JNF Australia spreads its wings
June 12, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW branch of JNF Australia has just collected a blue box…in Manhattan. Read more
JCA Major donors function
Sydney’s JCA recently held their major donors brunch…check the photo gallery Read more
Sale of power and new harbour rail crossing…the Premier explains
June 12, 2014 by Mike Baird
NSW Premier Mike Baird explains to J-Wire readers his government’s plans to build a new rail crossing under the harbour and how it will be financed… Read more
A belated happy birthday
June 12, 2014 by David Marlow
A Yom Haatzmaut Cocktail Reception has been held in Queen’s Hall at the Victorian State Parliament. Read more
Rabbis discuss child protection
June 12, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) focussed on the area of Child Protection at its recent Biennial conference. Read more
WJC welcomes choice of new president
June 11, 2014 by J-Wire
The head of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald S. Lauder, on Tuesday welcomed the election of Reuven Rivlin as tenth president of the State of Israel. “In electing Reuven Rivlin to succeed Shimon Peres, the Knesset has made an excellent choice. Mr. Rivlin is a man of conviction, and he personifies the values of the Jewish state,” Lauder said in a first reaction. Read more
Wallenberg stamp
June 11, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has asked fellow Labor MP Mark Dreyfus and Liberal MP Josh Frydenberg to join him in petitioning Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull to have Australia produce a commemorative Raoul Wallenberg stamp on the milestone anniversary of his heroic actions marking the the 70th anniversary of his disappearance. Read more
Further Ugly Vibes from the Obama Administration…writes Isi Leibler
June 11, 2014 by Isi Leibler
The gloves are off. The White House has now unequivocally designated Israel as the scapegoat and is meting out punishment for the disastrous outcome of the peace negotiations it initiated. Read more
Jean-Marie Le Pen’s oven remarks condemned by the WJC
June 11, 2014 by Agencies
Leaders of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) have condemned remarks made by the founder and long-time leader of the French National Front (FN) party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who in video had remarked about Jewish singer Patrick Bruel: “We organize an oven for him next time” (“On fera une fournée la prochaine foie”. Read more
France and the Ukraine – The Jewish Agency ups the ante
June 11, 2014 by Agencies
In light of the dramatic increase in Aliyah (immigration) from France and Ukraine, The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption—the two central bodies tasked with responsibility for Aliyah and immigrant absorption—are spearheading a comprehensive effort to allocate ever more resources to further increase the number of immigrants and aid their absorption into Israeli society. Read more
Ghetto pensions payments granted by German government
The German Parliament (Bundestag) has voted to grant payments retroactive to 1997 to current and future recipients of Social Security for work in ghettos, known by the German acronym of ZRBG or more colloquially as “ghetto pensions.” Read more
Award for Craig
June 11, 2014 by Natalie Shymko
Sydney’s Montefiore Home’s Assistant in Nursing (AIN) Craig Goldsmith, is the winner of this year’s Leading Age Services Australia NSW-ACT HESTA Nominate a Care Staff Member Competition which recognises dedicated staff in the aged care industry. Read more
Hayman: 19 months suspended sentence
June 10, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Daniel Hayman has received a 19-month suspended sentence for the indecent assault of a then 14-year-old boy at the Yeshiva Camp Gan Israel at Stanwell Tops, Sydney in the 1980s. Read more
$6,000 for Footy Fundraiser
June 10, 2014 by Ayal Tusia
The Queen’s Birthday long weekend is not only synonymous with celebrating Her Majesty’s birthday but it is now becoming well known for the Annual Over 30’s Kick for a Cause Charity Footy Match. Read more
Palestine – Australia Rejects Fiction To Recognise Reality…writes David Singer
June 9, 2014 by David Singer
Australia will no longer be referring to East Jerusalem and the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) as “occupied territories”. Read more
Queen’s birthday awards – Jewish recipients
June 9, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
A Canberra professor has received an AM exactly 20 years after his late father received the same honour…a woman becomes the 4th member of her family to receive an award…a medical researcher now resident in London is behind the lab work that went in to creating drugs which generate annual sales of over US$25 billion…a mental health expert expresses concern on the plight of those suffering from mental illnesses. We identified 26 honourees: Melbourne 11, Sydney 8, Canberra 2, Perth 2, Brisbane 1, NSW Country 1 and the UK 1.
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ECAJ on the A-G’s statement on East Jerusalem
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has defended the Federal government’s statement that “the description of East Jerusalem as ‘Occupied East Jerusalem’ is a term freighted with pejorative implications, which is neither appropriate nor useful.” Read more
To speak or not to speak
June 6, 2014 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
The wise King Solomon taught: “There is a time to be silent and a time to speak.” The challenge in implementing this clever advice is to know when to do what. It isn’t always easy to know when to speak and when to be quiet. Is there a guiding principle that teaches us when to open our mouth and when not to? Read more
Preparing for education
June 6, 2014 by Hayley Hadassin
The role of Israel in Jewish education is a key theme to be explored in this year’s Zionist Federation of Australia’s Jewish Educators’ Conference and we are delighted that Israel’s Minister for Education, Rav Shai Piron will be coming to the conference and to Australia as a guest of the ZFA. Read more
The joke of Palestinian unity – is anybody laughing?…asks Emily Gian
June 6, 2014 by Emily Gian
On Monday, the Fatah-Hamas unity government was sworn in. The reconciliation between the two warring factions came seven years after Hamas took over Gaza in a bloody coup. Since then, they have tried to reconcile a number of times, but things always seem to get in the way, such as the time Hamas executed 35 men from Fatah that they accused of collaborating with Israel. Seventy-five others that were spared from execution were lucky to have just been shot in the legs and have their hands broken. Read more
New Israeli drama for Australian TV
June 6, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
In its latest acquisition as a finished product, the highly acclaimed scripted drama ‘Hostages’ has been acquired by Australia’s SBS-owned subscription channel STUDIO. The series is set to debut on Australian television on Wednesday 13 August, 8.30pm, and marks the first time an Israeli drama will be aired in the original language on the channel. Read more
Illusions and Delusions…writes Michael Kuttner
June 6, 2014 by J-Wire
Like confidence tricksters who manage to fool multitudes with their snake oil type smooth talk current developments bear an uncanny resemblance to these fraudsters. There is a saying that a fool is born every minute but given what is happening around us at the moment I would venture to suggest that fools are born every second. Read more
D-Day and the bombing of Auschwitz…writes Rafael Medoff/JNS.org
June 6, 2014 by Rafael Medoff - JNS.org
Seventy years ago this week, the Allies staged the D-Day invasion, landing some 24,000 troops on the beaches along France’s Normandy Coast in one of the major turning points of World War II. What is not widely realised, however, is that the D-Day assault on June 6, 1944, also had an important link to the fate of Europe’s Jews—and in particular to the controversy over the Allies’ refusal to bomb Auschwitz.
Rare disease impacts on community
June 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
LARA (LAM Australasia Research Alliance) has held a walkathon at Sydney’s Centennial Parklands involving over fifty people either living with LAM or those whose lives have been impacted by this rare and progressive lung disease being suffered by family members. Read more
Anti-Israel opera to be viewed live by hundreds of thousands…writes Myron Kaplan
June 3, 2014 by Myron Kaplan - JNS.org
An open letter to the New York Metropolitan Opera general manager concerning “The Death of Klinghoffer,” an anti-Jewish and anti-Israel opera: reasons to reject it and viable replacements for it in HD transmission. Read more
The Visit of the Pontiff and President Peres’s Last Hurrah at the Vatican…writes Isi Leibler
June 3, 2014 by Isi Leibler
Whilst distressed by some aspects of Pope Francis’s recent visit to the region, I strongly disagree with those who accuse him of abandoning Israel. Read more
Edge of Tomorrow…a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
June 3, 2014 by Roz Tarszisz
Europe has been overrun by hostile aliens and millions have been killed. This science fiction outing from Director Doug Liman requires a hero to save the world. Read more
Do the Orthodox protect child abusers?…asks David Werdiger
June 3, 2014 by David Werdiger
The ongoing revelations of child sex abuse cases in Orthodox communities continue to send out shock waves, especially through the online world, challenge our attitudes and self-perception, and test our resolve. Read more
Simultaneous story of Ruth
June 3, 2014 by Jan Lurie
Jewish children and their parents around the world have simultaneously reader The Story of Ruth as the Festival of Shavuos approaches. Read more
Gabrielle gets her calendar
June 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Rabbi Gourarie visited State Liberal MP Gabrielle Upton (member for Vaucluse and minister for family and community services) to formally hand her the BINA calendar. Read more
