Manic Maccabiah Monday
July 11, 2017 by David Weiner
David Weiner reports from the Maccabiah in Israel… Read more
Ike’s conversion
July 11, 2017 by J-Wire News Service
On Saturday, July 15, ABC TV’s Compass will screen Ike’s Conversion a fascinating personal story about a young man’s journey to become an orthodox Jew. Read more
Sydney Rabbi exonerated
July 11, 2017 by Roz Tarszisz
An article published in The Jerusalem Post this week has caused an upset among Sydney’s orthodox rabbinate. Read more
Egypt allocates $2.2 million to restore historic Alexandria synagogue
July 11, 2017 by Agencies
The Egyptian government has reportedly approved a budget of US$2.2 million for the restoration of the centuries-old Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in Alexandria. Read more
Israel has experienced its best ever six months for tourists
July 11, 2017 by Agencies
For the first six months of 2017, a record 1.74 million tourists visited Israel. Read more
A dream comes true for Rina
July 11, 2017 by Agencies
Magen David Adom’s “Make a Wish Ambulance” has taken a teacher battling with terminal cancer to her students’ graduation party. Read more
Kelly says no change to Labor’s support for Israel
July 10, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
There is no change and there won’t be any change to Labor’s support for the continuing existence of the state of Israel, its right to exist, its right to exist in secure and stable borders says Labor MP for Eden-Monaro. Read more
IHRA Geneva plenary: hate speech a global threat
July 10, 2017 by Suzanne Rutland
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) has successfully concluded its first bi-annual Plenary Meeting under the Swiss Chairmanship in Geneva. Read more
Architecture Design Award for The Coppel & Piekarski Family Disability Respite Centre
July 10, 2017 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jackson Clements Burrows Architects have won the Sir Osborn McCutcheon Award at the Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Awards, for the design of The Coppel & Piekarski Family Disability Respite Centre in Caulfield. Read more
South Head: creditors’ meeting this week
July 10, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Administrator’s report on the cash-strapped South Head Synagogue in Sydney’s Rose Bay has recommended that the company running the shule should be wound up. Read more
WJC condemns UNESCO decision to deem Old City of Hebron site in danger
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder on Friday condemned the decision of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee to deem the Old City of Hebron, including the Tomb of the Patriarchs within its parameters, as a ‘site in danger’ through emergency procedure. Read more
Kiwi teen drives awareness around sustainability
July 7, 2017 by Keren Cook
An Auckland teenager has been a proactive environmental campaigner and has some ambitious plans to raise awareness around the environmental movement through local festivals. Read more
Fay Zwicky: B: July 4, 1933 D: July 2, 2017
July 7, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Jewish Australian poet Fay Zwicky best known for her work “Kaddish”, has passed away in Perth two days before her 84th birthday. Read more
Changing the world
July 7, 2017 by Agencies
Three young Australians are among the 150 participants in the 2017 ROI Summit in Jerusalem. Read more
ZFA to send 160 young Australians to Israel
July 7, 2017 by Hayley Hadassin
160 young Jewish adults have left Australia on the Taglit-Birthright Israel visionary program that provides a gift of a 10-day educational tour of Israel, Read more
20th Maccabiah opening ceremony
Team Australia had the honour of leading 80 countries in the parade of nations into Jerusalem’s Teddy Stadium into the Opening Ceremony of the 20th Maccabiah Games. Read more
Indigenous Friends of Israel
July 6, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Indigenous Friends of Israel has been established to counter Bob Carr’s anti-Israel comments and to maintain Australia’s bipartisan support for Israel. Read more
20th commemoration of the Maccabiah bridge collapse
July 6, 2017 by Agencies
In 1997, Amanda Montag was nine weeks pregnant with daughter Jemima when she fell into the Yarkon River following the collapse a makeshift bridge carrying the Australian contingent. Four athletes lost their lives. Read more
Magen David Adom providing medical facilities for the Maccabiah
July 6, 2017 by Agencies
For the past few weeks MDA has been preparing to medically secure the 20th Maccabiah events that will begin with a festive ceremony at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem. Among other things, MDA, as Israel’s national rescue organisation, will medically secure all attendants and participants of the Maccabiah. Read more
Come to India, Moshe
July 6, 2017 by Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have met with Moshe Holtzberg, whose parents were murdered in the 26 November 2008 terrorist attack on the Mumbai Chabad House. Read more
The ECAJ writes to Senator Lisa Singh
July 5, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has written to Labor Senator Lisa Singh referring to her speech in the Senate last month in which said of her visit to the West Bank “I certainly learnt something of what it is like to be a Palestinian.” Read more
Adass rabbi calls for discussion following principal’s appointment
July 5, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
A senior rabbi in Melbourne’s ultra-orthodox Adass community is calling on every member to widen consultations on the appointment of Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant as principal of its school. Read more
British royals to tour Holocaust sites in Poland and Germany
July 5, 2017 by Agencies
British royals Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, will tour several sites memorialising victims of the Holocaust during a visit to Germany and Poland later this month. Read more
WJC decries UNESCO vote challenging Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem
July 5, 2017 by Agencies
The World Jewish Congress has denounced a UNESCO World Heritage Committee vote in favour of a motion challenging Israel’s sovereignty in Jerusalem, and urged member states convening in Krakow to vote against a Palestinian request denying Jewish historical ties to the Old City of Hebron. Read more
Magen David Adom launches the e-tzedakah box
July 5, 2017 by Community newsdesk
No spare change? No problem, as the traditional tzedakah box or pushka has now entered the 21st century. Read more
Penny Wong questioned Palestinian statehood
July 4, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Labor Senator Penny Wong is Australia’s Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs has been interviewed on ABC radio about NSW Labor proposed motion to recognise Palestine. Read more
Hebrew Uni gets its report card…and a new president
July 4, 2017 by Dov Smith
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is the 11th best university in the world for Mathematics, according to the new “Global Ranking of Academic Subjects” for 2017, released by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, which rates universities worldwide. Read more
Palestinian Authority rebuilds memorial for Palestinian terrorist demolished by IDF
July 4, 2017 by Agencies
After IDF soldiers last Friday demolished a memorial in Jenin erected in honor of Palestinian terrorist Khalid Nazzal, Palestinian Authority (PA) activists built a new memorial stone at the same site the next day and constructed a second memorial for Nazzal in Ramallah. Read more
Jewish foster carers needed for Jewish children
July 4, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Every child has a right to a safe, happy and permanent home and usually the best place for them is with their family..but this isn’t always possible. Read more
Labor setting the stage to recognise Palestinian state
July 3, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW branch of the Labor Party is expected to pass a resolution recognising a Palestinian state at its conference later this month. Read more
