Israel on the Ground in Christchurch

The Israeli Embassy in Wellington has sent its Consul to Christchurch to establish an emergency centre on the ground. Read more

Israeli killed in Christchurch

An Israeli backpacker is among the rising death toll following an earthquake in Christchurch.

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Christchurch

Welcome to the Canterbury Hebrew Congregation, serving the Jewish community in Christchurch and the wider Canterbury region. Our synagogue, Temple Beth-El, is situated in central Christchurch. We offer regular Shabbat services as well as cheder classes, Bar and Bat Mitzvah training, holiday services and a variety of social activities. We are also home to the South Island chapter of Habonim Dror and the Christchurch Council of Jewish Women.

Green light for Chabad in Christchurch

Chabad House has survived the Christchurch earthquake and has reopened. Read more

Christchurch – business as usual

Sunday school in Christchurch’s synagogue took place as normal this morning…recent repairs to the building appear to have saved it from serious damage in yesterday’s earthquake…but no-one knows the state of Chabad House. Read more

Rabbi Goldstein reports from Christchurch

J-Wire received the report from Christchurch Chabad Rabbi Mendel Goldstein. He has no idea about of the condition of the Shule…. Read more

Early reports from Christchurch say community is fine

Dunedin-based Rabbi Shmuly Kopel has been in touch with his Chabad counterpart in the earthquake hit New Zealand city of Christchurch. Read more

A global cycle

Today marks the 100th day the remaining hostages have been held by Hamas in Gaza following the horrific incursion into Israel on October 7. Read more

Light the candle of truth, justice, courage and peace

Israel supporters in Christchurch have held their tenth rally. Read more

“Antisemitism within our motu”

“There is no place in New Zealand for the threats, assaults, school bullying, graffiti, property damage, and the open anti-Jewish antagonism in social media and inflammatory public rhetoric which are threatening to our community and harmful to the country’s social cohesion,” said Juliet Moses, recently-elected President of the New Zealand Jewish Council (NZJC). Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Sir Otto Frankel – world-renowned geneticist, plant breeder, cytologist and genetic conservationist

Otto Herzberg-Frankel was born in Vienna on 4 November 1900, the third of four sons of a prominent and wealthy lawyer and his wife Therese. Read more

Right-wingers ACT in NZ election scandal spotlight

Surging New Zealand right-wing party ACT has suffered a campaign setback, losing a candidate who compared COVID-19 vaccine mandates to actions taken in Nazi Germany. Read more

I’ve been mulling over David Miller

You may never have heard of him. Read more

Take it away Ludwig!

A music review by Fraser McBeath McEwing Read more

NZ parliament presented with a petition to stop funding UNRWA

NZ National MP Simon O’Connor has accepted a petition from the Israel Institute of New Zealand (IINZ) calling on the government to stop funding UNRWA schools that glorify terror and incite violence. Read more

NZ Human Rights Commission disinterested in teachers who praise Hitler

When there was evidence that schools funded by New Zealand were teaching children to glorify terror Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt, and Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon, wrote to the Ministry responsible for the funding to underscore the “unacceptable” racism that was being taught and the need to adhere to “New Zealand’s human rights obligations”. Read more

Nazi symbols and gestures: Julian Leeser has his say

Julian Leeser on Nazi symbols and gestures. An address in Federal Parliament. Read more

NSW Labor to address racism and extremism with a budget of $16m

A Minns Labor Government will establish a Premier’s Prevention Panel on Racism and Extremism to address the growing safety concerns of faith and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities in NSW. Read more

OPHI responsible for shutting down notorious hate site

Melbourne’s  Online Hate Prevention Institute alerted the relevant authorities in India that the Daily Stormer, a hate site banned repeatedly all over the world, was now using a domain name registered in India, dailystormer.in. Read more

Spike in racism compels national strategy

Spikes in anti-Asian sentiment and discrimination against Indigenous, Jewish and Muslim groups since the COVID-19 outbreak have triggered moves for a new national framework to combat racism. Read more

New Zealand joins the International Holocaust Remembranc Alliance

New Zealand’s joining of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) will help fight racism for all New Zealanders, the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand and the New Zealand Jewish Council say. Read more

Some familiar, some  unfamiliar: Music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

They were presented in equal quantities at last night’s concert. Read more

OPHI analyses Buffalo attack

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Buffalo get condolences from Israel

Israeli officials have conveyed their condolences to the US, to New York’s State’s Governor Kathy Hochul, and to Byron Brown, the Mayor of the City of Buffalo, following the racist shooting in the city which left 10 dead and wounded three others. Read more

Meet Gillian Wess

Gillian Wess has recently been appointed as the CEO of the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand. She talks with J-Wire. Read more

Erasing antisemitism from the narrative

Data by police agencies, Jewish community organisations, and others throughout the western world show that antisemitism is on the rise, and is thriving. Read more

UN approves Israeli resolution combating Holocaust denial

The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday adopted an Israeli-sponsored resolution that condemns denial and distortion of the Holocaust. Read more

The inevitable inequitable application of proposed laws

Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling ice cream in Jewish communities in the West Bank has caused ripples – and may be a breach of US laws that prohibit discriminatory boycotts. Read more

NZ Jewish leader appointed to advisory group dealing aftermath of the 2019 double mosque massacres

President of the New Zealand Jewish Council Stephen Goodman has been appointed to the Ministerial Advisory Group on the Government’s Response to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch mosques. Read more

Tear drops and wrecking balls: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

While most of my reviews cover the SSO Masters Series (the substantial concerts that are sponsored by Abercrombie & Kent) every so often I am tugged by the heartstrings to an SSO Symphony Hour performance supported by Credit Suisse. Read more

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