Tzedek congratulates Chabad Youth
Child sexual abuse advocacy group Tzedek has congratulated Melbourne’s Chabad Youth on becoming accredited under the Australian Childhood Foundation Safeguarding Children Program. Read more
Robertson walks for respect
May 29, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Opposition Leader John Robertson has described a recent community Walk for Respect to show support for Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act as a resounding success. Read more
Rabbis learn about organ donations
May 29, 2014 by Rachel Mihalovich
The Canberra based Organ and Tissue Authority provided this week a training session for 15 Victorian rabbis on the medico-legal process in Australia for determining ‘brain-stem and whole of brain death’. Read more
Far right on the rise in Europe
May 27, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
His Holiness at Yad Vashem and with President Shimon Peres
May 27, 2014 by J-Wire
The Pope has visited Yad Vashem and the home of President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem during his visit to the Middle East. Read more
Rabbi Kluwgant at the helm
May 27, 2014 by Rachel Mihalovich
The Organisation of Rabbis of Australasia has held its national conference this week in Melbourne, Australia. Read more
Brussels and Paris: Australia has its say
May 26, 2014 by J-Wire
Australian Zionists have reacted to the attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels and the stabbing attack on French Jews in Paris. Read more
The Eve Besen Centre
May 26, 2014 by Agencies
The National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (Victoria) has launched The Eva Besen Centre in the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield. Read more
The Pope: Words of welcome from Bibi
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has welcomed Pope Francis to Israel… Read more
Shir Madness: A Tribute
May 26, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
This weekend, the vibrant energy of music in the Jewish community will feature classic songs from classic composers as Shir Madness presents it first ever sideshow. Read more
Glicks helps those in knead
May 26, 2014 by Ayal Tusia
Jewish Care Victoria has partnered with Glick’s Cakes and Bagels to support Jewish Care’s 2014 Annual Appeal. Read more
Brussels: death toll rises to four
A fourth person has died following the attack on the Jewish museum in Brussels on Saturday. Read more
WJC reacts to Brussels attack
May 25, 2014 by J-Wire
Three people have been killed following an attack by a gunman at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels. Read more
Trial adjourned – and charges dropped
May 23, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The trial of a man charged following an alleged attack on a group of Sydney Jews walking home after Shabbat dinner in Sydney last October has been adjourned . Read more
2011 Census Jewish Facts and Figures
May 23, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The estimated Jewish population of Australia has grown to 112,000 according to the results of the 2011 census…up 6% from the 2006 census and up 20% from the 2001 census. Read more
The $6 million Blue Box Queen
May 23, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
NSW Jewish Blue Box Queen Salome Woods has been honoured by having her name inscribed in the JNF Golden Book in Israel to mark 30 years of service with the Jewish National Fund. Read more
Zohar wins again
May 22, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Israeli Zohar Sharon has won his fifth World Blind Golf Championship and the Australian Open Blind Championship. Read more
Woodside deal off
May 21, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Australian petrol giant Woodside has called off a proposed $US2.5 billion deal to acquire 25% of the Leviathan gas fields off the coast of Israel. Read more
NSWJBD Plenum Farewells Rabbi Lawrence
May 21, 2014 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s The Great Synagogue’s Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence has addressed NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum ahead of his move to England where he has been appointed spiritual leader of London’s Finchley United Synagogue.
The Great Parade
May 20, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney celebrated Lag Baomer with a great parade starting at Bondi Beach wending its way to Barracluff Park. Read more
Zionism alive and well in New Zealand
May 20, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Aussies told not to take part in peace run
Six Israelis, three originally from Australia, were asked to refrain from participating in Australian ultra marathon runner Pat Farmer’s Peace Run, as it passed the Jewish communities of Eli and Shiloh in Samaria. The group had coordinated with Farmer’s team ahead of time to ensure that Jews and Palestinians could run together in a true show of coexistence. Read more
Cruising for love
Men in lion and dog suits, women wearing fluoro wigs and a magician with a top hat and baton; it doesn’t sound like a religious festival, but it is. Read more
A quieter Al-Nakba…but the message stays the same
May 16, 2014 by Julie Nathan
Around 200 people attended this year’s Al-Nakba protest in Sydney last night. Numbers were down on previous years and the crowd seemed tamer. The Hezbollah flags and neo-Nazis, conspicuously present in the previous two years, were gone. Read more
Zionism is a dirty word in New Zealand
May 16, 2014 by Michael Kuttner
In what must be a world first for a Jewish Community in the democratic world, it seems that the Zionist Federation of New Zealand which had existed in one form or another since before the creation of the State of Israel has gone into voluntary liquidation. Read more
Hayman: to be sentenced this month
May 15, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney Yeshiva camp volunteer Daniel “Gug” Hayman has pleaded guilty to indecent assault by a person of authority on two male complainants and a charge of indecency against a female complaint has been dropped. Read more
Anti-Semitism around the world
May 15, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
The U.S. based Anti-Defamation League has surveyed antisemitism in 100 countries around the world…and Australia and New Zealand as a region have been found to have the lowest rate globally. Read more
Hollywood urged to speak out against BDS
May 15, 2014 by Agencies
Ronald S. Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), has condemned a call by a group of American actors led by Danny Glover for an all-out cultural boycott of Israel. Read more
ECAJ says 18C fight is “a marathon”
May 14, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Over 100 people, including community leaders and academics, have attended a meeting in Sydney convened by the Chinese Australian Forum to discuss the Federal government’s proposals to alter parts of the Racial Discrimination Act which prohibit racial vilification. Read more
Next term in Jerusalem
May 14, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
More than 500 guests have celebrated Yom Ha’azmaut in Sydney…marking the 66th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel. Read more
