UIA Women’s Division bringing two experts to Sydney
March 5, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
UIA NSW Women’s Division is bringing two of the Jewish World’s most high profile advocates to Sydney. Read more
UIA Sydney General Division East: A J-Wire photo gallery
March 5, 2016 by J-Wire News Service
Did you attend the UIA function last Monday in Sydney? A J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
Rivlin talks to AIJAC’s Mark Leibler
March 4, 2016 by Agencies
The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council national chairman Mark Leibler has spoke with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin about the postponement of his planned State Visit to Australia. Read more
BDS slammed by MP
March 4, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Federal liberal member for Deakin Michael Sukkar has delivered a speech in parliament slamming BDS. Read more
A surprise meeting
March 4, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Former Chief of the General Staff of the IDF Benny Gantz was on a visit to Sydney’s Moriah College where he unexpectedly met up with grandson of one of his late mother’s oldest friends. The two women had survived Bergen-Belsen, travelling to Palestine together after the war. Read more
New Zealand Signs New Film Co-Production Agreement with Israel
March 4, 2016 by Keren Cook
A new film co-production agreement between New Zealand and Israel was cemented this week at the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) in Wellington. Read more
Israeli author charms crowd at Sydney event
March 4, 2016 by Sharon Berger
Master Israeli storyteller Etgar Keret had the capacity crowd at Bondi Pavilion on the edge of their seats at his only Sydney event as a guest of the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival. Read more
Greens anti-Israel motion fails
March 3, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Greens Senators Lee Rhiannon and Scott Ludlum presented a motion to the Senate asking the government to review Australia’s “counterproductive support” for what they called Israel’s occupation of the Palestine territories. Read more
Labor makes a move on Iran
March 2, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Federal Labor Member for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby has welcomed the support of Labor’s International and Legal Affairs Caucus for a referral of the decision by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to suspend sanctions on Iran to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Reference Committee. Read more
Israelis train on Bondi Beach to become surf life savers
March 2, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Two Israelis are currently being trained in Sydney to reached the bronze proficiency level needed to become surf lifesavers…at a club which boasts 1942 photographs taken of a surf carnival held by Australians on Gaza beach during WWII. Read more
UIA Major Donors
Did you attend the UIA Major Donors function? A J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
UIA Photo Galleries
March 2, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Did you attend the Sunday morning Sydney UIA function at Westfield Bondi Junction….a J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
Melbourne’s Jewish Care appeal gets underway
March 1, 2016 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jewish Care Victoria has launched its 2016 Annual Appeal with this year’s first Major Donor Dinner, held at Jeanne Pratt’s ‘Raheen’ residence in Kew. Read more
Mobile pharmacy to service Israel’s remote communities
March 1, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
UIA Women’s breakfast: Melbourne
March 1, 2016 by Toni Susskind
Melbourne’s UIA Women’s breakfast was attended by over 500 supporters, with the aim of raising funds to support the Youth Futures project in Israel. Read more
Launchpad launch
March 1, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A three-day annual retreat providing an opportunity for members of Australia’s Jewish community passionate about re-imagining Jewish life and social change in Australia to connect with like minded people, to think, create and lead together will take place in May. Read more
Danby lays down the gauntlet
February 29, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Federal Labor Member for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby published an ad in Friday’s Australian Financial Review challenging the foreign minister to debate her Iran policy. Read more
LA Times comes under fire
February 29, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
B’nai B’rith International and Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission and have strongly condemned The Los Angeles Times for publishing a full-page advertisement advocating the boycotting a free trip to Israel included in this year’s Oscars “swag bags” for host Chris Rock and 25 Academy Award nominees. Read more
Gift of Life shows its appreciation
February 29, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Rivlin visit off
February 26, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A planned visit to Australia by Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin has been called off due to a confirmed visit to Russia. Read more
Clean up Australia
February 26, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
It’s time to take a look around your local area – your streets, parks, sporting grounds, beaches, bushland and waterways to find those rubbish hotspots that need attention and register a local site for Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday 6 March 2016. Read more
Glen Eira councillor censured
February 25, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A Melbourne councillor has been censured for allegedly making an antisemitic remark. Read more
The former SS soldier who fell in love with a Jewish woman
February 24, 2016 by Agencies
Traumatised and nearly starved in the aftermath of WWII, former SS soldier Hans Post was brought back to life by two women. ABC Producer William Verity discovers Hans’ transformation and the love of his Jewish wife, Gina Behrens. Read more
Digitalised Dead Sea Scrolls
February 24, 2016 by Agencies
Dead Sea Scrolls scholars and computer science experts are embarking on a new collaborative research partnership with the aim of creating a dynamic virtual work environment for the study of one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century. Read more
Sharri Markson comments on defamation action
February 23, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Sharri Markson, a senior journalist at The Australian newspaper, has commented on a defamation suit brought against her and the paper by NSW Labor MP Shaoquett Moselmane. Read more
Helping Beit Halochem
February 23, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Over 550 people watched the Australian premiere of the inspiring Israeli movie ’77:78 On the Map’ at Hoyts Entertainment Quarter and Roseville Cinema…a highlight event of ZDVO’s fundraising drive. Were you there? A J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
Leifer fails to show
February 22, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
At a hearing in the Jerusalem District Court Sunday the Judge issued a ruling that Malka Leifer, former principal of the Adass Yisroel Girls School in Melbourne, accused of sexual abuse, be re-evaluated by a State psychiatrist. Read more
Last survivor of the Treblinka uprising passes away
The World Jewish Congress is mourning the passing of Samuel Willenberg, the last survivor of the Treblinka uprising, who died on Friday in Israel at the age of 93. Read more
Jewish day school supports marriage equality
February 21, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne’s Bialik College has become the first Australian K-12 school to support marriage equality. Read more
Australian university confirms Israeli rare mineral discovery
February 21, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Shefa Yamim’s shares soared 6.5% on the Tel Aviv stock exchange when the Israeli exploration and mining company announced that it has discovered rare minerals near Israel’s port city of Haifa…results prepared a geologist at Sydney’s Macquarie University.
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