Australia welcomes ceasefire
August 5, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has welcomed the latest 72 hour ceasefire. Read more
Australia raises its counter-terrorism ante
August 5, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced new measures to deal with counter-terrorism. Read more
Rabbi accosted in Perth
August 5, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
A visiting rabbi from Jerusalem has been accosted in a Perth shopping mall. Read more
Herald apology welcomed
August 5, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry and the NSW Jewish Board Deputies have welcomed the editorial in the Sydney Morning Herald unreservedly apologising for the publication of an antisemitic cartoon on 26 July 2014. Read more
Antisemitism flaunted at fourth Sydney rally
August 5, 2014 by Julie Nathan
About 1500 to 2000 people attended Sunday’s anti-Israel rally in Sydney, for the fourth week in a row. The event was again noticeable for its anti-Jewish expressions and for the prominence of the militant black flags of jihad.”
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Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick heads RCV
August 5, 2014 by J-Wire
Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick has been elected President of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria. Read more
Will President Obama Continue Shielding the Barbarians at our Gates?
August 4, 2014 by Isi Leibler
The US is Israel’s most important ally. It has provided us with arms and only last week Congress granted us additional funds to further develop the Iron Dome. It has also used its political clout to deflect hostile resolutions and sanctions at the international level…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Concern for Jewish Education
August 4, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The United Jewish Education Board (UJEB) is deeply concerned about recent developments relating to the implementation of the revised Special Religious Instruction (SRI) framework by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) and a number of schools. Read more
New head of primary for Emanuel
August 4, 2014 by Michelle Favero
Emanuel School’s new Head of Primary, Natanya Milner, is no stranger to the School or its students. Read more
Fairfax apologises
August 4, 2014 by J-Wire
The Sydney Morning Herald has apologised for publishing a cartoon depicting an elderly man with a hook nose, wearing a kippah sitting on an armchair with a Magen David on its back appearing to be using a remote to control bombing on Gaza. Read more
Behind the scenes
August 4, 2014 by J-Wire
There are small organisations within our community whose profile does not loom large as life as the majors’.
Ambos at Our Big Kitchen
August 4, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
About fifty ambulance officers joined thirty members of the community combined at Our Big Kitchen (OBK) last week to cook for the homeless. Read more
Stand with Israel
August 3, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
At 7:30am this morning, a text message was sent to thousands of members of the Sydney Jewish community planning on attending a pro-Israel rally advising them that “due to logistics” the venue had been changed. The message got through. Over 7,000 people answered the Read more
Netanyahu says troops are “completing the work”
August 3, 2014 by Agencies
“Hamas wants the residents of Gaza to suffer and be hurt and thinks that the world will blame Israel for their suffering. There are many people in the world who understand exactly what Hamas is, the same organization that, together with Qatar, assured US Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon regarding a ceasefire. It misled both of them.” Read more
Conference draws condemnation from JCCV
August 3, 2014 by J-Wire
Aleph Melbourne welcomes a statement from David Marlow, Executive Director of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) regarding the attendance of some Victorian politicians at an upcoming conference organised by the World Congress of Families. Read more
Limmud-Oz is coming to Queensland
August 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Queensland is to join the Limmud family bringing the Jewish cultural event to the Sunshine state. Read more
When Jews were funny…a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
August 2, 2014 by Roz Tarszisz
“You can capture the past by retelling it” declares one comic in this documentary which attempts to answer the old question – why are so many comedians Jewish? Read more
Jewish House and the travelling Kosher Pickle Factory
August 2, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The humble kosher pickle has been a crunchy staple on many a Shabbat table for centuries. Learn how to make your own. Read more
WJC condemns kidnapping
August 2, 2014 by Agencies
The World Jewish Congress has condemned the kidnapping by Hamas of an Israeli soldier. Read more
Gaza update – official information
August 2, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire brings you updates sent to us by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Read more
Jews Condemned Whilst Christians Are Decimated And Dispersed
August 1, 2014 by David Singer
As the war between Israel and Hamas enters its fourth week – the frenzied condemnation of Israel for exercising its inherent right of self-defence continues to dominate the media coverage of the conflict.
Medals for the museum
August 1, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen & Women (NAJEX) has acquired at auction the medals of Captain John Harris Samuels (z”l) a surgeon struck by enemy fire as he was operating during the Battle of El Alamein. Read more
It’a a mirror…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
August 1, 2014 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
We can all think of a few people that we would describe as being ‘impossible’. These are individuals who push the wrong buttons, irritate us to no end and annoy us whenever we talk to them. These are the people that we find arrogant, critical, and negative or possess some other character deficit. How do we handle impossible people?
The vanishing two-state solution…writes Ben Cohen
August 1, 2014 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
Speaking to a British television network this week, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron bemoaned that “facts on the ground” were on the verge of wrecking the prospects for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read more
Dangerous delusions and denials
August 1, 2014 by Michael Kuttner
Despite the current terror being waged against Israel our own home grown delusionists are busy hallucinating about how we can throw away hard won achievements and trip down the old failed policies of past years which have inevitably brought us to the present tragic situation….writes Michael Kuttner Read more
