ANZAC exhibition
April 17, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
To mark the Centenary of ANZAC commemorations, the Sydney Jewish Museum will display a collection of photographs and diary extracts belonging to serviceman and NAJEX founding member, Harold Emanuel Collins. Read more
Holocaust survivors in Israel observe Yom Hashoah
April 17, 2015 by Agencies
Thousands of Holocaust survivors have observed Yom HaShoah—Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day—at ceremonies held today (Thursday, April 16) in the 57 residential facilities operated by The Jewish Agency for Israel’s sheltered housing subsidiary, Amigour. Read more
No Jews is no news…writes Emily Gian
April 17, 2015 by Emily Gian
For many years, the trend in reporting on world affairs seems to increasingly be that Israel is held to different standards than those which apply to its neighbours. Read more
SJM staff to present at International Holocaust Conference
April 17, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney Jewish Museum will make a presentation at an International Holocaust Conference in Krakow, Poland next week.
Good Lying…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
April 17, 2015 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Is lying sometimes the safer option? Read more
Netanyahu at Yad Vashem
April 17, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at Yad Vashem on Yom Hashoah. Read more
Yom Hashoah in Melbourne
April 17, 2015 by David Marlow
In a very moving and meaningful ceremony at the Robert Blackwood Hall at Monash University, the annual Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) Yom Hashoah Commemoration was held to a packed auditorium. Read more
A surprise OAM
April 17, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Yvonne Shapiro of Sydney has been awarded an honorary Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). Read more
Lessons unlearned…writes Michael Kuttner
April 17, 2015 by Michael Kuttner
The eerie sound of a wailing siren throughout the length and breadth of the country drives home in no uncertain manner exactly what Yom Hashoah (Holocaust and Martyrs Remembrance Day) is all about. Read more
March of the Living 2015
April 17, 2015 by Agencies
70 years after the end of the Second World War 11,000 participants, both Jews and non-Jews, joined the 27th March of the Living from Auschwitz to Birkenau. Read more
March of the Living – Live on J-Wire
April 16, 2015 by J-Wire
J-Wire presents a live feed from Auschwitz-Birkenau. Sydney cantor Shimon Farkas will sing El Male Rachamim and leading the Kaddish at the end of the ceremony in Birkenau. Starts 9pm Sydney time. The transmission was also recorded and can be viewed in its entirety. Read more
Dialogue and friendship core values for Abrahamic Council relaunch
April 16, 2015 by Keren Cook
The Christian and Jewish communities have expanded to included Muslims in an effort to foster dialogue and friendship. Read more
Holocaust Survivors Ageing Faster Than Expected
April 16, 2015 by David Werdiger
As we mark the seventieth year since the end of World War II and the liberation of concentration camps, the families of some Holocaust survivors, who are in the twilight of their lives, are experiencing an interesting phenomenon…writes David Werdiger. Read more
Yom Hashoah in Sydney
April 16, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Over 1200 people packed Sydney’s City Recital Hall to commemorate the passing of 70 years since the end of WWII and the liberation from the Nazi concentration camps. Read more
Yom Hashoah at Yad Vashem
April 16, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin spoke at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Yom Hashoah. Read more
Israel honors a righteous Gentile
April 15, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
The son of a Dutch couple who saved a Jewish child’s life during the Nazi occupation will receive a Righteous Among Nations award on their behalf at the Yom Hashoah commemoration in Sydney tonight. Read more
The Iranian crisis: American Jews must stand and be counted
April 15, 2015 by Isi Leibler
The announcement of the Lausanne joint statement concerning the framework of the U.S. deal with Iran highlighted the extent of President Barack Obama’s subterfuge and deception…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Stand Up CEO selected for international leadership program
April 15, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Nuclear threat from Iran concerns children of survivors
As Israel readies to observe Holocaust Remembrance Day, a new Bar-Ilan University study reveals that the adult children of Holocaust survivors are more preoccupied with the threat of a nuclear Iran than their peers whose parents are not Holocaust survivors. Read more
Sanitising Iran, demonizing Israel
April 15, 2015 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
As expected, the Obama administration is having a hard time selling the American public on the feeble understanding—it’s not a “deal,” since nothing was signed—that was recently reached with Iran over its nuclear program…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org Read more
The Muslim Nation which saved Jews…
April 15, 2015 by Barbara Heggen
During the Holocaust, many individuals and small groups risked their lives to save Jewish people….writes Barbara Heggen. Read more
A whole night of foreplay
April 14, 2015 by Fraser Beath McEwing
The first of this year’s International Pianists in Recital series held in Sydney’s City Recital Hall last night presented French Canadian pianist Louis Lortie playing no less than 57 preludes spread over three composers, writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more
Soccer and terrorism…writes Stephen M. Flatow
April 14, 2015 by Stephen M.Flatow - JNS.org
As part of the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) ongoing campaign to isolate and delegitimize Israel, the Palestinian Football (Soccer) Association is trying to get Israel suspended from international soccer’s governing body. Read more
Gaza war means a particularly sobering Yom Hazikaron for Israel this year
April 14, 2015 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
Since Israel was founded in 1948, its numerous wars have taken a heavy toll on its small population…writes Sean Savage/JNS.org. Read more
Interview: Arnold Zable
Arnold Zable is an author, storyteller, refugee advocate and passionate activist for asylum seekers and human rights. Melbourne-based Zable talks with The Shtick’s Henry Greener. Read more
Islamic State Morphing Into Global Gehenna…writes David Singer
April 14, 2015 by David Singer
Growing support for – and pledges of allegiance to – Islamic State by diverse Islamic terrorist groups world-wide are now creating horrific humanitarian problems for Christian communities in many countries – some far removed from the Middle East. Read more
A question for Julie
April 14, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Federal Labor MP has a question he wants Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to ask when she visits Tehran next week on the country’s documented threat to eliminate Israel. Read more
Sydney filmmaker makes an ABC-TV Foreign Correspondent program on Palestinian footballers
April 14, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
I may as well have a Star of David tattooed onto my forehead…writes Dan Goldberg. Read more
Deputy Walt
April 13, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
State Labor MP and NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair, Mr Walt Secord has been elected Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the NSW Legislative Council (Upper House) in the NSW Parliament. Read more
US movie release for Sydney Filmmaker
April 13, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Sydney filmmaker Kane Senes will have his feature film Echoes of War released in the US next month.
