Preparing for ANZAC
March 23, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Victor Dominello has met with representatives of the NSW Association of Jewish Ex-Service Men and Women at the Great Synagogue in Sydney. Read more
A visit to Wolper
March 23, 2015 by Agencies
Ahead of this weekend’s NSW State election, Liberal MP Gabrielle Upton took time out to tour Sydney’s Wolper Jewish Hospital. Read more
Meeting and eating
March 23, 2015 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) and the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV) have celebrated Harmony Day by co-hosting a Jewish – Muslim Friendship Dinner. Read more
Malcolm Fraser: Community messages
March 23, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry and The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council have issued statements following the death of former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. Read more
Vindictive Obama punishing Israel for re-electing Netanyahu
March 23, 2015 by Isi Leibler
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s stunning election victory surprised the nation and shocked the media “experts” who were already writing his obituaries…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Sydney theatre rejects Jewish production
March 22, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
A Sydney theatre has refused to rent its premises to a Jewish group on the grounds that their policy “does not support colonialism/Zionism”. Read more
The Malcolm Fraser I knew
March 22, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Isi Leibler knew the late Malcolm Fraser well. He tells J-Wire about Australia’s 22nd Prime Minister…a man whose passionate support for Israel was to take a reverse turn… Read more
Hakoah: Differences resolved
March 22, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The incumbent board of Sydney’s Hakoah Club will hold its AGM on Tuesday free of any threat to its immediate future. Read more
Malcolm Fraser: A Beacon of Light for the Jewish Community as Prime Minister
March 22, 2015 by Suzanne Rutland
In recent years, the late Honourable Malcolm Fraser’s harsh criticisms of Israeli government policies have created great controversy within the Jewish community. Read more
Upton honours community workers
March 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
NSW State member for Vaucluse Gabrielle Upton has honoured four recipients in the local area who have made outstanding contributions to their local community or to services for seniors as part of 2015 NSW Seniors Week Celebrations. Read more
America honours Perth care home
March 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Perth’s Maurice Zeffert Home has been presented with an Award of Excellence in the USA. Read more
Award for Cremorne
March 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Sydney’s Cremorne Synagogue has been awarded the prestigious Supportive Employer Award for 2015 for support to Rabbi Yossi Friedman, NSW RAAF chaplain. Read more
Danby walks out of parliament
March 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
During yesterday’s Question Time, the Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s slur linking Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to Nazi Dr Goebbels, prompted Federal Labor MP Michael Danby to walk out of Parliament. Read more
Polls apart…writes Michael Kuttner
March 20, 2015 by Michael Kuttner
I woke up Wednesday morning to what at first seemed to be unidentified noise. Read more
Hakoah AGM: Three positions up for election
March 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
A move to change the number of positions available for election on Sydney’s Hakoah Club board at next week’s AGM has failed in the Supreme Court. Read more
Respecting the Challah…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
March 20, 2015 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
When we make the Friday night Kiddush the two Challot are covered. One of the reasons for this practice is about the treatment of the Challah. Read more
NSW Maccabi follows Lowy and backs Hakoah board
March 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
NSW Maccabi has emailed its members asking them to back the incumbent Hakoah Club board at the upcoming AGM…following the stance taken by the Lowy family. Read more
Jones addresses AIPAC
March 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Shir Madness heading for Melbourne
March 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Jewish Music Festival Shir Madness has become a diary date for Sydneysiders since 2010. In 2015, it will also take place in Melbourne. Read more
Maccabi selections for the JCC Games
March 20, 2015 by Jonathan Mond
Maccabi Australia congratulates the following athletes on their selection to represent Australia at the upcoming JCC Games being held in Dallas and Miami in July this year. Read more
Food for the soul
March 20, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
The FoodFaith initiative was launched this week in Sydney with religious leaders breaking bread with academics and sustainability groups to discuss the latest food sustainability issues and strategies. Read more
Big Eyes – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
March 20, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
It’s a really big lie that is the heart of this latest outing from veteran director Tim Burton.
JCA not involved “in any way”
March 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
JCA president Stephen Chipkin has written to J-Wire to dispel rumours that the community organisation is involved in “the current dispute” with the board of the Hakoah Club. Read more
Sydney University Disruption: B’nai B’rith has its say
March 19, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The president of B’nai B’rith NSW has written to Sydney University in the wake of the protest which disrupted a lecture being delivered by Colonel Richard Kemp. Read more
Hakoah in court
March 19, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Supreme Court in Sydney will hear an application tomorrow which, if successful, could increase the number of available positions on the Hakoah board from three to eight…ahead of next Tuesday’s planned AGM. Read more
The summit of life
March 19, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
A mountain in the far-off Pyrenees provided hope, inspiration and drive for a critically ill leukaemia patient in Sydney. Read more
A Return to Polish Roots
March 19, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
According to filmmaker Simon Target, “it’s cool to be Jewish” in Poland today.
J-Wire under-privileged
March 19, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
J-wire recently published a statement from the NSW Kashrut Authority in which a barrister opined that the the K-A’s response to the Kashrut Commission of Inquiry contained no failure of governance…so we asked for the barrister’s findings. Read more
Granite blocks with strange lace in between
March 19, 2015 by Fraser Beath McEwing
Two heavyweights from the popular international composes list plus a rarely heard offering from Australia’s Nigel Butterley made for a hearty musical feast at the second of this year’s Sydney Symphony APT Master Series concerts last night, writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more
Safer shules in Victoria
March 19, 2015 by Rachel Mihalovich
The Rabbinical Council of Victoria Inc (RCV) has just launched its Child Protection Policy Program in Shules in partnership with Australian Childhood Foundation. Read more
