Mazeltov! Ari Engel wins A$1.6 million playing poker

The new king of poker was crowned in Melbourne last night when Ari Engel of Toronto, Canada, emerged as the victorious winner of the 2016 Aussie Millions Poker Championship ‘Main Event’ collecting a whopping AUD$1.6 million in prize money. Read more

United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Tirau

A United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day (UNIHRD) event was held this week in the tiny New Zealand South Waikato town of Tirau, (population 690). Over 120 people attended the event, filling the local (and only) church in town, Tirau Cooperating Church, a combined Presbyterian and Anglican Church. Read more

United Nations International Holocaust Memorial Day: Melbourne

Nearly 500 members of the Jewish community, members of Parliament and members of the Consular Corp attended the United Nations Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration on 27 January in the Glen Eira Town Hall. The day of commemoration was established by the UN to recognise the liberation of Auschwitz. Read more

Online hate analysed

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day  Australia’s Online Hate Prevention Institute released a groundbreaking report “Measuring the Hate: The State of Antisemitism on Social Media”. Read more

Commemorating the liberation of Auschwitz and UN International Holocaust Memorial Day

The 71^st anniversary of the Commemoration of the Liberation of Auschwitz and the United Nations International Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration has been held at the Sydney Jewish Museum…addressed by the Governor of NSW and Auschwitz survivor Olga Horak. Read more

Eichmann’s clemency petition revealed

“I was not one of the [Nazi] leaders responsible, and as such do not see myself guilty,” Eichmann wrote in a petition to then-President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi • Document to be made public in a Jerusalem ceremony marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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Ambassador lends a hand

Australia’s ambassador to Israel has left his signature on the virtual wall of hands that was launched by the “Aviv for Holocaust Survivors”, a non-profit organisation, which helps survivors utilise their rights – free of cost. Read more

The one that got away

We missed one member of Australia’s community when reporting the Australia Day Awards. He has been added and we offer our apologies for the omission. Read more

WJC praises UNESCO head for condemning Holocaust cartoon contest

World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer has praised UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova for issuing a clear condemnation the third edition of a Holocaust cartoon contest held in Iran which features many entries that openly deny the Shoah. Read more

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: a message from Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu send a message on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more

The beauty of Jewish education

Limmud, the internationally acclaimed Jewish cultural and education festival, is coming back to Sydney this July. This is a program and initiative of great merit, and this is reflected by the program’s success and spread across the globe. Read more

ADC remembers January 27

Today marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, observed annually on the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps.  Read more

Ban Ki-moon says terror attacks are result of frustration

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has  voiced concern after United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon told the Security Council that the recent wave of Palestinian violence and incitement was the result of “frustration” and a natural reaction to “half a century of occupation.” Read more

Leibler bequeaths 40,000 book collection to Bar-Ilan University

He may not have read all the titles in his book collection of 40,000 volumes, but Isi Leibler knows exactly where each and every one of them is shelved in his Jerusalem home.  Read more

Fund created to help widow of road accident victim

A 25-yr-old Melbourne man was killed in a road accident last week and a fund has been established to help his wife Rebecca who is five months pregnant. Read more

2016 Australia Day Awards

J-Wire extends congratulations to all members of the Jewish community and to those who place a high value on their Jewish heritage who have been honoured today by their country…
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A multicultural Australia Day message

It is interesting to note that the buzz this year on Australia Day has been about diversity…writes Concetta Fierravanti-Wells. Read more

Israel’s appropriation of land explained

Israel’s plans to appropriate a large tract of fertile land near Jericho being denounced by UN General-Secretary Ban-Kimoon have been explained by Regavim’s Ari Briggs. Read more

Australian politician visits only Jewish war grave in Sri Lanka

NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair and Deputy Opposition leader in the NSW Parliament’s Legislative Council Walt Secord has paid a visit to the only Jewish World War II grave in Sri Lanka’s historic Kandy Commonwealth cemetery. Read more

UNESCO message welcomed

The UNESCO director-general’s message to the world for United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day is powerful and timely according to New Zealand Holocaust Centre director Inge Woolf. Read more

Danby slams Iran decision

Labor Member of Federal Parliament for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby has slammed the Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s decision to lift sanctions against Iran. Read more

Leifer: an alleged victim speaks

Australian authorities are currently seeking the extradition from Israel of Malka Leifer wanted in connection with 74 cases of child sexual abuse…one of the alleged victims tells her story. Read more

New in Israel: Selfie Stations

Israel’s Tourism Minister Yariv Levin has launched a new and innovative project  allowing tourists to update their social media pages as they land in Israel. Read more

NSW Labor to be asked to ban ALP politicians from participating in Israel study tours

In a highly contentious proposal, the forthcoming State Conference of the NSW ALP is being asked to ban ALP personnel from visiting Israel through organised and supported programs. Read more

Psychotic incidents block extradition proceedings

An Israeli woman facing extradition to Australia to from 74 charges of child sexual abuse suffers psychotic incidents preventing her from attending proceedings either in court or in her own home. Read more

AIJAC’s concerns on Iran’s nuclear future

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Back to outdoor sports

Participants in the Maccabi Junior Carnival returned to the pitches of David Phillips Sporting Complex and Roland Park in Sydney to resume their outdoor sporting commitments. Read more

A chat with Motel the Tailor

Lior and Sara Reed talk to Henry Greener in Lior’s dressing room at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre before curtain call for “Fiddler on the Roof”  starring Anthony Warlow, Sigrid Thornton, Mark Mitchell, Nicki Wendt and Lior as Motel the Tailor. A video story. Read more

Israeli mother of six killed in Palestinian stabbing attack in Otniel

A 38-year-old Israeli mother of six was murdered in a terrorist stabbing attack at her home in the community of Otniel in the southern Hebron Hills on Sunday. Read more

Israel: keeping an eye on Iran

Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has welcomed the announcement that Iran has met its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal, a move that will lead to the lifting of sanctions Read more

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