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
Nazi memorabilia on sale in Canberra
March 29, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
A Canberra auction house has come under fire for offering for sale Nazi memorabilia. Read more
Melbourne’s UIA Gala Dinner
March 29, 2015 by Carli Diamond
550 donors recently filled Melbourne’s Grand Hyatt Savoy Ballroom to capacity for the UIA Gala Dinner featuring international guest speakers Colonel Richard Kemp and Lieutenant Colonel Chezy Deutsch. Read more
New Yorker article compares Jews to dogs
March 29, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The B’nai Brith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has today expressed strong reservations about an essay in The New Yorker magazine by actor and comedienne Lena Dunham in which she compares her Jewish boyfriend to a dog and employs offensive and insulting stereotypes about Jews and money. Read more
The Road to Realisation
March 25, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
More than 180 people attended at the AGM of Sydney’s Hakoah Club despite there being no election and were “walked through” the Hakoah proposal for the redevelopment plans of the White City site. Read more
Red Rattler: Apology accepted
March 25, 2015 by J-Wire
A Sydney theatre which refused to consider a booking from a Jewish organisation has apologised…and the apology has been accepted. Read more
Dear Malcolm, Dear Mark
March 24, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Mark Leibler was the president of the Zionist Council of Victoria in 1983 when Malcolm Fraser lost the prime ministership to Bob Hawke… Read more
Watch your rhetoric
March 24, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has stated its position on the use of rhetoric invoking the Nazi Party. Read more
JNF Victoria has shared presidency
March 24, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Michael Carp will become Co-President of JNF Victoria together with Simone Szalmuk-Singer, the current Victorian President. Read more
TV duo receive two Logies nominations
March 24, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Pesach recipes: a link to the past
March 24, 2015 by Agencies
Does memory have a taste? Anyone who has tried to replicate their favourite family dishes without a recipe will tell you it does. Read more
Red Rattler apologises
March 23, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
A Sydney theatre which refused to offer its facilities to a Jewish group saying that the organisation “does not support colonialism/Zionism” has apologised to the applicant. Read more
Preparing for ANZAC
March 23, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Victor Dominello has met with representatives of the NSW Association of Jewish Ex-Service Men and Women at the Great Synagogue in Sydney. Read more
Meeting and eating
March 23, 2015 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) and the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV) have celebrated Harmony Day by co-hosting a Jewish – Muslim Friendship Dinner. Read more
Malcolm Fraser: Community messages
March 23, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry and The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council have issued statements following the death of former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. Read more
Sydney theatre rejects Jewish production
March 22, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
A Sydney theatre has refused to rent its premises to a Jewish group on the grounds that their policy “does not support colonialism/Zionism”. Read more
The Malcolm Fraser I knew
March 22, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Isi Leibler knew the late Malcolm Fraser well. He tells J-Wire about Australia’s 22nd Prime Minister…a man whose passionate support for Israel was to take a reverse turn… Read more
Hakoah: Differences resolved
March 22, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The incumbent board of Sydney’s Hakoah Club will hold its AGM on Tuesday free of any threat to its immediate future. Read more
Malcolm Fraser: A Beacon of Light for the Jewish Community as Prime Minister
March 22, 2015 by Suzanne Rutland
In recent years, the late Honourable Malcolm Fraser’s harsh criticisms of Israeli government policies have created great controversy within the Jewish community. Read more
Danby walks out of parliament
March 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
During yesterday’s Question Time, the Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s slur linking Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to Nazi Dr Goebbels, prompted Federal Labor MP Michael Danby to walk out of Parliament. Read more
Hakoah AGM: Three positions up for election
March 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
A move to change the number of positions available for election on Sydney’s Hakoah Club board at next week’s AGM has failed in the Supreme Court. Read more
NSW Maccabi follows Lowy and backs Hakoah board
March 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
NSW Maccabi has emailed its members asking them to back the incumbent Hakoah Club board at the upcoming AGM…following the stance taken by the Lowy family. Read more
Jones addresses AIPAC
March 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Shir Madness heading for Melbourne
March 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Jewish Music Festival Shir Madness has become a diary date for Sydneysiders since 2010. In 2015, it will also take place in Melbourne. Read more
Food for the soul
March 20, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
The FoodFaith initiative was launched this week in Sydney with religious leaders breaking bread with academics and sustainability groups to discuss the latest food sustainability issues and strategies. Read more
JCA not involved “in any way”
March 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
JCA president Stephen Chipkin has written to J-Wire to dispel rumours that the community organisation is involved in “the current dispute” with the board of the Hakoah Club. Read more
Sydney University Disruption: B’nai B’rith has its say
March 19, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The president of B’nai B’rith NSW has written to Sydney University in the wake of the protest which disrupted a lecture being delivered by Colonel Richard Kemp. Read more
Hakoah in court
March 19, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Supreme Court in Sydney will hear an application tomorrow which, if successful, could increase the number of available positions on the Hakoah board from three to eight…ahead of next Tuesday’s planned AGM. Read more
The summit of life
March 19, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
A mountain in the far-off Pyrenees provided hope, inspiration and drive for a critically ill leukaemia patient in Sydney. Read more
