Australia critical of new Israeli housing plans

Cardinal Pell’s statement on Q&A

Cardinal George Pell, head of the Catholic Church in Australia, was a member of a two man panel on ABC TV’s Q&A on Monday night. He has issued a statement on remarks he made about the Jews being made the Chosen People…later in the program he made a statement that the German people suffered the most in the Holocaust. His statement and the text from the program follow: Read more

Face to Face: with Eyal Tiburger

 

Eyal Tiburger is the the Director-General of Maccabi World Union. He visited Australia recently briefing leaders on the progress of the 19th Maccabiah to be held in Israel next year. J-Wire filmed an interview with him… Read more

Chometz – going, going…gone

Ever wondered what happens when chometz is sold? J-Wire took its cameras into the Bondi home of Rabbi Pinchas Feldman and recorded the deal done with Liberal Member of the NSW Legislative Council David Clarke… Read more

Palestine is a State – Fact or Fiction?

Recognition of the existence of  Palestine as a State was ostensibly given the international imprimatur  on 31 October 2011 – when 107 countries voted to admit Palestine as the 195th member state of UNESCO…writes David Singer. Read more

Not for Kosher consumption

Kosher VeYosher matzo has been declared not Kosher for Passover by the Rabbinical Council of Victoria. Read more

Young Labor go to Shul

NSW  Young Labor runs the Community Speak program and has invited its members to a Friday evening Shabbat service and dinner at Sydney’s The Great Synagogue. Read more

Apr-25 Sydney: Yom Ha’azmaut celebrations

The Zionist Council of NSW is hosting a Festival and Show to celebrate Israel’s Independence Day… Read more

Face-to-Face with Professor Konrad Kwiet

Professor Konrad Kwiet is the German-born Pratt Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of  Sydney  and resident historian at the Sydney Jewish Museum. J-Wire presents a filmed interview on the eve of a museum function to honour him for his contribution to his chosen field of endeavour. An interview not to miss…. Read more

The Israel Museum in your hands

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, has joined the Google Art Project (www.googleartproject.com), making its galleries and hundreds of highlights from its permanent collection accessible online to audiences in Australia and New Zealand….including the Dead Sea Scrolls. Read more

Movie Review: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen ***

Arguably, the biggest hurdle to clear for Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is its title…writes James Berardinelli. Read more

Fishing for Pesach

A meshgiach is manning the new Kosher fish department at a supermarket in Melbourne. Read more

Kramer’s attorney questions indictment

David Kramer will be released from a Missouri prison later this month…but efforts are underway to have him extradited to Melbourne. Kramer is yet to be charged with offences relating to alleged sexual abuse at Melbourne’s Yeshivah College. Read more

Iran Regime Change Only Hope

Israel has hinted that it may strike at Iran’s nuclear facilities before the end of the year….writes Emanuele Ottolenghi. Read more

Moroccan ambassador talks to Melbourne meeting

The Moroccan ambassador to Australia has addressed a joint meeting of the Capital Jewish Forum and the JBD-Jews of the CBD in Melbourne. Read more

Short+Sweet Winner

Melbourne Jewish actress Taylor Klas (aka Galit Klas) won Best Actress at the Short+Sweet Sydney 2012 festival gala awards final…and shared the Best Script prize. Read more

Learning about Pesach

Eighty senior academics from all five Sydney universities joined 20 Jewish leaders at an unprecedented Passover dinner on Monday night at the University of New South Wales. Read more

The Relevance of Pesach in Our Times

Despite alienation from religious extremism and the extortionist tactics of the one dimensional haredi political parties, there has been a remarkable revival in the observance of Jewish traditions and customs among those not committed to observing Halacha…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

Victorian plenum discusses Jewish education

The value of a Jewish Day School education, its high cost and the inclusion of students with special needs… these were the hot topics debated at the Jewish Community Council of Victoria’s (JCCV) plenum on Monday night. Read more

Remembering Sam Fisher

R
abbi Jeremy Lawrence spoke at the minyan for Sam Fisher…a legendary leader within Sydney’s Jewish community who recently passed away in Jerusalem… Read more

Perlman for Sydney’s Yom Hashoah

The author of The Street Sweeper – nominated for the prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award – will feature at this month’s Holocaust remembrance ceremonies. Read more

Shirlee’s Day Out

Sydney community stalwart Shirlee Finn recently visited Israel where she caught up with Aussie ex-pat Ari Briggs…. Read more

A Pesach Slavery Message

As Pesach fast approaches, the Union for Progressive Judaism (UPJ) and ARZA (the Australian Reform Zionist Association) call all members of our community to take the messages we learn from our Haggadot and to speak out to condemn slavery globally. Read more

Canadian academic holds workshops at the Montefiore Home

Professor Harvey Max Chochinov, the eminent Canadian palliative care researcher who developed the model of Dignity Therapy, has presented an interactive workshop at Sydney’s Montefiore Home exploring the role of Dignity Therapy in Aged Care and Palliative Care. Read more

BJE Students from Rose Bay Public School Celebrate Pesach

Sydney’s Academy BJE has held a demonstration seder for Yrs K-2 Hebrew and JETS students from Rose Bay Public School. Read more

Hotel Knight

In 1991 French hotel giant Accor had no presence in the South Pacific…today they have more than 450 hotels and the man responsible for their success will be created a knight by the French Government at the end of the month. Read more

Sydney burials assured for 30 years

3,000 burial plots for the Jewish community have been announced at a new section at Sydney’s Rookwood Cemetery by the NSW Minister for Primary Industry Katrina Hodgkinson. Read more

Monte Art Exhibition

The Montefiore Home held it Resident Art Exhibition which ran for seven days as part of Seniors Week, when the spotlight was on the inspiring talents and skills that seniors have to offer the community. Read more

Family Fun Day at the Montefiore

Sydney’s Montefiore Home has celebrated Family Fun Day as part of NSW Seniors Week 2012. Read more

Great Concert

Sydney’s Great Synagogue celebrated its 134th anniversary with a heritage orchestral concert last night in the presence of Governor Marie Bashir. Read more

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