Bark Haba
April 11, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Instead of the traditional Hebrew Baruch Haba welcoming greeting, Israelis who have made their home in Australia can now say Bark Haba as their pets are once gain permitted to fly from Israel to Australia. Read more
Smaller numbers but the feeling is the same
April 11, 2013 by David Zwartz
From the huge crowds attending Yom Hashoah functions in Melbourne and Sydney, J-Wire takes you to the tiny Jewish community in Hamilton, New Zealand. Read more
ABC and ADC see things differently
April 11, 2013 by Geoffrey Zygier
Dr Dvir Abramovich, chairperson of the B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission, has criticised the Australian Broadcasting Commission for dismissing the ADC’s recent complaint about a song played on ABC Classic FM’s ‘Midday’ program on 25 February. Read more
Israel and New Zealand fail to protect investors
With nervous investors concerned about the health of their banks in many European countries , the New Zealand Greens have said that New Zealand and Israel are the only two countries in the OECD which do not offer protection to those whose who have deposits in those nations’ banks. Read more
Volunteers recognised
April 11, 2013 by Ayal Tusia
Melbourne’s Jewish Care acknowledged its staff and volunteers for their exceptional contributions at its recent annual Staff and Volunteers Service and Excellence Awards ceremony. Read more
Anzac Day in Jerusalem
April 11, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
236 Australian Jews currently on programs in Israel will assemble at Mount Scopus in Jerusalem to commemorate Anzac Day. Read more
Great marks for the Technion
April 11, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology, has been ranked in 6th place for entrepreneurship and innovation in the world. Read more
Yom Hashoah in Melbourne and Sydney’s North Shore
April 11, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
President of the The Jewish Community Council of Victoria Nina Bassat gave the keynote address at the Yom Hashoah function in Melbourne. Read more
ADC continues the battle against on line hate
April 10, 2013 by Geoffrey Zygier
The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission has commented on fresh media allegations of growing racism in Australia. Read more
Sydney Yeshiva says “no connection with LA organisation sheltering alleged paedophile”
April 10, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney Yeshiva say they have no connection with the Los Angeles welfare organisation reported to be sheltering a Los Angeles resident once associated with the Bondi community and alleged to be a paedophile . Read more
Your ABC rejects ECAJ complaint
April 10, 2013 by J-Wire
A complaint to the ABC by The Executive Council of Australian Jewry following a radio interview with journalist Antony Loewenstein dealing with the activities of the late Ben Zygier has been dismissed by the national broadcaster. Read more
Yom Hashoah in Sydney
April 9, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
More than 900 guests packed Sydney’s Moriah College as the NSW Jewish community commemorated Yom Hashoah and the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Read more
Condolences for the Thatcher family
April 9, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks has joined Australian leaders in sending condolences to the family of the late Margaret Thatcher. Read more
The Other Son – Double Passes to give away fot his highly rated movie
April 9, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire has 20 double passes for a special screening of the movie “The Other Son” in Sydney. But more are on the way for readers in other cities. Read more
Yom Ha’azmaut message from the Prime Minister
April 9, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has sent greetings to the Jewish community for Yom Ha’azmaut. Read more
Lowy fights back tears at Auschwitz
April 9, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Shopping centre magnate Frank Lowy fought back tears as he told a hushed March of the Living at Auschwitz the story of his father Hugo who was murdered close to the spot from where the Westfield co-founder made his address. Read more
NSW Community Leaders and the Racial Vilification Law
April 8, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Australia disappoints
April 8, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has released the initial findings of its twelfth Annual Status Report on the Worldwide Investigation and Prosecution of Nazi War Criminals, which covers the period from April 1, 2012 until March 31, 2013 and awarded grades ranging from A (highest) to F to evaluate the efforts and results achieved by more than three dozen countries which were either the site of Nazi crimes or admitted Holocaust perpetrators after World War II. Australia scored an F and “the most disappointing result”. Read more
Cloud over Golden Dawn
April 8, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has spoken out against the reported formation of an Australian branch of a Greek political party founded by a Holocaust denier. Read more
ADC speaks out against online hate
Dr Dvir Abramovich, Chairman of the B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission ADC), has spoken out against the ever-growing proliferation of online hate speech, in particular on Facebook. Read more
L’hitrahot Shemi
Ambassador Shemi Tzur headed the diplomatic team which re-opened the embassy in Wellington ending a hiatus created by economic cuts made by Israel’s Foreign Ministry. Read more
The Final Movement
April 5, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Bandleader, musician and composer Tommy Tycho has passed away in Sydney at the age of 84…sending many of his fans on a journey down memory lane. Read more
Jewish Agency works to assure women the right to pray at the Kotel
April 5, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Chairman Natan Sharansky has met with Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, Chairman of the Western Wall Heritage Foundation expressing his shock at a letter sent by the Israeli Police stating that they would arrest women who recite Kaddish (the mourner’s prayer) at the Western Wall. Read more
Jewish Agency funds US Summer Camps’ Shlichim
April 4, 2013 by Benjamin Rutland
More than 5,500 young Israelis applied to the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem to work as shlichim in American summer camps. Read more
Yom Hashoah Message from the PM
April 4, 2013 by J-Wire
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has sent a message to the community to mark Yom Hashoah. Read more
ZFA not impressed with AJDS
April 3, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Zionist Federation of Australia and the Zionist Council of Victoria have joined in the backlash against a campaign organised by an affiliate of The Jewish Community Council of Victoria to launch a boycott against Israeli goods manufactured in the settlements. Read more
Al-Durah: A lethal narrative and the innocent lives it continues to destroy…writes Arnold Roth
A court of appeal in Paris will hand down an important judgment today that serves as a kind of microcosm of how the media establishment can act in a co-ordinated way to protect its members’ perceived interests. It also, by the way, throws a sharp light on the way Israel’s interests are under attack far from the physical battlefield – while the casualties are all too real. Read more
Artistic lawyer
March 31, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Robert Kremnizer is well-known in Sydney for his legal prowess – but a new exhibition explores his talent in the field of art… Read more
Birth of the Blues
March 31, 2013 by David Weiner-Maccabi NSW
Maccabi Rugby started in Newcastle in 1968…today it has over 400 members – all invited to a pre-Maccabiah reunion. Read more
Waks’s testimony made public
Manny Waks and his father Zephaniah gave their testimonies to the Victorian Government Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and Other Organisations late last year. They have been made public. Zephaniah Waks talks of Yeshiva intimidation of the sexually abused in Brooklyn being harsher than that meted out by the mob and Manny Waks goes on the front foot in dealing with communal leadership…. Read more
