The industry of lies
June 26, 2015 by David Marlow
Israeli Journalist Ben Dror-Yemini explored the “Industry of Lies” targeted at Israel at a community event in Melbourne’s Lamm Jewish Library of Australia. Read more
UNHRC report on the 2014 conflict B’nai B’rith add its voice
June 26, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
B’nai B’rith International and The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) have denounced the report issued by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) “independent, international commission of inquiry” into Israel’s defensive operations against Hamas in Gaza during the summer of 2014. Read more
Kiwi media ‘climbs aboard’ for Gaza
June 26, 2015 by Keren Cook
A New Zealand team from Maori Television has joined Freedom Flotilla III, which has just set sail from the port of Messina, Italy to link up with other ships taking supplies to Palestinians in Gaza. Read more
Help is on the way
June 25, 2015 by Agencies
Meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and seven cabinet ministers in Jerusalem, Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Natan Sharansky announced that The Jewish Agency will increase the number of Israel Fellows dispatched to college campuses abroad by more than 30% in order to help combat rising efforts to delegitimize the State of Israel. Read more
WJC welcomes U.S. Senate’s stand against BDS
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) today hailed the United States Senate’s decision to approve a strong stand against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement included in the Fast Track trade bill. Read more
Questioning the Foreign Minister on Iran
June 24, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Federal Labor Member for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby has continued his criticism of Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s U-turn on Iran. Read more
Netanyahu addresses The Jewish Agency Assembly
June 24, 2015 by Agencies
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu has addressed hundreds of Jewish leaders gathered for the 2015 Jewish Agency for Israel Assembly in Tel Aviv. Read more
UN Human Rights Council Report of the 2014 Gaza conflict: The ZFA’s initial response
June 24, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The fingerprints of Israel-phobic UN Human Rights Council staffers are evident throughout the report into last year’s conflict in Gaza by that body’s supposedly ‘Independent Commission of Inquiry’. Read more
Responses to the U.N. Gaza Conflict report
June 23, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Response from Israeli leadership and the WJC to the report issued by the United Nations on last year’s Israel-Gaza conflict has been swift. Read more
Why schlepp for Shabbat? order online
June 23, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Streamlining the weekly Shabbat shop is an idea whose time has come.
99 -yr-old Dunera Boy planning 2017 exhibition
June 22, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
When 99-yr-old abstract sculptor Erwin Fabian finished the pieces for his current Sydney exhibition he started working on pieces for his exhibition in 2017.
Queensland call for Holocaust museum
June 21, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Biased report on children’s rights
June 21, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
B’nai Brith International and The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) have concurred with the concerns raised by Israel regarding misconduct by United Nations officials in crafting a report on the violations of children’s rights in conflict areas. Read more
On a train to Australia
June 21, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Five Sydney women, who were little children in April 1945, were traveling on a train en route from Bergen-Belsen to Theriesendat when it was abandoned by the Germans and discovered by the advancing U.S. forces. Read more
BDS condemned in U.S. House of Representatives
June 19, 2015 by Agencies
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a new measure in the U.S. House of Representatives condemning resolutions or policies promoting boycotts of Israeli academic institutions and scholars by American universities or scholarly associations. Read more
AFL kicks community goals
June 19, 2015 by Ayal Tusia
Residents of The Manders Villas, Melbourne’s Jewish Care’s independent living units for people with disability, experienced a day at the football courtesy of the AFL and the Collingwood Football Club. Read more
You’ve got a friend
June 19, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
For young Australian Jews working in New York City, a new initiative offering a social centre and mentoring has been launched by Sydney;s Central Synagogue’s Rabbi Levi Wolff. Read more
Spreading the word
June 19, 2015 by Keren Cook
Shmuel and Fredja Rothbard – both Holocaust survivors, landed in Auckland this week from Israel to begin a powerful journey sharing their remarkable survival stories to students and community groups. Read more
Australian student to join world program at the Technion
June 19, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
A second Australian student has been accepted into the internationally selective, prestigious Technion SciTech Program in Israel. Read more
New fight against breast cancer
June 18, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Women with breast cancer that no longer respond to treatment, have a new ally in their fight for survival. Read more
BDS – Sinister Hoax With Genocidal Objective…writes David Singer
June 18, 2015 by David Singer
The Boycott Divestment and Sanctions campaign (BDS) instituted in 2005 by “Palestinian civil Society” against Israel and its civil society continues to attract people from all around the world – including Jews and Israeli Arabs – who support the campaign without realising its genocidal objective. Read more
Stay at home gala dinner
June 18, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
“No ballrooms, no average kosher food, no long speeches” boasts the invitation to Stand Up’s first Gala Dinner. Read more
Security plan escalated in Melbourne
June 17, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Melbourne’s Community Security Group has issued a joint statement with The Jewish Community Council of Victoria announcing that it has enacted its escalation plan following intelligence indicating that the community may be at rick of an attack. Read more
Funding a Belarus memorial
Internet marketer Ruslan Koganhas resisted an urge to fund a memorial commemorating the members of the Belarus Jewish community who perished in the Holocaust. Read more
Legion d’Honneur for John Waxman
June 17, 2015 by Natalie Shymko
Sydney’s Montefiore Home resident John Waxman has been awarded France’s highest decoration of Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur. Read more
Marriage equality OK with UPJ
June 17, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Union for Progressive Judaism welcomes recent moves to have Marriage Equality recognised through the legislative system of Australia. Read more
Anti-semitism hits the mailboxes – again
June 17, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Homes in the Sydney suburbs of Bondi and Dover Heights have been targeted by an antisemitic group distributing leaflets stating that “to learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise”. Read more
Danby on animal welfare
June 17, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Member for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby has made a speech in Federal Parliament on supervisory regulations of the live export trade, raising the recent allegations of mistreatment of animals in Israel. Read more
Yeshivah plans for the future with “stronger governance”
June 17, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne’s Yeshivah Centre Board of Trustees has sent an open letter stating that they have implemented “stronger governance and renewed capability – to enable our schools and community to continue to thrive.”. Read more
Julie Bishop attends North Shore Chabad anniversary
June 17, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has addressed Sydney’s North Shore Chabad function marking its 25th anniversary. Read more
