Shaping the future
March 24, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
A dynamic new forum for young Australian Jews will help re-imagine the future of Australia’s Jewish community. Read more
NSW Government on Sections 18C and 18D
March 24, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Victor Dominello, NSW State Minister for Citizenship and Communities, and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, has responded to J-Wire’s question about the NSW O’Farrell government’s position on proposed to changes to Sections 18C and 18D of the Federal Racial Discrimination Act. Read more
Embassies in shutdown
March 24, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Award for Ethel
March 24, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
NSW State MP for Vaucluse, Gabrielle Upton has presented Bondi’s Ethel Davis of Bondi with a Local Achievement Award for her outstanding contribution in Intergenerational Understanding. Read more
Unions get Pesach lesson
March 24, 2014 by Andrew Casey
Union delegates to the weekly meeting of the NSW ‘parliament of the working class’ – Unions NSW – last week were told that the annual ritual of Passover is a time to celebrate freedom and emancipation. Read more
AUJS launch “I am an Israeli” campaign
March 24, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
The Australasian Union of Jewish Students has launched a campaign featuring the lives of twelve Israelis from diverse backgrounds and cultures. Read more
Learning about Jews and Judaism
March 24, 2014 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) in conjunction with the Healthcare Chaplaincy Council of Victoria Inc (HCCVI) has coordinated an information day for seventeen hospital pastoral care coordinators to enhance their knowledge of Judaism and the Jewish community. Read more
NGO Monitor and AIJAC respond to Breaking the Silence
March 24, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Israeli advocacy group Breaking the Silence’s Yehuda Shaul criticised comments made by NGO Monitor and AIJAC on J-Wire about the ABC 4 Corners program which focused on the treatment of Palestinian children by the IDF. They respond to Shaul. Read more
Zero tolerance to sport rage
March 21, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Minister for Sport and Recreation and Member for Vaucluse, Gabrielle Upton, lent her support to Maccabi NSW’s at the sporting organisation’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ evening for coaches and managers . Read more
On J-Views today
March 21, 2014 by J-Wire
Commemorating the start of the Hungarian Holocaust
NSW Government fails to oppose change to racial vilification laws
March 20, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW O’Farrell Liberal Government has refused to stand up to the Abbott Liberal Government over moves to remove vital protections against racial vilification. Read more
Understanding and accepting
March 20, 2014 by J-Wire
120 students from a cross-section of faiths and cultures will work together next week at a schools harmony program run by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies. Read more
Netanyahu visit – a blogger’s story
March 20, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
News stories that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduling a trip to Australia in June or July remain unconfirmed. Read more
“Stand up to extremists” Dreyfus to Abbott
March 19, 2014 by J-Wire
Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC says it’s time the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott stands up to ideological extremists within his party and abandon its intention to rip away protections for Australians from racially motivated hate speech. Read more
UIA Sydney Major Functions
A gallery of guests at recent NSW UIA functions… Read more
BTS responds to AIJAC
The ABC Four Corners on the treatment of Palestinian children by the IDF was addressed by The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council. The leader of Israeli advocacy group Breaking the Silence responds… Read more
On J-Views today
March 19, 2014 by J-Wire
Trauma from Palestinian rocket attacks inflicts deepening wounds on Israeli society
Community leaders reject mooted changes to race hate laws
March 18, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Representatives of the Indigenous, Greek, Jewish, Chinese, Arab, Armenian and Korean communities have expressed their “vehement opposition” to changes that have been mooted to sections of the Racial Discrimination Act which prohibit public conduct that is reasonably likely to “offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate” a person or groups because of their skin colour or national or ethnic origin. Read more
Emanuel student shaves hair for cancer survivors
March 18, 2014 by Michelle Favero
Sydney Emanuel School student Imbar Nassi has shaved her long hair in an initiative which raised over $8100 for the Leukaemia Foundation by participating in Shave for a Cure. Read more
Sydney Jewish Choral Society records for Sydney Dance Company
INXS did it. Lady Gaga did it. Bob Dylan did it. And now the Sydney Jewish Choral Society (SJCS) has done it too…recording a song at Studio 301 in Alexandria, Sydney. Read more
MPs break Liberal ranks over Section18C
March 18, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Coalition MPs, Craig Laundy, the Federal Member for Reid, and Ken Wyatt, the Federal Member for Hasluck, have come out publicly to oppose any changes to sections of the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA) which prohibit public conduct that is reasonably likely to “offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate” a person or groups because of their skin colour or national or ethnic origin. Read more
Jew or not a Jew?
March 17, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
Rabbi David Stav has visited Sydney from Israel where he raised awareness of the plight of Israelis who are recent immigrants and have no documentation to prove their Jewishness. Read more
Dreyfus on Section 18C
March 17, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has been interviewed on Sky News on his views on the Abbott Government’s proposed to repeal Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. Read the transcript. Read more
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March 17, 2014 by J-Wire
Meeting the oldest man in the USA
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March 16, 2014 by J-Wire
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Assessing the U.N.’s candidates to replace Richard Falk, frequent critic of Israel
Yad Vashem gets rare Purim document
ADC seeks Nobel Peace Prize for Sir Nicholas Winton
March 16, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The B’nai Brith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has launched an Australian campaign to petition the Nobel Prize Committee to award Sir Nicholas Winton the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. Read more
NSWJBD plenum tackles disability and supported living
March 16, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
A panel on “Disability and Supported Living in the Jewish Community” will be held at this month’s NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum. Read more
Getting to know you
March 14, 2014 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) and David Southwick, State Victorian Member for Caulfield have hosted a Jewish Familiarisation Day. Read more
Anti-Semitic graffiti an “isolated incident”
March 14, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide has told The Executive Council of Australian Jewry that graffiti displayed on the university’s campus last week appears to be an isolated incident. Read more
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March 14, 2014 by J-Wire
WJC calls for protection of Shechita
