New Zealand film selected for Israeli Film Festival
June 14, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Auckland film student Walter Lawry’s film “Blind Mice” has been selected as an entrant in next week’s Tel Aviv Student Film Festival. Read more
Sir John Monash Remembered
June 13, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Governor Marie Bashir was guest of honour at a recent Commemoration Service for the late Sir John Monash hosted at Sydney’s Moriah College. Read more
One Day with the ZFA
June 13, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
J-Wire recently spent a day with the Zionist Federation of Australia in Israel…checking out Australian youth working as volunteers in its Israel By Choice program. Read more
Match made in Maccabiah heaven
June 13, 2013 by David Weiner-Maccabi NSW
Bec and Adam Joseph, Australian football players in Australia’s Women’s and Men’s open football sides, met at the 2005 Maccabiah Games – Adam popped the question at the 2009 Games – and in 2013, the happily married couple will return to Israel with Gerry, their 18-month-old baby boy. Read more
Kick for a Cause
June 13, 2013 by Ayal Tusia
The annual Over 30s Kick for a Cause AFL charity footy match was played on a sunny Queen’s Birthday long weekend at East Caulfield Reserve where 40 friends got together to help raise money for Jewish Care Victoria and Melbourne Jewish Charity Fund (MJCF). Read more
What you say matters
June 13, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Australian Human Rights Commission has released a new web site and video to raise awareness of racism within the schools’ community. Read more
The Diaspora minus the United States
June 13, 2013 by Joshua Cole
Zionist Federation of Australia president Philip Chester will be a presenter at the Israeli Presidential Conference. Read more
Limmud-Oz Shines
June 11, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Limmud-Oz 2013 was the biggest ever, attracting more than 1200 participants including over 200 presenters from across Sydney, 17 presenters from overseas and 20 travelling from interstate to spend two and a half days of the Queen’s Birthday long weekend at UNSW. Read more
Melbourne identity passes away
Holocaust survivor and Melbourne identity Avram Zeleznikow has died. Read more
Malcolm Turnbull?: “I don’t think he’s got a hope in hell”
June 10, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Marsha Foxman has been declareda candidate for mining magnate Clive Palmer’s Palmer United Party and will challenge incumbent Malcolm Turnbull for the Sydney Liberal seat of Wentworth, home to many of the city’s Jewish community in the upcoming September federal election. Read more
Queen’s Birthday Honours 2013
June 10, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
An engineer blessed with vision and a Holocaust survivor who has dedicated her award to those who saved Jews and a woman whose career sharpened to perfection the French accents of Australian Opera are among those honored within the Jewish community… Read more
Queen’s Birthday Awards
June 9, 2013 by J-Wire
J-wire will publish the list of honorees one minute after midnight tonight.
$45,000 grant for FREE
June 7, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
More than 200 guests, mainly young adults from Sydney’s Russian Jewish community in Sydney have attended the 2013 FREE Gala Dinner. Read more
Finding Jewish roots for Israel’s Russians
June 7, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
J-Wire visited the Knesset recently to talk with MK Elazar Stern who is spearheading an effort to facilitate conversions for Russian immigrants who have difficulty in proving their Jewish roots. Read more
A Jewish Cultural Weekend of joy for Sydney
June 7, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Over 220 presenters, 17 of them from overseas, will form the backbone of the 2013 Limmud-Oz’s 187 sessions being held over this weekend’s Queen’s Birthday Holiday. Read more
Maccabiah: Five sets of brothers in rugby squad
June 7, 2013 by David Weiner-Maccabi NSW
Glen Ella, coach of the Australian Maccabiah rugby squad is a member of one of Australian sports’ most famous brother acts…but not even the Wallabies rugby legend, who starred for the green and gold alongside brothers Gary and Mark in the 1980s, can believe what he’s seeing in his Maccabiah rugby squad headingl to Israel to defend their gold medal…FIVE sets of brothers! Read more
Maccabiah: Five soccer teams for Israel
June 7, 2013 by David Weiner-Maccabi NSW
Australia will send five teams to compete in the highly anticipated football tournament at the 19th Maccabiah games in Israel next month. Read more
“My Bubala” – murdered girl’s father tells court
June 6, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The son of Holocaust survivors came to Australia for a new life but the horrors of the past have revisited him following the brutal murder of his 18-yr-old daughter in Sydney in 2011. Read more
1982 Hakoah and Israeli consulate bombings – $100,000 reward
June 6, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Government has announced a reward of $100,000 for information relating to the 1982 bombings of the Israeli Consulate in Sydney and the Hakoah Club at Bondi. Read more
J-Wire visits Sha’ar HaNegev
June 6, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
On a recent visit to Israel, J-Wire visited the secondary school at Sha’ar HaNegev, 4kms from Israel’s border with Gaza…and still a weekly target for Qassam rockets launched from Gaza. Read more
Maccabi and Jewish Care join forces to help the disabled
June 6, 2013 by Ayal Tusia
Maccabi Victoria and Jewish Care have released their joint Research Project Report “All Abilities Needs Analysis”, seeking to improve the positive outcomes of people with disabilities in the Victorian Jewish community through sport and active recreation. Read more
Rabbi Ulman, the Supreme Court and the Beth Din…
June 5, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney-based Rabbi Yehoram Ulman has sent J-Wire a statement following a Supreme Court decision that a Beth Din ruling was biased… Read more
Child sexual abuse advocacy group launches in Sydney
June 5, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Tzedek has announced its inaugural NSW event, an information session on ‘Child Sexual Abuse in the Jewish Community’ Read more
Danby believes Liberals are backing the Greens
June 5, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Labor Federal MP for Melobourne Ports Michael Danby believes than an alliance is underway between the Liberals and the Greens to oust him from his seat in the forthcoming September 14 election. Read more
Leaders at the White House
The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding is bringing Muslim and Jewish leaders from Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand to Washington D.C. for meetings at the White House, State Department, and Congress to explore the ‘American Model’ for interfaith relations and encourage Muslim and Jewish leaders to forge new partnerships in combating the rise of antisemitism and anti-Muslim bigotry. Read more
JCCV Condems AJDS
June 4, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
A motion condemning the Australian Jewish Democratic Society’s decision to back BDS against Israel was passed with a huge majority at last night’s Jewish Community Council of Victoria’s monthly plenum. Read more
Nominations open for Human Rights Award
June 4, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Nominations have opened for the NSW Human Rights Award. Read more
Guide to protect Victorian children
June 3, 2013 by Jo Silver
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) Child Protection Reference Group has compiled a Child Protection Directory offering constituent presidents confidential assistance with child protection policies, practices and risk assessments. Read more
JCA Honors Volunteers
June 3, 2013 by Lauren Finn
Three long serving volunteers have been honoured at Sydney’s JCA’s Communal Event. Read more
Jewish Muslim Comedy Debate
June 3, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Jewish Muslim Comedy Debate held last night at the Melbourne Town Hall produced a hilarious evening’s entertainment. Read more
