Miller appointed CEO of UIA [NSW]

Former NSW Board of Deputies president  Yair Miller has been appointed CEO of the NSW branch of the United Israel Appeal. Read more

The First Signs of Chanukah

It may a little early to break out the dreidels, but Chanukah candles were lit yesterday at NSW Parliament House. Read more

Celebrating Israel and remembering the vote

The  National Council of Jewish Women of Australia NSW, Hamoadon HaIsraeli, The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies Zionist Council of NSW and Betar will host the10^th Anniversary of NCJWA Celebrating Israel. Read more

NZ Candidate posts antisemitic image

Corie Haddock, the Labour Party candidate who stood against New Zealand Prime Minister John Key in the recent NZ election, has posted an antisemitic image on his Facebook page. Read more

Israel recognises Pole who saved Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto

The Israeli Embassy in Canberra has hosted a ceremony to honour the late Roman Talikowski, a Polish Catholic merchant who risked his life saving Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto. Read more

Jerusalem Prize awarded to Philip Chester

Melbourne community icon Philip Chester has been awarded the prestigious Jerusalem Prize.

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“No war with Islam”…President Reuven Rivlin

Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin has told Israeli TV that “we have no war with Islam”. Read more

Har Nof: Australian ambassador donates blood

Australia’s ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma has donated blood to the hospital treating the victims of the Har Nof massacre…and has visited the wounded. Read more

The faces of grief

Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin spoke at the funeral of Sergeant-Major Zida Saif who lost his life fighting the terrorists responsible for the Har Nof synagogue massacre. Read more

Jerusalem Synagogue attack: Australia/NZ speak

Australian Jewish community identities have spoken out against the horrific massacre at the Har Nof synagogue in West Jerusalem…and a statement from Prime Minister Tony Abbott

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Jerusalem Synagogue attack: Eyewitness report

Magen David Adom’s Akiva Pollack was the first paramedic on the scene following the killings at the Har Nof synagogue in West Jerusalem. J-Wire publishes his filmed account. Read more

Journos report card

Top-level journalists who recently returned from a week in Israel, spoke of their experiences at a meeting held at Sydney’s Central Synagogue. Read more

Kosher Sushi in Double Bay

A contented crowd of kosher Sydneysiders have enjoyed an authentic Japanese meal in the well-known Niji Restaurant and Bar, Double Bay. Read more

The President’s presence

NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president Jeremy Spinak has represented the NSW Jewish community at the reception for Indian Prime Minister Modi on Monday night at Homebush  attended by 16,000 people…and was also present  the inauguration of a new church leader. Read more

Stirring the memories

Holocaust survivor Frank Lowy formally introduced German Chancellor Angela Merkel who delivered a lecture to the Lowy Institute founded by the co-founder of the Westfield shopping centre empire. Read more

Michael meets Angela

Parliamentary Secretary to Leader of the Opposition, Michael Danby, represented the Opposition at the Lowy Lecture at the Lowy Institute given by G20 visitor, German Chancellor, Angela Merkel. Read more

In memory of Mervyn Smith

World and Australian leaders have praised the work and life of Mervyn Smith, the late president of the African Jewish Council, an organisation he founded and lead for more than twenty years. Read more

Australia in the Negev

JNF Australia is involved in the development of two new projects in Israel… Read more

South African community leader passes away

“If there was a Jewish organisation, I belonged to it – with my heart and soul,” was an oft-quoted utterance of veteran and world-renowned South African Jewish communal leader Mervyn Smith who passed away on Shabbat, November 15/22 Cheshvan, after a long illness. He was 77. Read more

More JNF functions

The Triguboff and Hendler families hosted JNF events in Sydney. Were you at one?  Check the galleries…. Read more

Seminar on Israeli communities abroad

A seminar on Israeli communities abroad has been held in the Knesset in Jerusalem.  Read more

Australian ambassador attends Remembrance Day ceremony

Australian ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma attended a Remembrance Day ceremony at Ramleh. Read more

Multiculturalism good for Australia

About 85 per cent of the population agree that ‘multiculturalism has been good for Australia’. Read more

Maccabi to aid elite athletes

Maccabi Australia has launched the Rudi Roth Maccabi Australia Scholarship Fund. Read more

JNF Gala dinner Sydney

Did you attend the 2014 JNF Gala Dinner at Sydney’s Australian Turf Club?  Check here to see some of those who did…. Read more

Saluting Hitler in Tosca

Imagine being Jewish and having to give the Nazi salute in front of hundreds of people. This is the discomfiting challenge faced by Sitiveni Talei in Opera Australia’s 2014 production of Tosca. Read more

Mullum Mixes it up with Indie Jewish Folk Songs

Jewish folk songs are to take on a new and exciting form as singer-songwriter cousins Husky Gawenda and Gideon Presiss prepare a unique one-off performance with their young sister and cousin, Evie Gawenda for the Mullum Music Festival. Read more

Glick cartoon in Palestinian media

A Palestinian Authority newspaper printed a cartoon portraying wounded Temple Mount activist Rabbi Yehudah Glick as a snake, Palestinian Media Watch reported Thursday. Read more

Book launch leads to calls for Monash’s posthumous promotion

The Remembrance Day launch earlier this week of a new book about Sir John Monash has led to calls for the military commander to be posthumously promoted to the rank of field marshal. Read more

Liberal campaigner resigns over neo-Nazi revelations

A Victorian Liberal Party campaigner resigned on Wednesday after it was revealed that he was a former neo-Nazi. Read more

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