If Hamas was firing its rockets in Australia…
November 16, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
To understand the range of the barrage of Hamas rockets in an Australian context, the Israeli Embassy has produced maps showing the rockets’ ranges were they to be launched from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane airports… Read more
Israel – Solidarity Rallies
November 16, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Solidarity rallies in support of Israel have been organised in Sydney and Melbourne on Sunday morning. Read more
Prime Minister calls on Hamas to stop rockets
November 16, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard has condemned the rocket attacks by Gaza on Israel. Read more
Gaza: The Timeline
J-Wire details the series of events which has lead up to today’s situation…. Read more
JNF to offer Israeli children living near Gaza respite
November 16, 2012 by Agencies
A decision has been made not to bus Israeli children leaving near Gaza out of the area as that would produce exposure tot the rockets…but JNF are preparing to offer respite for them in facilities partly funded by the Australian Jewish community…and the JNF’s Beersheba office has been damaged as a result of a rocket attack. Read more
The Alan Gross story – take three
Australian Federal MP Michael Danby has taken the case of Alan Gross, imprisoned in Cuba, to the Cuba’s ambassador to Australia Pedro Monzon who replies stating his country’s take on the affair. Jared Genzer, Gross’s counsel in Washington, responds to the ambassador’s statement… Read more
Rallies in Sydney and Melbourne
November 16, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Both the Sydney and Melbourne communities will hold rallies on Sunday morning in an act of solidarity with Israel. The rallies will start at 11:15am and J-Wire will announce the locations as soon as details are finalised.
A message to New Zealanders from Israel
Shemi Tzur, Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand, has a message for Kiwis… Read more
Report from Tel Aviv
November 16, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv for the first time in 20 years. Sydney man Richard Benjamin who now lives in Tel Aviv reports on his experience… Read more
Liberals Support Israel’s Right to Defend Itself
November 15, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Both Tony Abbott, the Leader of the Opposition and his deputy Julie Bishop have issued strong statements supporting Israel. Read more
AUJS Voices Support for Rocket-Ravaged Israel
Following the sudden escalation in rocket attacks on southern Israel with more than 150 rockets fired since the beginning of the month the Australasian Union of Jewish Students launched a Facebook campaign called ‘Code Red – Stop the Rockets’ aimed at providing solidarity from afar for Israelis living in fear of the attacks. Read more
Gaza: Jerusalem explains
November 15, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has issued a statement through the Embassy of Israel in Canberra dealing with the current situation in Gaza… Read more
A Weekend Like No Other
November 15, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Limmud-Oz has been enriching the Jewish community for over ten years, but it is Limmud Fest – Limmud-Oz’s younger cousin – that is now beginning to make its mark with a spirited and outdoorsy approach to Jewish learning. Read more
Reaction to the Royal Commission
The Rabbinical Council of Victoria has welcomed the Royal Commission into sexual abuse perpetrated against children. Read more
No thanks, Millie
The President of the Sir Moses Montefiore Home says he has “been overwhelmed by the level of community support” in the face of allegations relating to the administration of the Home by Millie Phillips. Read more
Barry the Blessed
November 14, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
Chanukah got off to an early start in the NSW Parliament last night when Premier Barry O’Farrell explained how he was blessed. Read more
Three embassies to celebrate the life of Raoul Wallenberg
November 14, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Foreign Minister Bob Carr will be the special guest of the Israeli, Swedish and Hungarian embassies at a ceremony to commemorate Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg. Read more
Alan Gross: Cuba’s Ambassador responds
November 14, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire has reported that Federal MP Michael Danby raised the issue of American Alan Gross, held in Cuba and reportedly charged in February 2011 with “actions against the independence or the territorial integrity of the state” with Cuba’s ambassador to Australia. He was also accused by State prosecutors of engaging ‘in a subversive project aiming at bringing down the revolution’. The Cuban ambassador responds…. Read more
Youngest ever recipient of Monash award
Anton Block has become the youngest recipient to be presented with the prestigious General Sir John Monash Award, for outstanding service to the Victorian Jewish community. Read more
Can you save this baby’s life?
November 13, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
Baby Boaz is 4½ months old and unless a stem cell match is found for him soon his tiny life may well end before his first birthday. Read more
Waks Welcomes Royal Commission
November 13, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Alleged victim of sexual abuse Manny Waks has welcomed the Prime Minister’s recommendation for a Royal Commission into allegations of child sexual abuse. Read more
Auckland Graves Desecration – one man pleads guilty and the other fighting the charge
November 13, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Two men have appeared in Auckland District Court charged with vandalising 20 Jewish graves in the city’s Grafton Cemetery. Read more
Former Principal Sues Bialik
November 13, 2012 by Michelle Coleman
A former Bialik College school principal is suing the school for millions over his sacking in August of last year. Read more
New Israeli technology for Woolworth checkouts
November 13, 2012 by Agencies
Woolworths Limited, Australia’s leading retail group, has signed a five-year System Integration (SI) Services agreement with Israel’s Retalix. Read more
The Last Post
November 12, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, a minute’s silence was held at a NAJEX Commemoration in the military section of the Sydney Jewish Museum. Read more
Community remembers Kristallnacht
November 12, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
The events of the fateful night in November 1938 which many believe triggered the Holocaust were remembered at a function in Sydney where a survivor gave an eyewitness account and in the city’s Martin Place where the shofar was blown. Read more
Six Sports Identities inducted into Hall of Fame
November 12, 2012 by David Weiner-Maccabi NSW
Some of the biggest names in sport gathered at University of New South Wales on Sunday night as Maccabi NSW held its fourth Hall of Fame awards. Read more
Woodside chief meets Netanyahu
November 12, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Australia’s Woodside Petroleum Ltd. CEO Peter Coleman at a meeting in Israel. Read more
Debating Partition
November 12, 2012 by Dalia Ayalon Sinclair.
Human Rights activists and Israel Advocacy experts will debate the topic “The Partition Plan – The Great Divide” which will be the key feature of NSW NCJWA’s Celebrating Israel 2012 event as we mark the 65th Anniversary of the adoption of the Partition Plan (resolution 181) by United Nations General Assembly, on 29 November 1947. Read more
Emanuel to the rescue
November 12, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
99-yr-old Isaac Borinski was ready to celebrate his Barmitzvah last week in his room at a Woollahra care home. He had his tall it. He had his tefillin…but there was no kiddush cup and no kosher wine. The Emanuel Synagogue came to his rescue. Read more
