Hamas mulling truce…in exchange for seaport
June 17, 2015 by Agencies
Hamas leaders are discussing a possible five-year cease-fire with Israel during a meeting with Qatar, according to the Palestinian Al-Quds newspaper. Read more
The one who got away
June 17, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Kathleen Whelan was awarded an OAM in the Queen’s Birthday honour. She lives in Agnes, South Gippsland and is a true blue Aussie country girl…but her father was Dunera boy Bertolt Myer better known in Melbourne as commercial artist BIM and we missed her on J-Wire’s list of honorees. Read more
A belated happy birthday
June 16, 2015 by Eileen Freed
Israel’s 67th birthday has been belatedly celebrated in Melbourne at an event sponsored by the State Government of Victoria. Read more
UIA Federal President visits Perth
June 16, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Federal President of The United Israel Appeal Harold Finger has recently visited the Perth community. Read more
A miraculous match
June 16, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
A Melbourne leukaemia patient has met the Sydney donor whose stem cells have saved his life…and both men were originally from South Africa. Read more
B’nai B’rith Victoria turns seventy
June 16, 2015 by Garry Fabian
In a turbulent, ever-changing world, for an organisation to survive seventy years and still be strong and vibrant is an impressive achievement. Read more
The Israeli Report on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
June 16, 2015 by Agencies
The Israeli Report on the 2014 Gaza Conflict was presented to media in Jerusalem this week. Read more
A place to eulogise
June 16, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Metaher House at Melbourne’s Springvale Cemetery has been restored giving mourners a place to hear eulogies immediately prior to the burial of loved ones. Read more
A mother’s tale
June 15, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Author of the best-seller “The Book Thief” Markus Zusak has enthralled Sydney’s JCA East Communal Event with stories of broken eggs and wartime Munich. Read more
Orange will never support a boycott against Israel
June 14, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former president Shimon Peres have met with Orange Chairman and CEO Stephane Richard in Jerusalem following the French company’s reversal of its decision to break off its relations with Israel. Read more
Anti-BDS book launched by Melbourne academics
June 14, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Over 100 people packed into popular St Kilda bookstore ‘Readings’ to attend the launch of a noteworthy book, ‘Boycotting Israel is Wrong,’ authored by Monash University academics Philip Mendes and Nick Dyrenfurth. Read more
Spanish parliament approves law granting citizenship to Sephardic Jews
Spain’s Chamber of Deputies has approved a law aimed at granting citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews who were expelled during the Spanish Inquisition. Read more
Christopher Pyne opens new learning centre
June 12, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne has opened the new Education Resource Centre at Sydney’s Jewish Museum which now has the capacity to increase the numbers participating in its courses by over 75%. Read more
A culture of bananas
June 11, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
North Queensland banana growers have recently visited Rahan Meristem, an agricultural biotechnology company located in north western Israel.
Middle East: An opportunity for new alliances
The turmoil in the Middle East presents an opportunity for new alliances that can help bring about a two-state solution to the conflict with the Palestinians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an hour long address at the closing of the 2015 Herzliya Conference. Read more
Limmud-Oz 2015 roundup
June 10, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Overseas presenters were a great attraction at this year’s Limmud Oz held at Sydney’s University of NSW.
Christopher Pyne to open resource centre at SJM
June 9, 2015 by Natalia Thomas
Federal Minister for Education and Training Christopher Pyne will open the state of the art NAB Education and Resource Centre (ERC) at the Sydney Jewish Museum this week. Read more
The Rabbinical Council of of Australia and New Zealand
June 9, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
A new umbrella organisation has been established covering to represent the orthodox rabbinate in Australia and New Zealand. Read more
Australian animals brutally slaughtered in Israel
June 9, 2015 by Agencies
Footage has been shown on Israeli television of the brutal slaughter of cattle shipped to Israel from Australia. Read more
New Zealand’s top students visit WSCI in Israel
June 9, 2015 by Keren Cook
Five Year 13 secondary school students and one teacher have been selected by the Royal Society of New Zealand to attend the World Science Conference-Israel (WSCI) in Jerusalem in August. Read more
Lord Sacks says Jews now hated for their nation State
June 9, 2015 by Agencies
At a roundtable discussion entitled “Islam and BDS in Europe: A Strategic Threat?”, held today at the 2015 Herzliya Conference, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi Emeritus of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth discussed the issue of new antisemitism and its manifestation with the BDS movement, claiming that “Anti-Zionism is the new antisemitism” and calling on Europe to support Jews in opposition against this new form of racism. Read more
Saying no to BDS
June 9, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
In his opening remarks at the Herzliya Conference former Israeli President Shimon Peres launched a special website in the war against the BDS movement against Israel which operates via social media. Read more
The Jewish approach to Organ Donation
June 9, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies June plenum will discuss the Beth Din’s position on organ donation. Read more
Queen’s Birthday Awards – Jewish recipients
June 8, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
A professor working in the field of clinical optometry has been awarded an AC and heads the list of Jewish recipients of the Queen’s Birthday Awards. J-Wire congratulates all of them…
Orange to stay in Israel
In the latest shift in a back-and-forth saga, the CEO of the French telecommunications giant Orange told the AFP news agency on Saturday that the company is in Israel “to stay.” Read more
The Orange Affair: ADC writes to French ambassador
June 7, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
In a letter to the French Ambassador to Australia Mr. Christophe Lecourtier, the B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has denounced the decision by French Telecommunication Company Orange to end its licensing deal with Israeli company Partner Communications. Read more
Queen’s Birthday Awards
June 7, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire will publish a list of the Jewish recipients honoured by Australia on the occasion of the Queen’s Birthday at 12:05 am tonight.
“BDS not about settlements” – Lapid
June 7, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Chairperson of Israel political party Yesh Atid Yair Lapid, has told 700 people at the Park Avenue Synagogue in New York that the BDS situation “is getting worse”. Read more
ADC slams UK students’ BDS move
June 7, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has condemned the UK’s National Union of Students (NUS) for adopting a policy of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel. Read more
NSW Parliamentary friends of Israel
June 5, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Coogee Liberal MP Bruce Notley-Smith and NSW Deputy Opposition Leader in the Legislative Council and Shadow Health Minister Walt Secord have been elected chair and deputy chair, respectively, of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel. Read more
