Israel in the NSW State parliament
May 13, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Scott Farlow is a member of the NSW Legislative Council and attended last week’s Yom Ha’azmaut celebration in Sydney. He addressed the NSW parliament on the subject… Read more
Israel-German relationship “a miracle”
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called the relationship between Israel and Germany “a miracle”. Read more
Day One at the antisemitism global forum
May 13, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Naftali Bennett, were among the many officials who spoke at the opening session of the 5th Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism in Jerusalem yesterday. Read more
ANZAC Day Melbourne: Major General Jeffrey Rosenfeld
May 12, 2015 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Major General Jeffrey Rosenfeld spoke of the horrors of war, mentioning a letter sent by General Sir John Monash to his wife…a video report. Read more
Rivlin, Berlin and the Holocaust
May 12, 2015 by Agencies
President Reuven Rivlin has spoken in Berlin of the Holocaust at at the infamous Platform 17 from which the city’s Jews were transported to Auschwitz. Read more
Rivlin in Germany
May 12, 2015 by Agencies
President of Israel Reuven Rivlin has joined the Mayor of Berlin, Michael Muller in a symbolic walk through the city’s Brandenburg Gate. Read more
Hakoah gets its big guns
May 11, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Let My People Go
A book detailing the efforts made by the Australian Jewish community to relieve the plight of Soviet Jewry, an operation which spanned 30 years, was launched in Sydney yesterday. Read more
Indigenous oral history honoured by Jewish community
May 11, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Everyone has a story. For the Jewish people, oral history has always been an important vehicle for the retelling of stories, allowing us to connect us with our past and helping us to find similarities in the narratives of others. Read more
Beth Weizmann’s security to be upgraded
May 11, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Victorian government has awarded a grant of $500,000 towards a security upgrade for Beth Weizmann, Melbourne’s central community facility. Read more
A letter to FIFA
May 11, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Dr Danny Lamm, President of the Zionist Federation of Australia, has sent a letter to world football organisation FIFA about its intentions to debate a motion calling for Israel’s suspension. Read more
Yom Ha’azmaut celebrated in Sydney
May 8, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
More than 600 people have joined in a belated celebration of Israel’s 67th birthday in Sydney at which NSW Premier Mike Baird was guest of honour. Read more
The death penalty: Masorti has its say
May 8, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Three Masorti rabbis have issued a joint statement on how the recent executions in Indonesia impact on Judaism stating that no society has the right “to terminate a life before its time”. Read more
The end of the war
May 8, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin and Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations have both delivered important speeches on the 70th anniversary marking the end of WWII. Read more
New president for Kadimah
May 8, 2015 by Carmel Shute
The Kadimah, Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library, has elected its second female President in its 104 years’ history. Read more
Danby supports arrest and extradition
May 8, 2015 by Agencies
Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has told Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper that an Israeli woman should face charges of child sex abuse whilst employed in Melbourne if allegations of her doing so were true. Read more
Last Auschwitz survivor in Norway passes away
May 6, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The last Jewish Norwegian who survived Auschwitz has passed away and twill be given a State funeral. Read more
Principal spirited away
May 6, 2015 by J-Wire
A Melbourne student is suing the Adass Israel Girls School for negligence following the flight of the school’s former principal who is facing child sex abuse charges. Read more
JCA Campaign Launch: Were you there?
May 6, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Sydney’s JCA recently launched its 2015 campaign…a J-Wire photo gallery Read more
Sir Dov Meyer Robinson: a J-Wire sound report
May 6, 2015 by Keren Cook
J-Wire’s Keren Cook talks about Sir Dov Meyer Robinson, one of Auckland’s most famous mayors on the occasion of the city’s 175th anniversary. Read more
Victoria protects its children
May 6, 2015 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has been facilitated the JCCV Child Protection Policy Training Program aimed to help Jewish community organisations, schools and synagogues establish effective policies and practices to help protect children from child sexual abuse. Read more
IsraeLife Delegation Lauded for Tremendous Rescue Efforts
May 5, 2015 by Agencies
The IsraeLife delegation to Nepal, with the participation of United Hatzalah, ZAKA and F.I.R.S.T volunteers, has completed its mission of recovering the body of missing Israeli trekker Or Asraf and transferring the body to his family for a proper burial in Israel. Read more
ECAJ and B’nai B’rith team up to present panel discussions
May 5, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry and the B’nai Brith Alfred Dreyfus Anti-Defamation Unit are partnering for a series of interviews and panel discussions to be hosted by the ECAJ’s Sydney-based Public Affairs Director, Alex Ryvchin. Read more
NSW Jewry commemorates the ANZAC centenary
May 4, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Prime Minister Tony Abbott was guest of honour at a commemorative service to mark the ANZAC centenary held by the NSW Jewish community. Read more
U.N. takes stock of its books
May 4, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission has welcomed the decision by the UN to conduct a review of any antisemitic and anti-Israel books offered at its official store in Geneva. Some of the texts to be reviewed include How I Stopped Being a Jew, Israel’s War Against the Palestinians, and The Punishment of Gaza. Read more
$25 million to tackle extremism
May 4, 2015 by J-Wire
Young role models will form the core of a plan conceived by the Victorian Government to combat extremism and antisemitism. Read more
At work in Nepal
May 3, 2015 by Agencies
Nine senior medical personnel from Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Hospital are playing a crucial role in the IDF’s rescue mission in Nepal. Read more
Slezak turned down by Limmud-Oz
May 1, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Associate Professor Dr Peter Slezak’s application to present at next month’s Limmd-Oz’s Festival of Jewish Ideas in Sydney has been rejected by the organisation’s board. Read more
Jewish Refugees and Shanghai
May 1, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
A travelling exhibition from Shanghai has opened at the Chinese Cultural Centre, Sydney.
Israel to rebuild Nepalese village and Chabad feeds 2000 in a day
May 1, 2015 by J-Wire
Israel has pledged to fully rebuild an entire village in Nepal as part of its long-term relief efforts following the devastating earthquake in that country, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced Thursday. Read more
