A Rosh Hashanah Message
September 17, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
A Rosh Hashanah message from Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick, president of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria. Read more
Joanna Weinberg’s Bloody Good New Show…writes Deb Meyer
September 17, 2014 by Deb Meyer
If you enjoy a glass of red wine at the theatre, you would be better to indulge before seeing Baroness Bianka’s Bloodsongs rather than after!
Two-tiered graves an option for Sydney’s Jewish community
September 17, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Jewish married couples in Sydney are to be given the option to be buried one above the other in the same grave. Read more
Awards Honour Best of the Best at Jewish Care
September 17, 2014 by Ricci Hoffman
Two upstanding community members have been honoured at Melbourne’s Jewish Care’s 2014 Staff and Volunteer Service and Excellence Awards. Read more
Human Rights awards nominations extended
September 15, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Australian Human Rights Commission President Gillian Triggs has extended the closing date for nominations for the 2014 Australian Human Rights Awards until Friday 26 September.
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Allan Bermeister passes away
September 15, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Magen David Adom has lost one of its most stalwart supporters in the passing of former NSW president Allan Bermeister. Read more
AUJS needs you
September 15, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Socialist Alternative is appealing a decision by Melbourne’s Monash University to deregister them…AUJS needs your name on a petition. Read more
Underground medicine…writes Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org
September 14, 2014 by Alina Dain Sharon-JNS.org
Not unexpectedly, southern Israel suffered more than other areas of the Jewish state during this summer’s conflict with Hamas. Read more
NZ Jewry and Government superannuation
September 14, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
New Zealand’s Jewish community has lashed out at political identities seeking to have NZ divest from investing superannuation funds in Israeli companies. Read more
Australia moves against ISIL
September 14, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Australian Government is preparing to contribute to an international coalition to counter the ISIL terrorist threat. Read more
Blessing for Victoria
September 14, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Senior members of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) Executive have blessed the State of Victoria ahead of Rosh Hashana. Read more
Fijian soldiers safe in Israel
September 14, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
45 Fijian soldiers seized by Syrian rebels two weeks ago have been released and are now in Israel following their ordeal. Read more
Palestine – Goodbye Land Swaps – Hello Land Grants…writes David Singer
September 12, 2014 by David Singer
The two-state solution has suddenly come back to life. Read more
Plibersek tells Israel to change its mind
September 12, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s Shadow Foreign Minister has told Israel to scrap its latest claim of West Bank Land. Read more
It’s not the blowing…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
September 12, 2014 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
We are just two weeks away from Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of a new year. Read more
Cooking up a community
September 12, 2014 by Ricci Hoffman
A LifeSkills Cooking Program for adults living with disability has done more than teach skills; it has helped to bring together a community. Read more
Partners in crime…writes Michael Kuttner
September 12, 2014 by Michael Kuttner
John Kerry’s frenzied efforts to put together a coalition of terror busting countries and his boss’s equally futile attempts to contain rather than defeat one particular terror group while ignoring many others highlight the Mickey Mouse situation currently prevailing. Read more
Israeli company launches Australian subsidiary
September 12, 2014 by J-Wire
Top Image Systems, Ltd, a leading Israeli ECM (Enterprise Content Management) and BPM (Business Process Management) solution and MIP (Mobile Imaging Platform) provider has announced the launch of TIS Australia. Read more
Disrupting terrorism
September 11, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Australian Government is determined to detect and disrupt terrorism financing within its borders and to take action against people who provide support to terrorist organisations. Read more
A response to The New Zealand Herald
September 11, 2014 by Michael Kuttner
An editorial published on Wednesday 5 September by The New Zealand Herald entitled “New Zealand must resist Israel’s push to control our foreign policy”, encapsulates everything that is wrong with much of the media today. Read more
Knoll on the CRC
September 10, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Government has announced the name of the Chair of the Community Relations Commission. Read more
Hakoah settles heritage issues
September 10, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Hakoah Club is progressing with its development application for sporting, social, cultural and community facilities at White City, following agreement on heritage issues. Read more
Israel’s campaign to restore tourism figures
With figures of inbound tourists dropping over 30%, Israel’s Tourism Minister has announced marketing strategies to help reverse the trend. Read more
Facing Realities in the wake of Operation Protective Edge…writes Isi Leibler
September 9, 2014 by Isi Leibler
Most of us were bitterly frustrated that the Hamas terrorist regime was not removed in the course of Operation Protective Edge. Read more
The threat of ISIS
September 9, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Members of NSW State parliament and local government have heard former US Ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey, discuss the threat of ISIS and what the US and its allies, including those in the region, can do to halt its progress. Read more
Bible quiz winner
September 9, 2014 by Brenda Segal
Chaya Leah Kaltmann, a student at Leibler Yavneh College, has won the Victorian state finals of the 2014 Youth Bible Quiz. Read more
Peace in a time of terrorism
September 9, 2014 by Brenda Segal
Hilik Bar, General Secretary of the Israel Labor Party and Deputy Speaker of the Knesset has presented of a public lecture on: “Peace in a time of terrorism.” Read more
Burke bashes Israel
September 8, 2014 by J-Wire
Labor MP and Shadow Minister for Finance Tony Burke has spoken strongly against Israel at an Australia Palestine Advocacy Network Fundraising Dinner. Read more
New Zealand ambassador rejected by Israel
September 8, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Ha’aretz has reported that New Zealand’s recently appointed ambassador to Israel has been refused permission to present his credentials as he is also ambassador to the Palestinian Authority. Read more
Youth in Philanthropy
Melbourne’s Mount Scopus College students have learnt about community needs and making decisions about granting money when there are competing priorities, when they took part in the Youth in Philanthropy program of the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation. Read more
