Alhadeff appointed Chair of the Community Relations Commission
December 17, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
CEO of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies Vic Alhadeff has been appointed the new Community Relations Commission’s Chair. Read more
Scopus and Bialik Shine Again
2013 has been another outstanding year for Year 12 students at Melbourne’s Mount Scopus and Bialik Jewish day schools. Read more
Remembering Madiba
December 16, 2013 by J-Wire
Over 200 people have celebrated the life of Nelson Mandela, who has been buried where he grew up in Qunu on the Eastern Cape of South Africa at a memorial ceremony on the Library Lawns at Sydney’s University of NSW. Read more
Rabbi Yosef Feldman resigns from Rabbinical Council
December 16, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Rabbi Yosef Feldman who recently gave a Hechsher to catering company Amaze in Taste which has been unable to come to terms with the Kashruth Authority, has resigned from the NSW Rabbinical Council. Read more
Amnesty Australia permitting ugly antisemitic comments on its Facebook page
December 16, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Amnesty International Australia has been accused of allowing its Facebook page athttps://www.facebook.com/AmnestyOz/posts/10153527406600632 to be used as a medium for grossly racist and bigoted posted comments. Read more
Paul Arber’s body officially identified
December 13, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Hamilton Police working to formally identify a body recovered from the Waikato River yesterday morning say the person has been positively identified. Read more
Sydney Farewell for Madiba
South Africans in Sydney will hold a ceremony this weekend to honour and remember Nelson Mandela. Read more
Walt Secord moves up the line
December 13, 2013 by J-Wire
NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair, Walt Secord has been appointed Shadow Minister for Roads and Shadow Minister for the North Coast in the NSW parliamentary opposition…effectively a significant promotion. Read more
Jerry Lewis awarded an AM
December 13, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Jewish movie industry icon Jerry Lewis has been awarded the Order of Australia. Read more
Search for Paul Arber: Body found in river
December 12, 2013 by Agencies
As investigators work to formally identify the body of a man recovered from the Waikato River in Hamilton this morning, colleagues are taking steps to ensure a group of teenage rowers, who discovered the body, get all the support they need. Read more
A Scottish woman worked in Budapest and died in Auschwitz
December 12, 2013 by David Zwartz
An intriguing and inspiring story of a Scottish woman who died in Auschwitz because of dedication to her work at a Jewish girls’ home and school in Budapest was unfolded at a meeting in Wellington’s Myers Hall this week, sponsored by the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand. Read more
Sound advice for Innovators
The Eden Project has hosted its end of year celebration, ‘Dinner with David’ at The White House in Melbourne’s St. Kilda. Read more
Chanukah enhances Chinese-Jewish relations
December 12, 2013 by David Marlow
Over fifty community, business and political leaders from the Victorian Jewish and Chinese dined together over Chanukah to help build closer ties between the communities. Read more
Special day for special people
December 12, 2013 by Ayal Tusia
Melbourne’s Jewish Care has marked the International Day of People with a Disability at the Bentleigh McKinnon Youth Centre…sanctioned by the United Nations, this day promotes an understanding of people with a disability and encourages support for their dignity, rights and wellbeing. Read more
The anguish of a missing son
December 11, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
A worry, likely only appreciated by those who have faced similar situations, is how the parents of missing Melbourne man Paul Alber describe their feelings today. Read more
Victorian political leader visits the Negev
December 11, 2013 by Ahuva Bar-Lev
The Leader of the Labor Opposition party in Victoria has visited the Western Negev in Israel. Read more
Credentials presented
December 10, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire has received an image of Israel’s new ambassador to Australia Shmuel Ben-Shmuel presenting his credentials to Governor-General Quentin Bryce in Government House in Canberra last week. Read more
Bennett charms Sydney
December 10, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Israel’s Minister for the Economy Naftali Bennett has charmed a luncheon meeting attended by high profile members of Sydney’s business community. Read more
The search for Paul Arber
December 10, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
New Zealand police in Hamilton are awaiting the arrival of a helicopter from Auckland to assist them in the search for missing Melbourne man Paul Arber. Read more
Habayit: Melbourne home of Hebrew and Israeli culture
December 10, 2013 by Gabsy Debinski
“Habayit’s” ‘Chanukat Habayit’ (house warming)has been held at the Beth Weizmann Community Centre welcoming families from the Israeli and local Jewish Communities to celebrate the new centre for Hebrew and Israeli culture in Melbourne. Read more
Attorney-General meets community leaders on Racial Discrimination Act revision
December 10, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Attorney-General Senator George Brandis has held two meetings with representatives from various ethnic communities regarding the reviews of Section C of the Racial Discrimination Act. Read more
Frydenberg and Danby at the despatch boxes
December 10, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
There was a rare moment in the Australian Parliament recently when two of Australia’s leading Jewish Parliamentarians Michael Danby Labor MP for Melbourne Ports and Josh Frydenberg Federal Liberal MP for Kooyong sat opposite each other on duty at the despatch boxes in the House of Representatives. Read more
Teachers off to school in Israel
December 10, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Fourteen Victorian educators were farewelled prior to participating in The Gandel Holocaust Studies Program for Australian Educators at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem. Read more
Board reports
December 10, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Reports on the three Israel missions which the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has conducted in recent weeks will be delivered at next week’s plenum meeting. Read more
Fears for missing tennis star
December 9, 2013 by J-Wire
Top Melbourne tennis coach Paul Arber has gone missing in Hamilton, New Zealand where he had been visiting with eight junior players who had been participating in a junior tennis tournament. Read more
Yeshiva College stands down teacher
December 9, 2013 by J-Wire
Melbourne’s Yeshiva College has stood down former principal and current staff member Rabbi Avrom Glick following police questioning him in relation to sexual abuse incidents at the school in the 1970s…but his lawyers have refuted online news reports that he had been arrested. Read more
Rabbinical conference in Sydney
December 9, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
More than 60 rabbis from the Chabad-Lubavitch movement across Australia have met in Sydney to discuss new initiatives…for the first time in 12 years. Read more
Ambassador meets Community Leaders in Sydney
December 9, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s new ambassador to Australia, who has presented his credentials to Governor-General Quentin Bryce, has met community leaders in Sydney. Read more
Sydney’s Montefiore Home….as you were…almost
December 9, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
A group of four respected members of the community who nominated for the Board of the Sir Moses Montefiore Home, have failed in their bid…but the president has stated that matters of concern to the group will be discussed in the coming year. Read more
The Inside Word on Cyber Security
December 9, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Director General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), Mr David Irvine has addressed the annual Edith Cowan University Business Lunch of the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce (WA) on the topic of cyber security. Read more
