Rosh Hashanah message from the Victorian Premier
September 7, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews has sent the following Rosh Hashanah message to the State’s Jewish community… Read more
Armed guards at Mount Scopus
September 7, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Melbourne’s Mount Scopus Memorial College has become the first school in Victoria to employ armed security guards. Read more
New insight on reality cooking shows
September 7, 2015 by Keren Cook
New Zealand My Home Chef owner-operator Rita Yosef , a Christchurch-based self-confessed “foodie”, says most cooking reality TV shows are negative. Read more
A Rosh Hashanah message from Luke Foley
September 7, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Leader of the Opposition in NSW sends a Rosh Hashanah message to J-Wire readers… Read more
Ron Klinger on J-Wire
J-Wire is proud to launch today the first of weekly bridge columns from one of Australia’s foremost players and teachers. Read more
A Rosh Hashanah message from the Premier of NSW
September 6, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Premier Mike Baird sends a Rosh Hashanah message to J-Wire readers… Read more
Naomi Milgrom appointed Venice Biennale Commissioner
September 5, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Rupert Myer, Chair of the Australia Council for the Arts, has announced the appointment of Naomi Milgrom as Commissioner for the Australian representation at the 57th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale 2017. Read more
Eat, Pray, Naches
September 5, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Waverley Council is staging a special exhibition of its project preserving and sharing the stories of post-War Jewish immigrants and their families within its community. Read more
A Rosh Hashanah message from the Prime Minister
September 4, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott sends a Rosh Hashanah message to Australia’s Jewish community. Read more
70 years since the liberation of the Shanghai Ghetto
September 4, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Members of Sydney’s Chinese and Jewish communities have attended an event commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Shanghai Ghetto. Read more
French drop investigation into Arafat’s death
French prosecutors have announced that they have decided to drop the investigation into the death of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Read more
Abbott statement could have been more appropriately worded
September 4, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Zionist Federation of Australia and AIJAC have added their voices to the reaction of Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s statement that the Nazis had a sense of shame when comparing them to ISIS. Read more
Aleph takes issue with Rabbi Telsner
September 3, 2015 by J-Wire
Aleph Melbourne says that the apology published by former Melbourne Yeshivah Rabbi Zvi Telsner “falls short”. Read more
Y2i to increase students’ Israel experience
September 3, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The Y2i project goal is to take 375 Year 10 students from New South Wales, Queensland and the ACT to Israel on a minimum five-week program annually. Read more
A Rosh Hashanah message from Bill Shorten
Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten has sent J-Wire readers a Rosh Hashanah message… Read more
ZFA dismayed by Queensland Labor
September 3, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Zionist Federation of Australia is profoundly dismayed by the ill-conceived and ill-advised resolution on the Middle East adopted by Queensland Labor. Read more
The ECAJ call Rabbi Telsner’s resignation “belated”
September 3, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has called for zero tolerance in cases of child sexual abuse. Read more
Sydney Jewish Writers Festival
September 2, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Over 600 people attended this year’s Sydney Jewish Writers’ Festival with Gideon Raff, creator of the Israeli series Hatufim (Prisoners of War), one of the drawcards.
At tea with the Prime Minister
September 2, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his wife Margie played host at Kirribilli House, their official harbourside Sydney residence, to Australia’s ethnic press. Read more
New leadership for the New Israel Fund
September 2, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
New Israel Fund (NIF) Australia has today announced its new leadership team. Read more
JCCV welcomes Rabbi Telsner’s resignation
September 2, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has welcomed Rabbi Zvi Telsner’s announcement that he has stated down from his position as Rabbi at Melbourne’s Yeshiva Centre. Read more
US$230 million for Israel’s Arabs
September 2, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s Arab municipal councils will receive a one-time budgetary supplement of $230 million from the Israeli government before the end of the year. Read more
Anti-Semitism in the Middle East
September 2, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The fate of minority communities across the Middle East remains desperately uncertain…a topic to be addressed at the NSWJBD monthly plenum by expert Samuel Tadros. Read more
Bassam Eid visits Auckland
September 2, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Palestinian human rights activist Bassam Eid has addressed a Zionist Federation of New Zealand function in Auckland. Read more
Rabbi Telsner resigns
September 2, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Rabbi Zvi Telsner has stood down as rabbi at Melbourne’s Yeshivah Centre in the wake of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Read more
Queensland Labor calling for recognition of Palestine
September 1, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has responded to a resolution by the Queensland Labor Party that a future Labor Government should immediately recognise a Palestinian state. Read more
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
August 31, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Just because a story is about teenagers doesn’t mean it should be dismissed as a movie only for teens. This one won Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2014.
Respecting the Other’s Religious and Cultural Narrative
The 2015 Abraham Conference has been held in Sydney and run on the theme was ‘Respecting the Other’s Religious and Cultural Narrative.’ Read more
WWII-era Jewish café reopens in Shanghai
August 30, 2015 by J-Wire
Australian bridge identity Ron Klinger’s family’s café, a popular spot for Jewish refugees in Shanghai during World War II, has been rebuilt and reopened in the city’s Hongkou district. Read more
AUSiMED raising funds funds for breast cancer research
August 30, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
AUSiMED will host a charity art auction in Melbourne next week combined with a cocktail party, entertainment and unique food…with funds raised being directed to breast cancer research. Read more
