What is Beit Rafael?
June 24, 2015 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
What is Beit Rafael in Melbourne? Shimon Allen and Ephraim Finch explain what it is to The Shtick’s Henry Greener. Read more
Adam Schwab at Chabad of Melbourne CBD
June 24, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
From mergers and acquisitions, lawyer to managing director of one of the fastest growing companies on the BRW list in just over ten years, Mount Scopus College alumnus Adam Schwab has quite a story to share. Read more
Friendship concert in Melbourne
June 24, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Luciano Pavarotti is dead and Andre Bocelli and Sarah Brightman are not in town. Even if they were, you probably couldn’t afford the tickets. Read more
UN Human Rights Council Report of the 2014 Gaza conflict: The ZFA’s initial response
June 24, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The fingerprints of Israel-phobic UN Human Rights Council staffers are evident throughout the report into last year’s conflict in Gaza by that body’s supposedly ‘Independent Commission of Inquiry’. Read more
Should rabbis keep out of politics?…ask the Rabbi
June 23, 2015 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple served for 32 years as the chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, Australia’s oldest and most prestigious congregation. He was Australia’s highest profile rabbi and held many public roles. He is now retired and lives in Jerusalem. Read more
Examining Breaking the Silence
To be the only democracy in the Middle East, possessing the most moral army in the world, is a noble aspiration. Read more
Responses to the U.N. Gaza Conflict report
June 23, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Response from Israeli leadership and the WJC to the report issued by the United Nations on last year’s Israel-Gaza conflict has been swift. Read more
Why schlepp for Shabbat? order online
June 23, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Streamlining the weekly Shabbat shop is an idea whose time has come.
Waging lawfare against Israel…writes Ted Lapkin
June 22, 2015 by Ted Lapkin
In Europe anti-Zionist activists are abusing national and international law in a coordinated campaign designed to chip away at Israel’s national legitimacy. Read more
Still alive, the first Arab boycott. Or, how do Israeli planes fly east?…asks Clive Kessler
June 22, 2015 by Clive Kessler
A London-based journalist, I recently saw, argues that we should refuse to refer to BDS. Read more
99 -yr-old Dunera Boy planning 2017 exhibition
June 22, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
When 99-yr-old abstract sculptor Erwin Fabian finished the pieces for his current Sydney exhibition he started working on pieces for his exhibition in 2017.
Queensland call for Holocaust museum
June 21, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Biased report on children’s rights
June 21, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
B’nai Brith International and The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) have concurred with the concerns raised by Israel regarding misconduct by United Nations officials in crafting a report on the violations of children’s rights in conflict areas. Read more
On a train to Australia
June 21, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Five Sydney women, who were little children in April 1945, were traveling on a train en route from Bergen-Belsen to Theriesendat when it was abandoned by the Germans and discovered by the advancing U.S. forces. Read more
BDS condemned in U.S. House of Representatives
June 19, 2015 by Agencies
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a new measure in the U.S. House of Representatives condemning resolutions or policies promoting boycotts of Israeli academic institutions and scholars by American universities or scholarly associations. Read more
AFL kicks community goals
June 19, 2015 by Ayal Tusia
Residents of The Manders Villas, Melbourne’s Jewish Care’s independent living units for people with disability, experienced a day at the football courtesy of the AFL and the Collingwood Football Club. Read more
You’ve got a friend
June 19, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
For young Australian Jews working in New York City, a new initiative offering a social centre and mentoring has been launched by Sydney;s Central Synagogue’s Rabbi Levi Wolff. Read more
Spreading the word
June 19, 2015 by Keren Cook
Shmuel and Fredja Rothbard – both Holocaust survivors, landed in Auckland this week from Israel to begin a powerful journey sharing their remarkable survival stories to students and community groups. Read more
French rejection of Tel Aviv students echoes 1942 Benzion Netanyahu episode
June 19, 2015 by Rafael Medoff - JNS.org
The world-famous Louvre art museum stands accused of discriminating against Israeli students, after being exposed by some clever amateur investigative journalism that echoes a 1940s incident involving the father of Israel’s current prime minister. Read more
Australian student to join world program at the Technion
June 19, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
A second Australian student has been accepted into the internationally selective, prestigious Technion SciTech Program in Israel. Read more
Partners in Hate…writes Michael Kuttner
June 19, 2015 by Michael Kuttner
We have just arrived back in Israel from a vacation in Switzerland. Read more
New fight against breast cancer
June 18, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Women with breast cancer that no longer respond to treatment, have a new ally in their fight for survival. Read more
American Jews are in “Galut” – Exile…writes Isi Leibler
June 18, 2015 by Isi Leibler
The exceptional response to my column, “American Jewish leaders fail to respond to Obama’s threats,” combined with further developments on the American scene, have brought me to the sad conclusion that when the chips are down and when faced with adversity, American Jewish leaders in the greatest democracy in the world cannot shake off their “Galut” (Exile) mentality. Read more
BDS – Sinister Hoax With Genocidal Objective…writes David Singer
June 18, 2015 by David Singer
The Boycott Divestment and Sanctions campaign (BDS) instituted in 2005 by “Palestinian civil Society” against Israel and its civil society continues to attract people from all around the world – including Jews and Israeli Arabs – who support the campaign without realising its genocidal objective. Read more
Stay at home gala dinner
June 18, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
“No ballrooms, no average kosher food, no long speeches” boasts the invitation to Stand Up’s first Gala Dinner. Read more
Security plan escalated in Melbourne
June 17, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Melbourne’s Community Security Group has issued a joint statement with The Jewish Community Council of Victoria announcing that it has enacted its escalation plan following intelligence indicating that the community may be at rick of an attack. Read more
Funding a Belarus memorial
Internet marketer Ruslan Koganhas resisted an urge to fund a memorial commemorating the members of the Belarus Jewish community who perished in the Holocaust. Read more
Legion d’Honneur for John Waxman
June 17, 2015 by Natalie Shymko
Sydney’s Montefiore Home resident John Waxman has been awarded France’s highest decoration of Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur. Read more
Marriage equality OK with UPJ
June 17, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Union for Progressive Judaism welcomes recent moves to have Marriage Equality recognised through the legislative system of Australia. Read more
Anti-semitism hits the mailboxes – again
June 17, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Homes in the Sydney suburbs of Bondi and Dover Heights have been targeted by an antisemitic group distributing leaflets stating that “to learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise”. Read more
