Sydney-funded scenic lookout inaugurated in the Negev
The Scenic Lookout at Kibbutz Kramim in the Negev, donated by Gary and Sharon Hendler of Sydney, Australia, was inaugurated this week. Read more
Premier meets rabbis
August 10, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) has met with Victorian Premier, Mr Ted Baillieu. Read more
Dr Harry
Australia’s biggest residential property developer, Harry Triguboff AO, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Griffith University at a graduation ceremony on the Gold Coast. Read more
Moriah Makes a difference
August 8, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
The pupils of Kleinskool Primrary School near the South African city of Port Elizabeth have experienced an unusually warm, comfortable winter…thanks to the Sydney Moriah College uniforms they proudly wear to school each day. Read more
Three New Affiliates for the JCCV
August 8, 2012 by Michelle Coleman
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) welcomed three organisations as affiliates at last night’s Plenum at Beth Weizmann Community Centre. Read more
Abbott planning to change racial vilification law
August 8, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Opposition leader Tony Abbott has claimed that, if elected, his Government will repeal Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act under which this causing offence to a person or a group of people on the grounds of race or ethnicity may face prosecution. Read more
Rabbinical advice – stay off the booze
August 8, 2012 by Community Editor
The Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) strongly discourages the use of alcohol, particularly as a central theme, in any advertising and promotional material for events and programs being held at Jewish communal venues. Read more
…and now for the relay
Steven Solomons, the 19-yr-old Sydney athlete who, beyond expectations, made it to the final of the 400m at the 2012 London Olympics is preparing for his next Olympic event…a member of the four man 4 x 400m relay. Read more
Carr calls for resumption of peace talks
August 8, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
dAustralian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Bob Carr today renewed calls for Palestinian and Israeli leaders to resume negotiations for an independent Palestinian state, alongside a secure Israel. Read more
Carr @ Yad Vashem
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Bob Carr has visited Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Read more
Bob Carr meets Bibi Netanyahu
Israel’s Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has hosted Australian Minister Bob Carr in Jerusalem. Read more
Talking with Tony
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bob Carr today held talks with Quartet Representative Tony Blair in Jerusalem, to reinforce Australian support for a negotiated two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians. Read more
School security grants – the schools say thank you
The Australian Council of Jewish Schools has expressed its, and the Jewish community’s, enormous gratitude to the Federal Labor Government for its continued support and recognition of the needs of Jewish schools (amongst others) for significant security measures following the announcement by the Minister for Home Security, Jason Clare, at a meeting at Melbourne’s Mt Scopus of further grants to Jewish schools and preschools under the Secure Schools funding program. Read more
School security upped by Federal Government
August 7, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice Jason Clare today announced that 21 pre-schools across Australia will receive safety upgrades under the third round of the Secure Schools Program. Read more
Bob Carr in Israel
August 7, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Foreign Minister Bob Carr is in Israel and has visited President Shimon Peres. Read more
The boy in the picture
August 7, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
The image of a boy with his hands in the air in the Warsaw Ghetto with a German pointing a gun at him is the most iconic image of the Holocaust. An Israeli academic has researched the photo and published his results in a book. Read more
The proudest family in Australia
August 6, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Go through Sunday with Michael Solomon…culminating in his 19-yr-old son Steven’s amazing achievement in reaching the final of the 400m at the 2012 London Olympics… Read more
Jessica to visit Israeli family
August 6, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The elated mother of Australian Olympic silver medalist Jessica Fox said she planned to take her family to Israel to meet their cousins. Read more
Steve Solomon breaks the 45s barrier – into the final
August 6, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney Olympian Steven Solomon has set a new personal best breaking the magic 45s barrier for the 400m sending him into the hallowed Olympic final. Read more
Hoenig commits to Friends of Israel
Ron Hoenig, the Labor candidate for the NSW State seat Heffron, has announced that he will join the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel, if elected to the NSW Parliament in this month’s by-election. Read more
Olympics update – Solomon through to semis – Aleh in top position
August 5, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Safer Shabbat in East Bentleigh
August 3, 2012 by Michelle Coleman
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) is pleased to announce that it has successfully liaised with VicRoads to have an additional pedestrian crossing made safer for those who keep Shabbat. Read more
Keeping the Language alive
August 3, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
Two groups of musicians are working on separate campaigns to keep the colorful language of Yiddish alive…through music. Read more
A Silver for Jess Fox
August 3, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
Jess Fox, daughter of Olympian kayakers Richard Fox and Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi, has won the Silver medal in the K1 canoe slalom at the 2012 London Olympics. Read more
Hate Prevention Institute meets with Success
August 2, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) has released a report documenting serious racial hatred on YouTube. The report highlights how one user in a single day uploaded 1710 videos, the vast majority of which were blatant hate speech. YouTube responded by closing the users account within 24 hours of receiving an advanced copy of OHPI’s report. Read more
Australia: A Long-Standing Friend of Israel
August 2, 2012 by Isi Leibler
The Australian Foreign Minister, Bob Carr, who will be visiting Israel this week, has a longstanding warm relationship with the Jewish community…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
State member candidate visits Jewish House
August 1, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Labor candidate for Heffron, Ron Hoenig has met with The Jewish House CEO, Rabbi Mendel Kastel to discuss ways of working together – if he is elected in the forthcoming by-election. Read more
Righting a Wrong
August 1, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
Yesterday J-Wire reported that prestigious UK publications The Guardian and The Telegraph together with the web-based TimesofIsrael had published a story based on a Reuters report that the International Olympic Committee had ceded to a Lebanese request not to train in view of the Israeli Judo team…the reports are not true. Read more
Monash oration
July 31, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
General Peter Cosgrove, former head of the Australian Defence Forces has delivered the Monash oration at the Sydney Jewish Museum. Read more
Lebanese team refuses to train in view of Israelis
July 31, 2012 by J-Wire
Reuters has reported that prior to the opening ceremony at which International Olympic Committee refused a minute’s silence to honor the memory of the 11 Israeli athletes massacred in Munich in 1972 because it did not want to introduce politics into the event, the IOC ceded to a Lebanese complaint about training in the same space as the Israelis. Read more
