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
Jews abetting Hamas are no voice for peace…writes Yitzchak Santis
August 26, 2014 by J-Wire
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), the group that recently invaded and “occupied”the Philadelphia Jewish Community Services Building and on Aug. 20 simulated and protested the (legal) blockade of Gaza outside of the UJA-Federation of New York, has declared in northern California, “Zionism isn’t welcome in our town.” Read more
Operation Protective Edge — Gains and Losses…writes Isi Leibler
August 26, 2014 by Isi Leibler
The jury is still out and few would envy Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s challenge in making the tough decisions required in an extraordinarily complex situation. But despite self-criticism that occasionally borders on masochism, most Israelis appreciate the responsible leadership displayed by the prime minister and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon in the current confrontation with Hamas. Read more
ECAJ asks for balance
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has asked the Save the Children Fund to introduce balance to their current campaign seeking support for Gaza’s young. Read more
An early L’Shana tova
August 25, 2014 by David Marlow
The annual Rosh Hashanah Lunch with Victorian parliamentarians has been held at Melbourne’s Parliament House with over 40 State Members of Parliament and the leaders of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) and the Zionist Council of Victoria (ZCV). Read more
Successful Writers Festival
August 25, 2014 by Sharon Berger
The Sydney Jewish Writers Festival has reinforced its place at the forefront of innovative cultural and intellectual Jewish programming in Sydney. Read more
Minister tours Beth Weizmann
August 25, 2014 by Brenda Segal
Matthew Guy, the Victorian Minister for Planning and Multicultural Affairs has been given a tour of Melbourne’s Beth Weizmann Community Centre. Read more
Netanyahu tells Ban Ki-moon Hamas is ISIS and ISIS is Hamas
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated his claim that Hamas is ISIS and ISIS as Hamas…this time to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Read more
Billboard draws community attention
August 22, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission and The Jewish Community Council of Victoria have denounced a billboard in Melbourne equating Israel with the former apartheid regime in South Africa. Read more
Israeli Film Festival gets underway in Sydney
August 22, 2014 by Roz Tarszisz
A crowd of film buffs and members of the Jewish community gathered at the Verona Cinema in Sydney for the opening film at the 11th AICE Israeli Film Festival as small group of pro-Palestinian protesters defied police instructions and demonstrated outside the Paddington theatre. Read more
19th century fund aids 21st century education
August 21, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Maurice Alexander Scholarship Fund has donated almost $23,000 to the Fund for Jewish Higher Education. Read more
Premier announces new multicultural direction
August 21, 2014 by Mike Baird
We have a new direction for multicultural practice in NSW…writes NSW Premier Mike Baird. Read more
New President at the Board
August 21, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Jeremy Spinak has replaced Yair Miller as the president of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies. Read more
“Hamas is like Isis” – Netanyahu as he turns to Abbas
August 21, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that ISIS and Hamas are no friends of the Palestinian people. Read more
Israeli Film Festival Giveaways
The 2014 AICE Fil Festival will open in Sydney tonight. J-Wire has 10 double passes to give away. With pro-Palestinian protesters threatening to defy the NSW police who would not permit a protest, now is the time to show your support for Israel by attending this important event…winner or not. Read more
JNF provides a welcome respite
August 19, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
More than 2,500 Israeli schoolchildren whose homes are close to the Gaza border have received a welcome break from the tension generated by a daily dose of rockets…they were bussed to safer pastures for respite courtesy of the Jewish National Fund’s Australian arm. Read more
Is anti-Zionism antisemitism?
August 18, 2014 by Brenda Segal
200 members of the Melbourne community have attended a panel discussion on – “Is Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism?” Read more
The impact of overseas conflicts on NSW multicultural communities
August 18, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Community Relations Commission for a multicultural NSW ( CRC) Annual Symposium will discuss the impact on communities in NSW of conflicts and other humanitarian crises in other parts of the world. Read more
Governance for Maccabi
August 18, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Maccabi Australia has released its Member Protection Handbook and with it a structure that ensures proper governance and process. Read more
Melbourne teacher to be extradited from Israel to face sexual abuse charges
August 18, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Malka Leifer is being held in Israel as extradition proceedings get underway to return her to Australia to face charges of sexually abusing her pupils. Read more
Palestine Action Group waits for a decision
August 18, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Palestine Action Group is seeking permission to stage a protest outside the Verona cinema in Paddington on Thursday at the opening if the Israeli Film Festival. Read more
Liberman not scheduled to visit Australia
August 17, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
A Jewish newspaper published an “exclusive” report that Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman was “set for an Oz Tour” later this month. J-Wire can confirm he is not. Read more
Pro-Israel rally on Shabbat
A rally showing solidarity with Israel was held in the New Zealand city of Hastings on Saturday…by Christian supporters of the Jewish State. Read more
The whole truth…
Dr Toby Haggith, is the Senior Curator of the Department of Research at London’s Imperial War Museums and restoration director of the German Concentration Camps Factual Survey…a documentary featuring the original work of wartime film cameramen who produced irrefutable evidence of the horrors of the Holocaust being shown in Sydney this week. Read more
Guardian rejects Dershowitz ad on Hamas tactics
August 16, 2014 by Alina Dain Sharon-JNS.org
The British newspaper The Guardian has rejected an advertorial piece penned by famed Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz, JNS.org has learned. Read more
Key posters defaced
August 15, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is currently campaigning to seek victory in the September general election…but posters have been daubed with vile antisemitic slogans. Read more
Protesters occupy Israeli company in Melbourne
August 15, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Israeli-based Elbit company’s offices in Port Melbourne have been occupied by pro-Palestinian demonstrators. Read more
Code of Silence afterthoughts
August 15, 2014 by Steve Yarrow
Manny Waks and his father Zephania talk on film following the screening on ABC-TV of “Code of Silence” a finely made documentary showing how going public on child sexual abuse within the Melbourne Yeshiva community impacted on the orthodox Waks family… Read more
Inquiry head’s attitude to Israel questioned
August 15, 2014 by Agencies
NGO Monitor claims that the UN Human Rights Council appointee Canadian Professor William Schabas has a record of anti-Israel bias. Read more
