The Belier Family – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

Laughter is said to be universal but humour does not always translate well between countries. This outing from director Eric Lartigau (The Big Picture) has been a huge hit in France, and while it does have charm, I don’t see the enormous appeal.

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Swastika in the city

The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has been quick to react to a swastika drawn on the exterior wall of a Sydney hotel. Read more

Life on the North Coast of NSW

An unnamed community of 300 Israeli and Jewish families, a newspaper which publishes a blog asserting that Israel was responsible for 9/11, a genial Catholic bishop who is due to lead a religious delegation to Israel and in-depth studies of the Holocaust being undertaken at high schools throughout the area were among the take-outs from an intensive bridge-building tour of the Ballina-Byron Bay-Lismore area of northern New South Wales conducted by NSW Jewish Board of Deputies chief executive Vic Alhadeff. Read more

Interfaith group celebrates Chanukah

Muslim, Baha’i and Hindu faiths and the major Christian denominations including the Catholic, Coptic and Uniting churches have united with members of Sydney’s Jewish community attending a Chanukah service and Shabbat meal at Emanuel Synagogue. Read more

Vatican call to combat antisemitism

Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has applauded the latest statement from the Vatican on the need  for Catholics to work with the Jewish people to fight antisemitism. Read more

A solemn moment at a joyous event

For a few moments, the dancing and music at the lighting of  a the giant Menorah in Sydney’s Martin Place turned to silence as heads bowed and silence dominated as families, and religious and political leaders stood in silence to remember Katrina Dawson and Tori Johnson who died in the Lindt Café siege last year…close by to where the Menorah stands. Read more

Australian reporters report on their trip to Israel

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W.A. university apologises for lecturer’s antisemitic comments

The Vice-Chancellor of Notre Dame University in Fremantle has dissociated her institution from overt anti-Jewish comments made in a blog posting by academic Dr Sandra Nasr. Read more

Wolper ups the ante

Sydney’s Wolper Jewish Hospital has announced the expansion of its Allied Health team in response to increased demand for its professional services. Read more

Radicalised by climate change?

What motivation lies behind the current wave of terror attacks? Read more

In the swim

NSW Maccabi Swimming Club will reach an all-time high with eight individual competitors qualifying for the State Age Swimming Championships in January.  Read more

Operation to rescue an injured Israeli tourist

An operation is currently under way in the Arthur’s Pass in New Zealand’s South Island area to rescue an injured Israeli tourist. Read more

Changes at Maccabi

Barry Smorgon has been re-elected president of Maccabi Australia for a further 2 years with stalwart Harry Procel, retiring from the Board. Read more

British Jews under pressure…writes Isi Leibler

Reviewing the status of Anglo-Jewry can lead to diametrically opposing conclusions. Read more

The spirit of things

Religious freedom is championed in the West but in the rest of the world American Ambassador-at-large for Religious Freedom, Rabbi David Saperstein advocates for minorities.  Read more

Silent no more

Billed as a night for reflection, understanding, healing and regret, Silent No More is Melbourne’s Yeshivah Centre’s response towards the widespread child sexual abuse which has existed in the school system since the 1980s. Read more

Netanyahu rejects Trump’s call to ban Muslims

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has slammed presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s call to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S. Read more

EU to combat antisemitism

Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has welcomed the appointment of Ms. Katharina von Schnurbein as the EU’s first coordinator on combatting antisemitism. Read more

Wine from the time of King David

The International Milan EXPO was the premier for the first Marawi wine – a grape variety which was used in the production of white wine during the biblical era. Read more

Palestine – Israel Sheds PLO As Negotiating Partner

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has concluded that completing successful negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) on the allocation of territorial sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), Gaza and East Jerusalem is a mission impossible to achieve. Read more

Catholic-Jewish national  Dialogue

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Gonski appointed president of the Art Gallery of NSW Trust

Distinguished businessman and arts aficionado David Gonski  has been appointed president of the Art Gallery of NSW Trust for the next three years. Read more

Journalists’ visit to Israel an invaluable experience

Four leading Australian journalists have reported their impressions of a recent visit to Israel under the auspices of The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies. Read more

Leibler to advise the prime minister on Aborigines and the constitution

Mark Leibler, National Chairman of The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council, has been appointed  as Co-Chair of the Referendum Council. Read more

A joyous Chanukah…shared with others

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Menorah lit in Victorian parliament

The Chanukah Menorah has been lit in Victoria’s Parliament House in Melbourne. Read more

The Governor-General goes to shul

The Queen’s Australian representative Governor-General, His Excellency Sir Peter Cosgrove, together with Lady Cosgrove have attended a Shabbat service at Sydney’s Great Synagogue. Read more

Responding to hatred with IsrAction

I was telling a friend this week that of all the topics I write about, the global campaign against Israel’s very existence is the one that just won’t go away, no matter how much I might wish otherwise…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more

Conservation and Chanukah

Rabbi Jonathan Keren-Black correlates Conservation with Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Miracles and Light. With Clips from The People’s Climate Change March in Melbourne, the colour music and passion displayed sent a clear message…a Henry Greener video production. Read more

Holocaust survivor guides receive achievement award

30 current active Holocaust survivor guides have been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of the 23 years spent sharing their experiences and life lessons with students and adult visitors at the Sydney Jewish Museum.  Read more

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