Jarryd Hayne “disappoints”
July 12, 2015 by J-Wire
The CEO of The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies has expressed his disappointment on the posting of tweets by NRL start Jarryd Hayne accusing Jews of killing Jesus. Read more
Greeting olim from India
July 10, 2015 by Carli Diamond
UIA Victoria Vice President Nathan Shafir has visited Israel’s Ben Gurion airport to watch the arrival of 250 olim from India…members of the lost tribe of Menashe. Read more
A song for Shimon
July 10, 2015 by Agencies
A moving tribute awaited former Israeli president Shimon Peres on Wednesday when U2 frontman Bono dedicated the song “One” to the Israeli statesman during a concert in Toronto. Read more
Hamas holding two Israelis hostage in Gaza since last September
July 10, 2015 by Agencies
The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has been holding two Israeli citizens in Gaza captive for the last 10 months, one whose identity was revealed yesterday upon the lifting of a gag order by the Ashkelon Magistrate’s Court. Read more
ECAJ slams Labor MP’s signing petition against Israel
July 9, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has slammed Labor MP Melissa Parke for signing an anti-Israel petition. Read more
Playing tag in the gas chambers
July 9, 2015 by Agencies
Ronald S. Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), today criticized the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (MOCAK), Poland for reinstating an art installation that features a video of naked men and women playing tag in a gas chamber. Read more
ADC applauds Clinton’s BDS position
July 9, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has commended Hillary Clinton’s strong anti-BDS statements and her commitment to fight the insidious attempts to isolate and delegitimise Israel. Read more
Sailing across the Kinneret on self-made rafts
July 7, 2015 by Hayley Hadassin
When 240 young Australians participating in Israel gap year programs hit the beach at the Sea of Galilee on a hot summer day, something big was sure to happen. Read more
Michael Danby on Q&A
July 6, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Michael Danby has welcomed the ABC Board finally acting by issuing a warning to Q&A executive producer Peter McEvoy, and thereby indirectly presenter to Tony Jones, over giving Sydney Islamist Zaky Mallah a platform on the ABC’s million rating Q&A program. Read more
JewishCare given Citizenship Award
July 6, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
At a ceremony for Australia’s newest citizens, Sydney’s JewishCare was itself presented with an award.
Great work by new rabbi
July 6, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s The Great Synagogue has appointed a new Senior Rabbi to head up the Ministerial team and lead the congregation into the future. Read more
Yeshivah Centre under review
July 5, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Melbourne’s Yeshivah Centre has announced the formation of a Governance Review Panel and an interim Committee of Management. Read more
Governor Linda Dessau
July 5, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Linda Dessau has been sworn in as Governor of the State of Victoria…the first woman and the first Jewish Australian to be accorded this highly significant and important role. Read more
Establishing Jewish identity in the Ukraine
July 5, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Last weekend an office for Jewish ancestry clarification purposes was inaugurated in the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk. Read more
Melbourne hospital receives its largest-ever donation
July 3, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The Eva and Les Erdi Humanitarian Charitable Foundation has given The Alfred Hospital the single largest donation it has ever received. Read more
Jews fleeing Ukraine arrive in Israel recount assaults by pro-Russian rebels
July 3, 2015 by Agencies
Two Jewish refugees who say they endured torture by pro-Russian rebels in Eastern Ukraine arrived in Israel after making aliyah on Wednesday. Read more
Israeli App ‘Salient Eye’ catches thief in New Zealand
July 3, 2015 by Keren Cook
Science and Technology are two of the Israel’s most developed sectors and Israeli free App Salient Eye helped capture a burglar this week in New Zealand using an old Smartphone. Read more
Sir Nicholas Winton dead at 106
July 2, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Nicholas Winton, who rescued 669 children during the Holocaust and was dubbed the “British Schindler” (after German Holocaust rescuer Oskar Schindler), has died at the age of 106. Read more
New Zealanders sent home from Israel after ‘failed’ flotilla mission
July 1, 2015 by Keren Cook
Maori Television reporter Ruwani Perera has been ‘deported’ from Israel and sent back to New Zealand on a failed mission to Gaza while aboard the Marianne of Gothenburg. Read more
Dementia help for Sydney man living in Jerusalem
June 30, 2015 by Michael Kuttner
A 90-yr-old former Sydney resident now living in Jerusalem has received a special iPod to help deal with Alzheimer’s. Read more
Frydenberg accepts Twitter apology
June 30, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has accepted an apology made by Brisbane financial adviser James Howarth following a series of antisemitic tweets criticising the politician for his position in planned changes to upfront commissions paid to financial planners. Read more
New NSW program for up and coming politicians
June 30, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has announced its new Berger Fellowship program designed to strengthen ties between the Jewish community and future political leaders. Read more
Journalist reports that “she hasn’t been harmed”
June 30, 2015 by Keren Cook
Israeli naval commandos have boarded and taken control of the activist boat ‘Freedom Flotilla III’ – tying to break the Gaza blockade. New Zealand journalists were on board. Read more
The new fence
June 30, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Israel’s Security Cabinet has adopted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to begin work on an approximately 30-kilometer long section of security fence along the State of Israel’s eastern border, from Eilat to the site designated for the Timna airport. Read more
Hamas official confirms that indirect talks with Israel are underway
Sheikh Hassan Yousef, one of Hamas’s leaders in the West Bank, has confirmed that Israel and the Gaza-ruling Palestinian terrorist group are in the midst of negotiations through mediators. Read more
Outrage at antisemitic attacks on Frydenberg
June 29, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
There has been strong reaction both within the Jewish community and without to a tirade of antisemitic tweets against federal Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Read more
Welcome to Israel
June 29, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Israel has “welcomed” passengers on a ship headed for Gaza but intercepted by the Israeli Navy. Read more
Israel-Palestine conflict: NZ FM says both sides share similar goals
June 28, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Murray McCully has said that the Israelis and Palestinians share similar goals. Read more
Remarkable Jewish artist
June 27, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The National Gallery in Canberra will screen a remarkable film featuring Jewish American artist Jon Imber. Read more
Israeli entrepreneur’s Moon-bound Torah project might not be a fairytale
June 26, 2015 by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - JNS.org
“The Torah is going to the moon.” It sounds like a phrase straight out of a Jewish fairytale or children’s book, but the real-life Torah on the Moon initiative is not as pie in the sky as one might think…writes Maayan Jaffe/JNS.org. Read more
