Online database of Jewish art
August 10, 2017 by Dov Smith
The Centre for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has launched the world’s largest online database of Jewish art. Read more
Kiwis support for Israel
August 9, 2017 by J-Wire
A new poll on the attitudes of New Zealanders to Israel, commissioned by the Israel Institute of New Zealand and conducted by Curia Research, shows four times as many kiwis support Israel as are opposed to the Jewish State. Read more
Ambassador’s twin sons accompanied him as he presents his credentials
August 9, 2017 by Agencies
President Reuven Rivlin has received the credentials of Australian Ambassador to Israel Chris Cannan. Read more
Doing Israel’s humanitarian work
August 8, 2017 by Henry Benjamin
A team of Australian doctors has visited Fiji to consult and operate on members of the Fijian community in need of ENT assistance including a two-yr-old girl who had extreme difficulty in breathing. Read more
Bina – Rabbi Gourarie tells its story
August 8, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Bina is approaching its 20th anniversary in Sydney…a video from Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more
Did you attend the Marriage Equality discussion at the NCJWA NSW – a J-Wire photo gallery
August 7, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Cairns dedicates and celebrates its first torah
August 7, 2017 by J-Wire News Service
Waverley Council: FREE’S claims council is rewarding terrorism are nonsense
August 7, 2017 by J-Wire News Service
Liberals in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs have hit back at FREE’s claims that council has rewarded terrorism, following a Land & Environment Court decision refusing the construction of a synagogue. Read more
FREE: Damned if you do, damned if you don’t
August 7, 2017 by Roz Tarszisz
Want to build a new synagogue in Bondi? Given the existence of other synagogues in and around the popular beachside suburb, it should be possible to get permission from Waverley Council who have jurisdiction over such matters.
Australians participate in Naomi Chazan Fellowship
Five Fellows from Sydney and Melbourne have participated in the New Israel Fund (NIF) Naomi Chazan Fellowship in Israel. Read more
Pressure mounts against Netanyahu amid corruption probes
August 7, 2017 by Adam Abrams - JNS.org
Around 3,000 demonstrators gathered in Petah Tikva’s Goren Square near the home of Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit Saturday night, to protest what they view as slow progress in the multiple corruption cases against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…writes Adam Abrams/JNS.org. Read more
Two care organisations forge partnership
August 7, 2017 by Community Editor
Sydney’s Jewish House will launch a partnership today with Lifeline Harbour to Hawkesbury to enable them to draw on each other’s services and expertise to better serve their communities. Read more
The Voice and Fauda fill the WIZO bill
August 6, 2017 by Henry Benjamin
Over 725 guests took the opportunity to listen to one of the creators of the Netflix worldwide hit “Fauda” and to hear music from Israeli stars Guy and Yahel at WIZO NSW’s Major Function for 2017. Read more
WIZO Life President passes away
The World Jewish Congress mourns the passing of Raya Jaglom, Honorary Life President of World WIZO (Women’s International Zionist Organization), and a long-serving member of the WJC’s Executive Committee. Read more
Sydney businessman involved in Triguboff Bedouin project
August 6, 2017 by Asher Gold
Australian businessman Leon Kamenev has donated to a joint Jewish-Bedouin project for the advancement of math studies. Read more
New shul site denied for security reasons
August 4, 2017 by Roz Tarszisz
The Land and Environment Court has been reported to have upheld Waverley Council’s refusal to allow the development application for a new synagogue in Sydney’s Bondi.
Ambassador Dave Sharma to speak to the community
August 4, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Former Ambassador to Israel David Sharma will give his first formal address to the community since the completion of his term at the combined NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum and AGM in Sydney this month. Read more
No longer home alone
August 4, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
There are more than 6,300 lone soldiers currently serving in the IDF. Read more
Governor in the kitchen
August 3, 2017 by J-Wire
The NSW Governor David Hurley has paid a visit to Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen. Read more
Judaism welcomes LGBTI Jews
August 3, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Rachael Kohn talks to two rabbis, one orthodox and the other progressive, on how Judaism welcomes members of the LGBTI community. Read more
Adass backflip
August 2, 2017 by J-Wire
Advocate for survivors of child sexual abuse Manny Waks has published the damning transcript of victim Dassi Erlich’s recorded conversation between herself, former Victorian Premier Ted Bailie and Adass Israel board member Abe Weiszberger revealing Rabbi Meir Kluwgant is not the new principal of the school but is acting as a consultant. Read more
Emanuel School Foundation
August 2, 2017 by Community Editor
Were are you at Sydney’s Emanuel School Foundation dinner – a J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
New leader for UIA Young Leadership in NSW
August 2, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Joshua Biggs has taken over from Robert Kawalsky as Chair of UIA NSW Young Leadership. Read more
Investing in the community when investing in the markets
August 1, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The ORAH Project made its first charitable allocations at the end of June, donating a total of $61,643 to various charities. Read more
Israeli year 10 students from the Arava visit Australia
August 1, 2017 by Hayley Hadassin
Twelve Israeli students from the Acacia School in the small desert community in the Arava region arrived in Melbourne for a ten day visit as part of the Jewish Agency for Israel’s Partnership 2GETHER (P2G) program. Read more
Fallout after Carr’s address to NSW Labor
July 31, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The executive director of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry Peter Wertheim has described some comments at the NSW Labor conference made by former Foreign Minister and NSW Premier Bob Carr as being “ignorant and disingenuous”. Read more
Women of Diversity
July 31, 2017 by J-Wire News Service
Over 350 women from across Sydney and communities worldwide attended the second annual Women of Diversity Dinner in Bankstown on Saturday night – half of them newly arrived from the Middle East, many of them Christians fleeing persecution, sexual slavery and genocide. Read more
NSW Labor group vows to oppose Bob Carr on Israel
July 30, 2017 by J-Wire News Service
The NSW Labor Israel Action Committee (LIAC) has vowed to continue to oppose former NSW Premier Bob Carr’s continued activity on Israel – after successfully forcing him to recognise Israel’s right to exist within secure and recognised borders”. Read more
No OK from NSW Labor to a federal Labor government recognising a Palestinian state unilaterally
July 30, 2017 by J-Wire News Service
The Australia Israel Labor Dialogue (AILD) today congratulated the NSW Labor Branch Conference in not agreeing to bind a future Federal Labor Government to unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state. Read more
Finding Jewish foster carers
July 28, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney crisis care community charity Jewish House has hosted an information evening for interested potential foster care families. Read more
