My grandmother was a boat person…writes Inge Woolf
September 3, 2015 by Inge Woolf
My grandmother was a boat person. Her name was Rosalia Stiassny. Read more
Sydney Jewish Writers Festival
September 2, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Over 600 people attended this year’s Sydney Jewish Writers’ Festival with Gideon Raff, creator of the Israeli series Hatufim (Prisoners of War), one of the drawcards.
At tea with the Prime Minister
September 2, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his wife Margie played host at Kirribilli House, their official harbourside Sydney residence, to Australia’s ethnic press. Read more
New leadership for the New Israel Fund
September 2, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
New Israel Fund (NIF) Australia has today announced its new leadership team. Read more
JCCV welcomes Rabbi Telsner’s resignation
September 2, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has welcomed Rabbi Zvi Telsner’s announcement that he has stated down from his position as Rabbi at Melbourne’s Yeshiva Centre. Read more
The return of Bibi Derangement Syndrome
September 2, 2015 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
My favorite acronym, at least for this year, was coined by historian Ronald Radosh in his PJ Media column back in March. The initials are BDS – not “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions,” but “Bibi Derangement Syndrome.” Read more
US$230 million for Israel’s Arabs
September 2, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s Arab municipal councils will receive a one-time budgetary supplement of $230 million from the Israeli government before the end of the year. Read more
A Walk in the Woods – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
September 2, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
When a popular book is adapted for the big screen, screenwriters take artistic licence to keep the story flowing.
Anti-Semitism in the Middle East
September 2, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The fate of minority communities across the Middle East remains desperately uncertain…a topic to be addressed at the NSWJBD monthly plenum by expert Samuel Tadros. Read more
The ZFA annual plenary in photos
September 2, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Were you at the ZFA annual plenary in Sydney? A J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
Bassam Eid visits Auckland
September 2, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Palestinian human rights activist Bassam Eid has addressed a Zionist Federation of New Zealand function in Auckland. Read more
Bowling them over
September 2, 2015 by Leanne Shelton
Over 60 lawn bowlers from across Australia have participated in the 15th Maccabi Australia Bowls Carnival. Read more
Rabbi Telsner resigns
September 2, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Rabbi Zvi Telsner has stood down as rabbi at Melbourne’s Yeshivah Centre in the wake of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Read more
Queensland Labor calling for recognition of Palestine
September 1, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has responded to a resolution by the Queensland Labor Party that a future Labor Government should immediately recognise a Palestinian state. Read more
Modern day diplomacy…an address by Australia’s ambassador to Israel
September 1, 2015 by J-Wire
Sydney Jewish Writers Festival…a photo gallery
September 1, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Did you visit the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival?….a photo gallery from David Sokol. Read more
Disband the disgraceful state-endorsed rabbinical leadership…writes isi Leibler
September 1, 2015 by Isi Leibler
I rubbed my eyes in disbelief when I read that Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef has extended the ban on television and computers by decreeing that anyone using the “abomination” of smartphones be prohibited from leading prayers. Read more
