Holocaust Concert in Wellington on Rosh Hashanah
September 26, 2011 by Henry Benjamin
The New Zealand School of Music will perform two works commemorating the Holocaust in Wellington Town Hall…on the second night of Rosh Hashanah. Read more
Board of Deputies Monthly Plenum Bridges the Community
September 21, 2011 by Community Editor
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has held its monthly plenum on Sydney’s North Shore for the first time in its 65-year history. Read more
Aboriginal and Jewish communities celebrate 20 year project
September 21, 2011 by Henry Benjamin
The Rona Tranby Trust, a project linking Jewish and Aboriginal communities, has celebrated the 20th anniversary of its work archiving oral Aboriginal history. Read more
NSW Jewish History online
The State Library of New South Wales will launch a new web site tomorrow making available a new online collection of celebrated and little-known stories of Jewish life in Australia since 1788. Read more
Concern as radical Muslim group organises seminar
September 19, 2011 by Community Editor
The Melbourne Jewish community has expressed its concern over a planned seminar in the city of radical Muslim group Hizb ut-Tahrir. Read more
BDS hammered in NSW Legislative Council
September 16, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
Only one voice in the NSW Legislative Council was heard following the debate on a motion condemning BDS…the same voice that declared to the Council during debate “as an Australian Jew…” Read more
9/11 remembered in Sydney
September 11, 2011 by Henry Benjamin
The doleful tones of the shofar blown by Sydney’s Great Synagogue’s Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence resonated throughout the majestic St Mary’s Cathedral today…invoking the memories of that fatal day ten years ago when the horrors of 9/11 shocked the world. Read more
Danby in New York ahead of Palestinian U.N. Vote
September 7, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
Federal Labor member Michael Danby will participate in talks with other Jewish lawmakers from around the world to discuss the repercussions this month’s vote for Palestinian statehood could have on Israel…and the world-wide Jewish community. Read more
Two New Groups get Behind Israel
September 2, 2011 by Community Editor
Two new advocacy groups have surfaced offering new support for Israel through advocacy, one in Melbourne and the other in Sydney. Neither group was aware of the other’s formation. Read more
Community Help for AUJS
September 1, 2011 by Michelle Coleman
Leaders from the Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS), the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) and the Zionist Council of Victoria (ZCV) have met to discuss how the community’s leadership could better support AUJS on campus. Read more
Scholar’s Visit to Australia Thwarted by Australian Consular Staff
September 1, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
Distinguished Torah scholar, Dr Bryna Jocheved Levy, scheduled to be The Shalom Institute’s scholar-in-residence in August, was prevented from entering Australia by the Australian Embassy in Tel Aviv. Read more
Vote for the Dead Sea
August 31, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
In a new world-wide venture, votes are being called for to elect the New 7 Wonders of Nature…and a call is out to cast a vote for one of the nominees, the Dead Sea. Read more
T-A Murder update – victim may not be Australian
August 30, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra has confirmed that a 45-yr-old man from Melbourne is being held in custody following the murder of a woman in a room at the Dan Panorama Hotel in Tel Aviv. Read more
Riding out the Storm
August 29, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
Sydneysider Michael Benjamin has lived in New York for 10 years. He reports on making acquaintance with Hurricane Irene… Read more
Tough questions for Landau
August 26, 2011 by Michelle Coleman
Israeli Member of Knesset Uzi Landau was in Melbourne yesterday to address the community and answer questions on the issues and challenges that Israel is currently facing. Read more
Peek into Poland
August 25, 2011 by J-Wire
Poland’s ambassador to Australia Andrzej Jaroszynski spoke to the Capital Jewish Forum at the Polish Embassy in Canberra. Members of the Australian Union of Jewish Students in Canberra for their annual political training seminar were among the guests…the ambassador spoke on “Europe and the Polish Presidency”. Read more
Mixed Motions in the Senate
August 24, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
Senator Ron Boswell has issued a statement announcing that Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown “in an attempt to defend, the indefensible the boycott and persecution of Max Brenner Chocolate stores, moved a motion in the Senate that:-the Senate- upholds the democratic principle that consumers should be free to buy or not buy goods based on personal ethics.” Read more
Israel Film Festival opens in Sydney
August 24, 2011 by Agencies
The eighth annual Israeli Film Festival opened to a packed house in Sydney on last night. Read more
John Searle appointed Chair of the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
The Victorian Attorney-General Robert Clark has announced the appointment of Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) President John Searle as the new chairperson of the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC). Read more
Australia pulls out of Durban 3
August 23, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
Australia has joined in deciding today not to attend the Durban 3 Conference to be held in New York next month. Read more
Israeli Embassy in NZ Sends Message of Sympathy
August 22, 2011 by Agencies
The Israeli Embassy in Wellington has sent condolences to the family of a New Zealand soldier killed in Kabul shortly after the attack in Southern Israel claimed eight lives. Read more
Bulldogs President at Chabad
August 19, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
David Smorgon, the president of AFL side Western Bulldogs David Smorgon was the guest speaker at a Chabad of Melbourne CBD’s Guest Speakers Lunch and Learn Session. Read more
Parliamentarians at Max Brenner
NSW Opposition Leader John Robertson said his visit today to a Max Brenner café in Sydney’s Met Centre was designed to show support for the chocolate chain following recent protests. Read more
David Mandie passes away
The duty free and travel retail industry has lost one of its truly great figures and pioneers with the sad passing of James Richardson (JR) Group Chairman and Managing Director, David Mandie. Read more
Protecting our Children
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has conducted a parent forum on the need to raise awareness within our community of sexual abuse of children. Read more
Australia Farewells a Noble German
August 15, 2011 by Frank Walker
Jurgen Corleis was the son of a Jewish mother and Jewish grandmother. He practised no religion but always said he was Jewish. No-one in the Sydney Jewish community knew him except J-Wire. The man cremated today in Sydney was a high calibre foreign correspondent and documentary maker. The film which plays continuously to visitors at the Bergen-Belsen camp was made by Jurgen Curleis. Former Sydney Morning Herald journalist Frank Walker told Jurgen’s story this morning…. Read more
Secord Back-Seated as Friends of Israel is revived
August 15, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Labor Upper House Member of Parliament Walt Secord successfully suggested to Liberal member Gabrielle Upton that the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel group be revived…but Premier O’Farrell is saying no to a bipartisan leadership. Read more
Croatian Joins JCCV for Hot Chocolate
August 12, 2011 by Michelle Coleman
The leaders of the Jewish and Croatian communities in Melbourne needed a second meeting…and chose the BDS targeted Max Brenner Chocolate Shop. Read more
Menorah on Permanent Exhibition in NSW Parliament House
August 12, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Yeshiva Centre gifted a Menorah to the NSW State Parliament in 2009…yesterday it was put on permanent display. Read more
The Peace Team in Sydney
August 11, 2011 by Henry Benjamin
The AFL Peace team, 12 Israeli Jews and 12 Palestinian have arrived in Sydney to a busy first 24…a Harbour Bridge Climb and a welcoming breakfast. Read more
