The Intolerance of Anti-Semitism – The House of Dior Takes a Stand
March 8, 2011 by Ian Sandler
Anti-semitism has reared its ugly head again this week. Balanced on top of the couture neck of Dior’s top designer John Galliano…. Read more
Mar-27 Sydney: Positive Ageing Expo
March 8, 2011 by J-Wire
The Burger Centre launches its Pathways to Positive Ageing Program… Read more
Mar-15 Sydney: NSWJBD Plenum
March 7, 2011 by J-Wire
Leader of the House in the NSW State Parliament John Aquilina and Liberal Member for Vaucluse Peter Debnam are retiring. The Plenum will honour therm…
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Kevin Rudd’s Jerusalem Press Conference
March 7, 2011 by Agencies
Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd held a press conference in Jerusalem yesterday. Read it in full.. Read more
Academy BJE and Our Big Kitchen in Purim Initiative
March 7, 2011 by Henry Benjamin
The first sign of Purim was loud, boisterous and joyous as more than 160 primary schoolchildren from non-Jewish schools baked homantashen in Our Big Kitchen. Read more
Happy 110th, Mary!
March 7, 2011 by Agencies
Mary Rothstein celebrated her 110th birthday in Melbourne yesterday…the second oldest Jew in the world. Read more
Jewish float a hit at the Gay Mardi Gras
March 6, 2011 by Roy Freeman
Dayenu’s float in Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras last night was welcomed enthusiastically by the 400,000-strong crowd and was televised on Foxtel. Read more
Austen Tayshus to contest O’Farrell’s seat
March 6, 2011 by Henry Benjamin
The Outdoor Recreation Party has nominated Jewish comedian Austen Tayshus as its candidate in the Liberal seat of Ku-ring-gai in this month’s NSW State election….currently held by Liberal Leader of the Opposition, Barry O’Farrell. Read more
Danby calls on O’Farrell to block Greens in Marrickville
March 6, 2011 by Henry Benjamin
Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has called on NSW Liberal leader Barry O’Farrell to block a Greens victory in the NSW State election. Read more
Palestine – Intellectual Ignorance Insults Israel
March 6, 2011 by David Singer
Novelist Ian McEwan displayed crass ignorance of the Arab-Jewish conflict when recently accepting the US$10000 Jerusalem Prize – awarded to a writer whose work best expresses and promotes the idea of the ”freedom of the individual in society.” Read more
Liberal Senator calls for apology for Evian “hurt”
Tasmanian Liberal Senator Guy Barnett addressed the Senate last week on Australia’s participation at the 1938 Evian Conference convened to facilitate the flow of refugees fleeing Nazi persecution…and has called for an apology. Read more
Christchurch updated
March 4, 2011 by Agencies
Shemi Tzur, Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand, has ended another horror week dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake which has claimed the lives, so far, of around 240…including three young Israelis. He reports on the current status… Read more
Liam Getreu at the J-Street Conference
March 4, 2011 by Liam Getreu
Yesterday was perhaps the most content-intense and potentially-controversial day at J Street thus far. It was also probably my most enjoyable day. (You can read my previous dispatches on my blog.) In the morning, the Obama administration, having been asked to provide someone to speak at the conference, dispatched negotiator Dennis Ross. In break-out sessions in the afternoon, issues of Palestinian statehood and the boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement were discussed, and in the evening, Naomi Chazan gave the keynote address at the conference’s gala dinner.
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Happy Birthday Harry…and a great night out for all
March 4, 2011 by Henry Benjamin
Israeli superstar Dudu Fisher led a 2,000 strong audience in singing “Happy Birthday to You” at the Sydney Convention Centre last night. Read more
STEIN AWARDED LIFE MEMBERSHIP
March 4, 2011 by David Weiner-Maccabi NSW
Harry Stein has been awarded life membership of the lawn bowls club as recognition of 21 years of service. Read more
MOSS v MIRON – 2 Jews battling it out in the A-League
March 4, 2011 by David Weiner-Maccabi NSW
For any followers of Australian football among our readers, there’s a fantastic sub-plot to the A-League preliminary final between Central Coast Mariners and Gold Coast United on the weekend. Read more
SHOCK LOSS FOR MACCABI HAKOAH IN FUTSAL FINAL
March 4, 2011 by David Weiner-Maccabi NSW
Maccabi Hakoah’s mens futsal side suffered a shock 2-1 loss to Breakers FC on Saturday night in the NSW Super League grand final. Read more
KINGS LEAD MACCABI TOUCH’S FINALS CHARGE
March 4, 2011 by David Weiner-Maccabi NSW
The Maccabi Kings have enjoyed a remarkable season in the top men’s division of Eastern Suburbs touch football.
New generation shine at Jewish Swimming Champs
March 4, 2011 by David Weiner-Maccabi NSW
There was a changing of the guard at the 61st annual NSW Jewish Swimming Championships on Sunday, with 15-year-old Josh Blumberg taking out the 100 metre blue-ribbon freestyle event for the first time. Mikaela Rifkin won the women’s title. Read more
Dentist in “Cats”
March 4, 2011 by Geoff Sirmai
Popular Bondi dentist and theatre identity Michael Lewis of Bondi stars as Growltiger in Miranda Musical Society’s spectacular new productionof CATS – opening next week at Sutherland Entertainment Centre. Read more
Kindness – Strength or Weakness?
March 4, 2011 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Kindness and charity are one of most honourable and elevated traits. Yet sometimes the kind-hearted and generous feel taken advantage of and trodden upon. The inability to ever say no results in feelings of resentment and frustration. Read more
Christchurch Detective Rescues Torahs
March 3, 2011 by Henry Benjamin
Rabbi Shmuel Friedman was stopped by Christchurch police as he tried to reach his stricken Chabad House following last week’s earthquake….but the officer heeded his pleas to recover the two Sefer Torahs and carried out the recovery himself. Read more
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets’ Nest ***
March 3, 2011 by Arts Editor
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, the third and final piece of the cinematic adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s The Millennium Trilogy, is an entertaining thriller. That said, it’s the weakest of the films, falling a length or two behindThe Girl Who Played with Fire, and considerably more than that with respect to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Read more
Parents Tell of Soldiers’ Bravery
March 1, 2011 by Ashley Shenker
The parents of two fallen soldiers in Israel told of their sons’ bravery at a Jewish Heroism presentation at the Classic Cinema in Elsternwick last night. Read more
Christchurch – Missing Israelis Found Dead
March 1, 2011 by Henry Benjamin
Search and recover teams in Christchurch have found the bodies of two Israeli backpackers who had been in Christchurch last Tuesday when the earthquake it the South Island New Zealand city. Read more
Big Cheque – Big Thank You
March 1, 2011 by Henry Benjamin
The Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies hosted a thank you barbecue in the Queensland Capital…and received a cheque from the Jewish House in Sydney for over $47,000. Read more
Plight of the Copts
March 1, 2011 by Henry Benjamin
Veteran Maccabi Australia stalwart Harry Procel has been appointed as Head of Delegation for the Australian team to the 19th Maccabiah in Israel in 2013.
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Oscar for Emile
March 1, 2011 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney film producer Emile Sherman has won an Academy Award for his role as a producer of this year’s top film, “The King’s Speech”. Read more
No 1 supporter
March 1, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
David Smorgon, President of the Western Bulldogs AFL side, played host to the club’s number one supporter…Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Read more
Israeli-Palestinian AFL Peace Team in Australia this Year
March 1, 2011 by Jack Chrapot
Most would have noticed the recent return of AFL football and the fact that it didn’t take long for our television screens and our newspapers to be filled with news of the exploits both on and off the field of the heroes and villains of the game whether they be Saints or Demons, Magpies or Swans or the latest additions to the retinue – Suns and Giants. If someone in this country ever took a poll on the subject it would come as no surprise that footballers are more popular in this country than politicians, scientists, artists, bank managers (I’m relying on the fact that mine doesn’t read this) and yes, even religious figures. Read more
