Also in Jerusalem this week….
April 16, 2010 by Agencies
Clive Kessler, Professor of Sociology at the University of New South Wales delivered a lecture at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem this week. Read more
Lowy rekindles flame at Yad Vashem
April 15, 2010 by Agencies
Shirley and Frank Lowy have visited Yad Vashem in Jerusalem at which the high-profile Australian businessman rekindled the eternal flame. Read more
Wednesdays with Eddie
April 14, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Eddie Jaku guides visitors around Sydney Jewish Museum’s Holocaust section every Wednesday but he turned up a day early this week…to celebrate his 90th birthday. Read more
Edinburgh Festival One-Man Show in Sydney
April 13, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Following a knock-out reception in Melbourne, Daniel Cainer has brought his one-man show “Jewish Chronicles” to Sydney. Read more
Yom HaShoah Melbourne
April 13, 2010 by Geoffrey Zygier
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria’s Yom Hashoa commemoration for 2010 attracted a very large audience, demonstrating the ongoing significance of the Holocaust for both Victorian Jewry and the larger community. Read more
Anne Frank Exhibition opens in Auckland
April 13, 2010 by Miriam Bell
Working to defeat antisemitism must be a cause for all people, not just Jewish people, said New Zealand’s minister for arts and culture in a strongly worded speech, at the Auckland opening of the Anne Frank travelling exhibition. Read more
Apr-18 Sydney: Yom Ha’azmaut
April 12, 2010 by J-Wire
Celebrate 100 years of Kibbitzim Read more
Apr-19 Sydney: Yom Hazikaron
April 12, 2010 by J-Wire
Join the community function… Read more
Until Mar-13, 2011 Melbourne: Theresienstadt: Drawn from the inside
April 12, 2010 by Agencies
The concentration camp at Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia was a macabre mock-up of a real society, a triumph of duplicity, designed to lull its inmates and the world at large into believing that it was a benign resettlement program, where Jews would be the beneficiaries of the Nazis’ humane treatment. Read more
New Theresienstadt exhibition opens on Holocaust Remembrance Day
April 12, 2010 by Agencies
The Jewish Museum of Australia has opened a new exhibition featuring the artwork of the inmates of the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Read more
Apr-28 SBS-One 00:45a.m. | Seeds of Summer
April 12, 2010 by J-Wire
A documentary from Israel. Read more
Apr-29 Melbourne: The Richard Pratt Memorial Lecture
April 12, 2010 by J-Wire
Professor Menahem Ben-Sasson of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will speak on “Jews and the Muslim World – A Millennium’s Perspective”. Read more
Apr-22 Melbourne: Magen David Adom Humanitarian Aid Appeal
April 12, 2010 by J-Wire
CANCELLED – SEE NEWS STORY: The 80th anniversary of MDA. FUnction co-hosted by the Melbourne Hebrew Congegation. Read more
Rabbi to receive top award from Catholic university
Rabbi Raymond Apple will be awarded Australian Catholic University’s (ACU) highest honour this week, Doctor of the University, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Christian-Jewish understanding, interfaith co-operation and community engagement. Read more
Dubai assassination: Smith has report
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has received the Australian Federal Police report on the use of fake Australian passports being used in the Dubai assassination of Hamas leader Hahmoud al-Mabhouh. Read more
Sixteen Consuls attend the Yom HaShoah Voice of the Survivors in Sydney
April 11, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Sixteen Consuls, including representatives from Poland, Germany and Austria attended the Voice of the Survivors at the Jewish Museum in Sydney today.
Israeli tourist charged following fatal car crash
April 9, 2010 by J-Wire
An Israeli woman has been charged following a car crash near Mossburn, New Zealand in which two English tourists were killed. Read more
Care Centres join forces
April 9, 2010 by J-Wire
Less than fifteen minutes into the first day of a new agreement sharing emergency services with Queensland, Rabbi Mendel Kestel received his first call for help. Read more
Sydney Professor to deliver lecture at the Hebrew University
April 9, 2010 by Agencies
Clive Kessler, a professor of socialology at the University of New South Wales, will deliver a lecture at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem next week. Read more
Apr-14 Jerusalem: Sydney professor delivering a lecture
April 9, 2010 by J-Wire
A lecture on ‘Political Islam in Southeast Asian Multiculturalism: The Malaysian Case’ by Prof. Clive S. Kessler of the University of New South Wales. Read more
Apr-12 ABC-TV1 12:20 p.m. | Children of a Lesser God
April 8, 2010 by J-Wire
A repeat of “The Australian Story” featuring Sydney woman Tara Winkler who runs an orphanage in Cambodia.
Children of a Lesser God – a must watch!
April 7, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Monday night was Pesach. ABC-TV’s “Australian Story” featured Tara Winkler, a remarkable 24-yr-old from Sydney who runs an orphanage in Cambodia. Read more
Busy Holocaust schedule for Sydney
April 7, 2010 by Community Editor
Six Holocaust ceremonies will be held in Sydney on Sunday and Monday, organized by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ Holocaust Remembrance Committee. Read more
The importance of Yom Ha’azmaut and Yom Hazikaron
April 7, 2010 by Danny Lamm
Israel has entered the new decade with challenges on so many fronts. The geographical challenge remains – Israel is surrounded by traditional enemies who have one common motivation, the annihilation of the State of Israel. Read more
Can you help?
An Israeli organisation wants to contact families of Jewish community members who immigrated from South Africa and who lost family members fighting with the IDF. Read more
In from the outer
April 7, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne’s Jewish Care and the Australian Jewish Psychologists’ Group have representatives on a Jewish Community Council of Victoria group to address mental health, depression and suicide within the Gay and Lesbian community. Read more
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry recognises new saint
April 4, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
Robert Goot, the president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, has congratulated Cardinal George Pell, head of the Catholic Church in Australia, on the decision to canonise Mary MacKillop…and pointed out a Jewish connection. Read more
Embassy not wanted in Wellington
April 4, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
A pr0-Palestinan group in New Zealand has mounted a campaign against the opening of an Israeli Embassy in Wellington later this month. Read more
Rabbi Hazi – Take 2 – Don’t eat your cigarettes
April 1, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Rabbi Alon Hazi enjoys a cigarette and the news that the filters may contain elements derived from pigs does not phase him one bit. Read more
Rabbi Hazi – Take 1 – The biggest Seder in town
April 1, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Rabbi Alon Hazi takes spiritual care of Israeli backpackers visiting Sydney…and this year conducted a Seder for almost 400 participants. Read more
