JewishCare says no thanks to Miriam Margolyes
May 12, 2009 by J-Wire Staff
JewishCare Melbourne has cancelled a performance by celebrated character actress Miriam Margolyes due to take place today [Tues] in an aged care home. Read more
Praise for Pratt from the Victorian community
April 30, 2009 by J-Wire Staff
John Searle, the President of The Jewish Community Council of Victoria, speaks on the giant loss of a giant human being. Read more
JNF dedicates a memorial to the Yarkon Maccabiah victims
April 27, 2009 by J-Wire
The Jewish National Fund has dedicated a memorial wall at the section of the Yarkon River where four Australians lost their lives when a bridge collapsed in 1997 during the 15th Maccabiah. Read more
Calma under fire: why did he attend the Durban II Conference?
April 25, 2009 by J-Wire Staff
Australian Human Rights Commissioner Tom Calma is under fire for attending the DurbanII review talks in Geneva. J-Wire publishes its Q and A with the Commissioner in March. Read more
South Australia – Israel Friendship Forest dedicated
April 22, 2009 by J-Wire Staff
A new forest has been dedicated in the Negev linking South Australia with Israel. Read more
Holocaust effect on current Jewish population staggering
April 20, 2009 by J-Wire
A world-renowned expert in Jewish demography estimates the world’s Jewish population would be at least 26 million today had there been no Holocaust…but the current figure is estimated to be no more than 13.2 million. Read more
Jewish Australian reported arrested in Luxor on espionage charges
April 19, 2009 by J-Wire
The Arabic new agency Al-Bayan has reported that a Jewish Australian was arrested by Egyptian authorities in Luxor on Wednesday. Read more
Victoria considering compulsory pre-nuptials
March 29, 2009 by J-Wire Staff
The Rabbinical Council of Victoria is considering a pre-nuptial agreement covering the issue of a gett in a marriage break-down compulsory. Read more
$62 million available for Holocaust survivors – Australians included
March 20, 2009 by J-Wire
Australian Holocaust survivors who failed to gain compensation from the Hardship Fund can now re-apply. Read more
Premier refuses to meet Iranian former president
March 19, 2009 by J-Wire Staff
Victoria’s Premier John Brumby has declined an invitation to meet former Iranian president Sayed Mohammed Khatami. Read more
200 women turn up to Intimacy and Judaism
March 18, 2009 by J-Wire
The Jewish Alliance Against Family Violence hosted a forum this week in Sydney in conjunction with JewishCare dealing with, among other topics, rape in marriage. Read more
Zentai Case: Zentai’s son responds to J-Wire Zuroff interview
March 12, 2009 by J-Wire
J-Wire publishes Charles Zentai’s son Ernie responds to the interview with Simon Wiesenthal Institute Director Efraim Zuroff on his father’s alleged complicity in the 1944 murder of 18-yr-old Peter Balazs in Budapest. Read more
Zentai’s defence says extradition not legal
March 10, 2009 by J-Wire
Lawyers for Charles Zentai, an 87-yr-old Perth resident alleged to have been involved in the murder of an 18-yr-old Jew in Budapest in 1944 have claimed in court today that any order to extradite him from Australia to Hungary would not be legal. Read more
Sydney students call for Israel boycott
March 8, 2009 by J-Wire
The University of Western Sydney’s Students’ Association is lobbying the university to boycott Israeli academic co-operation Read more
Dayenu’s Mardi Gras weekend
More than 60 members of Australia’s Jewish gay community accompanied the Dayenu float in Saturday night’s Mardi Gras Parade. Read more
Gillerman Calls for 23 State Solution
March 2, 2009 by J-Wire
Israel’s former Ambassador to the United Nations, Dan Gillerman, has called for a 23 State solution to the Middle East problem. Read more
ECAJ sends Stephen Smith WJC Durban 2 Resolution
March 2, 2009 by J-Wire
Following a US decision to withdraw from the Durban 2 conference next month unless the text is changed, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry has sent a copy of the Durban 2 WJC resolution to Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith in a bid to have Australia reconsider its position. Read more
Australia pledges $20 million to Gaza
March 1, 2009 by J-Wire
Australia’s latest commitment to assist in the recovery and reconstruction of Gaza will be announced at a conference to be held in Egypt on Monday, March 2. Read more
Danby questions UNRWA funding in Federal Parliament
Michael Danby, the Federal Member of Parliamernt for Melbourne Ports, delivered a speech in Parliament today questioning the suitability of UNRWA as the recepient of Australian financial refugee aid. Read more
Multicultural Advisory Council Meets for the First Time
February 25, 2009 by J-Wire
The newly-formed Multicultural Advisory Council will advise the Government on the way it deals with cultural, racial and religious intolerance. Read more
Fifth Jewish MP for Victoria
February 24, 2009 by J-Wire
Melbourne lawyer Jennifer Huppert has become the third current member of parliament in Victoria. Read more
Mumbai Rabbi’s father thanks the Sydney Community
February 18, 2009 by J-Wire
The father of the Rabbi brutally murdered in the attack on Mumbai’s Chabad House has publicly thanked the Sydney community for its support. Read more
Triguboff donates court victory cash to bushfire appeal
February 15, 2009 by J-Wire
Sydney property magnate, Harry Triguboff, won a landmark case against the NSW Valuer General last week. Read more
Monash’s relation joins ranks
A relation of famed Australian general Sir John Monash has been promoted to the rank of Major General in the Australian army. Read more
