Yet another hate video
March 13, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Another video made by anti-Jewish group Hizb Ut-Tahrir has been published on the organisation’s website. Read more
Victorian country school students to visit the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation
March 13, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Melbourne Hebrew Congregation (MHC) will host Year 9 and 10 rural school students who are taking part in an essay contest dealing with military personnel.
The Shuk: Learn all about Israel programs
March 13, 2015 by Hayley Hadassin
The Shuk is coming to Sydney and Melbourne! It is the biggest Israel programs fair held in Australia and will showcase a wide range of gap year, study abroad, special interest, post-university and volunteer experiences for young adults aged 18-30. Read more
Respect them when they are alive…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
March 13, 2015 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
I am often puzzled by the following. When someone passes away G-d forbid, especially in tragic circumstances, we often hear genuine expressions of praise and detailed descriptions of the wonderful things that they did and the values that he/she lived by. So the question I have is – Do only good people pass away? Read more
The EU peddles diplomatic immunity…writes Ari Briggs
March 13, 2015 by Ari Briggs
The Jerusalem Municipality has demolished an illegally built structure just moments away from the Hebrew University campus. Read more
Protest at Sydney University – the video
March 12, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
J-Wire has received video of yesterday’s violent protest at Sydney University disrupting a lecture by celebrated British military officer Colonel Richard Kemp. Read more
Riot at Sydney University
March 12, 2015 by Glen Falkenstein
Protesters have disrupted a lecture, fighting with security guards, at the University of Sydney. Read more
Operating under Knesset law
March 12, 2015 by Dan Springer
Recent assertions by the UIA about their “unique” status has raised serious concerns within the boardrooms and offices of other Zionist organisations…writes JNF CEO Dan Springer.
After the Royal Commission…
March 12, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has established a Task Force on Child Protection that will focus on the welfare of children in communal institutional settings. Read more
You can fight online hate
March 12, 2015 by Andre Oboler
This weekend a group of young Jews in Melbourne, aged 18 to 35, will spend 24 hour at a cutting edge event tackling online antisemitism in a real and practical way. Read more
Child sexual abuse victims call for all to resign
March 12, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Eleven victims of child sexual abuse at Melbourne’s Yeshivah Centre have called for more resignations…even though four have this week. Read more
Live Israeli election coverage on J-Wire
March 12, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
J-Wire will present Shalom Hartman Institute President Donniel Hartman and iEngage Project Fellow and prizewinning author Yossi Klein Halevi in a live Election Day webinar program from Jerusalem on March 17. Read more
Meeting of military minds
March 12, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Australian Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert, has met with a defence research delegation from Israel to discuss areas of mutual interest including science and technology. Read more
Changing the world – one project at a time
March 12, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
A former Sydney Emanuel School student has taken on the challenge of tackling global poverty by promoting empowerment and autonomy for the women of Kenya. She will relate her remarkable story at the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum next week. Read more
Jewish Russian community active
March 12, 2015 by Ginette Searle
The Zionist Federation of Australia has launched its Russian Speaking Jewish Community project in NSW…and the first Russian Limmud has taken place in Victoria. Read more
Rabbi Selwyn Franklin: NORA and the K-A
March 11, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Rabbi Selwyn Franklin is the interim president of the New Organisation of Rabbis of Australasia and the vice-president of the NSW Kashrut Authority…a situation which The Executive Council of Australian Jewry finds questionable. Read more
A Pocket of Hope
March 11, 2015 by Geoff Sirmai
Two Sydney Jewish film-makers and a soulful klezmer singer have launched a ‘crowd-funding’ campaign to help them tell an inspiring story which may help to stem the rising tide of resurgent antisemitism in Europe. Read more
UIA Major Donors: Sydney
March 10, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Did you attend this years United Israel Appeal’s Major Donors function is Sydney?…Check this photo gallery… Read more
Board asks for action on inflammatory video
March 10, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies has written to Stepan Kerkyasharian, the president of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board seeking action to prosecute two Sydney men appearing in an inflammatory video stating “tomorrow you Jews will see what will become of you”. Read more
The aftermath of Netanyahu’s congressional tour de force…writes Isi Leibler
March 10, 2015 by Isi Leibler
A week after the event, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s extraordinary address to Congress has in no way diminished my enthusiasm for his tour de force, which exceeded all expectations. Read more
Netanyahu Puts Behaviour Change By Iran On Negotiating Agenda
March 10, 2015 by David Singer
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – addressing the American Congress – has made behaviour change by Iran an essential pre-requisite to the successful conclusion of negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 – France, Germany, United Kingdom, China, Russia and the United States…writes David Singer. Read more
Rebutting Julian Burnside
March 10, 2015 by Geoff Bloch
It is Julian Burnside’s opinion that the Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Andrew Bolt pose the greatest threat to our way of life (“The Islamophobia stirred up by Abbott and Bolt is a bigger threat to us than terrorism” The Guardian 26/2)…writes Geoff Bloch. Read more
Reforming orthodox rabbis’ organisation
March 10, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
In a joint statement, the Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Australia and the New Organisation of Rabbis of Australia will ensure appropriate standards are met and maintained. Read more
Kemp to talk at Sydney University
March 9, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
United Israel Appeal’s keynote speaker Colonel Richard Kemp will take time off the UIA campaign to take part in a discussion at the University of Sydney. Read more
Ballarat and Courage to Care
March 9, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Ballarat, home to the mainland’s oldest synagogue, will host Courage to Care’s travelling Educational Program and Exhibition later this month. Read more
From ANZAC Private to District Commissioner of the Galilee
March 8, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
An ANZAC who became a British District Commissioner in Palestine was assassinated in Nazareth in 1937. Mourned and respected by Jews, his biographer now seeks his descendants.
Dayenu on parade
March 8, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Dayenu’s float at Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras was accompanied by almost eighty participants. Read more
It’s all about Bibi…writes Ron Weiser
March 8, 2015 by Ron Weiser
The most amazing thing about the coming Israeli election is that with so much going on in the region and with so many internal issues needing attention, when it comes to policy issues this is a Seinfeld election – an election about nothing – a policy free zone. Read more
K-A “not in turmoil”
March 6, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Baron Revelman, resident of the Kashrut Authority has responded to the resignation of two board members following the publication in J-Wire of the K-A’s response to the recommendations made by the Kashrut Commission of Inquiry. Read more
South Africa’s Chief Rabbi visits Moriah
March 6, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Rabbi Warren Goldstein, the South African rabbi behind the Shabbat Project, has visited Sydney’s Moriah College. Read more
