Carr meets Morsi
September 5, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s Foreign Minister has met with Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi and the country’s Foreign Minister Amr in Cairo. Read more
Church Minister to recite the Lord’s Prayer in regional Victorian Parliament
September 4, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Martin Pakula, the State Labor member for Victorian Western Metropolitan has criticised a government decision to invite a local Anglican minister to recite the Lord’s Prayer when Parliament meets in Bendigo later this week. Read more
The Friendship Castle
September 4, 2012 by Community Editor
Michael Caton of Australia’s favourite family film The Castle joined NSW Friendship Circle in celebrating the contribution of teenagers to Sydney’s Jewish Community. Read more
Wallenberg to be honoured in the NSW Parliament
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg – who saved 100,000 Jews from the Nazis – will be honoured at a ceremony in NSW Parliament House tomorrow. Read more
Rambam 10 years old
September 3, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council’s Rambam Israel Fellowship Project has celebrated its 10th anniversary. Read more
Insulin for the Islands
September 3, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Israeli Government has handed over supplies for diabetics living in the Cook Islands. Read more
Special plenum
September 3, 2012 by Community Editor
Next week’s September plenum of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies will be different from all other plenums in four respects: Read more
Bringing Yiddishkeit to the ‘Gong
September 3, 2012 by Yoke Berry
Wollongong received a good dose of Yiddishkeit over the weekend when the youthful Rabbis from Chabad of Rural and Regional Australia (RARA) organized a Shabbaton with the Wollongong Israeli/Jewish community known as Kibbutz Ex Volunteer Association (KEVA). Read more
Kellerman through to round 3
Adam Kellerman has won his second round match in the wheelchair tennis event at the 2012 Paralympics in London. Read more
The Futility of Relying on the International Community
September 2, 2012 by Isi Leibler
Over 120 countries – equating to two thirds of total United Nations membership – convened in Teheran to partake in the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) hosted by the Iranian Islamic Republic…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Gold Medal Batmitzvah
September 2, 2012 by J-Wire
Palestine: Jordan – part of the problem – part of the solution
September 2, 2012 by David Singer
A new strategy to resolve the 130 years old Jewish-Arab conflict is urgently needed with the growing recognition that the “two-state solution” proposed by the Oslo Accords and the Bush Roadmap for the last 20 years is dead and buried …writes David Singer. Read more
War of words
September 2, 2012 by Ron Weiser
Last weekend I participated in a panel on “The Weight of Words on Israel” and my basic contention remains that when it comes to Israel and the battle for the hearts and minds, it is really in the main, a battle for the hearts…writes Ron Weiser. Read more
The first Shana Tova
NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell has a special Rosh Hashana message for the Jewish community…. Read more
