Ex-New Zealand PM Helen Clark in the race for UN head
April 7, 2016 by Keren Cook
New Zealand’s former prime minister Helen Clark has announced she is planning to run for the position of next UN secretary-general. Read more
Leifer sued again
April 6, 2016 by Toni Susskind
A second lawsuit has been launched in Melbourne’s Supreme Court against Malka Leifer the former principal of the Adass Yisroel School who is fighting authorities in Israel seeking to have her extradited to Australia to face charges of child sexual abuse. Read more
Murray apologises
April 6, 2016 by J-Wire News Service
Federal Liberal MP Josh Frydenberg has welcomed an apology issued by former Commonwealth Bank head David Murray for remarks he made when comparing corporate watchdog ASIC’s actions with those of Adolf Hitler. Read more
Centenary of Anzac to be commemorated in Adelaide
April 6, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Jewish Community Council of South Australia will hold a Commemoration as part of the national Centenary of Anzac Jewish Program. Read more
Farewell tribute for Cruyff
April 6, 2016 by Michael Jankelowitz
Israeli score club Maccabi Tel Aviv FC has paid tribute to the late Dutch soccer legend Johan Cruyff. Read more
Gold award for Jewish Care video
April 6, 2016 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Melbourne’s Jewish Care’s Capital Campaign video “Growing. For our community.” has won a gold award at the Horizon Interactive Awards held in the USA. Read more
Never again
April 6, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Premier Mike Baird has written in Yad Vashem’s guest book that “never again can we do nothing”. Read more
ADC condemns daubing
April 5, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission has condemned an act of antisemitic vandalism against the Maroubra synagogue in Sydney in which a swastika was spray painted on the front of the synagogue’s wall. Read more
Mike Baird visits Palestinian refugee camp
April 5, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Premier of New South Wales Mike Baird has taken time out of what is essentially a trade mission to Israel to visit a Palestinian refugee camp. Read more
Ambassador Regev
April 5, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne-born Mark Regev has presented his credentials as Israel’s ambassador to the United Kingdom. Read more
A Premier in Jerusalem
The Premier of NSW Mike Baird is the first premier of the State to have visited Jerusalem. Read more
Fury on Facebook
April 4, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A Sydney rabbi has taken to Facebook to vent his anger following the daubing of his synagogue’s wall with a swastika. Read more
Mike Baird meets Reuven Rivlin
After dark museum
April 4, 2016 by Natalia Thomas
The Sydney Jewish Museum has announced it will be extending its opening hours on the first Thursday of every month, allowing visitors special ‘after dark’ access to exhibition spaces. Read more
Jewish Care Victoria welcomes Royal Commission findings into family violence
March 31, 2016 by Ayal Tusia
Jewish Care Victoria has welcomed the report and recommendations delivered by the Royal Commission into Family Violence. Read more
Call for relations between Indonesia and Israel
March 31, 2016 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met in Jerusalem with a delegation of senior Indonesian journalists who visited Israel as guests of the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Read more
New trade partners
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has met with Vice Premier of China Liu Yandong. Read more
A premier mission
March 30, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Mike Baird, the Premier of NSW will celebrate his birthday this Friday flying to Israel leading a delegation of business and government leaders. Read more
Honest Reporting – from Australia and New Zealand
HonestReporting, the world’s largest media watchdog organisation dedicated to ensuring that Israel is represented fairly and accurately in the media has launched “HonestReporting Down Under.” Read more
AIJAC at AIPAC
March 29, 2016 by Agencies
THE Australia-Israel relationship and Israel’s growing ties with Asia were among the topics addressed by Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) Executive Director Dr Colin Rubenstein at the AIPAC conference in Washington, DC last week. Read more
Medical cannabis demand could be as high as $100 million
Initial demand for medicinal cannabis in Australia could be as high as 8,000 kg of the product worth more than $100 million per year, according to a study by the University of Sydney Business School. Read more
Early Pesach in parliament
March 29, 2016 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) and Zionism Victoria has hosted a Passover themed luncheon at State Parliament with thirty Members of Parliament, including Ministers and Shadow Ministers. Read more
The birth of the Maccabiah
March 29, 2016 by J-Wire
As the wheels organising next year’s 20th Maccabiah start gathering speed, Maccabi members around the globe remember today’s 84th anniversary of the very first Games. Read more
Making society more inclusive
March 27, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Over 112 students and teachers from Aboriginal, Muslim, Christian, Jewish, state and private, city and country schools recently attended Together For Humanity’s first annual Inclusive Communities Youth Summit at NSW Parliament house presenting proposals for initiatives aimed at making our society more inclusive for minority groups and others.
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A Russian reunion
March 27, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
Kangarusski, the Russian Speaking Jewish Community department of the Zionist Federation of Australia has held its annual reunion in Sydney. Read more
Melbourne lawyer guilty of misconduct
March 25, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A Melbourne solicitor who rebuked a Jewish victim of child sexual abuse for helping police prosecute another Jew has been found guilty of professional misconduct. Read more
An urgent art project
March 25, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
As Melbourne’s Jewish Holocaust survivor numbers decline, a local artist has painted a series of portraits to commemorate their stories. Read more
University apologises for professor’s remarks
March 24, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
University of Auckland acclaimed hate crimes expert Professor Scott Poynting is to leave his job after comparing an Israeli company employing Palestinians to a German company employing Jews. Read more
Purim in North Queensland
March 24, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Over 50 members of Cairns’s tiny Jewish population have celebrated Purim, listening to the Megillah being read by their new permanent rabbi. Read more
Newts News: Purim
March 24, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Newt’s News puts Politics in to the Purim Shtick…as despite all the serious issues confronting Israel and the Jewish world, the message from this annual ancient festival is to learn and laugh, eat and enjoy, stand tall and proud…with hope for miracles… guided by the master of the universe…not mentioned even once in the Megillah…The Book of Esther…!!? A video presentation. Read more
