Israel rejects UNESCO resolution
October 22, 2015 by Agencies
NZ government urged to stop “pressuring Israel”
October 22, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
11,685 people have joined Pastor Nigel Woodley in urging the New Zealand Government to cease from pressuring the State of Israel to give up its rightful and God-given Land. Read more
Here comes The Shabbat Project
October 22, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Around the world tomorrow night, Jewish communities will make this Shabbat a very special one as they participate in The Shabbat Project. Sydney is up and running… Read more
NSW intent on tightening up racial vilification legislation
October 21, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
NSW Attorney-General Gabrielle Upton has told the The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies plenum “we cannot allow race hate speech to divide our community”. Read more
Turnbull says no change to 18C planned
October 21, 2015 by Agencies
Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said that his government has no plans to reopen the call for reform to section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. Read more
Sydney hosts Maccabi Australia’s 90th anniversary
October 21, 2015 by Agencies
JNF Gala Dinner Photo Gallery
Were you ate the JNF Gala Dinner in Melbourne? Check the photo gallery. Read more
Beersheva
October 20, 2015 by Lydia Weitzman
An Israeli soldier was killed Sunday night and at least 11 others injured in a combined shooting and knife attack in the central bus station of Beersheva. Read more
Danby calls the government an “unwitting facilitator” in aiding and abetting Iran
October 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Member for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby has spoken to a parliamentary motion moved by Opposition Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Tanya Plibersek. Read more
Henry Greener interviews Moshe Feiglin
October 20, 2015 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Moshe Feiglin’s mild-mannered low-key style is not indicative of the hawkish image that so many opponents of his opinions portray. A video interview from The Shtick’s Henry Greener. Read more
Parliament told of Palestinian call to kill Jews
October 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Liberal Member for Deakin Michael Sukkar has delivered a speech in parliament on a sermon delivered by a Palestinian cleric calling on terrorists to form “groups of three or four” to stab Jews to death. Read more
Israeli yacht rescues refugees
October 20, 2015 by Agencies
A yacht from an Israeli civilian navigation school conducting training near the Turkish coast has encountered and rescued 11 Syrian and Iraqi migrants whose boat had capsized, in addition to a 6-month-old baby who did not survive. Read more
Kotel an Islamic site?…the MFA responds
October 20, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to a Palestinian proposed USESCO resolution to register the Wailing Wall as a Muslim site. Read more
UNESCO resolution to declare the Western Wall a Muslim site
October 19, 2015 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder today warned UNESCO against exacerbating tensions in Israel by adopting a Palestinian-sponsored resolution that declares the Western Wall in Jerusalem a part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Read more
Australia seeks membership of the UN Human Rights Council
October 19, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Australia has launched its candidacy for membership for the first time of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2018-20 term. Read more
Stopping the spread of racial vilification
October 19, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Government is planning to reform laws impacting on racial vilification. Read more
Mitzvah Day 2015
October 18, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
This year’s 5th annual Mitzvah Day will take place on Sunday 15 November. Read more
Report from Jerusalem
October 16, 2015 by Hayley Hadassin
ZFA president Danny Lamm reports from Jerusalem. Read more
Sydney Shabbat Project update
October 16, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
On 23/24 October, the Jewish community of Sydney will unite in the biggest communal event of the year – the Shabbat Project. Read more
A man in Vogue
October 16, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
David Leser wrote an article for German Vogue in 2009 about his father Bernard, founder of Australian Vogue who passed away in Sydney this week at the age of 90.. Read more
Moriah wows them at Manly
October 16, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Moriah College Senior Jazz Band ‘wowed’ the audience at the recent Manly Jazz Festival. Read more
Middle East motion to be moved by Danby and Plibersek
October 16, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Labor Member for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby and Opposition Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Tanya Plibersek will move a motion in Parliament on Monday questioning the Australian Government’s strategy and response to the crisis in Syria and Iraq. Read more
Shabbat Project rallies 5,000 partners across 500 cities
October 16, 2015 by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - JNS.org
Hundreds of thousands of Jews. Hundreds of thousands of challahs, candlesticks, and zemirot (Jewish songs). Havdalah. Jews of all ages, levels of religious observance, and geographic locations will come together next week to celebrate the Jewish people’s oldest friend: Shabbat. Read more
Israel advocacy goes mobile
October 16, 2015 by Jacob Kamaras
Israel news is abound these days, and myriad sources from the mainstream to the niche are serving it up—particularly during times like the current wave of Palestinian terrorism. But which content should a pro-Israel advocate read, trust, and share with others to make an impact? Read more
Netanyahu’s media briefing
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told a media conference that a Palestinian boy Israel is accused of executing is being treated in Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. Read more
Harbouring a surprise
October 15, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Keynote speaker for this year’s JNF functions Judy Feld Carr was amazed when new Sydney’s new JNF shaliach showed her a photograph of his daughter in the IDF accompanied by her commander…none other that Feld Carr’s granddaughter. Read more
Amazing tales at JNF Gala dinner
October 15, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Over 800 guests gathered to hear tales of the rescue of Syrian Jews, the hardships of life on the front line in Kibbutz Nahal Oz in the Northern Negev and view a video link interview with Nir Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem at the JNF Gala dinner in Sydney.
Candlelight vigil
October 15, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Vic Alhadeff, the chief executive of The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, spoke at a candlelight vigil help to pay last respects to Curtis Cheng, the police employee gunned down in Sydney last week. Read more
Searching for Hannah’s family
October 15, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
In 1928, Hannah Hart sent a letter to the Jewish Standard from her home in Sydney birthing the concept of the Maccabi Carnival…now Maccabi Australia is seeking her descendants. Read more
Recognising Australia’s first people
October 15, 2015 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has hosted the first JCCV Aboriginal Constitutional Recognition Forum to help explain to the community the need for change in terms of Constitutional recognition for Australia’s first people. Read more
