Australian Jewish Leaders attack Israeli Rabbis’ Housing Petition

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry and the Zionist Federation of Australia have condemned unreservedly the statements made yesterday in a petition by 40 municipal Rabbis in Israel to forbid renting homes to non-Jews. Read more

Jan-05 9:35pm SBS2-TV: Movie from Israel – Ushpizin

Moshe, a former criminal who recently turned Orthodox Jew, and his wife, Mali, discover how genuine religious practices and true devotion can dramatically change their lives for the better. Read more

Jan-05 7:30pm SBS2-TV: Passports to Kill

It was a murder plot captured on CCTV: the victim, and the disguised hit squad who stalked then killed Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a hotel room in Dubai. Read more

Memories of Michael

Michael Deutsch, former cantor of Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue passed away this week. J-Wire publishes eulogies written by those close to Cantor Deutsch whose warmth and presence extended well beyond his own congregation…and touched the entire community. Read more

Have you checked the MAIL?

Eight Maccabi teenagers will head to Israel in January, with the potential to change the way Maccabi thinks forever. Read more

Steve Solomon earns world ranking

Sydney teenager Steve Solomon smashed a 27-year record in the 400 metres at last week’s Australian All-Schools Athletics meet, and is now ranked World Number Two in the under-18s age bracket. Read more

Michael Puterflam breaks world record

Michael Puterflam is a school-leaver who is definitely making the most of his time – even when he’s playing video games.

The 17-year-old Moriah graduate broke the Guinness World Record on Thursday for the longest consecutive time playing a football video game – 30 hours of FIFA 11. Read more

Dec-12 Sydney: Solidarity Rally

Join the community in a rally at The Great Synagogue to remember the fallen and salute the heroes of the recent fires in Israel Read more

NZ Moriah reach Milestone in Memorial Button Project

Reaching their collection target of 1.5 million buttons has left the pupils of, Moriah School in Wellington, “absolutely thrilled” to have achieved a milestone in their project to create a Holocaust Memorial to the Jewish children who died in the Holocaust. Read more

Jewish Group Supports Asylum Seekers

A Jewish anti-racism group has called on Australians to welcome asylum-seekers into their communities and embrace the benefits refugees can offer Australia.

The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) says the attempt by the Australia First Party to drum up fear and opposition to asylum seekers undermines Australia’s tolerant and multicultural society. Read more

Claims Conference – Increased funds for 2011

The Claims Conference has announced that Germany will double the for social aid for 2011…$145 million to help approved Holocaust victims in 32 countries. Read more

Chanukah – a Tale of Three Cities

The Jewish community continues to engage itself with all Australians in celebrating Chanukah. Read more

Palestine – Doublecrossing Obama Signals Problems for Abbas

President Obama has been doublecrossed by the extraordinary behaviour of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas in seeking Brazil’s recognition of a Palestinian State “within the 1967 borders”. Read more

Historic Greek Link to Jewish Museum

The Greek Consul-General visited the Jewish Museum in Sydney last week…and saw a stone commemorating one of his predecessors, Samuel Cohen who inaugurated the building almost 100 years ago. Read more

New President for the Sydney Jewish Museum

The Sydney Jewish Museum has named Professor Gus Lehrer as its new president. Read more

Asia Pacific Screen Awards for Israeli Movie

“Lebanon”, a film made about an Israeli tank crew in the 1982 Lebanon war, has won the Screen International Jury Grand Prize for its writer/director Samuel Maoz at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Read more

Ben Weiss Discovers Jewish Life in Cyprus

It was a late November afternoon, a plan was hatched over a telephone call with my Cypriot born friend, Anthony.  A Roman Orthodox, the son of a father of Armenian descent who fled his native Jerusalem in 1948, he strangely felt a kindred spirit towards me, a secular Jew with a European parentage. Read more

Chanukah Commitment from Jewish Care Melbourne

Taking his cue from the festival of Chanukah, Jewish Care’s CEO Bill Appleby reaffirmed his organisation’s commitment to the values of tolerance and diversity. Read more

Dec-31 5:30pm SBS1-TV: Global Village

Akko is a small peninsula on the coast of Israel. In this tiny place religions and cultures have clashed throughout history and power has changed hands many times.

Rabbinical Praise for Jewish Care

Melbourne’s Jewish Care has been praised for its proactive approach to community support and enhancements to its cultural and spiritual program by the Rabbinical Council of Victoria.

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ACTU Assistant Secretary checking anti-Israel Union Activists

Anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions activists in Australia have begun an email campaign targeting union leaders and trade union supporters of Palestine. Read more

In the Footsteps of William Cooper

Kevin Russell left Southhampton St in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray yesterday with a group of 12 to re-enact the march his great grandfather led in 1938…a march by Aboriginals which is the only recorded protest against Kristallnacht world-wide. Read more

Mr Rudd and WikiLeaks

Re: Mr Rudd’s justification for his condemnation of the release of classified diplomatic information. Read more

A Very Special Teacher

Rabbi Mordechai Liebermann has just celebrated his 40th anniversary as a teacher. Read more

Jan-08 8:35pm ABC2-TV: Fiddler on the Roof

In the picturesque Ukranian village of Anatevka lives Tevye, an impoverished milkman with five unmarried daughters and a sharp-tongued wife to support. As Tevye remonstrates with God for allowing his scrawny horse to go lame, and for not filling his pockets with gold, his wife, Golde, takes more direct steps towards improving their lot. Read more

Out With the Old

The Victorian Union for Progressive Judaism has been replaced with a new organisation with a new constitution written for today’s community…Progressive Judaism Victoria. Read more

Facebook: A Double-Edged Sword for the IDF

Recently the IDF gained an extra thousand recruits. For a civilian army in which a majority of citizens are proud to support their country by completing  military service, this number is quite small considering the amount of people who go through boot camp every year. However this extra thousand is composed of  young men and women who tried to evade the draft by claiming a religious exemption. They pretended to be part of the ultra-religious movement which opposes Zionism and does not participate in modern-day Israel. Read more

Leading the Way

Adventure sports enthusiast Rozanne Green shares her love of adventure sports with those who can sense them, feel them, smell them…but not see them. Read more

Palestine – When Silence is Suicide

Should one remain silent when an eminent Australian expresses political, social and humanitarian viewpoints that are apparently based on factually incorrect or deceptive and misleading statements having  their sources in Arab propaganda that appear on the Internet day in and day out? Read more

Fire Update

The Jewish National Fund has issued an update to the fires raging in northern Israel as Australia prepares to send aid today. Read more

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