Vote for the Dead Sea
August 31, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
In a new world-wide venture, votes are being called for to elect the New 7 Wonders of Nature…and a call is out to cast a vote for one of the nominees, the Dead Sea. Read more
Documentary in the Making…and it Needs Your Help
August 30, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
Two highly-respected members of the Australian film industry have joined forces to produce a documentary on how Lithuania is rewriting the history of the Holocaust.
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Palestine – Israel Clarifies Her Position
August 30, 2011 by Agencies
The Embassy of Israel in Canberra has issued a statement on next month’s move at the United Nations to bring about a Palestinian Unilateral Declaration of Independence. Read more
“Courage of Strangers” a Hit
The world premiere screening of the documentary The Courage of Strangers took place in Sydney on the weekend…and was declared a hit by the first night audience. Read more
Frank Discussion at ZFA Conference
August 30, 2011 by Ginette Searle
More than 120 participants from all over Australia participated in frank discussion at the Zionist Federation of Australia’s Plenary Conference in Sydney last week. Read more
T-A Murder update – victim may not be Australian
August 30, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra has confirmed that a 45-yr-old man from Melbourne is being held in custody following the murder of a woman in a room at the Dan Panorama Hotel in Tel Aviv. Read more
Australian Woman Stabbed to Death in Tel Aviv
August 30, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
An Australian woman has been found fatally stabbed in a room in Tel Aviv’s Dan Panorama hotel. Read more
Bernard Freedman 1924-2011
August 29, 2011 by Henry Benjamin
Bernard Freedman, one of the most popular Jewish journalists in the history of Parliament’s Press Gallery, has passed away in Canberra at the age of 86. Read more
Sep-04 Melbourne: Anat Hoffman in Conversation
August 29, 2011 by J-Wire
Anat Hoffman discusses issues in Israel today with Sharene Hambur… Read more
Candle Lighting Correction Sydney
August 29, 2011 by J-Wire
The NSWJBD corrects candle-lighting time in its 2011 diary for the Fast of Gedaliah, Succot, Shemini Atzeret and Simcha Torah… Read more
Justifying Murder – an Abonimation
August 29, 2011 by Isi Leibler
Since the Middle Ages and earlier, we encountered marginal Jews who turned against their own people. Amongst apostates to Christianity there were those who wrote inflammatory libels against the Jewish people, paving the way for pogroms; socialists like Karl Marx whose vile antisemitic tirades speak for themselves; and more recently, Jewish communists purportedly supporting a new world order who applauded Stalin whilst he was murdering, imprisoning and persecuting their fellow Jews…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Chocolate for Two
August 29, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
Michael Danby MP, Federal Member for Melbourne Ports and Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan drank hot chocolate together at the BDS targeted Max Brenner Chocolate Shop in Brisbane’s South Bank yesterday. Read more
Palestine – United Nations Faces the Music
August 29, 2011 by David Singer
The horrendous news of the bombing of the UN headquarters in Nigeria’s capital – Abuja – reportedly by a radical Islamist group – killing at least 19 people and wounding more than 60 other persons – has been rightly described by the United Nations Security Council as a “heinous crime”.…writes David Singer. Read more
Riding out the Storm
August 29, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
Sydneysider Michael Benjamin has lived in New York for 10 years. He reports on making acquaintance with Hurricane Irene… Read more
Brisbane BDS demo a fizzler
August 28, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
It was Brisbane’s turn yesterday to face the fury of the pro-BDS campaign against the Max Brenner Chocolate shops – but the 40 protesters found themselves herded by 30 police into a prepared enclosure well away from the popular store.
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People of Australia Ambassadors
August 28, 2011 by Agencies
Australians can now nominate their own local champions who have helped to promote inclusion and strengthen community relations under a new ambassador program set up by the Gillard Labor Government. Read more
PJ Library Officially Open
The PJ (Pyjama) Library mails free Jewish themed books and music CD’s to families on a monthly basis. It was officially launched in Sydney last week at a big Pyjama Party at Set Café, Westfield Bondi Junction. Read more
The Grave Dangers of a Palestinian Unilateral Declaration of Independence
August 26, 2011 by Emanuele Ottolenghi
The diplomatic offensive that the Palestinian Authority launched last year to persuade the United Nations to recognize Palestine as a state will come to fruition this September. Unless there is a last-minute turnaround, Palestinian Authority (PA) officials are determined to forge ahead, despite an already-announced US veto at the Security Council…writes Emanuele Ottolenghi. Read more
Betar Says Sorry
August 26, 2011 by Henry Benjamin
Victoria’s Betar has apologised for an analogy published in their April newsletter in which Israel in the 1940s is described as flower whose growth was threatened by “Arab weeds”. Read more
Multicultural Hat-trick
August 26, 2011 by Henry Benjamin
First Sydney’s Peter Wertheim was made a member of the Australian Multicultural Council, then John Searle was appointed Chair of the Victorian Equal Rights and Human Rights Commission…with the week finishing off with Grahame Leonard’s appointment as a Victorian Multicultural Commissioner. Read more
Just One Friend
August 26, 2011 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
One of the important relationships that form human existence is friends. Read more
Religious Freedom Discussion between the JCCV and the U.S. State Department
August 26, 2011 by Michelle Coleman
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria met yesterday with a representative of the United States State Department to discuss religious freedom issues pertaining to the Jewish community in Victoria. Read more
Tough questions for Landau
August 26, 2011 by Michelle Coleman
Israeli Member of Knesset Uzi Landau was in Melbourne yesterday to address the community and answer questions on the issues and challenges that Israel is currently facing. Read more
Aug-28 Sydney: Memorial Service for Terrorist Victims
August 26, 2011 by J-Wire
Mercaz-Masorti NSW and the Zionist Council of NSW are holding a memorial service for those killed in the recent terrorist attacks in Souther Israel. Read more
Supporting Victims of Male Sex Abuse
August 26, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
One in six males will experience sexual abuse before they are 18. The Brisbane Jewish community will hear how it can offer support to victims. Read more
Sep-06 Brisbane: Victims No Longer
August 26, 2011 by J-Wire
An information evening to learn how to support male victims of sex abuse… Read more
AUJS Reports from Canberra
Australian Union of Jewish Students leaders visited Canberra this week for the annual Political Training Seminar (PTS) at Parliament House. Read more
Crown Heights Killing – 20 years on.
On Sunday, Rev. Al Sharpton gave his version of what happened 20 years ago in Crown Heights. But although he purports to have reflected on and learned from the riots, the truth is his recollection is egregiously distorted and sanitized…writes Norman Rosenbaum. Read more
Award for Wellington Holocaust Centre
August 25, 2011 by David Zwartz
The Wellington Holocaust Research and Education Centre has received a a New Zealand Diversity Awards from the Maori King. Read more
Say No to a Palestinian State at the UN in September
August 25, 2011 by Ron Weiser
There is only one reason why the Palestinians are going to the United Nations in September hoping for a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State by the General Assembly…writes Ron Weiser Read more
