Young Kiwi challenges a pro-BDS demonstration
December 6, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
A Chanukah message From President Rivlin
December 5, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s president Reuven “Ruvi” Rivlin sends a video Chanukah message to worldwide Jewry… Read more
Premier Mike Baird sends Chanukah greetings
December 4, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Premier of NSW Mike Baird sends his Chanukah message to J-Wire readers… Read more
Israeli Sonar Team qualifies for Rio 2016
December 4, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
The Israeli Parasailing Sonar team has won the chance to compete in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
A Chanukah message from Walt Secord
December 4, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Walt Secord is the NSW Deputy Opposition leader in the NSW Legislative Council and the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair…he sends a message for Chanukah. Read more
Belated Bar and Batmitzvahs
December 4, 2015 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Melbourne’s Jewish Care will host a special ceremony for its aged care residents who haven’t yet celebrated their Bar or Bat MitzvahMany residents missed out on this significant life event due to reasons such as living through times of war and communism. Read more
A menorah at Parliament House…the video
December 4, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Watch the video as politicians and religious and community leaders celebrate Chanukah at Parliament House in Canberra. Read more
Changing Perceptions about Disability
December 4, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Members of Melbourne’s Jewish community with disabilities have messages for J-Wire readers… Read more
Remembering Jews expelled from Arab countries
December 4, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The World Jewish Congress has co-sponsored an event at the United Nations in New York, organised by Israel’s Permanent Mission to the UN, to commemorate the expulsion of 850,000 Jews from Arab countries and Iran in the wake of Israel’s independence in 1948…a similar event was held in Sydney. Read more
Technion doctorate for its new patron
December 4, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Former governor of NSW Dame Marie Bashir has agreed to become patron of Technion Australia (NSW) and Technion Society of Australia Environmental Research. Read more
WJC head calls on Hungary to stop statue in honor of World War II-era pro-Nazi minister
December 3, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), Ronald S. Lauder, has called on Hungary to stop the unveiling of a statue in honor of a Horthy-era government minister funded in large part by a grant from the Hungarian government. Read more
BDS-supporting professor refuses to help Israeli schoolgirl
December 3, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has denounced UK Professor Marsha Levine for refusing to help Shachar Rabinovitch, a 13 year-old Israeli schoolgirl who requested information about early horse species for a research project. Read more
AUJS and Emanuel School welcome new shaliach
December 3, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
In a first for New South Wales, the Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) and Emanuel School have appointed a Shaliach at both institutions in 2016. Read more
Advocacy workshops
December 3, 2015 by Emily Gian
Over 80 Israel advocates, both Jewish and non-Jewish, have participated in an interactive workshop with top Israel advocate and trainer Michael Lawrence in Melbourne. Read more
Menorah lit inside Parliament House
December 2, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
For the first time ever, the Menorah has been lit in Canberra at ‘Chanukah on the Hill’, a celebration of Chanukah in Australia’s inside federal Parliament. Read more
Israel: The cure to the Middle East problems
December 2, 2015 by Dalia Ayalon Sinclair.
“Israel is not the cause of the problems in the Middle East – it is the start of the cure to the Middle East” said Bruce Notley-Smith MP, Member for Coogee and Chair of Parliamentary Friends of Israel, and a Guest of Honour at the NCJWA Celebrating Israel 2015 event. Read more
JCCV awards prizes for videos on the LGBTI community
December 2, 2015 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has awarded prizes this week to three young filmmakers for videos helping to communicate about issues affecting young Jews of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity. Read more
Rose Batty speaks at Jewish House gala dinner
December 2, 2015 by David Sokol
Over 800 guests attended Sydney’s The Jewish House’s Gala Dinner at which 2015 Australian of the Year Rosy Batty spoke of her personal experiences of family violence. Read more
Journalists’ report card
December 2, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Journalists who participated in this year’s NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ annual Journalists Study Mission to Israel will report to the community at a public meeting in Sydney next week. Read more
Ukranian Jews discussed in Melbourne
December 2, 2015 by J-Wire
The inaugural Australia-Ukraine Bilateral Relations Forum has been held in Melbourne and included a discussion on the role of the Jewish community in modern Ukraine Read more
Learning from the Jewish community
December 2, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie spoke in parliament yesterday during the debate on Australian Citizenship Amendment [Allegiance to Australia] Bill and acknowledged Israel’s role “in the global fight against Islamic radicalisation”. Read more
Broken Hill synagogue defaced
December 1, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
The coordinator of the historical synagogue in the outback city of Broken Hill arrived at work yesterday to prepare for a visit by tourists and found the front of the building had been defaced with Nazi and Islamic symbols. Read more
ZFA at work in Canberra
December 1, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The Zionist Federation of Australia has visited Canberra meeting with the offices of 26 Senators and Members, including Cabinet Ministers, Shadow Cabinet Ministers and Senate cross-benchers. Read more
Human Rights Commissioner talks to the JCCV
December 1, 2015 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Henry Greener’s The Shtick presents Sandra Dubs introducing Kate Jenkins, the Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commissioner, speaking at the The Jewish Community Council of Victoria’s Annual General Meeting…a J-Wire video presentation. Read more
Toben’s court case a platform to question the Holocaust
December 1, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
A Supreme Court judge has concluded that Dr Fredrick Toben was using a defamation action in court to espouse his views questioning the Holocaust. His case against “The Australian” was dismissed and was described as an abuse of process. Read more
Behind the scenes of counter-terrorism
November 30, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Counter-terrorism expert Detective Superintendent Richard Stamford spoken of his work at The Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s annual conference. Read more
Penny Wong reaffirms Labor support for Israel
November 30, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Senator Penny Wong tackled Labor’s perceived relationship with Israel at The Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s annual conference in Sydney. Read more
Antisemitism in Australia down by 39%
November 30, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The number of antisemitic incidents within Australia has decreased by 39% in the latest figures released by The Executive Council of Australian Jewry. Read more
Grand Mufti’s cover-up “a graphic failure”
November 30, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Federal Minister Josh Frydenberg has told Sky News that he was “very concerned” about the grand mufti of Australia’s statement following the terrorist attacks in Paris earlier this month even though the the Islamic leader clarified them later…a cover up according to the politician. Read more
Lucy Turnbull to head trade mission to Israel
November 29, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
2016 will see two high-profile trade missions to Israel, one lead by NSW Premier Mike Baird and the other by Lucy Turnbull, wife of Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Read more
