Rabbi to bless cats
September 30, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Rabbi Mendel Kastel will conduct a blessing service for cats at a Sydney shelter this week to commemorate World Animal Day. Read more
Israel Invited To Help Destroy Chemical Weapons In Syria…writes David Singer
September 30, 2013 by David Singer
The passage of Security Council Resolution 2118 (2013) on 27 September calling for the collection and destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons – is a welcome breakthrough in ending the deadlock that has paralysed the Security Council’s ability to act constructively to end the civil war in Syria for the past thirty months. Read more
President Obama and Israel: Looming Confrontations…writes Isi Leibler
September 30, 2013 by Isi Leibler
One might have hoped that Obama’s calamitous mishandling of recent Middle East crises, climaxing with his disastrous response to the Syrian use of chemical weapons, would have taught him a few lessons on regional politics. Read more
Gillard gets Jerusalem Prize
September 30, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Zionist Council of Victoria (ZCV) has announced that the recipient of this year’s 2013 Jerusalem Prize is Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia 2010-2013, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to strengthening Australia’s connection with Israel. Read more
Don’t Abandon Ethiopians say Progressives
September 28, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The World Union for Progressive Judaism representing 1.8 million affiliated Jews in 42 countries calls upon the Jewish Agency and the State of Israel to re-consider seriously the decision to close down Operation Dove Wings. Read more
Your say
September 28, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
It’s your chance to have a say in the NSW Jewish community – the way it runs, who runs it, its policies, its positions. Read more
Aussies Come Out to Play
September 25, 2013 by Fraser Beath McEwing
Baz Luhrmann called it ‘one of the most exhilarating projects on our recent history of classical music’ and it is going to happen again in Sydney and Melbourne for three performances commencing 2nd October. Read more
The Gift of Life – the Fight for Life
September 25, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Judy Baxt is a 46-hr-old schoolteacher chronic leukaemia which will not kill her – but it has placed her in a life threatening situation if her body is exposed to infection. She needs a bone marrow transplant…and she needs a Jewish match. Read more
Asylum seekers in Israel
September 25, 2013 by Robin Margo
Both Israel and Australia face challenges regarding asylum seekers and refugees and, in both countries, there have been attempts by some to dehumanise asylum seekers. Read more
UTS professor involved in Technion initiative
September 25, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
A new international program in Biomedical Innovation and Entrepreneurship has been launched at the Technion in Haifa Israel developed and organised by Michael Wallach, a Technion Visiting Professor from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Read more
Ben Rak exhibits in Sydney
Hagshama Sydney has hosted the viewing of Double Coding, an exhibition by Jewish Artist Ben Rak. Read more
Steering clear of terrorism talk…writes Gabsy Debinski
September 25, 2013 by Gabsy Debinski
The world has been rocked by tragedy over the past week. Read more
Anti-Semitism in Belgium Reaches New Heights…writes Isi Leibler
September 25, 2013 by Isi Leibler
I have devoted numerous columns of late to the tsunami of antisemitism sweeping throughout Western Europe, noting that aside from the frenziedly antisemitic Islamic extremists, the principal perpetrators are left wing activists frequently led by those purportedly promoting human rights. Read more
Gandel supports Taglit-Birthright
September 25, 2013 by Lana Lachyani
The Zionist Federation of Australia has welcomed Gandel Philanthropy’s commitment to Jewish continuity through its support of the Taglit-Birthright Israel program.
VIP Sukkah
September 25, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Flattering Fliter
September 24, 2013 by Fraser Beath McEwing
The third International Pianists in Recital concert for the year demonstrated Argentinian Ingrid Fliter’s mastery over Haydn, Schubert and Chopin, writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more
Syria, Gassing and the Holocaust
September 23, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
British Prime Minister David Cameron recently addressed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s 25th anniversary function in London…and said that “Anti-Semitism is not just an assault on the Jewish people – it is an assault on humanity” Read more
World-Wide Sukkah Competition
September 23, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Jewish Agency for Israel has launched a competition to find the Number One Sukkah in the World. Read more
New Briefing from the Online Hate Prevention Institute
September 22, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) has released a new briefing which examines in more depth the images of antisemitism and Holocaust denial as shown in its recent video. Read more
An Illegitimate Celebration…writes Michael Kuttner
September 22, 2013 by Michael Kuttner
On Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) hundreds of thousands of Israelis are celebrating this Biblical Festival in an illegitimate manner. That’s not my description but rather that of the European Union and the rest of the UN whose warped definition of Judea, Samaria, the Golan and half of Jerusalem as illegally “occupied” seems to have become something almost divinely ordained. Read more
Syria – London Eleven Need Help From Heaven…writes David Singer
September 22, 2013 by David Singer
Only divine intervention now seems likely to justify continuing support for the anti- Assad forces in Syria by the group known as the London 11 – United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Read more
An evening with Richard Falk in Parallel Narrative Land
September 22, 2013 by Judy Singer
It was a big night out for Sydney’s anti-Israel community, about 300 of whom turned out at Sydney University’s Footbridge Theatre on Thursday to hear Emeritus Professor Richard Falk, Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian territories. Read more
A Musical Journey Through Life
September 22, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney Jewish singing identity Dahlia Dior will present a special performance next week featuring the Ladino, Sephardic, Mizrahi and Yiddish influences in her own family life…and her music. Read more
Race Discrimination Commissioner delivers address
September 22, 2013 by Agencies
Australian Race Discrimination Commissioner Dr Tim Soutphommasane has delivered this year’s Peace and Understanding Lecture mentioning videos in which viewers are encouraged to kill Jews. Read more
Fred and Ric go Head to head
September 19, 2013 by Fraser Beath McEwing
The subtlety of Chopin and the roar of a Wagnerian super-orchestra offered vivid contrasts to a near capacity audience at the SSO Master Series concert last night, writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more
Tel Aviv: The World’s First Free Wireless City
September 18, 2013 by J-Wire
The Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality is launching a digital revolution as part of the city’s over-all strategic plan to position Tel Aviv as the Startup City – a hub of innovation and creativity. Read more
WANTED…since 1982
September 18, 2013 by J-Wire
Channel 10’s popular program “WANTED” will air two segments next week…one focusing on the 1982 bombings of Sydney’s Hakoah Club and the Israeli consulate also in Sydney. Read more
Bas Mitzvah Celebration
September 18, 2013 by Jan Lurie
The annual Bas Mitzvah Celebration dinner was the culmination of months of learning for Sydney’s 13 Kesser Torah College Bnos Mitzvah. Read more
KTC graduates celebrate
September 18, 2013 by Jan Lurie
Two State Clarification…by Gabsy Debinski
September 18, 2013 by Gabsy Debinski
I was horrified this week to come across a piece titled ‘Two-State Illusion’ which appeared on the front page of the New York Times Opinion Page last Sunday. Read more
