President Peres meets parents
June 20, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s President Shimon Peres has met with the families of kidnapped boys Eyal Yifrach, Naftali Frankel and Gilad Shaar. Read more
WJC condemns social media hate
June 19, 2014 by J-Wire
The World Jewish Congress today denounced the social-media hate campaign, reportedly launched by Hamas supporters, to ridicule the three Israeli youths kidnapped by terrorists last week. Read more
Interfaith and Youth
June 19, 2014 by Rachel Mihalovich
The Rabbinical Council of Victoria has hosted a Community Reference Group (CRG) forum last week to discuss issues relating to Youth Engagement. Read more
Jewish Agency Chairman visits families
Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky and Avital Sharansky today (Monday, June 16) visited the families of 19-year-old Eyal Yifrah and 16-year-old Gil-Ad Shaer, two of the three Israeli teens kidnapped by terrorists on Thursday evening and currently held. Read more
Commemorative panels at Sydney University
June 18, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
A series of panels to be hung in the University of Sydney’s Department of Hebrew, Biblical & Jewish Studies in honour of its major benefactors has been inaugurated by Her Excellency Professor The Honourable Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO, Governor of NSW. Read more
Parliamentary Petition – act now
June 18, 2014 by J-Wire
A petition calling for action by the Australian parliament on the abduction of three Israeli teenagers is in place but needs to be acted on IMMEDIATELY. Read more
Calls to help find the missing teenagers
June 17, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Organisations and a federal MP have added their voices to bring back the three abducted Israeli teenagers believed to being held captive by Palestinian terrorists. Read more
Support services for missing teenagers
June 17, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Members of the Sydey and Melbourne Jewish communities gathered last night to pray together for the missing Israeli teenage boys Eyal Yifrach, Gil-ad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel captured by Palestinian terrorists.
Families of abducted Israeli teens refuse to succumb to despair
June 17, 2014 by Agencies
As the days pass following the abduction of three Jewish teenagers near Hebron, the boys’ families are refusing to succumb to despair despite the uncertainty surrounding the situation. Read more
Israeli technology advances NZ internet capabilities
June 16, 2014 by J-Wire
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, has announced that Wireless Nation, a leading New Zealand, ISP will be deploying Gilat’s SkyEdge II VSATs, powered by Optus’s wholesale satellite services. Read more
Kidnapped teenagers: a plea to the UN
June 16, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Orly Levi-Abekasis, Chair of the Knesset Committee on the Rights of the Child has made a plea to U.N. president Ban Ki-moon seeking intervention in the abduction of three Israeli teenagers. Read more
Community support for teenagers
June 16, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council and the B’nai B’rith anti-Defamation Commission have joined in expressing hope for a quick and successful result in finding and rescuing the three teenagers kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists. Read more
Kidnapping comment from Canberra
June 16, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s ambassador to Australia Shmuel Ben-Shmuel has issued the following statement following the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers… Read more
A prayer
June 16, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
For J-Wire readers unable to attend a prayer meeting, Canberra’s Rabbi Alon Meltzer has sent this message…and prayer to recite wherever you may be… Read more
Call to prayer
June 16, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Meetings have been called in Sydney and Melbourne to offer prayers calling for the safe return of the three Israeli teenagers kidnapped by Hamas. Read more
Labor MPs visit Israel
June 16, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Interfaith farewell
June 16, 2014 by Agencies
The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney has hosted a Farewell Dinner for the Senior Rabbi of The Great Synagogue, Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence and his wife Mandy. Read more
Preparing for 2015 ANZAC centenary
June 16, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
A ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ has been completed between the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, The Federal Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women and the Australian Jewish Historical Society. Read more
…and the scorpion remains the same…writes Ambassador Yosef Livne
One of the most famous fables concerns the scorpion that approaches a frog and asks her to carry him across the pond. When the frog refuses claiming its fear of the scorpion’s sting, its reply was why would I sting you, we would both die. Faced with such logic the frog agrees and the scorpion climbs on its back and off they go. Somewhere in the middle, the scorpion unleashes its venom. The dying frog just asks why, you would also die. It is hard to break a habit, answers the drowning scorpion. Read more
Barmitzvah spans generations
June 16, 2014 by Sarah Bendetsky
A Bar Mitzvah has taken place at Melbourne’s Montefiore Homes Community Residence..for only the second time in 166 years. Read more
Kidnapped Israeli teenagers: 80 arrests – search continues
June 15, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The IDF has made more than 80 arrests in the hunt for three teenagers kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists. Read more
Federal Liberal MPs visit Israel
June 15, 2014 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Federal Liberal MPs have shared their experiences gained on an AIJAC sponsored visit to Israel. Read more
Sydney Cheder prays for missing teenagers
June 15, 2014 by J-Wire
Breaking news: three teenagers missing
June 14, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The IDF has released a statement expressing concern about three missing Israeli teenagers. Read more
A Melbourne Jewish donor and an Arab Student from the Galilee
June 13, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Tel Aviv University Arab scholarship recipient, Lana Wahibe has met her Australian benefactor after a year’s wait. Read more
Netanyahu for Australia?
June 12, 2014 by J-Wire
The Israel Trade and Economic Mission has announced in its June newsletter that “the Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, will be in Australia 13-17 July.” Read more
Tickling the ivories at 100
June 12, 2014 by Ayal Tusia
John Harband established a jazz-band in Melbourne shortly after the end of WWII which entertained Elizabeth Taylor and the Queen during their official visits to Australia…and at the age of 100 he is still entertaining. Read more
JCA Eastern Suburbs Communal event
Wendy Harmer entertained the huge crowd at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney attending the JCA event…were you there? Check the pix… Read more
GenNext Photo Gallery
June 12, 2014 by J-Wire
Maybe you were at Sydney’s JCA GenNext event with guest speaker Alisa Camplin-Warner OAM held at JewishCare….check the pix Read more
Sydney’s JCA Major Donors Dinner
Were you at the JCA Major Donors Dinner? Maybe your photo is in this gallery… Read more
