Media engendered hatred reaches into an Australian campus…writes Michael Danby
September 7, 2014 by Michael Danby
Recently I returned from a trip to Israel in the midst of its latest conflict with Hamas and, as I recently told the Sydney Institute, had seen first-hand the effects that living under a constant barrage of 35,000+ rockets can have on the lives of 5 million Israelis. Read more
Just once?..asks Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
September 7, 2014 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Question:
Rabbi, thank you so much for BINA’s ‘7 for Seven’ education program, leading up toThe Shabbat Project at the end of October. I came yesterday to the first lecture and thoroughly enjoyed it. I can feel the buzz and excitement in the air and many of my friends have already signed up to observe that Shabbat. Read more
Dear Sir, a week ago we lost our son
The parents of Daniel Tregerman have written to UN Secretray-General Ban Ki-moon. Read more
Mitzvah Pledge Cards
September 5, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Netanyahu mourns Joan Rivers
September 5, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Iconic American comedian Joan Rivers passed away this week in New York at the age of 81. Among those mourning the loss is Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more
Uniting Church and antisemitism
September 5, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Rev. Dr Brian Brown, Moderator of the Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of NSW and the ACT has commented in response to recent incidents of racism towards the Sydney Jewish community. Read more
Jewish-Indian friendship in Melbourne
September 4, 2014 by David Marlow
The inaugural Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) Jewish – Indian Friendship Dinner has been held at the Beth Weizmann Community Centre to help build friendship and cooperation across the Jewish and Indian communities. Read more
Dealing with online hate
The Online Hate Prevention Institute has hosted an event to highlight the rising antisemitism on social media and to launch tools to help combat it. Read more
Best grandpa/grandma/popi/buba/zaide?
NSW Minister for Ageing John Ajaka today encouraged everyone to show their appreciation for grandparents by nominating for this year’s NSW Grandparent of the Year Awards. Read more
Tzedek welcomes extended Royal Commission
September 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has received a further two years to complete its work…a decision welcomed by Jewish advocacy group Tzedek. Read more
Danby welcomes Wallenberg stamp
September 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Closet philatelist Labor MP Michael Danby has welcomed Australia Post’s decision to produce a stamp featuring Australia’s first honorary citizen Raoul Wallenberg. Read more
New Settlement – Embassy Explains
September 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s embassy in New Zealand has released the details behind the recent declaration of the establishment of a new settlement. Read more
Australia Post to issue Wallenberg stamp
September 2, 2014 by J-Wire
Australia Post will produce a Raoul Wallenberg stamp in mid-2015. Read more
Award for the Monte
September 2, 2014 by Natalie Shymko
Sydney’s Montefiore Home’s Nurse Practitioner Program has won the Better Practice Award for 2014 by the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency. Read more
Australian Jewish Military Stories
September 2, 2014 by J-Wire
Australian Minister assisting Prime Minister Tony Abbott for the ANZAC centenary Senator Michael Ronaldson has addressed The Australasian Union of Jewish Students at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Read more
WJC praises the Pope
September 2, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The World Jewish Congress has praised Pope Francis for co-organizing an international soccer match whose aim is to promote peace around the world and to raise funds for children in need. Read more
New Israeli settlements a concern for New Zealand
September 2, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully says his country is deeply concerned at the announcement by Israel’s Civil Administration Authority that they will appropriate 400 hectares of privately owned Palestinian land near Bethlehem for Israeli settlements. Read more
Maccabi Australia announces national awards
September 1, 2014 by J-Wire
The winners of State awards for sporting prowess within the Australian Jewish community qualify for the national awards…and they have been announced today. Read more
Palestinian-Israeli soccer school
September 1, 2014 by Agencies
Israel’s 9th President, Shimon Peres, will kick off the Peres Center for Peace’s annual “Twinned Peace Soccer Schools” program tomorrow at Kibbutz Dorot in the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council. Read more
“Protective Edge not Over”…Yair Lapid
September 1, 2014 by J-Wire
Israel’s Finance Minister and Security Cabinet Member Yair Lapid has told an international media press conference that Operation Protective Edge is not over. Read more
Adelaide support for Israel
August 31, 2014 by J-Wire
Sixty supporters of Israel have held a rally on the steps of the South Australian parliament is support of Israel. Read more
Carr adds his voice
August 29, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Last weekend’s Queensland Australia Labor Party Conference joined that of NSW in supporting recognition of Palestine…a move welcomed by former Foreign Minister Bob Carr. Read more
Victorian government funds community safety improvements
August 28, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Victorian Minister for Crime Prevention Edward O’Donohue has announced that the Beth Weizmann Community Centre in Melbourne will receive $10,000 for a new crime prevention project that will support a safer community. Read more
Farewell to a grand dame
August 28, 2014 by Roz Tarszisz
There was laughter and there were a few tears when the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies hosted a communal function at the Sydney Jewish Museum to honour and farewell Her Excellency Professor The Honourable Dame Marie Bashir, AD, CVO, who will step down from her role as Governor of New South Wales on October 1st. Read more
Operation Protective Edge: Netanyahu’s analysis
August 28, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared Operation Protective Edge “a major military achievement”. Read more
Labor welcomes ceasefire
August 27, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s opposition Labor party has warmly welcomed the long-term ceasefire in Israel and Gaza. Read more
Minding the media
August 27, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Arnold Roth’s daughter was killed in the suicide bombing attack on a Jerusalem restaurant in 2001. He has addressed a lunch in his native Melbourne. Read more
Dismay at flyers distributed in Sydney
August 26, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
Homes in the Sydney suburbs of Double Bay and Bondi have been targeted in a campaign to spread racial hatred against Jews. Read more
Rights for the elderly
August 26, 2014 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) Rights and Responsibilities of Elderly People Forum has been held in Melbourne. Read more
Waks quits Tzedek
August 26, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Manny Waks, the founder of child sexual abuse advocacy group Tzedek will leave the organisation in November. Read more
