“BDS isn’t Anti-Semitic” – University forum.
April 11, 2015 by J-Wire
In the wake of the protest during the recent lecture by Colonel Richard Kemp resulting in an investigation under way at the behest of the University of Sydney, university staff have been invited to a forum entitled “Why Boycotting Israel isn’t Anti-Semitic”.
Maccabiah management postions on offer
April 11, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Planning for the 20th Maccabiah Games, to be held in July 2017 is in full swing…and now is the time for interested parties to put their hands up to fill key positions. Read more
Bialek found
April 9, 2015 by J-Wire
Jessica Bialek has been found. Read more
Bishop heading for Teheran
The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council has commented on the recent interim P5+1 deal which leaves Iran still on target to develop its nuclear facilities. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will visit Iran later this month. Read more
Missing!
A Sydney woman has gone missing in the Sydney suburb of Coogee…and police are concerned for her welfare. Read more
Who is The AJCL?
April 9, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Questions are being asked about a little-known group in Sydney sporting the grandiose name “The Australian Jewish Communal Lobby”. Read more
Gold medals for Israeli blind bowlers
April 9, 2015 by Keren Cook
Israeli blind bowlers have won five medals at an international world championship competition held recently in the New Zealand Capital. Wellington. Read more
More criticism of Reclaim Australia
April 8, 2015 by J-Wire
The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council and The New Israel Fund have both condemned the religious bigotry recently expressed by Reclaim Australia. Read more
Concern for asylum seekers
April 7, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Union for Progressive Judaism has expressed concern that key focus of the enquiry into Immigration Detention Facilities is on the provision of protection to the personnel running detention centres rather than addressing the key issues required in a policy relating to the asylum seekers and refugees themselves. Read more
JCCV disclaims Reclaim Australia
April 7, 2015 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) condemns the Reclaim Australia rallies advocating and inciting religious intolerance which took place over the weekend. Read more
The Buchenwald Ball released on line
April 7, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald, the makers of The Buchenwald Ball is being re-released on demand with all proceeds from downloads going towards a new documentary about Holocaust survivor…set in Melbourne’s Holocaust Museum. Read more
A Holocaust Pesach diary
April 6, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Yad Vashem has published excerpts from a Melbourne woman’s diary chronicling her time in the Gabersdorf Labor Camp in the hope they can learn more about the women incarcerated there. Read more
Chag Sameach
April 3, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire wishes its readers a joyous Pesach and to those of our non-Jewish readers who celebrate Easter we wish a fulfilling long weekend. Read more
Iran Nuclear deal – Netanyahu not happy
April 3, 2015 by J-Wire
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken to US President Barack Obama and expressed Israel’s strong opposition to the framework agreement with Iran which poses a grave danger to Israel, the region and the world. Read more
After marathon talks, Iran and world powers reach nuclear framework deal
April 3, 2015 by Agencies
Iran and the P5+1 (U.S., U.K., France, Russia, China and Germany) world powers have announced that a framework deal on Iran’s nuclear program has been reached after marathon talks in Switzerland that blew past the March 31 deadline, setting the stage for a final comprehensive agreement to be reached by June 30. Read more
Nations reach deal with Iran as Islamic Republic continues Mideast power play
April 3, 2015 by Alina Dain Sharon-JNS.org
Iran and P5+1 have reached an agreement on a preliminary nuclear deal two days past the original March 31 deadline. Read more
President’s Pesach
April 3, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has been preparing for Peach…with the help of his grandson. Read more
WJC’s reaction to Iran deal
April 3, 2015 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder has reacted to the preliminary agreement reached by the negotiators of the P5+1 group in Lausanne. Read more
Asylum seekers in Israel
April 3, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Australian Reform Zionist Association has written a letter of complaint to Shmuel Ben-Shmuel, Israel’s ambassador to Australia protesting the treatment os asylum seekers in Israel. Read more
New children’s exhibition at Yad Vashem
April 2, 2015 by Estee Yaari
A new exhibition giving expression to the lives of the 1.5 million children who perished in the Holocaust will open in Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem later this month. Read more
Al-Taqwa College asked to explain
April 2, 2015 by J-Wire
Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne has issued a please explain to the principle of Al-Taqwa College, in Melbourne’s outer west. Read more
Iraq: did we leave too soon?
April 2, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Major General Jim Molan spent 40 years in the Australian army and will deal with deal with this question at this month’s NSW Board of Deputies plenum. Read more
Jewish Changemaker Awards
April 1, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
A large increase in nominations for the fourth annual Jewish Changemakers Awards made for a lively audience when the Awards were announced.
Chag Sameach from Tony Abbott
April 1, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has sent greetings to the Jewish community for Pesach… Read more
Jewish Agency at work in the Ukraine
April 1, 2015 by J-Wire
Dozens of Jews from war-torn eastern Ukraine who will be immigrating to Israel in the coming days celebrated the upcoming holiday of Passover at a simulated seder (ritual meal) held at The Jewish Agency for Israel’s refugee center outside the city of Dnepropetrovsk. Read more
Eat, Pray, Naches…. in Waverley
April 1, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Waverley Council invites people to share their post-war immigration stories for its Jewish community stories project – Eat, Pray, Naches.
Je m’appelle Dreyfus, je suis juive – Paris 2013
March 31, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Australian artist Ella Dreyfus installed these phrases on buildings and streets in Paris in 2013.
Legal action by Melbourne victims
March 30, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
As a result of evidence given at the recent Royal Commission Case Study 22, Melbourne legal firm, Waller Legal, is acting for a group of clients claiming negligence by the Yeshivah Centre Melbourne. Read more
Old computers – new use
March 30, 2015 by Talia Katz
Melbourne’s Bialik College has donated 50 working computers, worth over $20,000 to Ardoch Youth Foundation, a charity that provides education support for children and young people in need. Read more
Parliamentarians get immersed in Jewish Melbourne
March 30, 2015 by David Marlow
Fifteen Victorian Members of Parliament have participated in the Jewish Community Council of Victoria’s (JCCV’s) 2015 Politicians’ Jewish Immersion Day, visiting Jewish Care, the Jewish Museum of Australia, St Kilda Hebrew Congregation, the Jewish Holocaust Centre and the Beth Weizmann Community Centre. Read more
