NY Times amends Barghouti op-ed amid outcry, prisoner hunger strike continues
April 19, 2017 by Adam Abrams - JNS.org
A day after convicted Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti wrote a New York Times op-ed that omitted his crimes and terrorist organisation membership and sparked scathing rebuke from the international community, the newspaper added a brief editor’s note acknowledging the murder and terror-related convictions that led to his imprisonment. Read more
UN: Allies knew of Jewish Holocaust years earlier than previously known
April 19, 2017 by Agencies
Newly released United Nations documents reveal that the Allied powers knew about the Jewish Holocaust carried out by Hitler’s Nazi regime at least two-and-a-half years earlier than previously thought. Read more
Holocaust denial leaflets reappear at Melbourne universities
April 18, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Jewish students, many of whom are descendants of Holocaust survivors, are deeply disturbed to once again discover Holocaust denial leaflets on campus. Read more
Hot Cross Matzah
April 18, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
A J-Wire reader spotted this sign in a Double Bay supermarket in Sydney during Pesach…a new slant on interfaith initiative! Read more
Focus on Israel at Sydney ANZAC Day commemoration
April 18, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
In the centenary year of the immortal charge of the Australian Light Horse on the Turkish defences at Beersheva, the NSW Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen & Women (NAJEX) has turned the focus on to Israel for its annual Jewish communal commemoration of Anzac Day. Read more
The Hebrew University shares the sorrow
April 16, 2017 by Agencies
A 21-yr-old British student on an exchange program at the Hebrew University was fatally stabbed while travelling on Jerusalem’s light rail. Read more
Thomas L. Friedman to speak in Sydney
April 16, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
New Israel Fund Australia is to hosting a major event in Sydney with New York Times columnist and three-time Pulitzer Prize winning writer Thomas L. Friedman. Read more
Call to preserve Broken Hill’s synagogue and mosque
April 16, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Labor Shadow Arts Minister Walt Secord has called on NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Arts Minister Don Harwin to provide urgent funding to help preserve the historic Broken Hill Synagogue and Broken Hill Mosque in remote far western NSW. Read more
RememberTheYom
April 14, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
RememberTheYom is a brand-new project created to help remember and honour Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day and to inspire others to create and to view meaningful related images…like this one taken on Sydney’s Bondi Beach Read more
New Israeli ambassador to Australia
April 14, 2017 by J-Wire
London-born Mark Sofer is to become Israel’s ambassador to Australia current following Ambassador Shmuel Ben-Shmuel’s completion of his posting to Canberra. Read more
Holocaust remembrance at home
April 14, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Ari Wenig has become the Australian organiser for Zikaron BaSalon…an initiative which promotes Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day activities in Australian lounge rooms. Read more
Melbourne’s Holocaust Centre and Maccabi remember Yom HaShoah
April 14, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
To mark Yom HaShoah in 2017, the Jewish Holocaust Centre is partnering with Maccabi Victoria to remember victims of the Holocaust.
Masa gap year student wins two million shekels
April 13, 2017 by Hayley Hadassin
At 19, Alon Moss decided to spend his gap year in Israel and applied for the Masa Israel Aardvark program through the Zionist Federation of Australia’s Israel Program Department…and won two million shekels in a food waste hackathon. Read more
McCully supported UN resolution 2334 without cabinet approval
Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully’s office has confirmed he never had Cabinet approval when New Zealand promoted a United Nations Security Council resolution denouncing Israel, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Winston Peters. Read more
Maccabiah torch on the bridge climb
When Tom York attended the eighth Maccabiah in 1969 with Barry Smorgon, could either of them have imagined a friendship spanning four decades, that would see them top of the iconic Sydney Harbour House on a crisp, pristine Sydney day, waving the Maccabiah torch in a message to be beamed back to friends in Israel and across the Maccabi world? Read more
New Australian ambassador to Israel
April 12, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Chris Cannan has been appointed as Australia’s next Ambassador to Israel. Read more
NSW Parliament hears “Netanyahu is an enemy of peace’
April 10, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
In a private member’s statement in the NSW Parliament Treasurer Dominic Perr0ttet criticised members if Labor and The Greens parties who attended a rally protesting the visit to Sydney of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more
Rivlin visits Israeli medical centre treating Syrians
April 10, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has visited the Western Galilee Medical Centre in Naharia, where met with the medical staff and patients. Read more
JNF combines with Triguboff to aid Bedouins
The Jewish National Fund of Australia is to join Sydney property billionaire’s Harry Triguboff’s initiative in investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Bedouin sector in Southern Israel. Read more
‘World must not be silent in face of abhorrent slaughter’
April 10, 2017 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder on Sunday condemned the deadly terrorist attacks carried out against two different Coptic churches in the Egyptian cities of Tanta and Alexandria, which killed at least 40 people gathered for Sunday services. Read more
United Arab Emirates ranks Technion Number One in engineering and aerospace worldwide
April 10, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Technion’s Engineering and Aerospace academics have been ranked No. 1 in the world by the United Arab Emirates’ Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR) based on their scientific publications. Read more
A Passover message from the NSW Premier
April 9, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian took time out from a frantic week ahead of three by-elections to send a Pesach greeting to the Jewish community. Read more
Simon Wiesenthal Centre honours Shimon Peres
April 9, 2017 by Agencies
The Simon Wiesenthal Centre and its Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles has awarded the Medal of Valor posthumously to the late Ninth President of Israel, Shimon Peres. Read more
Jerusalem mayor cancels San Francisco uni lecture
April 9, 2017 by Agencies
Jerusalem’s mayor Nir Barkat has cancelled his lecture scheduled on Friday at San Francisco State University citing the double standard of protecting the rights of anti-Israel demonstrators and denying debate. Read more
New South Wales v Victoria: A tale of two systems
April 9, 2017 by Vivien Resofsky
Part Three of a three-part series: A comparison between NSW and Victoria’s institutional child protection reforms. Read more
Luke Foley sends Pesach greetings
NSW Leader of the opposition Luke Foley has sent greetings to the Jewish community. Read more
Name reading kits for Yom Hashoah
April 7, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies is launching a new initiative for Holocaust remembrance distributing name reading kits for Yom HaShoah. Read more
Young Greens say AUJS ban not directed to ” Jewish people or students”
April 7, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Young Greens have reaffirmed in their Facebook their support for Palestine and its citizens. Read more
Politicians visit Jewish Melbourne
April 7, 2017 by David Marlow
Eleven politicians participated in the Jewish Community Council of Victoria’s (JCCV’s) 2017 Politicians’ and Councillors’ Jewish Immersion Day, visiting Jewish Care, the Jewish Museum of Australia, St Kilda Hebrew Congregation, the Jewish Holocaust Centre and the Beth Weizmann Community Centre. Read more
Haggadah supplement brings modern day issues in Israel to the seder table
April 7, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Fellows from the New Israel Fund Australia have written a Haggadah supplement, “The Other Haggadah”, for the Passover seder addressing modern-day challenges including refugees, religious freedom, Bedouins and those living in the periphery as well as the economic margins of Israeli society. Read more
