Clergy and Student Leaders address AIJAC Luncheon
August 1, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Clergy and student leaders who recently returned from two Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC)/ Rambam study missions to Israel have addressed AIJAC in Sydney. Read more
ECAJ leader urges community to identify as Jews
August 1, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s elected national Jewish roof body is urging all Jewish Australians to insert the word ‘Jewish’ or ‘Judaism’ in answer to the question on the Census questionnaire that asks ‘What is your religion?’ Read more
Sydney doctoral student awarded JNF Victoria Finkel scholarship
July 31, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
University of Technology Sydney’s doctoral candidate Gavin Bonsen, is the first-ever recipient of JNF Australia’s Arava-Finkel Scholarship. Read more
WJC welcomes the Pope’s visit to Auschwitz
July 31, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has hailed Pope Francis’ visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau as “a strong signal” against hatred and called the Catholic Church leader “one of the closest allies Jews have today in the fight against antisemitism and bigotry.” Read more
Kangarusski kids camp – Russian, Jewish, Zionist and Australian
July 29, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
The second annual Kangarusski Day Camp has brought together thirty primary aged children for a three-day program of cultural, educational and leisure activities which explored both their Jewish and Russian roots. Read more
Ambassador Shmuel Ben-Shmuel’s visit to Vuma Fiji
July 29, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s Ambassador to Australia and non-resident Ambassador to Fiji and Papa New Guinea, Shmuel Ben-Shmuel has attended a ceremony n the village of Vuma on the island of Ovalau in Fiji celebrated the completion of an Israeli led aid and disaster relief project. Read more
Sir Michael Friedlander 5th top of New Zealand’s Rich List
July 29, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Sir Michael Friedlander has climbed to fifth position on New Zealand’s The National Business Review’s 2016 Rich List…and Israeli former IDF officer enters.
Saudis: Israel visit doesn’t reflect government stance
The Saudi government distanced itself on Wednesday from a recent visit to Israel by a delegation of Saudi citizens, which included a former military general. Read more
Screen Australia announces funds two new documentaries with Jewish themes
July 28, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Screen Australia has announced 10 documentaries will share in more than $2.54 million in the latest round of funding from the agency’s Documentary Producer Program and the Documentary Broadcast program. Read more
Wolper and JewishCare to continue with palliative care
July 27, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Wolper Jewish Hospital and JewishCare have signed a memorandum of understanding that will see the two organisations continue to provide counselling services for palliative care patients in Wolper’s medical ward and their families. Read more
Jewish world condemns terrorist attack on French church
July 27, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has issued a strong condemnation of the terrorist attack at a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, near Rouen, in France, calling it “a monstrous and evil act of murder committed against innocent people inside a house of worship.” Read more
Melton in Sydney
July 26, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Monday evenings in Southern Sydney have been a hive of conversation and learning as Dr Michael Abrahams-Sprod delivers a lesson from the revised Melton history course ‘Crossroads of Jewish History’. With an emphasis on reclaiming the richness of Jewish history, the chronological exploration investigates significant crossroads where Jews took major decisions that shaped our shared identity and destiny. The class at Southern Sydney Synagogue is one of several Melton classes being taught around Sydney. Read more
U.S. army officer who helped liberate 2500 Jews…including five living in Sydney
July 26, 2016 by Agencies
A U.S. officer who helped liberate 2,500 Jews during the Holocaust has died at the age of 99…and other news items from JNS.org. Read more
The funeral of Alan Goldberg
July 26, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Family and two eminent judges have spoken at the funeral for Melbourne’s former Federal Judge Alan Goldberg. Read more
Melbourne jurist Alan Goldberg passes away
Alan Goldberg an Australian jurist who served as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia,has died in Melbourne. Read more
Genome of 6,000-year-old barley grains sequenced for first time
July 24, 2016 by Agencies
An international team of researchers has succeeded for the first time in sequencing the genome of Chalcolithic barley grains found the Masada. Read more
New Research Aims to Understand 40 Years of Russian Migration in Melbourne
July 22, 2016 by Ayal Tusia
Jewish Care Victoria in partnership with Monash University Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation (ACJC) hosted the launch of The Jewish Care Victoria and Monash University Avraham Zeleznikow Russian Jewish Immigrants PhD Scholarship. Read more
WJC criticises official statements of Polish officials
July 22, 2016 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has strongly criticised statements made by high-ranking Polish officials regarding the involvement of Poles in the brutal murder of Jews during and after World War II. Read more
Untold stories of war and survival lead at the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival
July 22, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Sydney Jewish Writers Festival (SJWF) has launched its program in preparation for its festival on 27-28 August 2016. Read more
Aleph welcomes Inclusivity statement
July 22, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Aleph Melbourne welcomes the “Inclusivity Statement” issued to parents by Mount Scopus Memorial College. Read more
ADC criticises The Daily Telegraph
July 22, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission has criticised Sydney’s The Daily Telegraph for failing to include terrorist attacks against Israelis in its list of global terrorism. Read more
Israel Innovation Centre
July 22, 2016 by Agencies
Former President of Israel Shimon Peres has launched the establishment of the Israeli Innovation Centre. Read more
Muslim who decried Hanson’s anti-Islam views on Q & A had reference to “Jews” as “pigs” on Facebook
July 21, 2016 by Julie Nathan
On the ABC’s Q&A program on July 18, Khaled Elomar was invited to pose a question to one of the panellists, Pauline Hanson of the far Right One Nation party. Hanson was elected to the Senate at the recent Federal election. Read more
New citizens
July 21, 2016 by Warren Hurst
Sydney’s JewishCare has held its 12th Citizenship Ceremony at which 30 members of the community had their citizenship conferred by the Major of Waverley Sally Betts. Read more
More than 200 French Jewish have arrived in Israel on one Aliyah flight
July 21, 2016 by J-Wire News Service
More than 200 French Jews arrived in Israel aboard a special Aliyah (immigration) flight organised by The Jewish Agency for Israel in partnership with the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption and Keren Hayesod-UIA. Read more
Holocaust survivor received Museums Australia Victoria special award
July 20, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Phillip Maisel has received the Museums Australia (Victoria) Individual Excellence Award for a volunteer for his outstanding contribution over twenty-seven years. Read more
Aboriginal, Korean and Jewish art exhibition in Bondi
July 20, 2016 by Geoff Sirmai
An free exhibition showcasing a fascinating mix of Aboriginal, Jewish and Korean art is set to open in Bondi Junction this August. Read more
UNRWA in the spotlight again
July 20, 2016 by Michael Kuttner
A Knesset briefing to discuss the funding of UNRWA by donor nations, including Australia & New Zealand, which fuels ongoing hate education and incitement, was held this week in Jerusalem. Read more
A Sydney rabbi open letter to a New Yorker Rabbi Lookstein
July 19, 2016 by Rabbi Chaim Ingram
Rabbi Haskel Lookstein is rabbi emeritus of the Kehilat Yeshurun on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and former principal of the Ramaz School who was to have delivered the Invocation at the National Republican Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. Read more
AUJS calls Muslims ban immigration “reprehensible”
July 19, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) finds a call on breakfast television to ban all Muslim immigration in to Australia reprehensible. Read more
