Australia concerned about settlements
January 26, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Australia has expressed concern about new settlements planned by Israel. Read more
2017 Australia Day awards
January 26, 2017 by J-Wire
J-Wire extends congratulations to all members of the Jewish community who have been honoured today by their country… Read more
An Australian Day message from The Executive Council of Australian Jewry
January 26, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
A video Australia Day message from the president of the ECAJ Anton Block… Read more
KeepOlim empowers immigrants in Israel
January 26, 2017 by Sophie Deutsch
Devastatingly, one-third of people in Israel who take their own lives are immigrants. This frightening figure indicates the struggle of Olim, new immigrants and returning citizens of Israel, many of whom experience mental health concerns and a lack of integrated support on a daily basis. Read more
President Rivlin meets with ambassadors to Israel from Asia-Pacific countries
January 26, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
President Reuven Rivlin has met with ambassadors and charges d’affaires to Israel from countries in the Asia-Pacific, including Australia’s ambassador Dave Sharma. Read more
Thousands of ‘We Remember’ photos to be projected at Auschwitz-Birkenau as World Jewish Congress campaign reaches millions world-wide
January 26, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Thousands of photos of people holding ‘We remember’ or ‘I remember’ signs in honor of the victims of the Holocaust are put on display on a giant screen at the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau from 24 until 26 January 2017, ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day this Friday. Read more
Melbourne’s largest synagogue proud of its Pride Tradition
January 25, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne’s largest synagogue Temple Beth Israel (TBI) is hosting a Friday night ‘Pride Shabbat’ service on Friday. Read more
Israel aids diabetes in a Pacific partership
January 25, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Ninety thousand blood glucose test strips, 25 One Touch meters, and 20 boxes of control solution have been donated by Insulin for Life Australia IFL Australia www.insulinforlife.org.au to 10 Pacific Island Nations, with the Embassy of Israel, Canberra covering the transport and handling costs. Read more
Young Australian Policy Shapers Visit Israel
January 25, 2017 by Ahuva Bar-Lev
Three delegations of young government officials and political advisors from Australia have come to tour Israel in order to get to know the country and acquire a better understanding of the complexities of life in the country.
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Australia Day Awards
January 25, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire has compiled a list of those members of Australia’s Jewish community named in tomorrow’s Australia Day awards. The detailed report will be published tonight at two minutes past midnight.
Melbourne schools disappointed in not meeting Netanyahu
January 24, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be addressing either of two Jewish schools in spite of a their invitations when he visits Melbourne during his visit to Australia next month. Read more
#WeRemember
January 23, 2017 by Agencies
The Auschwitz Museum in Poland will join forces with the World Jewish Congress (WJC) this week to project thousands of photographs of people holding signs bearing the words “We Remember”, as part of the WJC’s global social media campaign to raise awareness of the Holocaust. Read more
Commemoration service for Thalia Hakin and all victims of the Bourke St car killing rampage
January 23, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Over 1000 people filled the Werdiger Family Hall in Melbourne’s St Kilda East last night to attend a memorial and prayer service following the death of 10-yr-ol Thalia Hakin and four others who lost their lives in Melbourne’s Bourke St car rampage on Friday. Read more
Thalia: Memorial service
January 22, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
There will be a community memorial and prayer service tonight (Sunday night 22 January) following the death of 10-yr-old Thalia Hakin and four others in Melbourne’s CBD tragedy on Friday. Read more
Melbourne car killing: a father waits…
January 21, 2017 by Henry Benjamin
The father of the 10-yr-old Melbourne girl killed in a rampage by a crazed driver in the city’s CBD is at the bedside of his wife and his nine-yr-old daughter critically injured in the attack. Read more
Breaking News – Jewish girl killed in horror incident
January 21, 2017 by Roz Tarszisz
A 10-yr-old Jewish girl has been reported as being among four people killed in inner city Melbourne yesterday when a car was deliberately driven at pedestrians in Bourke Street Mall.
Breaking the Silence responds to Israeli TV report
January 20, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
An official from Breaking the Silence (BtS), a left-wing NGO that publicises the testimonies of former Israel Defence Forces (IDF) soldiers in order to spread criticism of the Israeli military, was reportedly caught saying that he does not consider shooting IDF soldiers to be terrorism…BtS responds. Read more
Melbourne’s 2017 Yom Hazikaron Commemoration – Invitation to Bereaved Families and Friends
January 19, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Have you friends and/or family who died on active service in the IDF or were victims of an act of terrorism? Read more
Jewish boy wanted to star in a new Steven Spielberg movie
January 19, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
A Sydney casting company is throwing its net across the country to find a young boy to star in a new Steven Spielberg movie. Read more
Israeli Prize laureate with a strong connection to Melbourne passes away.
January 19, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Israel Prize laureate Yosl Bergner who lived for eleven years in Melbourne, has passed away in Tel Aviv at the age of 96. Read more
Palestinians claim they will cancel ‘recognition’ of Israel if US embassy moves
January 18, 2017 by Agencies
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has promised to “cancel” the Palestinians’ “recognition” of Israel if President-elect Donald Trump goes forward with moving America’s Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Read more
Official from anti-IDF group Breaking the Silence: shooting Israeli soldiers ‘not terrorism’
January 18, 2017 by Agencies
An official from Breaking the Silence (BtS), a left-wing NGO that publicises the testimonies of former Israel Defence Forces (IDF) soldiers in order to spread criticism of the Israeli military, was reportedly caught saying that he does not consider shooting IDF soldiers to be terrorism. Read more
Bar-Ilan University study reveals manifestations of antisemitism in Australian public schools
January 18, 2017 by Agencies
Jewish students in Australian public schools are exposed to antisemitic, racist bullying, according to the findings of a new study presented Monday at an international conference on antisemitism at Bar-Ilan University. Read more
Who was Karoline Cohn? Did she know Anne Frank?
January 16, 2017 by Agencies
Recent archeological digs at the site of the former Nazi extermination camp, Sobibór, have unearthed personal effects belonging to victims of the Holocaust. Read more
Mayor of Mosman Condemns Israeli Actions in declining a synagogue invitation
January 16, 2017 by Sophie Deutsch
Peter Abelson, the Mayor of Mosman on Sydney’s lower North Shore, expressed his opposition towards Israel’s actions in the West Bank as his reason for refusing to attend the Law Service at the Great Synagogue. Read more
WJC President Lauder: Paris summit ‘meaningless and misguided’, ignores reality on the ground
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder on Sunday decried the Paris peace summit, a gathering of top-level officials from more than 70 countries aimed at jump-starting Israeli-Palestinian talks, as “meaningless and misguided”. Read more
Australia distances from Peace Conference remarks
January 16, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said that Australia did not agreed with “every element of the final statement” at the Paris conference on the Middle East Process. Read more
WJC President Lauder rejects France peace summit
January 13, 2017 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has called France’s plan to convene officials from more than 70 countries in Paris for talks on Middle East peace a “subversive attempt to impose a settlement on the Israelis and Palestinians without the explicit agreement or participation of both sides.” Read more
Former PMs to headline UIA Victoria’s Campaign Events
January 11, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Australian former Prime Minister John Howard and Canadian former Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be the keynote speakers for the UIA’s Victorian campaign. Read more
World honour for Mickey Fisher
January 11, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Australasian Union of Jewish Students has congratulated Michael Fisher on being the recipient of the World Union of Jewish Students Union Leader of the Year in 2016. Read more
