Magical musical Sunday for Sydney
August 10, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Shir Madness, Sydney’s first ever Jewish music festival, will feature 40 bands and four stages at its inaugural launch on Sunday. Read more
Friends of Israel WA launched in Perth…with astounding success
August 8, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
1500 West Australians, including over 100 Federal and State Parliamentarians and community leaders converged on the Victory Life Centre in Osborne Park to stand up and support Israel. Read more
Moriah students experience third world food
August 4, 2010 by Yvette Sher
Year 8 students from Sydney’s Moriah college learn how most of the world eats… Read more
ECAJ approves new sanctions on Iran
August 3, 2010 by Agencies
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of autonomous sanctions against Iran as part of international efforts to dissuade the country from pursuing its nuclear ambitions. Read more
Plastiki reaches Sydney
July 27, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
British environmentalist David de Rothschild received a tumultous welcome when he reached Sydney yesterday aboard his catamaran “Plastiki” whose hull is made from 12,500 plastic bottles. Read more
New Zealand Shechita heading to Court
July 25, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
New Zealand’s Jewish community has exhausted all mediatory opportunities in its bid to keep Shechita legal…the matter is now heading to Court. Read more
The Australian Council of Churches suggests Israeli boycott
July 25, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
The National Council of Churches in Australia has asked its members to consider boycotting Israeli goods made in the Occupied Territories…and received an immediate response from The Executive Council of Australian Jewry. Read more
Austen Tayshus to run against Tony Abbott
Sandy Gutman is a name which means nothing to the good people of Warringah or its federal member Tony Abbott. Read more
Hilary’s Silver Anniversary
July 6, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Tomorrow will mark Hilary McMahon’s 2oth anniversary of working at the Jewish Community Council of Victoria…and 25 years of working for the Victorian community. Read more
St Ives Eruv: Politicians Enter the Fray
July 5, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
The local backlash against the planned Eruv in St Ives manifested itself in a barrage of hate mail and comments published by the media and now withdrawn. Locals politicians have shed their thoughts…. Read more
Zentai wins appeal – no extradition
July 2, 2010 by Agencies
Perth pensioner Charles Zentai has won his appeal against his extradition to Hungary to face questioning about the 1944 murder of a Jewish teenager in Budapest.
Sydney professor attends Yad Vashem summer workshop
July 2, 2010 by Agencies
Sydney University professeor Konrad Kwiet will participate in a summer workshop for Holocaust scholars at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem next week. Read more
Maccabi Australia – the World is your Oyster!
July 1, 2010 by Odile Faludi - Maccabi NSW
Maccabi News recently caught up with Harry Procel, President of Maccabi Australia, MAI to chat about all the projects that are currently on the boil. Read more
UIA honors its canvassers and a former CEO
June 30, 2010 by Carli Binko
The Victorian United Israel Appeal’s 2010 Canvassers’ End of Campaign Dinner and Farewell to Miriam Suss was held in Melbourne this week. Read more
50 future rabbis – Now that’s a minyan!
June 29, 2010 by Daniel Kaye
Fifty Rabbinical students from Melbourne and Sydney gathered in the Sydney Yeshiva Centre in Bondi last weekend for their annual conference. Read more
Julia Gillard – Sydney Yeshiva Centre says Mazeltov!
June 24, 2010 by Agencies
The New Prime Minister of Australia, Ms. Julia Gillard, is a friend of Chabad Lubavitch NSW. Read more
A Common Cause
June 23, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire applauds The Australian Jewish News for initiating a world-wide petition to be sent to the Secretary-General of the United Nations in an effort to free Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Friday will mark the end of his fourth year as a captive in Hamas-controlled Gaza. J-Wire urges its readers to print out this page and participate in the campaign. Read more
Dan’s World Cup
June 23, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Journalist and TV documentary-maker Dan Goldberg is on his way to South Africa to film the Soccer World Cup…but not the one keeping bleary-eyed Australians up each night. Read more
ECAJ director appointed to Multi-Cultural Advisory Council
June 23, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
Peter Wertheim, the Executive Director of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has been appointed to the Australian Multicultural Advisory Council. Read more
Melbourne Meat Update
June 22, 2010 by Community Editor
Last Saturday, Melbourne’s Herald Sun published an ad from a Kosher butcher recalling meat which may have been contanimated with Latex. J-Wire sought an update from the butcher this morning. Read more
Victorian plenum told security danger level is high
June 10, 2010 by Geoffrey Zygier
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has been told of a shift in the focus of those monitoring security. Read more
Community hears bipartisan support for Israel
June 8, 2010 by J-Wire
Three Federal Members of Parliament told an information meeting in Sydney their reasons for supporting Israel in the aftermath of the Gaza Flotilla incident. Read more
Teenage alcohol abuse at record levels
June 3, 2010 by Geoffrey Zygier
The Jewish community has never before experienced the levels of underage drinking, alcohol abuse and its associated risks and problems as it is currently experiencing. Read more
Auschwitz not a Polish installation
The Polish Ambassador has written in conjunction with the Israeli Ambassador to all major Australian media objecting to Auschwitz being described as a “Polish concentration camp”. Read more
Parliament and Passports
The stoush between Foreign Minister Stephen Smith and Shadow Foreign Minister Julie Bishop over Australia’s forging of passports was performed in the media arena yesterday. Read more
Maccabi NSW members at work in the community
May 21, 2010 by Odile Faludi - Maccabi NSW
Maccabi NSW meets the Friendship Circle and is impressed… Read more
Former Israeli ambassador’s whistle-stop tour of Melbourne
May 18, 2010 by Agencies
Former Ambassador Yoram Ettinger had little spare time on his speaking tour to Melbourne as the guest of the Zionist Council of Victoria last week. Read more
U.S. Ambassador and the Annual Human Rights Address
May 17, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Jeff Bleich, the United States’ Ambassador to Australia, delivered the annual B’nai B’rith Human Rights Address at Sydney’s Central Syanagogue last night. Read more
Righteous Gentile Honored in Sydney.
May 13, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney’s Israel’s Independence Day celebration witnessed the posthumous award of Righteous Amongst the Nations to Irena Szumska-Ingram, a Polish woman who saved the life of a Jewish doctor whom she was later to marry. Read more
Noch a Shidduch
May 10, 2010 by Christina Caddy-Gold
With seven weddings in two years, the first j-junction baby born in January and another one on the way, the j-junction family has a lot to celebrate. Read more
