50th Anniversary of Nostra Aetate
October 30, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
A conference to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Nostra Aetate (In Our Time) promulgated by the Roman Catholic Church on October 28, 1965 has been hosted by Sydney’s The Great Synagogue.
Awards for Jewish Care staff
October 30, 2015 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jewish Care Victoria’s Staff and Volunteer Service & Excellence Awards have been held in Melbourne. Read more
Updating the situation in Israel
October 30, 2015 by Emily Gian
Over 200 people packed Melbourne’s Beth Weizmann for an Israel situation briefing co-hosted by Zionism Victoria, the Zionist Federation of Australian and the Jewish Community Council of Victoria. Read more
Israeli colonel to visit
October 30, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
IDF Colonel Shaul Arieli will visit Australia for the first time this November. Read more
An award for Jill
October 30, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Author and authoritative medical writer, Jill Margo has been honoured by the National Press Club in its Health Journalist of the Year Awards for her article about former Premier of NSW Nick Greiner. Read more
The Lone Ranger rides again
October 30, 2015 by Michael Kuttner
Most probably only those of a certain vintage will remember the exploits of the Lone Ranger and his faithful sidekick. Read more
JIFF off to a stirring start
October 29, 2015 by Deahne Hemphill
Palestine – Peres Trashes Rabin’s Oslo Accords Vision
October 29, 2015 by David Singer
Former Israeli President Shimon Peres has pre-empted the memorial rally this Saturday evening to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the assassination on 4 November 1995 of Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin – by writing – quite misleadingly – of Rabin’s vision in the Jerusalem Post this week…writes David Singer. Read more
Teaching in Israel
October 29, 2015 by Hayley Hadassin
Gabby Oberman, a graduate of Bialik College in Melbourne was 23 when she embarked on a Masa Teaching Fellowship (MITF) in Netanya, Israel. Read more
A system’s view of the Arab-Israeli conflict
October 29, 2015 by Ron Jontof-Hutter
General system theory is the science of “wholeness” whereby the system is viewed as a complex of interacting elements…writes Ron Jontof-Hutter. Read more
Pro BDS move condemned by the ADC
October 29, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has condemned the vote by the Australian Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN) to back the BDS campaign. Read more
Mitzvah Day: Bar and Bat Mitzvah students to cook for the homeless
October 29, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Mitzvah Day is on November 15 around the world and Kids Giving Back will offer Cook4Good: Mitzvah on a Plate in Sydney for the third year running. Read more
STC’s The Wharf Revue – Celebrating 15 years…reviewed by Deb Meyer
October 28, 2015 by Deb Meyer
A usual highlight in the Sydney Theatre Company calendar, The Wharf Revue, is back again, this time in celebration of 15 years and 21 shows, poking as much fun as always at the follies of our political icons. Read more
Canberra community awards
October 28, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Three long serving members of ACT Jewish Community Inc were awarded Life Membership for a lifetime of service to the Jewish Community in Canberra. Read more
An oasis in the wasteland of investigative Middle East journalism
October 28, 2015 by Jeffrey F. Barken - JNS.org
What to do about bias on Israel and the Middle East in the mainstream media?…asks Jeffrey F. Barken/JNS. Read more
The Jewish Comedy Festival
October 28, 2015 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
The Shtick’s Henry Greener presents Justine Sless with highlights of the Jewish Comedy Festival held recently in Melbourne. Read more
Student Number 20,000
October 27, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney Jewish Museum has welcomed it 20,000th school student visitor this year…an all-time record. Read more
Remembering Yitzhak Rabin
October 27, 2015 by Eileen Freed
Over 200 people gathered at Melbourne’s Beth Weizmann Community Centre to remember the life and legacy of Yitzhak Rabin z”l who was assassinated 4 November 1995, twenty years ago. Read more
Danby welcomes FM’s Iranian consulate position
October 27, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Labor Member for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby has welcomed Foreign Minister’s Julie Bishop’s comments about Iranian consulates in Sydney and Melbourne as a step in the right direction, but has called on her to rule out approving such consulates. Read more
Nightmare becomes reality…writes Ted Lapkin
October 27, 2015 by Ted Lapkin
Imagine a world in which Melissa Parke – the far-left, largely unknown federal Labor Member for Fremantle – defies the odds and wins the ALP leadership. Read more
Australia’s new Chief Scientist
October 27, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Dr Alan Finkel has been appointed Australia’s next Chief Scientist. Read more
Yeshiva rabbi named in ticket-dodging report
October 27, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
A Sydney rabbi has been named in an ABC report on drivers who have dodged the NSW traffic penalty system. Read more
New Australians
October 27, 2015 by Warren Hurst
25 members of Sydney’s Jewish community have become Australians at a JewishCare’s Citizenship ceremony held this week. Read more
JIFF: 10 double passes to give away
J-Wire has ten double passes to give away to a movie of your choice featured in the Jewish International Film Festival which opens in Sydney tomorrow. Read more
Ehud Yaari addresses AIJAC in Sydney
October 26, 2015 by Glenn Falkenstein
Prominent Israeli journalist and commentator Ehud Yaari visited Australia last week, giving an exclusive briefing on the recent spate of violence in Israel and conflict in the Middle East generally to an AIJAC gathering in Sydney. Read more
ECAJ meets with Julie Bishop
October 26, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s President Robert Goot, and Executive Director, Peter Wertheim, have met with Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop. Read more
Righteous Gentile living in New Zealand
October 26, 2015 by Keren Cook
Taisia Kharchenks is now in her late 80’s and living out her twilight years in a rest home in Wanganui, New Zealand. Read more
Not sorry for Shylock comment
October 26, 2015 by Keren Cook
One time New Zealand Labour candidate Steven Gibson has retracted his apology issued last year for labeling prime minister John Key a “Shonkey Jonkey Shylock” in an August 2014 Facebook post. Read more
Remembering Rabin
October 26, 2015 by Agencies
Jewish leaders from around the world participating in The Jewish Agency for Israel Board of Governors’ autumn meetings have observed a moment of silence in memory of slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin during the opening session of the Board meetings in Jerusalem’s Old City. Read more
What makes wine Kosher? Ask the rabbi
October 26, 2015 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple tackles a question about kosher wine. Read more
