The bees’ knees
November 29, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Auckland’s Kadimah School has won a national competition organised by Crown Relocations calling on children to independently produce a 90 second video about what they would do if they won $4,00o. Read more
Chief Rabbi meets the Rabbinical Council of Victoria
November 28, 2014 by Rachel Mihalovich
Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, the 11th Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, has met with members of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria for a private discussion. Read more
Noel Pearson launches The Aunt’s Mirrors
November 28, 2014 by Roz Tarszisz
Noel Pearson has launched The Aunt’s Mirrors a family memoir which discusses the history of seven generations of the author’s family in Australia. Read more
Israeli Holocaust survivors tour the Negev
November 28, 2014 by Ahuva Bar-Lev
Three hundred holocaust survivors from Amcha social clubs all over Israel got together for a day trip to KKL-JNF sites in southern Israel…funded by a family from Melbourne. Read more
Folies Bergere – Giveaways
J-Wire has 10 double passes for Folies Bergere…a delightful film in French starring Isabelle Huppert. Read more
Historical record of Bar and Batmitvahs
November 27, 2014 by Ayal Tusia
The unique and innovative B’nei Mitzvah initiative, run by Jewish Care in partnership with the Pratt Foundation, is appealing to all members of our community to send in their cherished bar/bat mitzvah photos. Read more
Heritage Award for Jewish Cemetery
November 27, 2014 by Roz Tarszisz
In a positive testament to a town’s appreciation of the past, Maitland has won a NSW Tidy Towns Award for its care of the Jewish Cemetery. Read more
KA: The year in review
The Kashrut Authority has reported on its 2014 activities…and its plans for 2015. Read more
Building bridges
November 27, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies will undertake its annual bridge-building tour of regional New South Wales next week when it visits the Blue Mountains. Read more
Faith in the future
November 27, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello has hosted a meeting of the State’s key religious leaders at NSW Parliament. Read more
Canberra rabbi inaugurated by the Chief Rabbi
November 26, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Rabbi Alon Meltzer has been inaugurated by the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis as the first full-time spiritual head of the ACT National Jewish Memorial Centre. Read more
Wolper announces community grants
November 26, 2014 by Roz Tarszisz
A new President and Life Governor were appointed and community grants announced at the Annual General Meeting of Sydney’s Wolper Jewish Hospital. Read more
Gaby Berger responds
November 26, 2014 by J-Wire
Former board member of Sydney’s Montefiore Home Gabby Berger has responded to a reference to him being dismissed from the Board for “misconduct” being featured in a circular sent to the Home’s members. Read more
David Kramer deported to the United States
November 26, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
An American teacher who sexually abused children at a Melbourne Jewish school has been deported to the United States following his release from prison. Read more
David Southwick: Liberals and the Jewish community
November 26, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
This election, the Victorian Coalition pledges to continue its unwavering support for the Jewish community and ensure security, education and community programs are supported by a re-elected Napthine Government. Read more
Gus Lehrer solves a 75-yr-old mathematical question
November 26, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Australian Academy of Science has honoured University of Sydney academic Professor Gustav Lehrer from the School of Mathematics and Statistics who among other achievements solved a 75-yr-old mathematical problem.
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Victoria: a change at the top
November 26, 2014 by David Marlow
Jennifer Huppert is the new president of The Jewish Community Council of Victoria taking over from Nina Bassat. Read more
Israel experience a game changer
November 26, 2014 by Brenda Segal
The Zionist Council of Victoria and the Zionist Federation of Australia have hosted Prof Leonard Saxe and Klutznick Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies and Social Policy at Bradeis University who spoke on the subject of how the Israel experience is a game changer for Jewish continuity. Read more
Melbourne’s Jewish Care holds AGM
November 26, 2014 by Ayal Tusia
Melbourne’s Jewish Care has listed its activities for its last operational year…including 124,000 hours of home and personal care. Read more
Ron Proser addresses the U.N.
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations has made a significant speech to the international body. Read more
In the Senate – Har Nof
November 26, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Western Australia Senator Joe Bullock has addressed the Senate in the Australian Federal parliament analysing the aftermath of the Kehilat Bnei Torah Synagogue massacre in Jerusalem. Read more
Focus on Adass
November 25, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Mint Pictures, the documentary production company responsible for ABC-TV’s Walkley-nominated “Code of Silence” which focused on Melbourne’s Yeshivah community is now turning its lenses towards Adass. Read more
Commemoration the expulsion of Jews
From the middle of the 20th century Arab nationalism and Islamism began their continuing ascent resulting in the expulsion of 860,000 Jews from Arab lands…resulting this year in the establishment of a world day of remembrance. Read more
Thessalonike – a Greek city once known as Madre Yisrael
November 25, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ president Jeremy Spinak – recently attended a ball celebrating the the Greek city of Thessalonike. Read more
Melbourne’s Jewish centre promised an upgrade
November 25, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
As this weekend’s Victorian State election approaches, the Labor Party, currently in opposition, has promised a $500,000 grant to upgrade Melbourne’s Beith Weizmann Community Centre. Read more
Succession at the Monte
At the upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Sir Moses Montefiore Jewish Home, which will be held at the Hunters Hill campus on Sunday, 7 December 2014, the Home’s much respected and much admired Honorary Secretary, Max Kahn, will not be seeking re-election to the Board. Read more
An award for Nadine
November 24, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The MUM FOR MUM program run by the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia [NSW] has won the Wellbeing Award from the Sydney branch of the Australian Psychological Society. Read more
Four-year-old attacked in Auckland
November 23, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
A four-year-old boy wearing a yarmulke and tzitzit was hit on the head while walking home from school with his mother in Mt Eden, Auckland. Read more
The Chief Rabbi visits Moriah
November 21, 2014 by Roz Tarszisz
After an overnight flight from Perth, the Chief Rabbi of the United Synagogues of the Commonwealth, Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis went from Sydney airport directly to Moriah College in Queens Park to address high school students and to make presentations to the Jewish day school’s kindergarden class. Read more
Thessaloniki mayor to visit Melbourne Holocaust centre
November 21, 2014 by Michelle Coleman
Mayor Yiannis Boutaris, the mayor of Thessaloniki in Greece, is set to visit Melbourne’s Jewish Holocaust centre on Sunday, November 23. Read more
