JNF Australia at the Gaza Border
JNF activities in southern Israel are continuing to a limited extent, in accordance with the directives issued by the Home Front Command. Read more
Red Alert
November 19, 2012 by Michael Kuttner
After years of rocket barrages from terrorist controlled Gaza, Israel finally decided to deal seriously with this intolerable situation faced by its citizens…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
Sirens sound in Australia
Sirens emulating Israeli warnings alerting its population to an impending rocket attack have been sounded in rallies in Melbourne and Sydney. Read more
Mike Tyson visits OBK
November 18, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has visited Our Big Kitchen. Read more
Emotional Farewell
November 18, 2012 by Michelle Favero
This year’s Sydney’s Emanuel School Year 12 Graduation Day began with a formal assembly, where each student was recognised for his or her achievements and contributions to the School. Read more
Fighting for the Truth
November 17, 2012 by Michelle Coleman
“The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the most spoken about conflict globally, not because it’s claiming more lives and not because it’s the most complicated. It’s sexy because it’s a Jewish conflict.” Israeli journalist Ben-Dror Yemini tells Michelle Coleman. Read more
Youth and the Language of Love
November 17, 2012 by Michelle Coleman
How do we engage diaspora youth with Israel? This was the question posed by Israeli writer and media commentator David Hazony at the Zionist Federation of Australia’s biennial conference on Sunday…writes Michelle Coleman. Read more
Mandatory Holocaust Education sought in New Zealand
November 16, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Inge Woolf, Director of the Holocaust and Education Centre in Wellington, New Zealand is interviewed on TVNZ’s Breakfast show. Read more
If Hamas was firing its rockets in Australia…
November 16, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
To understand the range of the barrage of Hamas rockets in an Australian context, the Israeli Embassy has produced maps showing the rockets’ ranges were they to be launched from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane airports… Read more
Israel – Solidarity Rallies
November 16, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Solidarity rallies in support of Israel have been organised in Sydney and Melbourne on Sunday morning. Read more
Prime Minister calls on Hamas to stop rockets
November 16, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard has condemned the rocket attacks by Gaza on Israel. Read more
Gaza: The Timeline
J-Wire details the series of events which has lead up to today’s situation…. Read more
JNF to offer Israeli children living near Gaza respite
November 16, 2012 by Agencies
A decision has been made not to bus Israeli children leaving near Gaza out of the area as that would produce exposure tot the rockets…but JNF are preparing to offer respite for them in facilities partly funded by the Australian Jewish community…and the JNF’s Beersheba office has been damaged as a result of a rocket attack. Read more
The Alan Gross story – take three
Australian Federal MP Michael Danby has taken the case of Alan Gross, imprisoned in Cuba, to the Cuba’s ambassador to Australia Pedro Monzon who replies stating his country’s take on the affair. Jared Genzer, Gross’s counsel in Washington, responds to the ambassador’s statement… Read more
Rallies in Sydney and Melbourne
November 16, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Both the Sydney and Melbourne communities will hold rallies on Sunday morning in an act of solidarity with Israel. The rallies will start at 11:15am and J-Wire will announce the locations as soon as details are finalised.
A message to New Zealanders from Israel
Shemi Tzur, Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand, has a message for Kiwis… Read more
Palestine – Jordan Preparing To Jettison PLO
November 16, 2012 by David Singer
Jordan appears ready to fill the negotiating void that will be left by the PLO – should its expected application to be admitted as a non-member observer state at the United Nations be successful on 29 November…writes David Singer. Read more
Report from Tel Aviv
November 16, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv for the first time in 20 years. Sydney man Richard Benjamin who now lives in Tel Aviv reports on his experience… Read more
Liberals Support Israel’s Right to Defend Itself
November 15, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Both Tony Abbott, the Leader of the Opposition and his deputy Julie Bishop have issued strong statements supporting Israel. Read more
AUJS Voices Support for Rocket-Ravaged Israel
Following the sudden escalation in rocket attacks on southern Israel with more than 150 rockets fired since the beginning of the month the Australasian Union of Jewish Students launched a Facebook campaign called ‘Code Red – Stop the Rockets’ aimed at providing solidarity from afar for Israelis living in fear of the attacks. Read more
Gaza: Jerusalem explains
November 15, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has issued a statement through the Embassy of Israel in Canberra dealing with the current situation in Gaza… Read more
A Weekend Like No Other
November 15, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Limmud-Oz has been enriching the Jewish community for over ten years, but it is Limmud Fest – Limmud-Oz’s younger cousin – that is now beginning to make its mark with a spirited and outdoorsy approach to Jewish learning. Read more
European Jews: Time to Wake up Now
November 15, 2012 by Isi Leibler
The time has come for European Jews to pull their heads out of the sand, face reality and ask themselves honestly whether there can be any meaningful prospects for their children to remain proud Jews in societies which have reverted to treating them as pariahs…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
God Bless America 3/4 – a movie review by James Berardinelli
November 15, 2012 by James Berardinelli - Reelviews
This is an angry movie. When I write angry, I mean angry…writes James Berardinelli. Read more
Top of the Pops?
November 15, 2012 by Lloyd Bradford Syke
Top Of The Pops is the kind of name someone with no marketing nouse apparently thought was a nifty one…writes Lloyd Bradford Syke. Read more
Reaction to the Royal Commission
The Rabbinical Council of Victoria has welcomed the Royal Commission into sexual abuse perpetrated against children. Read more
No thanks, Millie
The President of the Sir Moses Montefiore Home says he has “been overwhelmed by the level of community support” in the face of allegations relating to the administration of the Home by Millie Phillips. Read more
Barry the Blessed
November 14, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
Chanukah got off to an early start in the NSW Parliament last night when Premier Barry O’Farrell explained how he was blessed. Read more
Three embassies to celebrate the life of Raoul Wallenberg
November 14, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Foreign Minister Bob Carr will be the special guest of the Israeli, Swedish and Hungarian embassies at a ceremony to commemorate Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg. Read more
Alan Gross: Cuba’s Ambassador responds
November 14, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire has reported that Federal MP Michael Danby raised the issue of American Alan Gross, held in Cuba and reportedly charged in February 2011 with “actions against the independence or the territorial integrity of the state” with Cuba’s ambassador to Australia. He was also accused by State prosecutors of engaging ‘in a subversive project aiming at bringing down the revolution’. The Cuban ambassador responds…. Read more
