Best wishes for the HSC
October 8, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
NSW State Member for Coogee Bruce Notley-Smith and Member for Vaucluse Gabrielle Upton today wished local students well in their final preparations for the HSC written exams, which begin next week…and J-Wire extends their wishes to the North Shore. Read more
Australian link to Mikve excavation
October 8, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Archaeologists excavating an Israeli site housing a 2000-yr-old Mikve discovered graffiti left by Australian soldiers serving in WWII. Read more
New community milestone for Melbourne
October 8, 2014 by Ayal Tusia
Politicians, community VIPs and families have attended the laying of the foundations of Jewish Care’s $8.5 million Disability Respite Centre for children and adults living with disability. Read more
Plans for New Aged Care Residence in Carnegie
October 8, 2014 by Ayal Tusia
Jewish Care Victoria has purchased land in Carnegie for the future construction of a 120 bed residential aged care facility. Read more
Find a Sukkah…worldwide
October 7, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The world wide directory of Sukkahs has been published online marking its 21st year of operation. Read more
Sydney woman remains in prison
October 7, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
As Sukkot approaches, 27-yr-old Natalie Gershoig remains in a military prison in Israel. Read more
Rebbetzin issues an apology to Manny Waks
October 7, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Rebbetzin Pnina Feldman has issued an apology to child sexual abuse advocate Manny Waks for language used in an email sent to the found of Tzedek on the eve of Yom Kippur. Read more
Rivlin and Netanyahu reaffirm Jerusalem as capital
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has received Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the President’s Residence for a private meeting and was updated following the Prime Minister’s return from the United States and reaffirmed their position regarding Jerusalem. Read more
Sydney woman spends Yom Kippur in Israeli jail
October 6, 2014 by J-Wire
A 27-yr-old Sydney woman spent Yom Kippur in a military jail in Israel following her arrest for draft evasion. Read more
Just in time
October 5, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The leader of the NSW Opposition has sent a Yom Kippur message to the Jewish community. Read more
Yom Kippur may be a listed UN holy day next year
The holiest day on the Jewish calendar isn’t among the 10 holiest days on the United Nations calendar. But Israel and many other countries hope that changes by the time next year’s Day of Atonement arrives. Read more
Well over the Fast
October 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten wishes Australian Jewry well over the Fast on Yom Kippur. Read more
Registration open for Limmud Fest
October 3, 2014 by Sam Sherry
With the Limmud Fest program about to launch participant registration has now opened for Limmud Fest 2014. Read more
Increase for NSW communities
October 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello has announced a new Grants Program. Read more
Honey cake for Andrews
October 3, 2014 by Rachel Mihalovich
Senior members of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) Executive, together with Isaac Teller, President of the Council of Orthodox Synagogues Victoria, have met with Leader of the Victorian Opposition Daniel Andrews. Read more
A Yom Kippur Message
Rabbi Shlomo Meir Kluwgant, the president of the Organisation of Rabbis of Australia sends a Yom Kippur message…. Read more
The Lancet finds a cure
October 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Editor-in-Chief of the British medical publication The Lancet has apologised for the polarization created by an article accusing Israel of war crimes. Read more
Haifa Day remembered
October 3, 2014 by Roz Tarszisz
Haifa Day marking the liberation of the Israeli city from the Ottoman Empire 1918 by the Indian army has been commemorated in Sydney. Read more
Rabbi commemorates fallen police
October 2, 2014 by Roz Tarszisz
Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant has lead the commemoration ceremony for Victorian police members who have lost their lives in the line of duty. Read more
Walkley nomination for “Code of Silence”
October 2, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Dan Goldberg and Melbourne’s Danny Ben-Moshe have been nominated for the documentary on Melbourne Yeshivah’s alleged Code of Silence. Read more
Religious communities relations a concern in NZ
October 2, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Community leaders representing Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, Hindus and members of the Jewish community met recently to discuss and review the experiences of the last few months in New Zealand. Read more
The President and the Prime Minister
October 2, 2014 by Agencies
U.S. President Barack Obama has met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…J-Wire publishes their public statements. Read more
Call to Australian rabbis to seek community help
October 2, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Gift of Life is appealing to all rabbis throughout Australia to ask suitable members of their congregations at Yom Kippur services to donate blood in an effort to save six Jewish lives. Read more
Promotion for Ron Hoenig
October 2, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Labor Member for Heffron Ron Hoenig has been appointed Shadow Minister for Emergency Services in a NSW Opposition frontbench reshuffle following the announcement that Member for Macquarie Fields and former Opposition Minister for Health, Dr Andrew McDonald, would not be contesting the next State Election. Read more
On the one hand…
October 1, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Israeli-born Marcelo Svirsky has been criticised by federal MP Michael Danby for supporting the BDS movement by walking from Wollongong to Canberra…Svirsky responds to the criticism. Read more
Protector of the faith
October 1, 2014 by David Marlow
Nina Bassat, President of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria, has presented police Sergeant Timothy Lambourne with a certificate in appreciation of his work supporting multiculturalism and his services to the Jewish community in Victoria. Read more
Waves of the future
October 1, 2014 by Batya Elizabeth Greenman
Australian scientists have been working on collaboration with Israel’s Weizmann Institute to develop ocean waves in producing powers before only witnessed in science fiction. Read more
Bibi addresses the U.N.
September 30, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has addressed the United Nations… Read more
Hebrew University at work on the reef
September 30, 2014 by Dov Smith
An expedition from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Carnegie Institute of Science has measured a roughly 40% reduction in the rate of calcium carbonate deposited in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in the last 35 years — a scenario that could damage the reef framework and endanger the entire coral ecosystem. Read more
Rare find now on show
Visiting or living in Israel? A rare cache of Byzantine-era antiquities discovered in 2013, including the largest gold medallion with Judaic symbols known in existence, are on public display for the first time in a focused exhibition at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Read more
