Prisoner X: What we know – What we don’t
February 13, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
There is little doubt that Israel incarcerated a prisoner in Ramla at the Ayalon prison…but no-one can positively identify him. Read more
Cooking with Qantas
February 13, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Goldman Travel MD David Goldman recently joined forces with Qantas CEO Alan Joyce at the CEO OzHarvest Cook Off in Sydney. Read more
Small number of fans create big problems
February 13, 2013 by J-Wire
Betar Australia has responded to an article published in “The Age” slamming soccer club Beitar Jerusalem’s fans for their racist behaviour. Read more
Easing the pain for sexual abuse victims
February 13, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Australian Government today introduced legislation to amend the Royal Commissions Act 1902 to assist the work of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Read more
A message for the Pope…from the Chief Rabbi
February 12, 2013 by J-Wire
The Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth Lord Jonathan Sacks has sent his personal best wishes to the retiring Pope Benedict XVI… Read more
Secord on watch in Vaucluse
February 11, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Labor frontbencher and prominent supporter of Israel, Walt Secord has been appointed “Duty Member” for the State seat of Vaucluse in a re-allocation of responsibilities for the NSW Opposition. Read more
Emanuel School celebrates its 30th anniversary
February 11, 2013 by Michelle Favero
Sydney’s Emanuel School has turned 30 – an exciting milestone is anyone’s life and even more so for the School which has grown a great deal in the past 30 years. Read more
Zuroff takes on The Mascot
February 8, 2013 by Agencies
The director of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Jerusalem has intervened in the controversial case of Alex Kurzem, whose miraculous survival story during WWII as a Nazi mascot has been the subject of ongoing debate for four years. Read more
J-Wire tickets give away
J-Wire has ten double passes to give away to experience the amazing and very personal film “Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir”. Read more
On the grid for Formula 1
February 8, 2013 by Agencies
Israeli 18-year-old racer Roy Nissany will join Mucke Motorsport’s FIA F3 European Championship squad in 2013…with a Formula 1 career in his sights. Read more
Emily Gian reviews “Prisoners of War”
February 8, 2013 by Emily Gian
The Israeli television series “Prisoners of War” has been airing on SBS ONE on Saturday nights for past three weeks. This is a compelling series about the return of two Israeli soldiers after 17 years of captivity in Lebanon and it is already winning the acclaim of critics and the hearts of many Australian viewers. Read more
Melton Award for Sydney Director
February 8, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Director of the Melton School in Sydney Jillian Fine has been honored with Melton’s Director Certification award in recognition of her leadership and best practices as a Melton director. Read more
Anne Frank Exhibition opens in Melbourne
February 8, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Anne Frank – A History for Today exhibition which tells the remarkable and inspirational story of Anne Frank and her family under Nazi rule in Amsterdam during World War II has opened at the Jewish Holocaust Centre in Melbourne. Read more
Repairs underway in Christchurch
February 8, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Work has begun on repairs to the cash-strapped Canterbury Hebrew Congregation’s synagogue in Christchurch which was severely damages in the earthquake two years ago. Read more
New Maccabi Board Member
February 8, 2013 by David Weiner-Maccabi NSW
The name Justin Shelton is well known as the NSW team manager at Junior Carnivals. Justin has become the newest, and youngest, member of the Maccabi NSW executive. Read more
Conflicting with Conflict Studies
Israel advocate Elaine Black asked Dr Dennis MacEoin to respond to an article written by Professor Stuart Rees published in onlineopinion supporting the stand taken recently by Associate Professor Jake Lynch at Sydney University’s Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies. Professor Lynch had advocated denying Israeli academic Dan Avnon from visiting and working with the university. Read more
Tzedek makes up with Rabbi Friedman
February 6, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Advocacy group Tzedek has withdrawn its application to bring Rabbi Manis Friedman to task for trivialising incidents of sexual abuse experienced by children. Read more
Carr comments on Australian passport holder in Hezbollah
February 6, 2013 by J-Wire
Foreign Minister Senator Bob Carr has commented on an Australian passport holder being a person of interest among those responsible for the bombing of a tourist bus in Bulgaria last year which killed five Israeli tourists and two others. Read more
Danby eager to make voting easy
An additional early voting centre, with extended opening hours has been requested for the voters of Melbourne Ports, Federal MP Michael Danby announced today. Read more
Israel supporters contest same seat
February 6, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The four yearly State elections in WA will be held on March 9. No seat will be more hotly contested than Mt Lawley, where the incumbent Liberal MP, Michael Sutherland is being opposed by former Labor parliamentarian and State minister, Bob Kucera. Read more
Australian suspect in Burgas bombing
February 6, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
A six month enquiry into the bombing of a tourist bus in Burgas Bulgaria last July in which five Israelis lost their lives was most likely carried out by Hezbollah militants from Lebanon…one of them the bearer of an Australian passport. Read more
The Great Synagogue Law Service
February 5, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Coinciding with the opening of the 2013 Law term, Sydney’s Great Synagogue has held its annual Law Service in the presence of the Chief Justice of NSW, Tom Bathurst. Read more
Green Sunday Sydney
February 4, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
More than 400 senior school students and member of Jewish youth groups worked in shifts for the twentieth year in succession at the headquarters of Harry Triguboff’s Meriton company to calll the community to add their effort to a project which will see 120,000 trees circle the Negev city of Be’ersheva.
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Green Sunday Melbourne
February 4, 2013 by Michelle Coleman
A handful of protesters disseminating pamphlets condemning the Jewish National Fund (JNF) attracted a fair amount of attention but failed to make a significant impact on the organisation’s annual fundraising campaign on Sunday. Read more
Arctic Barmitzvahs
February 4, 2013 by Benjamin Rutland
The Jerusalem-based Jewish Agency has organised Barmitzvahs and Batmitzvahs for one of the world’s most northerly communities. Read more
New Attorney-General to be sworn in tomorrow
February 3, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Mark Dreyfus QC entered parliament in 2007. Tomorrow will be sworn in as Australia’s Attorney-General. Read more
Rabbi Friedman apologises
February 1, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Rabbi Manis Friedman who likened sexual abuse with diarrhea has apologised for his comments. Read more
New man in charge
February 1, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
David Marlow will attend his first plenum as the new executive director of The Jewish Community council of Victoria next week. Read more
Green Sunday – Take the call
February 1, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Jewish National Fund Australia will host its annual Green Sunday, during which young JNF volunteers from across Australia will make thousands of phone calls to raise money for KKL-JNF projects in Israel. Read more
How language shaped our culture
February 1, 2013 by Community Editor
Language is one of the deepest identity markers. To unravel the development, transformation and integration of a community’s languages is to follow subtle signposts that lead to the very heart of that community’s culture. The 25th Australian Association of Jewish Studies annual conference ‘Jewish Languages, Jewish Cultures: The Shaping of Jewish Civilization’ will explore this idea in depth. Read more
