Middle East expert to visit Sydney
August 7, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
One of the world’s leading experts on the turmoil in Egypt and Syria, US foreign policy and the tension between Israel and Iran will address a range of audiences in Sydney this month. Read more
“Saikal wrong on the facts – wrong in analysis” says ECAJ
August 7, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Amin Saikal “Peace Still a Distant Dream” (Canberra Times, 1 August 2013) is wrong on the facts and wrong in his analysis. Read more
JNF Update
August 7, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
The Jewish National Fund recently hosted a breakfast forum in Sydney addressed by Major-General Oren Shachor [Res.] co-founder of the Jerusalem Arbitration Center. Read more
Meet our man in Tel Aviv – progress report
August 6, 2013 by J-Wire
Meet Dave Sharma, Australia’s new ambassador to Israel. Read more
Barking up the right tree
This week is Homeless Persons Week and veterinarian Dr Sam Kovac will be using it to launch Project HoPe, an exciting new initiative that aims to help the disadvantaged pets of the homeless. Read more
The Merchant of Peace
August 6, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
A retired Major General in the Israeli army whose career moved into the world of big business has joined ranks with one of Palestine’s most successful business identities to create the Jerusalem Arbitration Center designed to settle conflicts of a commercial nature between the two countries. Read more
Israel’s man in New Zealand
August 6, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Meet Yosef Livne, the new Israeli ambassador to New Zealand. Read more
Victoria farewells Ambassador Rotem
August 5, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Victorian Jewish community has farewelled Yuval Rotem, Israeli Ambassador to Australia and his wife Miri. Read more
Nominations for the 2013 Human Rights Awards
Nominations are now open for the 2013 Human Rights Awards. Read more
Grave desecrator self-deports to avoid jail
A U.K. citizen found guilty of desecrating 20 Jewish graves in Auckland has shown a New Zealand court evidence of his pending departure amo0unting to a self-imposed deportation avoiding possible jail. Read more
6,000,000 represented in paper clips
August 4, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Students at an Auckland school are collecting paper clips to use to form a “6,000,000” sign on their school fence to represent the number of Jews who lost their lives during the Holocaust. Read more
ZFA Plenary Conference – top speakers, top topics
The Zionist Federation of Australia 2013 Plenary Conference, is to be held in Sydney. Read more
Lowy welcomes Indyk
August 2, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Chairman of the Lowy Institute for International Policy, Mr Frank Lowy AC, has congratulated long-serving Lowy Institute Board member Ambassador Martin Indyk on his appointment as the U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Read more
The Spirit of Manny
August 2, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
ABC’s Rachael Kohn has interviewed Manny Waks…the oldest member of seventeen children who was sexually abused as a child attending Yeshiva in Melbourne…. Read more
Melton time in Sydney
August 1, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Melton starts in NSW next week in conjunction with the University of Sydney…and it is not too late to participate in a course… Read more
AIJAC comes to terms with prisoner release
The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council has expressed its understanding of the need to release Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails to help move peace negotiations forward. Read more
Complaint filed against Israel boycott call by Sydney University professor
Israeli civil rights group, Shurat HaDin, has filed a class action complaint under the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 with the Australian Human Rights Commission over a Sydney professor’s participation and public support of boycotts of Israel including an academic boycott of Israeli universities. Read more
FIrst Modern Orthodox Creche in Melbourne
Leibler Yavneh College has announced it will open the Yavneh Crѐche in January next year at their Balaclava Road Campus in Melbourne. Read more
Five medals for Jeff – open Gold for Mikaela
July 30, 2013 by David Weiner-Maccabi NSW
When Melbourne’s Jeff Sher left Israel in 2009 with four Maccabiah gold medals around his neck, he was a pretty satisfied athlete…but this year he brings home five! Read more
New Race Discrimination Commissioner
July 30, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC has announced the appointment of Dr Tim Soutphommasane as Race Discrimination Commissioner. Read more
Bid to become Maccabi Man
Not even a year since he took up competitive triathlon, Adriel Young leaves Israel with two gold medals and is within striking distance of claiming the inaugural Maccabi Man – the prize for the most elite Maccabean athlete in the world. Read more
Australian sought for Burgas Bombing
July 28, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Bulgarian Interior Ministry has released images of two men wanted for questioning over the bombing of a bus a year ago resulting in the death of five Israeli tourists and one Bulgarian national…and one of the two is Australian. Read more
A letter from Bibi
July 28, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
As Israeli-Palestinian negotiations about to resume, Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu writes an open letter to the Israeli people…outlining the difficulties of decision-making. Read more
The Untitled Book Club
July 26, 2013 by Ayal Tusia
Jewish Care residents, clients and volunteers now have a new place to meet, talk and share their enthusiasm with like-minded bookworms at the new Book Club held monthly at The Lamm Jewish Library of Australia…but the club has no name. Read more
One Button, One Child
July 26, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Following on the heels of its namesake school in Wellington, New Zealand, Sydney’s Moriah College is collecting 1.5 million buttons in memory of the 1.5 million children who perished in the Holocaust. Read more
Progressives call for compassion
July 26, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s Union for Progressive Judaism has attacked the government’s new stop-the-boats policy and called fro compassion for asylum seekers. Read more
Kramer sentencing: the aftermath and a repeated apology
July 26, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Rabbinical Council of Victoria has its say, the Yeshivah College apologises again and Tzedek responds… Read more
Ella strikes gold
July 25, 2013 by J-Wire
18-yr-old Ella Regan-Lacey has won Gold for Australia an the Junior 100 meters. Watch the run… Read more
No Aldi Boycott
July 25, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Reports on the Internet claimed that popular supermarket chain Aldi had stopped selling goods produced in Israel settlements. The company has denied that this is the case. Read more
JCCV on Kramer sentencing
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has called for police intervention to protect children following the sentencing of David Kramer yesterday, convicted on charges of sexually abusing four boys at the Yeshiva College in Melbourne. Read more
