Bad luck produces a new star
June 13, 2012 by J-Wire
Shula Endrey-Walder was one of many Australians who attended a performance of Bizet’s opera “Carmen” at Masada on the weekend…she reports for J-Wire. Read more
Al-Zarnoog and Bet El- A Tale of two settlements
June 13, 2012 by Ari Briggs
In the beginning of the twentieth century, a group of Zionist Jews acquired a parcel of land measuring around 160 acres (65 hectares) in the Negev, in the area of Moshav Nabatim, between Beersheba and Dimona…writes Ari Briggs. Read more
Dr Harry Hoffman
June 13, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Perth philanthropist Harry Hoffman has received an honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Read more
Emanuel raises record amount
June 13, 2012 by Michelle Favero
Sydney’s Emanuel School staff and students has raised $10,000 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation…a record amount from the school sector. Read more
Racist Graffiti – Secord releases Private Members Bill
NSW State Labor MLC, Walt Secord has released for public consultation for his Private Members Bill to create a specific offence of ‘racist graffiti’ in NSW. Read more
Calling all Jewish Singles – Australia awaits you!
June 11, 2012 by Odile Faludi
Australia is the land of plenty and when it comes to single Jews we have many…writes Odile Faludi. Read more
PM misses Holocaust Memorial
June 11, 2012 by J-Wire
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key lost his opportunity to visit the Berlin Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe due to a cancelled flight. Read more
The Queen’s Birthday Awards – the Honorees
June 11, 2012 by J-Wire
Members of the Jewish community who have been honored in the Queen’s Birthday awards this year include Professor Peter Singer who has received the nation’s highest honor…the AC. Read more
New Zealand Prime Minister’s plans to visit Holocaust memorial
The New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is planning to visit the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on his current overseas trip….”for Mum”. Read more
The Queen’s Birthday Awards
J-Wire will publish the list of members of the Australian Jewish community who have been honored in this year’s Queen’s birthday awards at one minute past midnight tonight.
Palestine – Ulpana decision answers Israel’s detractors
June 9, 2012 by David Singer
Israel has effectively answered its detractors in its measured response to a ruling by Israel’s High Court ordering the demolition of five stone structures in the West Bank settlement of Ulpana – erected on what the Court deemed to be private Palestinian land…writes David Singer. Read more
A Cat Can’t Fly
June 8, 2012 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
One day towards evening when it was getting dark, two friends Yankel and Berel saw something in the distance. Yankel thought that it was a bird while Berel claimed that it was a cat…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more
A desperate play
June 8, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
The Australian Christian Lobby’s Jim Wallace in a debate with Dr Kerryn Phelps on same sex marriage on Channel 7’s “Sunrise said that the campaign “would do great credit to Joseph Goebbels”. Read more
Albare @ the Seymour Centre
J-Wire has tickets to give away for tomorrow night’s concert by Albare at Sydney’s Seymour Centre… Read more
J-Wire Reporters
June 8, 2012 by J-Wire
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Top Chazan for St Kilda
June 8, 2012 by Community Editor
After an international search commencing in March, St Kilda shule announced this week that it had appointed Chazan Brett Kaye to lead the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services in the main shule this year. Read more
Busy Interfaith Week for Sydney
June 8, 2012 by Community Editor
The NSW Jewish community has been involved in three successful outreach endeavours during the past week – an innovative Shabbat dinner with leaders of the Chinese community; the third in a series of Jewish-Muslim young executive forums; and the tenth Abraham Conference, which brings together Christian, Muslim and Jewish representatives. Read more
NSW Politicians heading for Israel
The first-ever study mission to Israel exclusively for NSW Members of Parliament will take place early next year. Read more
Religion and State at the Crossroads
June 7, 2012 by Isi Leibler
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his new coalition partner, Shaul Mofaz, have pledged to introduce legislative reforms which will ensure that all Israeli citizens – including haredim and Arabs – will be obliged to fulfill their civic duty by serving in the IDF or undertaking a form of national service…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Honorary Doctorate for Perth Businessman
June 7, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem will confer an honorary doctorate on Perth businessman Harry Hoffman on Sunday. Read more
Grandeur, drama and melancholy in big helpings
June 7, 2012 by Fraser Beath McEwing
A favourite concerto and a seldom-heard symphony made for an exciting concert by the SSO as part of the Ausgrid Master Series last night writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more
Brocha for a plane
June 6, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Rabbi Dovid Slavin has blessed a brand new type of air ambulance in Sydney…making a shehechiyonu over the gleaming red fuselage. Read more
Function Sizzles, Demo Fizzles
June 6, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Around forty demonstrators were part of a group which burned an effigy of Victorian premier Ted Baillieu outside Melbourne’s Hotel Windsor in which Victorians were celebrating Israel’s 64th birthday. Read more
Australia’s $90 million gift to UNRWA “a blunder”
June 5, 2012 by David Bedein
The May 28th 2012decision of the Australian government to increase its allocation to the United Nations Relief and Works agency, UNRWA, the agency that serves Palestinian Refugees and their descendants – by 450% – from $19 million to $90 million, with funds geared for the most part to the UNRWA educational system, warrants careful examination…writes David Bedein. Read more
Trouble brewing in Melbourne
June 5, 2012 by Elly Shalev
Aprotest is being organised in an attempt to intimidate invitees and tarnish today’s Yom Haazmaut celebration in Melboure with false and misleading statements about Israel. Read more
The Great Wall Limmud
June 5, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The highly popular Limmud project took an exciting new direction this week as the feast of Jewish learning took place at a new location…the Great Wall of China. Read more
Albert Dadon = Albare
June 5, 2012 by J-Wire
Albert Dadon is well known throughout the community as the founder of the Australia Israel Cultural Exchange and the Australia Israel Leadership Forum…but the Melbourne businessman’s alter ego Albare is now on the road fronting his star-packed jazz group on their “Long Way” world tour. J-Wire has five free double tickets for Satrday’s Sydney performance. Read more
When nature calls
June 5, 2012 by Agencies
A Melbourne family has donated a much-needed facility to one of Israel’s most populat nature reserves…wheelchair accessible bio lavatories. Read more
Parliamentarians oppose right wing Greek presence in Australia
June 4, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Two NSW Labor parliamentarians have said they will oppose plans by the far right Greek Golden Dawn Party to set up “three or four” branches in Australia. Read more
Thinking about drinking
June 4, 2012 by Michelle Coleman
A policewoman and an alcohol education trainer from Odyssey House presented information about alcohol and the law in two separate sessions to Mount Scopus Memorial College’s Year 6 students and parents in Melbourne. Read more
