NCJWA National Conference
May 13, 2015 by J-Wire
National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (NCJWA) will hold their 30th conference in Sydney, from 31 May to 3 June. Read more
Israel in the NSW State parliament
May 13, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Scott Farlow is a member of the NSW Legislative Council and attended last week’s Yom Ha’azmaut celebration in Sydney. He addressed the NSW parliament on the subject… Read more
New conversation for B’nai B’rith and ECAJ
May 13, 2015 by J-Wire
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry and B’nai B’rith’s Alfred Dreyfus Anti-Defamation Unit successfully launched their “In Conversation” series in Sydney last week. Read more
Israel-German relationship “a miracle”
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called the relationship between Israel and Germany “a miracle”. Read more
Day One at the antisemitism global forum
May 13, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Naftali Bennett, were among the many officials who spoke at the opening session of the 5th Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism in Jerusalem yesterday. Read more
Global antisemitism continues escalating…writes Isi Leibler
May 12, 2015 by Isi Leibler
This week, the Israeli Foreign Ministry and the Diaspora Affairs Ministry are jointly sponsoring the 5th Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism. Read more
ANZAC Day Melbourne: Major General Jeffrey Rosenfeld
May 12, 2015 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Major General Jeffrey Rosenfeld spoke of the horrors of war, mentioning a letter sent by General Sir John Monash to his wife…a video report. Read more
Rivlin, Berlin and the Holocaust
May 12, 2015 by Agencies
President Reuven Rivlin has spoken in Berlin of the Holocaust at at the infamous Platform 17 from which the city’s Jews were transported to Auschwitz. Read more
Rivlin in Germany
May 12, 2015 by Agencies
President of Israel Reuven Rivlin has joined the Mayor of Berlin, Michael Muller in a symbolic walk through the city’s Brandenburg Gate. Read more
Hakoah gets its big guns
May 11, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Let My People Go
A book detailing the efforts made by the Australian Jewish community to relieve the plight of Soviet Jewry, an operation which spanned 30 years, was launched in Sydney yesterday. Read more
A celebration of music at TBI
May 11, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne’s Temple Beth Israel (TBI) will host the ‘Zimriya Concert’, a celebration of Jewish and Klezmer music at the end of May. Read more
70 years of B’nai B’rith
May 11, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Victoria’s B’nai B’rith will celebrate its 70th anniversary at the end of May.
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Indigenous oral history honoured by Jewish community
May 11, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Everyone has a story. For the Jewish people, oral history has always been an important vehicle for the retelling of stories, allowing us to connect us with our past and helping us to find similarities in the narratives of others. Read more
Beth Weizmann’s security to be upgraded
May 11, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Victorian government has awarded a grant of $500,000 towards a security upgrade for Beth Weizmann, Melbourne’s central community facility. Read more
A letter to FIFA
May 11, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Dr Danny Lamm, President of the Zionist Federation of Australia, has sent a letter to world football organisation FIFA about its intentions to debate a motion calling for Israel’s suspension. Read more
Online hate
May 11, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Violent antisemitic attacks are on the rise, particularly in Europe. Read more
Limmud-Oz: Presenting the presenters
May 8, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Professor Ghil’ad Zuckerman is currently working at the University of Adelaide in the department of Linguistics and Endangered Languages. Read more
Lag B’Omer Tzemach Tzedek
May 8, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Were you at the Tzemach Tzedek bonfire night in Sydney?…a J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
Yom Ha’azmaut celebrated in Sydney
May 8, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
More than 600 people have joined in a belated celebration of Israel’s 67th birthday in Sydney at which NSW Premier Mike Baird was guest of honour. Read more
The death penalty: Masorti has its say
May 8, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Three Masorti rabbis have issued a joint statement on how the recent executions in Indonesia impact on Judaism stating that no society has the right “to terminate a life before its time”. Read more
Lag B’Omer: Sydney Yeshiva Centre
Were you at the Sydney Yeshiva Lag B’Omer celebrations? A J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
The end of the war
May 8, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin and Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations have both delivered important speeches on the 70th anniversary marking the end of WWII. Read more
New president for Kadimah
May 8, 2015 by Carmel Shute
The Kadimah, Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library, has elected its second female President in its 104 years’ history. Read more
Melbourne youth’s alcohol problems
May 8, 2015 by David Marlow
The Melbourne Jewish community has addressed problems involving youth and alcohol. Read more
To survive, Netanyahu must broaden his new government…writes Isi Leibler
May 8, 2015 by Isi Leibler
Following weeks of unedifying horse trading, threats and extortions, compounded by personal malice, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally cobbled together an untenable coalition with only a single-seat majority — which any single Knesset member in the coalition could bring down. To survive, it must be broadened. Read more
Carter causes consternation with election call for Palestinian Arabs
May 8, 2015 by David Singer
Former US president Jimmy Carter has created a stir with his call for Palestinian Arabs to hold elections to end the internecine struggle between Hamas and the PLO in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) and Gaza…writes David Singer. Read more
Mountain or opportunity?
May 8, 2015 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Rabbi Michoel Gourarie discussed relationship issues… Read more
Danby supports arrest and extradition
May 8, 2015 by Agencies
Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has told Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper that an Israeli woman should face charges of child sex abuse whilst employed in Melbourne if allegations of her doing so were true. Read more
Dire Straits…writes Michael Kuttner
May 8, 2015 by Michael Kuttner
Some of you may remember a British rock band called Dire Straits which was formed in the late 1970’s and went on to record some popular hits. Read more
