Melbourne’s Jewish Care’s 2013 report card
November 24, 2013 by Ayal Tusia
Melbourne’s Jewish Care has held its AGM. Read more
Kosher Aussies
November 24, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Garlo’s Pies is about to become the largest Australian pie company to cater for the Jewish community…making the Aussie iconic snack available to kosher consumers. Read more
Aboriginal petition to remove racism from constitution
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Bronwyn Bishop, has been presented with a giant boomerang by Norman Miller, Chairman of the Centre for International Reconciliation and Peace Inc. at Parliament House. Read more
Roosters and Lego keep KTC Busy
November 23, 2013 by Jan Lurie
Sydney’s Kesser Torah College Primary students have participated in the Roosters League Tag Gala Day, entering three teams into this popular competition. Read more
BJE Hebrew Students Win Linguafest Short Film Award
November 23, 2013 by Nanette Horak
BJE Years 5 and 6 Hebrew students from Rose Bay Pubic School have won the Linguafest 2013 Short Film Competition. Read more
Learning to care
November 23, 2013 by Ayal Tusia
Jewish Care Victoria is expanding its employment service, announcing a new Employment and Education Centre delivering nationally accredited courses in partnership with Chisholm Institute. Read more
Australian-born soccer player fined for Nazi chants
Josip Simunic has been fined 25,000 kuna [$4,800] for chanting pro-Nazi slogans following his Croatian team’s World Cup playoff victory against Iceland in Zagreb. Read more
A Parliamentary Chanukah
November 22, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Chanukah got off to an early start when Rabbi Pinchus Feldman lit all eight candles at a special ceremony in the NSW Parliament. Read more
Colour-in for Chanukah
November 22, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Chabad Youth NSW have a SONY PS Vita to be won in a Chanukah colouring in competition… Read more
Humility…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
November 22, 2013 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Jewish sources continuously promote humility. Our sages ask us to “be humble before everyone”. When the Torah praises Moses, it is his great humility that is highlighted. What is the definition of humility? Read more
Racial Discrimination Act: A word from the Attorney-General
November 22, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
J-Wire asked Federal Attorney-General George Brandis what criteria were being engaged in consulting ethnic communities and leaders about intended changes to the Racial Discrimination Act. He has responded. Read more
Racial Discrimination Act changes…Look Before you Leap says Professor Gillian Triggs
Professor Gillian Triggs is the president of the Australian Human Rights Commission writes on intended changes by the Federal Government to the Racial Discrimination Act… Read more
Hamas’ school curriculum: one, two, three, war…writes Gabsy Debinsky
November 22, 2013 by Gabsy Debinski
The lessons we are taught at school as children stay with us for life. They are the ideas that inform the people we will become and the values that will define us as adults. While it may be possible to reverse the beliefs instilled in youth, it is hard. Sometimes even impossible. Read more
NSWJBD/Honest Reporting Israel Mission Day 2
Today’s report brought to you by Michael Foley and Antoinette Collins… Read more
Apples and Pears – a drama review by Deb Meyer
November 22, 2013 by Deb Meyer
Where in Sydney do you find an intimate theatre inside a NY style, graffiti filled warehouse, with a labyrinth of narrow staircases, bustling with energy and the occasional pot of overgrown tomatoes? Read more
Segal and Wolanski appointed Opera House trustees
November 22, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Jewish community identities Jillian Segal and Philip Wolanski have been appointed trustees of the Sydney Opera House. Read more
Meet the Musos
Shir Madness, the Sydney Jewish music festival, takes place next weekend. J-Wire invites you to meet the performers… Read more
Hechsher at last
November 21, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney caterer Amaze in Taste is now operating under rabbinical supervision. Read more
NSW UIA holds AGM and awards two special workers
November 21, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
UIA have held their annual AGM and North Shore briefing where guest speaker Ofir Gendelman addressed over 300 attendees on his role as advisor to Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu on Arab Media. Read more
The Poisonous Plague Continues [Part 2]…from Michael Kuttner
November 21, 2013 by Michael Kuttner
Almost as if in confirmation of my last op-ed, the torrent of poison against the Jewish State continues unabated, not only spread by our supposed “peace partners” but also manufactured and disseminated by others. Read more
NSWJBD/Honest Reporting Israel Mission Day 1
Rachel Lustig and Lynda Ben-Menashe report from Israel….
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Saving Syrian Lives…writes Vic Alhadeff
November 21, 2013 by Vic Alhadeff
Israeli hospitals have treated 500 Syrians wounded in the civil war. Vic Alhadeff visited one of those hospitals last week and spoke with a Syrian patient. Read more
Chaotic Government Undermines Our Global Standing…writes Isi Leibler
November 21, 2013 by Isi Leibler
The return of Avigdor Lieberman to head the Foreign Ministry will undoubtedly exacerbate the disastrous absence of cabinet responsibility and failure of the government to speak with one voice. This will become especially sensitive now with Israel’s rapidly deteriorating relationship with the Obama Administration over Iran and the Palestinians. Read more
Communities unite to face change of vilification laws
November 21, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
In the wake of Federal Attorney-General George Brandis’s announcement that the government is planning to water down sections of the Racial Discrimination Act, ten highly significant ethnic communities have united to protest against the move. Read more
Hayman allowed to go home
November 20, 2013 by J-Wire
Daniel Hayman is free to return to his family in Los Angeles after posting $1 million bail at Waverley Local Court today. Read more
Record number on IST
November 20, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Originally an initiative of the Zionist Council of NSW, the 2013 IST has seen a record number of 91 Year 10 students leave Sydney for a 6 week programme in Israel on the Israel Study Tour. Read more
Sweet help for the Philippines
November 20, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
News of help from Jewish resources to those who survived the horrific typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines ranges from a baby born in a rapidly constructed IDF field hospital being named Israel to a visit of Sydney’s Kesser Torah students to a Kosher chocolate shop owned by a Catholic Chinese Philippino who who loves his chocolate…and Chabad. Read more
Film Prize for Bialik student
November 20, 2013 by Dot Liberman
Bialik Year 12 Student, David Zwier, has taken first prize at the Boroondara Annual Youth Film Festival with his short film “Crossing Paths”. Read more
Mitzvah Day roundup
November 20, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Organisations report how Mitzvah Day went for them…a big day for helping others and endorsed by Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Read more
Heading to the Hill
November 20, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies will undertake its first-ever bridge-building visit to Broken Hill next week. Read more
