017 by Agencies
A delegation of Members of Knesset has completed a weeklong official visit to South Africa – the first such trip by Israeli lawmakers to the country. Read more
