$20,000 fund for young leaders
ROI Community, a global network of young Jewish innovators, and Australian Jewish Funders (AJF) has launched the “Dave Grants” at the Australian Gathering for Young Jewish Leaders, in Melbourne. Read more
Chabad Women’s Convention
Women from all over Australia met up at Chabad of North Shore in Sydney this past weekend, for the 17th Annual Nshei uBnos Chabad Convention. Read more
AUJS seminar attracts top politicians
AUJS has run its fifteenth star-studded fifteenth year premier AUJS Political Training Seminar—PTS—in Canberra. Read more
Breaking the Silence and NIF tell Australian Jews to “pay up and shut up”
The leaders of the Israeli fringe group known as Breaking the Silence (BtS) specialise in sharp criticism of the IDF, but they show no tolerance when it comes to criticism of their own activities. Their part of the current debate in Australia has been particularly shrill, self-righteous, and lacking in substance….write Gerald Steinberg and Naftali Balanson. Read more
Olympic Shabbat
August 29, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
Olympians Steven Solomon and Silver Medal winner Jessica Fox will visit Central Synagogue on September 7. Read more
Kadimah going from strength to strength
August 29, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
As Wellington’s only Jewish days school prepares to shut its doors, Auckland’s Kadimah School reports an upturn in numbers. Read more
Award for Dana Cordell
Breakthrough research on managing global phosphorus supplies has won Dr Dana Cordell and Professor Stuart White from Sydney’s UTS’s Institute for Sustainable Futures the environmental research award in the 2012 Australian Museum’s Eureka Prizes. Read more
Rubenstein and Danby join the Fairfax Fray
August 29, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Dr Colin Rubenstein, the executive director of AIJAC and Federal Labor MP Michael Danby have voiced their views on the Fairfax criticism of the IDF’s treatment of Palestinian children… Read more
Breaking the Silence replies to the ECAJ
In response to a recent publication by the Israeli veteran organization Breaking the Silence, Dr Danny Lamm, president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, blatantly attacked us – veterans of the Israeli Defense Forces – calling the publication “crude propaganda”…. Read more
Wallenberg to be honoured in NSW Parliament
August 29, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg – credited with saving 100,000 Jews during the Holocaust – will be formally honoured at a ceremony in NSW Parliament House next week. Read more
Making Aliyah – at 96!
August 28, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
Lily Hyde is making Aliyah to Israel….at the age of 96. Read more
ECAJ Slams Fairfax
August 28, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Dr Danny Lamm, today slammed a story alleging maltreatment of children by the IDF which appeared in Fairfax newspapers on Monday. Read more
A daughter’s crusade against tobacco
August 27, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
For three years Nicola Roxon has waged a war against ‘big tobacco’; lauded as a visionary by some and a nanny state advocate by others. Read more
New Zealand’s Moriah to close
August 27, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
Moriah School in Wellington will close its doors at the end of the year…but its Kindergarten will remain open. Read more
Israeli Film Festival in Wollongong
The 11th Wollongong Israeli Film Festival has been held at the University of Wollongong. Read more
As long as it takes
August 26, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
The hunt for those responsible for the 1982 bombings of the Israeli Consulate and the Hakoah Club on December 23, 1982 will continue for “as long as it takes”. Read more
1982 Sydney bombings – the hunt is on
August 26, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Thirty years ago Sydney’s Hakoah Club and the city’s Israeli consulate were the targets of bombers…the perpetrators of these crimes were never brought to justice. Read more
Chabad in the NSW Parliament
August 24, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Parliamentary Secretary David Clarke has addressed the NSW State Parliament on the subject of Chabad…its history and purpose. Read more
JewishCare moves to new HQ
August 24, 2012 by Community Editor
Sydney’s JewishCare has moved in to its new premises at Bondi Junction with all its south of the harbour divisions now operating under the one roof… Read more
Hawker views the Holocaust exhibition
August 24, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
Michael Hawker the Macquarie banker who told a group of businessmen in Sydney last week that Adolf Hitler had commendable leadership qualities has visited the Holocaust section of Sydney’s Jewish Museum. Read more
Educating educators
August 24, 2012 by Joshua Cole
More than 350 Jewish educators from around Australia and New Zealand received a boost in confidence, knowledge and morale as they return to their classrooms for the second half of the year, invigorated by the ZFA’s 8th Biennial Jewish Educators’ Conference in mid-August. Read more
NSW Government grant for NAJEX
August 24, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen & Women has been awarded a $5,000 grant under the NSW Government’s Anzac Community Grants program. Read more
Sir Peter Gluckman to lead meeting of small advanced economies
August 24, 2012 by J-Wire
Sir Peter Gluckman, the New Zealand Prime Minister’s Chief Science Adviser will jointly lead a meeting of small advanced economies…New Zealand, Singapore, Denmark, Finland and Israel. Read more
Australia prepared for antisemitic behaviour in Iran
August 24, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s Ambassador to the U.N. and a Prime Ministerial envoy have received orders to quit the Non-Aligned Movement Summit bring held in Tehran next week if Iranian officials express antisemitic sentiments.
Man evicted for antisemitic abuse
A Melbourne man who taunted his neighbours with antisemitic abuse was evicted from his apartment in Caulfield. Read more
Australian science students for Israel
August 23, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Eight Australian science students have joined the five New Zealanders en route to Israel to participate in the world’s most important youth scientific conference next week. Read more
Anti-Semite? Not me says radio host
Melbourne radio host John Michael Howson, who was suspended for one month for shouting “Sieg Heil” at the mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, says he’s no anti-Semite. Read more
Maori students head for Israel
August 22, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Five young Māori students representing New Zealand’s top young scientific minds will attend the prestigious youth science gathering at the Asian Science Camp to be held in Jerusalem next week. Read more
Sanctions on Iran
August 22, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Foreign Minister Bob Carr today announced implementation of Australian sanctions on Iran, including trade in oil, petroleum, gas, financial services and precious metals. Read more
Cancel Iran Visit demands Julie Bishop
August 22, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Shadow Minister Foreign for Foreign Affairs and Trade Julie Bishop has issued a statement calling for the cancellation of an official government visit to Iran. Read more
