Community Kashrut: A word from the Kashrut Authority
August 28, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Kashrut Authority has responded to requests clarifying its position with regard to the recently announced Community Kashrut which will offer an alternative hechsher to the community from next month. Read more
Natalie Portman questions Holocaust emphasis in Jewish education
August 28, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
B’nai Brith International and The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) are disappointed by Israeli-born actress Natalie Portman’s questioning of Holocaust education’s emphasis within a Jewish education, especially in comparison to other genocides. Read more
Palestinian Human Rights Campaigner Excoriates Palestinian Leadership
August 27, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Founder of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group – Bassem Eid – has told 850 people attending WIZO’s major function at Randwick Racecourse last night that the current Palestinian leadership is too old, corrupt and is thinking more about the past than the future. Read more
NZ Jewish Council lodges complaint of unbalanced Gaza conflict report
August 27, 2015 by Keren Cook
The New Zealand Jewish Council has made a formal complaint to Radio New Zealand in respect of its Sunday Morning with Wallace Chapman program on August 24, 2014. Read more
Non-prosecution of hate speech “a travesty”
August 27, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has slammed a decision not to prosecute Ismael Alwahwah following the posting of an antisemitic tirade on YouTube last year. Read more
Emanuel preschoolers collect health packs for Aboriginal children
August 27, 2015 by Michelle Favero
Sydney’s Kornmehl Emanuel Pre-school has collected more than 1600 health care packs for Aboriginal children in country New South Wales. Read more
Launch of YoungUIA Women’s Division
August 27, 2015 by Carli Diamond
Melbourne’s YoungUIA Women’s Division has been launched at the Glass Merchants…were you there? A J-Wire photo story. Read more
Learning to lead
August 27, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
An Australian and a New Zealander are among 50 young social innovators currently in Israel to explore the country through the lens of social innovation. Read more
New hechsher for Sydney
August 27, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Sydney will have a new hechsher in operation shortly following the arrival next week of its certifying rabbi. Read more
Australian award for Israeli academic
August 26, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Sydney’s Macquarie University has awarded its Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Visiting Fellowship 2015 to Professor Irad Malkin, Chair of Mediterranean History and Culture at Tel Aviv University. Read more
Coming to your Post Office – A Raoul Wallenberg stamp
August 26, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Australia Post will release a 70¢ stamp in October commemorating Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat responsible for saving tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Nazi death camps. Read more
Shabbat in St Ives
August 26, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Over 140 leaders from the full spectrum of society, including federal and state Members of Parliament and civic,education, faith and community leaders, coming together at a Shabbat service and dinner in Sydney last week. Read more
New building opened at Emanuel
August 25, 2015 by Michelle Favero
Federal Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull and Israel’s ambassador to Australia Shmuel Ben-Shmuel have affixed fixed two mezzuzot to classrooms in Sydney’s the Emanuel School’s new Kleinlehrer Family LINC Building.
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Moriah Foundation establishes endowment fund
August 25, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Federal Liberal member for Kooyong Josh Frydenberg was the guest of honour at the annual Moriah Foundation Members’ Cocktail Party in Sydney. Read more
Social inclusion in Melbourne
August 25, 2015 by David Marlow
In a milestone event for social inclusion in the Jewish community, the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) held its first LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex) Community Engagement Symposium. Read more
Is it Kosher? – check your phone!
August 24, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Around the world Jews who keep kosher have a new tool at their disposal to check the status of food on supermarket shelves…a new app called “Is it Kosher?” Read more
Early Jewish Australian items up for auction in Jerusalem
August 24, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
An impressive group of historical items from the founding days of Australian Jewry has surfaced in Jerusalem. Read more
Norwegian Film Festival bans Israeli documentary
August 24, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has denounced the decision by the directors of the Oslo Human Rights, Human Wrongs festival to ban the film The Other Dreamers, by Israeli director Roy Zafrani which deals with the subject of disabled children in Israel. Read more
Marlborough region boasts new kosher grape juice
August 24, 2015 by Keren Cook
Marlborough is well-known as one of New Zealand’s premier wine regions and has the best potential for grape growing in New Zealand. Read more
Museum café to be endowed
August 24, 2015 by Natalia Thomas
The Sydney Jewish Museum Café is to be endowed by well-known communal benefactor, Lorand Loblay. Read more
A Rosh Hashanah message
August 22, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick, the president of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria has sent a message for Rosh Hashanah. Read more
Rotorua retailer ‘flags’ concerns over swastika
August 21, 2015 by Keren Cook
A Rotorua retailer has no qualms about offending people with a swastika flag currently hanging inside his shop window. Read more
“Maimonides got it wrong”
August 21, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Federal Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull has officially opened new classrooms and staff room at Sydney’s Kesser Torah College…and found fault with one of Maimonides’s best-known teachings. Read more
Meet the people of the Arava
August 21, 2015 by Hayley Hadassin
Scientists, agriculturalists and educators from the Arava region of Israel are to visit Australia. Read more
The Shabbat Project 2015
August 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
A video introduction the The Shabbat Project 2015. Read more
Israeli universities rank highly
August 20, 2015 by Agencies
Maintaining its #1 position in Israel and #3 position in Asia, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem rose three positions to #67 among the 500 top universities in the world, in the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities…and The Technion in Haifa is in the 77th spot but is ranked 18th in the world in computer science. Read more
New rabbi welcomed at Mizrachi
August 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Sydney’s The Bondi Mizrachi Synagogue has welcomed its new Rabbi, Rav Shua Solomon and his wife Michal. Read more
Brain Injury Awareness Week
August 20, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The Sydney event launching the national Brain Injury Awareness Week was held at Bondi’s Our Big Kitchen whose CEO suffered brain damage ten years ago. Read more
World’s largest Muslim organisation hosts AIJAC’s Jeremy Jones
August 19, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the world’s largest membership Muslim organisation, has hosted Jeremy Jones, the Director of International and of Community Affairs for the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council. Read more
Linking the unaffiliated
August 19, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Israel’s Ministry of the Diaspora has invited public input for a special advisory committee which will submit recommendations on how to develop relations with large groups around the world with ties to the Jewish community. Read more
