Rabbi commemorates fallen police
October 2, 2014 by Roz Tarszisz
Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant has lead the commemoration ceremony for Victorian police members who have lost their lives in the line of duty. Read more
Walkley nomination for “Code of Silence”
October 2, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Dan Goldberg and Melbourne’s Danny Ben-Moshe have been nominated for the documentary on Melbourne Yeshivah’s alleged Code of Silence. Read more
Religious communities relations a concern in NZ
October 2, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Community leaders representing Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, Hindus and members of the Jewish community met recently to discuss and review the experiences of the last few months in New Zealand. Read more
The President and the Prime Minister
October 2, 2014 by Agencies
U.S. President Barack Obama has met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…J-Wire publishes their public statements. Read more
Call to Australian rabbis to seek community help
October 2, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Gift of Life is appealing to all rabbis throughout Australia to ask suitable members of their congregations at Yom Kippur services to donate blood in an effort to save six Jewish lives. Read more
Promotion for Ron Hoenig
October 2, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Labor Member for Heffron Ron Hoenig has been appointed Shadow Minister for Emergency Services in a NSW Opposition frontbench reshuffle following the announcement that Member for Macquarie Fields and former Opposition Minister for Health, Dr Andrew McDonald, would not be contesting the next State Election. Read more
Duplicitous Abbas comes out of the closet…writes Isi Leibler
October 2, 2014 by Isi Leibler
Even the few delusional apologists who maintain that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is a genuine partner for peace must have been stunned by his obscene and demagogic address on Rosh Hashana at the United Nations General Assembly. Read more
Dialogue of the deaf…writes Michael Kuttner
October 2, 2014 by Michael Kuttner
Addressing the General Assembly of the United Nations or indeed the UN Human Rights Council is not exactly a dialogue when it comes to Israel. Read more
Yom Kippur Q&A
October 1, 2014 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple asks the questions…and answers them. Read more
A Guilt-Edged Heart …writes Rabbi Laibl Wolf
October 1, 2014 by Rabbi Laibl Wolf
Guilt is complex business. Think of its elements: should have, must have, couldn’t, if only, I wish, shut my big mouth, couldn’t help it, couldn’t resist, and more. Read more
On the one hand…
October 1, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Israeli-born Marcelo Svirsky has been criticised by federal MP Michael Danby for supporting the BDS movement by walking from Wollongong to Canberra…Svirsky responds to the criticism. Read more
Protector of the faith
October 1, 2014 by David Marlow
Nina Bassat, President of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria, has presented police Sergeant Timothy Lambourne with a certificate in appreciation of his work supporting multiculturalism and his services to the Jewish community in Victoria. Read more
Waves of the future
October 1, 2014 by Batya Elizabeth Greenman
Australian scientists have been working on collaboration with Israel’s Weizmann Institute to develop ocean waves in producing powers before only witnessed in science fiction. Read more
Why do we fast on Yom Kippur, and who shouldn’t?…writes Deborah Fineblum
October 1, 2014 by Deborah Fineblum
Herut Shitrid vividly recalls the first Yom Kippur she fasted. She was only 10, but somehow she was able to make it through the whole day. Read more
