Seeking Nelson Mandela
November 19, 2010 by Agencies
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies plans to publish a coffee table book highlighting Nelson Mandela’s Jewish associations…and wants to hear from South African Jews living in Australia and New Zealand with personal Mandela tales to tell. Read more
No Compensation for Zentai
November 17, 2010 by J-Wire
Charles Zentai, the 89-yr-old Perth man wanted by the Hungarian authorities over the assault and murder of a Jewish teenager in Budapest in 1944 will not claim compensation for wrongful imprisonment. Read more
Lillian Felldman Kessler
November 14, 2010 by J-Wire
LILLIAN FELDMAN KESSLER
died November 15, 1987
In loving memory of my mother Lillian Felldman Kessler of New York, then Florida, on the 21st anniversary of your death
You are missed daily.
Love, your daughter Lisa
…and their voices will not fade
The Sydney community commemorated Kristallnacht last night…with one eyewitness recounting that fateful day in 1938 and with a deeply moving address by the Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Site and State Museum. Read more
Military men, a philosopher and the Morality of War
November 10, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Four military ethicists discussed the morality of war at the NSW Jewish National Fund’s major campaign function. Read more
Howard continues to support Israel
November 6, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard spoke with foreign correspondents in Sydney and took questions from the floor…one quizzed him on his support for Israel in his current book. Read more
Josh Frydenberg’s maiden speech in full
October 26, 2010 by J-Wire
Josh Frydenberg’s maiden speech highlights family Holocaust memories. Read more
NZ Jewish community in fight for its existence.
October 25, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
In a statement headed “Save the Future of Judaism in New Zealand”, the leaders of the two largest communities are preparing for the fight to legalise Shechita…and safeguard the future of NZ Jewry. Read more
JewishCare Capital Appeal – Just in Time
October 22, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
With one week to go for Sydney’s JewishCare Capital Appeal, the project for which half of the funds is targeted is about to get underway. Read more
Palestine Media Watch visits Sydney
October 22, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Itamar Marcus, the director of the Jerusalem-based Palestine Media Watch, spoke to media in Sydney yesterday. J-Wire filmed his one hour presentation. Read more
Israeli tourist killed in Darwin
October 20, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
A 58-yr-old Israeli woman has been killed in a horror head-on car accident in the Northern Territory. Read more
Anzac Day initiated by Sir John Monash
J-Wire toured the new permanent military exhibition at the Sydney Jewish Museum…and learned that Anzac Day had been created by Sir John Monash. Read more
The Finkler Question – reviewed by Alan Gold for J-Wire
U.K. author Howard Jacobson has won the prestigious Booker Prize for his novel “The Finkler Question”. Alan Gold reviews it for J-Wire. Read more
Aussie kids in the know
September 28, 2010 by Agencies
Zev Bashan is full of praise for the high degree of awareness by Australian Jewish children of the importance of the environment and the work undertaken by the Jewish National Fund in Israel to promote the need for widespread agricultural and water resources. Read more
Sukkot in Luna Park
September 27, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Romy Teperson is a regular performer at Sydney’s Luna Park…but yesterday she found herself shaking the lulav and the etrog. Read more
Northside Monash make it to the Premier League
September 22, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
The Northside Monash all age team has been promoted to the Ku-ring-gai & District Soccer Association’s Premier League.
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Austen Tayshus releases “Australiana” on iTunes
September 22, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
Written in 1983 at a time when Aussies thought greenhouse gases were caused by beer and snags eaten in a garden shed, Australiana, the biggest selling Aussie single ever is now on the cybershelf. Read more
Yom Kippur – free service for the young
Following the success of its Rosh Hashana initiative, Young Adult Chabad is offering a full Yom Kippur service for the younger members of Sydney’s Jewish community…at no charge. Read more
Aliyah – largest number in 30 years
September 7, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
Figures released this week by the Jewish Agency reveal the highest number of Australians making Aliyah to Israel in thirty years. Read more
Prestigious theatre award for Nebenzahl
Brian Nebenzahl has been awarded the 2010 JC WIlliamson Award recognising his outstanding contribution to the Australian live performance industry. Read more
Australian trees a boon for Israel’s bees
September 7, 2010 by Agencies
Australian eucalyptus trees have come to the rescue of Israel’s bees…and reversed the dwindling production of honey. Read more
Early reports from Christchurch say community is fine
September 4, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Dunedin-based Rabbi Shmuly Kopel has been in touch with his Chabad counterpart in the earthquake hit New Zealand city of Christchurch. Read more
Writers’ Festival packing them in
August 27, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
The Sydney Jewish Writers’ Festival has been a huge success. Read more
Interfaith at work
August 26, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney’s The Jewish House has joined forces with the Rev Bill Crew’s Exodus Foundation to collect and distribute food for the needy…irrespective of faith, colour or creed. Read more
The Age bias slammed by Jewish community
August 25, 2010 by Geoffrey Zygier
Jewish Community Council of Victoria President John Searle and Zionist Council of Victoria President Dr Danny Lamm have again strongly criticised Melbourne broadsheet The Age for its ongoing anti-Israel bias over a number of years. Read more
Frydenberg – first ever Jewish Liberal in the House of Representatives
August 23, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Josh Frydenberg, the newly elected Member of Parliament for the Melbourne seat of Kooyong, is the first ever Jewish Liberal politician to represent his constituency in the House of Representatives. Read more
Business scholarships up for grabs
August 18, 2010 by Ayal Tusia
Melbourne’s Jewish Care is offering four exciting new scholarships to help small business owners achieve their dream of success. Read more
Miracle on the North Shore
August 17, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Within one week of exchanging contracts on a $5.9 million dollar property zoned for educational purposes, Chabad learned that the land had been rezoned for residential usage effectively almost doubling its value. Read more
Life without my brother, Michael Wrublewski
August 13, 2010 by Odile Faludi - Maccabi NSW
The stone-setting for Australian Maccabi stalwart and former owner of the Sydney Kings basketball team Michael Wrublewski will be held on Sunday…Odile Faludi speaks to his sister. Read more
Austen Tayshus’s call to Tony Abbott
August 13, 2010 by Agencies
The Sex Party candidate for the seat of Warringah, Alexander Gutman (aka Austen Tayshus), has asked his rival Tony Abbott, to explain coded references to the Spanish Inquisition in his comments about Work Choices being “dead, buried and cremated,” as part of the release of the Sex Party’s religion policy. Read more
