Melbourne Cup “winner” visits Jewish Care residence

Hava Nagila is a Shetland pony with a Jewish soul. Fed a special diet of gefilte fish, chopped liver and matzah, he sprinted across the line at Flemington this past Tuesday to claim his 10^th Melbourne Cup title in as many years. Read more

Youngest ever recipient of Monash award

Anton Block has become the youngest recipient to be presented with the prestigious General Sir John Monash Award, for outstanding service to the Victorian Jewish community. Read more

Can you save this baby’s life?

Baby Boaz is 4½ months old and unless a stem cell match is found for him soon his tiny life may well end before his first birthday. Read more

Waks Welcomes Royal Commission

Alleged victim of sexual abuse Manny Waks has welcomed the Prime Minister’s recommendation for a Royal Commission into allegations of child sexual abuse. Read more

Auckland Graves Desecration – one man pleads guilty and the other fighting the charge

Two men have appeared in Auckland District Court charged with vandalising 20 Jewish graves in the city’s Grafton Cemetery. Read more

Former Principal Sues Bialik

A  former Bialik College school principal is suing the school for millions over his sacking in August of last year. Read more

New Israeli technology for Woolworth checkouts

Woolworths Limited, Australia’s leading retail group, has signed a five-year System Integration (SI) Services agreement with Israel’s Retalix. Read more

The Last Post

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, a minute’s silence was held at a NAJEX Commemoration in the military section of the Sydney Jewish Museum. Read more

Community remembers Kristallnacht

The events of the fateful night in November 1938 which many believe triggered the Holocaust were remembered at a function in Sydney where a survivor gave an eyewitness account and in the city’s Martin Place where the shofar was blown. Read more

Six Sports Identities inducted into Hall of Fame

Some of the biggest names in sport gathered at University of New South Wales on Sunday night as Maccabi NSW held its fourth Hall of Fame awards. Read more

Woodside chief meets Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Australia’s Woodside Petroleum Ltd. CEO Peter Coleman at a meeting in Israel.  Read more

Debating Partition

Human Rights activists and Israel Advocacy experts will debate the topic “The Partition Plan – The Great Divide” which will be the key feature of NSW NCJWA’s Celebrating Israel 2012 event as we mark the 65^th Anniversary of the adoption of the Partition Plan (resolution 181) by United Nations General Assembly, on 29 November 1947. Read more

Emanuel to the rescue

99-yr-old Isaac Borinski was ready to celebrate his Barmitzvah last week in his room at a Woollahra care home. He had his tall it. He had his tefillin…but there was no kiddush cup and no kosher wine. The Emanuel Synagogue came to his rescue. Read more

Danby joins the protest

Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has raised the case of Alan Gross, a US citizen illegally detained in Cuba with Cuba’s ambassador to Australia.

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Macquarie University excavates in Israel

Macquarie University has joined Tel Aviv University, Heidelberg University and a consortium of other institutions in the joint scientific inquiry of Tel Azekah – one of the great archaeological sites of ancient Israel. Read more

Remember, remember the fifth of November

Growing up as a child in New Zealand over 60 years ago I vividly remember the mounting excitement as November drew near and the time for fireworks loomed…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

All you need is love…

Diaspora Jewry needs to change its focus from fear for Israel’s survival to love for all Israel has to offer. This, according to Israeli writer, editor and commentator David Hazony, is the answer to engaging today’s youth. Read more

Israeli journalists take to the podium

Two senior Israeli journalists will be speaking to Sydney audiences this week – the opinion editor of Ma’ariv and the defence correspondent for Israel’s Channel 10 TV News. Read more

Subscribers’ comp: “Dead Europe” giveaways

J-Wire has ten double passes for Australian director Tony Krawitz’s latest film “Dead Europe”. To win simply send an email from the address you used to subscribe to J-Wire. Valid at any participating cinema….

J-Wire is a White Ribbon Day Ambassador

Friday the 23rd of November is White Ribbon Day marking the International campaign for the elimination of violence against women. J-Wire is proud to be an ambassador for the Sydney JewishCare event supporting the cause and invites men only readers to a non-fundraising breakfast at the new JewishCare headquarters. Read more

How Old Are You?

The Talmud relates that the great sage Rabbi Elazar ben Azaria was asked to assume the leadership of the Sanhedrin – The Jewish Supreme Court. Although he was fully qualified and had all the necessary credentials, he was reluctant to accept, as he was only eighteen at the time..writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more

David Campbell gets to know his cause

Popular singer David Campbell has visited Sydney’s The Jewish House ahead of heading the bill at the care organisation’s Annual Gala Dinner. Read more

Palestine: Realities Overtaking Fairy Tales

The idea of reunifying a substantial part of the West Bank with Jordan received a further boost this week – when former head of the PLO Political Department – Farouk Kaddoumi – told the newspaper London-based newspaper Al – Quds Al – Arabi that giving the West Bank back to Jordan would be a “positive move.”…writes David Singer. Read more

Israeli author/journalist to talk at Limmud Fest

Jerusalem-based Gershom Gorenberg wrote the book “The Unmaking of Israel”. The jiurnalist and author will be a featured speaker at Limmud Fest in NSW later this month. J-Wire videoed an interview with him…

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Mitzvahs in Melbourne

Following the success of last year’s initiative, Mitzvah Day activities will again take place across Melbourne on Sunday, November 25. Read more

Barmitzvah at 99!!

99-yr-old Isaac Borinski visited the 120 Club in Sydney this week and was given the opportunity to put on tefillin for the first time in his life. Read more

Community Support for Israel

It is overdue that we examine the role of advocacy for Israel in our community organisations, particularly those that nominally are not designated a specific role to represent Israel’s interests…writes Manny Waks. Read more

Our Big Kitchen volunteer wins NRMA award

Serena Vesely has been named the winner of the Senior Volunteer category of the 2012 NRMA Helping People Awards for her extensive community work at Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen. Read more

New president for Moriah

Giora Friede has been appointed president of Sydney’s Moriah College. Read more

Helping the blind to “see”

Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have shown that activating the ‘mind’s eye’ — sounds, instead of eyesight, can produce alternative vision. Read more

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