Emanuel welcomes visitors from Israeli school
August 14, 2012 by Michelle Favero
Sydney’s Emanuel School has hosted 12 Israeli students and their teacher from Leo Baeck Education Centre in Haifa, Israel for the past two weeks. The students arrived, bleary eyed and apprehensive after a 26 hour journey across oceans, continents and the vastness of Australia. Read more
Shules combine for musical Selichot
August 14, 2012 by Community Editor
Melbourne’s Caulfield Shule and St Kilda Shule have announced that the two congregations will merge for the first night of Selichot on Saturday 8th September. Read more
Jewish Musical Play
August 14, 2012 by Community Editor
Four talented actors are staging a musical play demonstrating the lives of contemporary Jewish women…in Sydney and Perth. Read more
Meet your political leaders
August 14, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Residents will have the opportunity to meet Premier Barry O’Farrell and the NSW Cabinet to talk about local issues when a Community Cabinet forum is held in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs later this month. Read more
Educator at Central
August 14, 2012 by Community Editor
The Zionist Council of NSW, together with the Zionist Federation of Australia, and The Central Synagogue, recently hosted one of Israel’s best-known and charismatic Jewish educators at Sydney’s Central Synagogue. Read more
Asylum seeker adviser to speak at the JHC
August 14, 2012 by Community Editor
The Jewish Holocaust Centre is hosting, as part of the Rescuers Exhibition public program, a lecture by Paris Aristotle AM. Read more
Big Weekend for JCA
August 13, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s JCA held two successful fundraisers over the weekend featuring keynote speakers Olympic champion Alisa Camplin and London suicide bombing survivor Gill Hicks. Read more
March of the Living 2013
Information meetings have been arranged for parents of and students who will be in Year 11 in 2013 (ie current Year 10 students) and are interested in visiting Poland over Yom Hashoah and Israel over Yom Hazikaron and Yom Haatzmaut by participating in the March of the Living 2013. Read more
Wallenberg Centenary Dinner
A man whose father had been a colleague of Raoul Wallenberg has addressed the B’nai B’rith’s Raoul Wallenberg Centenary Dinner. Read more
Apologies from Triple J
Triple J morning presenter Tom Ballard has apologised for comments made on air relating to Hitler and the Holocaust. Read more
New Zealand Jewish Community hails Gold Medal Sailor Jo
August 11, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
Jo Aleh and her sailing partner Olivia Polly Powrie have won gold in the women’s 470 Olympic event. Read more
A verb – not a noun
August 10, 2012 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Last week we suggested that gratitude is not a response to something positive, but rather a constant mindset and feeling of gratefulness for all the gifts of life, even those that are less obvious…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more
Palestine – Don’t Repeat the Syrian Fiasco
August 10, 2012 by David Singer
Australia’s Foreign Minister – Senator Bob Carr – has been visiting Israel and in the time honoured tradition of all such visiting dignitaries – has met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…write David Singer . Read more
Capital Appeal for Sydney Jewish Museum
August 10, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Sydney Jewish Museum’s 2012 Capital Appeal coincides with its 20th anniversary milestone and will reach out to the entire community during September. Read more
Danby responds to Magid article
August 10, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Robert Magid, publisher of the Australian Jewish News, appeared on ABC-TV’s Lateline last night following his article on comapssion for asylum-seekers. Labor Federal MP comments… Read more
Sydney-funded scenic lookout inaugurated in the Negev
The Scenic Lookout at Kibbutz Kramim in the Negev, donated by Gary and Sharon Hendler of Sydney, Australia, was inaugurated this week. Read more
Premier meets rabbis
August 10, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) has met with Victorian Premier, Mr Ted Baillieu. Read more
Wistrich on “The Left, the Jews and Israel”
August 9, 2012 by Isi Leibler
Robert Wistrich, Hebrew University professor of European and Jewish History and director of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of antisemitism has just published his 29th book titled “From Ambivalence to Betrayal: The Left, the Jews and Israel”…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Emily on Egypt, Hamas and the Olympics
August 9, 2012 by Emily Gian
On Sunday evening, a group of terrorists stormed an Egyptian military post, killing 16 Egyptian soldiers and capturing their armoured personnel carrier…writes Emily Gian. Read more
Dr Harry
Australia’s biggest residential property developer, Harry Triguboff AO, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Griffith University at a graduation ceremony on the Gold Coast. Read more
BJE Graduate Reunion at Boon Chocolates
August 8, 2012 by Nanette Horak
BJE recently held a ‘graduate’ function for students who have left school held at the fabulous, new Boon Chocolates in Darlinghurst, and was an opportunity for graduates to meet again, catch up with old friends, and learn about the art of chocolate-making. Read more
Moriah Makes a difference
August 8, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
The pupils of Kleinskool Primrary School near the South African city of Port Elizabeth have experienced an unusually warm, comfortable winter…thanks to the Sydney Moriah College uniforms they proudly wear to school each day. Read more
Three New Affiliates for the JCCV
August 8, 2012 by Michelle Coleman
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) welcomed three organisations as affiliates at last night’s Plenum at Beth Weizmann Community Centre. Read more
Minister attends Victorian Plenum
August 8, 2012 by Michelle Coleman
Nicholas Kotsiras, Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship, last night attended the Plenum of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) at Beth Weizmann Community Centre. Read more
Salvos visit OBK
August 8, 2012 by Community Editor
A group of Salvation Army officers have visited Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen. Read more
Abbott planning to change racial vilification law
August 8, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Opposition leader Tony Abbott has claimed that, if elected, his Government will repeal Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act under which this causing offence to a person or a group of people on the grounds of race or ethnicity may face prosecution. Read more
Rabbinical advice – stay off the booze
August 8, 2012 by Community Editor
The Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) strongly discourages the use of alcohol, particularly as a central theme, in any advertising and promotional material for events and programs being held at Jewish communal venues. Read more
Israeli students visit Melbourne
August 8, 2012 by Community Editor
Year 10 and 11 students from four Australian Jewish schools have combined at Melbourne’s Bialik College to welcome Shittim School students, visiting Australia from the Central Arava region in Israel. Read more
…and now for the relay
Steven Solomons, the 19-yr-old Sydney athlete who, beyond expectations, made it to the final of the 400m at the 2012 London Olympics is preparing for his next Olympic event…a member of the four man 4 x 400m relay. Read more
Carr calls for resumption of peace talks
August 8, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
dAustralian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Bob Carr today renewed calls for Palestinian and Israeli leaders to resume negotiations for an independent Palestinian state, alongside a secure Israel. Read more
