Tzedakah Mascot Shares True Meaning of Charity
July 19, 2012 by Ayal Tusia
Arriving in time for Rosh Hashana, Melbourne’s Jewish Care’s tzedakah box mascot is a friendly face to raise awareness and teach kids the importance of giving. Read more
Exciting Semester of Melton
July 19, 2012 by Jillian Fine
The Florence Melton Adult Mini-School classes begin next week in Sydney. Read more
New Scandal impacts on Anglo-Jewry
July 19, 2012 by Isi Leibler
Mick Davis, head of the United Jewish Israel Appeal (UJIA), UK Jewry’s principal Jewish and Israel fund raising umbrella organization, has appointed an extremist critic of Israel to act as “PR and Communications Manager” – the leading spokesman for that body…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Hope found – hope lost
July 18, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Last year Gift of Life Australia invited the Jewish Community to help save Ezra and Ayelet’s lives by joining the Aussie Stem cell registry ABMDR in order to find miracle matches for two very young patients…for one a miracle can still happen, for the other it is too late. Read more
Book Review: Man in a Grey Suit
In a tragic coincidence, just as Glenn Ogias releases his book on his survival of an attack by a Great White shark, Australia’s news and commentary programs are full of stories about swimmers taken in Western Australia. Suddenly, everybody wants to question whether these monsters of the deep should be stripped of their protected status…writes Alan Gold. Read more
Eyewitness account of Cherbourg
July 17, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
At 2a.m. on Christmas Day 1969 the French city of Cherbourg lay deeply asleep following the traditional dinners and late Mass…so deeply asleep that the roar of twenty diesel engines starting up failed to awake them and five patrol boats paid for by Israel and embargoed by the French were on their way to Haifa. Read more
Olmert: Count Your Blessings and Retire Graciously
July 17, 2012 by Isi Leibler
Following the verdict of the Jerusalem District Court, I was very relieved that Ehud Olmert will not be behind bars, unless the “Holyland” trial determines otherwise. It would have reflected adversely on the state of Israel for a former Prime Minister to be incarcerated in addition to our former president…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Bialik video producers visit Israel
July 17, 2012 by J-Wire
Two Melbourne high school students who won 2nd prize in an international competition to produce a music video marking KKL-JNF’s 110th anniversary have visited Israel. Read more
Greens no longer automatically preferred
July 15, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Labor Party’s annual conference has this weekend overwhelmingly resolved to deny the Greens automatic preferences at elections and reaffirmed Labor will continue to put One Nation and other “racist right” parties last. Read more
Steven Solomon to run individual 400m at the 2012 Olympics
Already competing in the 4 x 400m relay in London , Sydney athlete Steven Solomon will face the starter’s pistol in the individual 400m at the 2012 Olympics following a racially tainted outburst by athlete John Steffensen whose current time for the event lags Solomons. Read more
A letter from Julia
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has written to the president of the International Olympic Committee requesting one minute’s silence in memory of the eleven Israeli athletes murdered by Palestinians at the 1972 Munich games. Read more
Cyprys to fight charges
At the adjourned Directions Hearing in Melbourne’s County Court today Judge Sue Pullen set the date for the trial of David Cyprys who will face 41 charges brought by 12 alleged victims of sexual abuse. Read more
Just one friend
July 13, 2012 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
One of the important relationships that form human existence is friends…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more
Palestine – Foreign Political Interference Dressed Up As Humanitarian Aid
July 13, 2012 by David Singer
Attempts by foreign Governments and international aid agencies to politically influence the outcome of negotiations begun under the Oslo Accords in 1993 – now seriously threaten the total abandonment of those Accords…writes David Singer. Read more
Solomon wins bronze
July 13, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
Three years ago 19-yr-old Steven Solomon bought his first pair of running shoes…yesterday he won bronze in the 400m at the World Junior Championships in Barcelona in a personal best time of 45.52s…watch the race. Read more
Sh’aar HaNegev: A school fit for heroes
July 13, 2012 by Stefan Bialoguski
For most of the 1,200 students at Yitzhak Shavit Sha’ar HaNegev High School scrambling for cover amid the wail of sirens has been a mundane part of growing up for as long as they can remember…writes Stefan Bialogiski. Read more
Sydney Ironman New York bound
Ironman Jason Shein is heading to New York to push his body to the limit in the most grueling race of his life – all in the name of charity. Read more
Solomon through to final
Three days of tough competition has seen 19-yr-old Sydneysider Steven Solomon run his way into the final of the 400m Junior World championship to be run tomorrow morning in Barcelona at 5 a.m. Sydney time. Read more
Schneider to leave JNF top job
July 12, 2012 by J-Wire
Rob Schneider has been the National CEO of JNF Australia for the last 13 years driving the JNF vision and its many achievements. After 13 years of dedicated service in this role, Rob has decided to relinquish his position as National CEO and is likely to take on a regional role within the broader KKL-JNF organisation. Read more
Religions get together
A group of over 50 which included rabbis, priests, imams and lay people have lived and talked together for three days at Pallotti College, a Catholic retreat in the Yarra Valley participating in the ninth annual winter conference of the Jewish Christian Muslim Association. Read more
U.S. Elections are won by Jews!
July 12, 2012 by J-Wire
Throughout history antisemitism has reared it’s ugly head in countless societies around the world and in a number of forms…writes Raffe Gold. Read more
Teaching manual to be produced on shared values
July 12, 2012 by J-Wire
The Institute for Judaism and Civilisation has been awarded a $20,000 grant to produce a teaching manual of the shared values of Christianity, Islam and Judaism to strengthen resilience against violent extremism. Read more
Police cooking not booking
July 11, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
More than 35 members of the NSW police force followed up an educational visit to the Sydney Jewish Museum with a cook-in at the Chabad’s Our Big Kitchen in Bondi. Read more
Turning away from the Greens
July 10, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
In the lead up to this weekend’s State conference, two prominent State Labor MPs with a record of supporting Israel and Jewish causes – have expressed their formal support for NSW ALP General Secretary, Mr Sam Dastyari’s statement distancing Labor from the Greens. Read more
Netanyahu and the Haredim
July 10, 2012 by J-Wire
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s impulsive dissolution of the Plesner Committee dealing with the haredi draft was a blunder from he and the Likud faction are now trying to extricate themselves. If this fails, it will lead to his political undoing…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Germany accepting Soviet WWII claims
July 10, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The chairman of The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany has announced that an estimated 80,000 victims of Nazi Germany in the former Soviet Union are now eligible for compensation payments. Read more
Palestine, Peoplehood and Presbyterians
July 9, 2012 by David Singer
The attempt by the Palestinian Arabs to create a second state – in addition to Jordan – reached the hallowed halls of the two million members of the Presbyterian Church in America this week…writes David Singer. Read more
Miller heads to Israel
July 9, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president Yair Miller will represent Australia at the first Global Israel Diaspora summit being held by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Jerusalem next week. Read more
Remembering Irena
July 8, 2012 by Mary Slade
The Polish and Israeli Embassies have jointly held a classical concert at the Melbourne Recital Centre to perpetuate the heroism and memory of Irena Sendler, one of the Righteous Among the Nations, honoured by Israel for her “light of compassion and love of her neighbor as herself”, and to whom the concert was dedicated. Read more
Exhuming Arafat
July 8, 2012 by Emily Gian
When I came across some articles a few days ago about investigations into the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in 2004, I knew our local media would take immediate interest in the story…writes Emily Gian. Read more
