Netanyahu congratulates Mobileye president
March 14, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken by telephone with Mobileye President and CEO Ziv Aviram and congratulated him on the largest deal in the history of Israel, which is a source of Israeli pride. Read more
Netanyahu meets Trump special representative Greenblatt
March 14, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has held a five hours’ meeting in Jerusalem with Jason Greenblatt, US President Donald Trump’s Special Representative for International Negotiations. Read more
2017 Community Heritage Grants now open
March 12, 2017 by J-Wire News Service
The National Library of Australia is calling for applications to the 2017 Community Heritage Grants (CHG). Read more
French Film Festival: 10 double passes away to give away
March 12, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Alliance Francaise French Film Festival is screening across the country and includes “A Bag of Marbles” a film with a Jewish theme.
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Switzerland outlaws BDS
PM Benjamin Netanyahu: his visit with Putin
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has concluded his meeting with Russian president Vladamir Putin in Moscow. Read more
Amazon removes Holocaust-denial books
World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer has thanked Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos for removing several Holocaust-denial books flagged by the WJC on multiple occasions since 2013 as being in violation of Amazon’s guidelines prohibiting the sale of material that “promote or glorify hatred.” Read more
Record tourism figures for Israel
March 10, 2017 by J-Wire News Service
Figures for the first two months of 2017 have shown the best ever recorded start to the tourism year in Israel. Read more
2,000-year-old road found in Israel
A wide and impressive 2,000 year old road dating to the Roman period, in an extraordinary state of preservation has been revealed in archaeological excavations of the Israel Antiquities Authority near Highway 375. Read more
Benjamin Netanyahu meets Boris Johnson
March 9, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is continuing to fly overseas to meet world leaders and has met with the U.K.’s foreign secretary Boris Johnson in Jerusalem ahead of this week’s talks with Putin in Moscow. Read more
Nancy Spielberg to address UIA Women’s Division
March 9, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Nancy Spielberg is to address the UIA Women’s Division events in Perth and Sydney…..and yes she is one of those Spielbergs! Read more
Antisemitism landmark case in the UK
Kangaroo wins Israeli diplomatic purim fancy dress
March 8, 2017 by J-Wire News Service
Australia’s ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma has won the best costume in a diplomatic Purim party in Israel…appropriately dressed as a kangaroo. Read more
Labor leader pledges to support Jewish campaign against hate speech
March 8, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The leaders of the NSW Labor Party and Unions NSW participated in a unique Shabbat service hosted by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies on Friday night. Read more
Religious values and the value of religion
March 8, 2017 by J-Wire
“Religious values and the value of religion” was the theme of a national interfaith forum attended by more than 80 leading Australian representatives of major world faiths at an Australian Partnership of Religious Organisations event at NSW Parliament House. Read more
Full STEAM ahead at Kadimah School
March 8, 2017 by Michelle Curran
Auckland’s Kadimah School is about to become the first primary school in New Zealand to fully integrate the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, maths) approach into its curriculum, including Jewish Studies. Read more
WJC and Israel’s Mission to UN to co-host annual ‘Ambassadors Against BDS’
March 8, 2017 by Agencies
The World Jewish Congress and Israel’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations will co-host a special conference on the delegitimisation of Israel, at the UN headquarters in New York on March 29. Read more
Magen David Adom launches electric bike squad
March 8, 2017 by Agencies
Magen David Adom is introducing electric bikes into its array of vehicles in Israel with each bike equipped with resuscitation equipment. Read more
Hate Crime Legislation unlikely in New Zealand
March 7, 2017 by Keren Cook
New Zealand Government ministers are joining together in saying they do not see the need for a specific hate crime offence because such offences are rare. Read more
Dr Joachim Schneeweiss AM: 1927-2017
March 7, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Australian Jewry has lost one of its stalwart members of its community with the passing of Dr Joachim Schneeweiss in Sydney on Monday. Read more
Israel sets its sights on China and India
Israel is to set up two new divisions within its Foreign Ministry to expand its ties with China and India. Read more
Triguboff Institute supports Bedouins
March 6, 2017 by Sophie Deutsch
“Unusual and outside the square” is how Ron Weiser, Past President of the Zionist Federation of Australia, described the latest Harry Triguboff initiative. Read more
Stephen Harper talks to UIA Women’s Division
March 6, 2017 by Toni Susskind
The 2017 UIA Victorian women’s division breakfast was attended by several hundred attendees addressed by keynote speaker former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper. Read more
Happy Birthday Harry
March 6, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney property tycoon Harry Triguboff has celebrated his 84th birthday by hosting an event supporting a charity close to his heart. Read more
NSW honour for Raoul Wallenberg
March 6, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
At the NSW Premier’s Harmony Dinner later this month a Human Rights Medal will be awarded the first time in honour of Raoul Wallenberg who saved tens of thousands of lives during the Holocaust in World War II. Read more
Jewish Agency shlichim numbers up by 33%
March 6, 2017 by Avi Mayer
The number of shlichim (emissaries) dispatched by The Jewish Agency for Israel around the world has soared by over 33%, from approximately 1,300 in 2010 to some 1,730. Read more
Sydney’s Mardi Gras Jewish contingent
March 5, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Over 60 people danced up Sydney’s Oxford St. with a rainbow flag to choreography created by Kathy Baykitch and music which ranged from the Pesach song, “Dayenu” through Frank Sinatra’s “Love and Marriage” to gay anthem, “ Free, Gay & Happy”. Read more
Sharing #5000smiles for Melbourne’s Jewish Care’s Annual Appeal
March 3, 2017 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jewish Care Victoria has launched it 2017 Annual Appeal, its theme based on the popularity of using emojis to express our feelings. For the first time, the Appeal will include a dedicated social media campaign, titled #5000smiles. Read more
Shores of Light
March 3, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne’s Jewish Holocaust Centre runs a monthly film club of Holocaust, Genocide and human rights-related films. As the person responsible for sourcing the films and running the club, Lena Fiszman is always on the lookout for something unusual but her latest find produced an unexpected surprise Read more
18C: Coalition to Advance Multiculturalism disappointed
March 3, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Coalition to Advance Multiculturalism has expressed disappointment that the report released following the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Right’s inquiry in to freedom of speech lacks a firm recommendation calling for the retention of Section 18C in its current form. Read more
