Newts News: Chanukah and the environment

A video segment from Henry Greener’s The Shtick: Newt’s News on Chanukah and the environment…. Read more

25 years of KA

The Kashrut Authority has celebrated its Silver Jubilee with a gala dinner in Sydney. Read more

An award for the Jewish Holocaust Centre

Melbourne’s The Jewish Holocaust Centre has received a Victorian Multicultural Excellence Award for its ‘Hide and Seek: Stories of Survival’ education program. Read more

From immorality to illegality

Last week was a mixed bag on the BDS front, with some good, some bad and some very, very ugly…writes Ted Lapkin. Read more

A Chanukah message from the Prime Minister

Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has sent a Chanukah message to the Jewish community. Read more

Record program for BJE

Board of Jewish Education students currently participating in the Emet Israel Program represent the largest group in its history. Read more

The appeal of Chanukah

The appeal of Chanukah is amazing…why?  Ask the rabbi. Read more

Redress scheme for sexual abuse victims

Melbourne’s Yeshivah Centre has established an independent Redress Scheme to support victims of sexual abuse. Read more

A Chanukah gift for the IDF

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lit the first Chanukah candle with Border Police personnel…and announced a salary increase for conscripted members of the IDF. Read more

Ancient royal seal unearthed in Jerusalem

The Ophel excavations at the foot of the southern wall of the Temple Mount have unearthed an impression of the royal seal of King Hezekiah (727–698 BCE). Read more

Et tu, Bruce?…asks Jack Chrapot

I first met Bruce Hearn McKinnon at a Melbourne Football Club supporters function where he was introduced as a mentor of its then exciting indigenous recruit Liam Jurrah. Read more

Young Kiwi challenges a pro-BDS demonstration

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A Chanukah message From President Rivlin

Israel’s president Reuven “Ruvi” Rivlin sends a video Chanukah message to worldwide Jewry… Read more

Premier Mike Baird sends Chanukah greetings

Premier of NSW Mike Baird sends his Chanukah message to J-Wire readers… Read more

Israeli Sonar Team qualifies for Rio 2016

The Israeli Parasailing Sonar team has won the chance to compete in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

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The Arava Australia Partnership cooks up a storm in Sydney

The Arava Australia Partnership (AAP) have  celebrated the culinary differences between their community and Sydney’s. Read more

A Chanukah message from Walt Secord

Walt Secord is the NSW Deputy Opposition leader in the NSW Legislative Council and the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair…he sends a message for Chanukah. Read more

Belated Bar and Batmitzvahs

Melbourne’s Jewish Care will host a special ceremony for its aged care residents who haven’t yet celebrated their Bar or Bat MitzvahMany residents missed out on this significant life event due to reasons such as living through times of war and communism. Read more

A menorah at Parliament House…the video

Watch the video as politicians and religious and community leaders celebrate Chanukah at Parliament House in Canberra. Read more

UNbridled, UNbelievable HYPOCRISY…writes Michael Kuttner

When it comes to Israel it seems that there are no depths to which the United Nations and its associated agencies will plummet. Read more

Lessons from the Munich massacre revelations

The gruesome revelations about the 1972 Munich Olympics terrorists castrating one of their Israeli victims is not just another horror story. There are important political and strategic implications…writes Stephen M. Flattow. Read more

Where do Israeli interests fit in the Russia-Turkey-Syria puzzle?…asks Sean Savage

The Syrian civil war continues to fester and has now drawn in nearly every major world power, including the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Russia, and Syria’s neighbour of Turkey, who all have different and sometimes opposing interests. Read more

Changing Perceptions about Disability

Members of Melbourne’s Jewish community with disabilities have messages for J-Wire readers… Read more

Remembering Jews expelled from Arab countries

The World Jewish Congress has co-sponsored an event at the United Nations in New York, organised by Israel’s Permanent Mission to the UN, to commemorate the expulsion of 850,000 Jews from Arab countries and Iran in the wake of Israel’s independence in 1948…a similar event was held in Sydney. Read more

A special day for those with disabilities

Melbourne’s Jewish Care has marked the International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) with a vibrant family event. Read more

Technion doctorate for its new patron

Former governor of NSW Dame Marie Bashir has agreed to become patron of Technion Australia (NSW) and Technion Society of Australia Environmental Research. Read more

WJC head calls on Hungary to stop statue in honor of World War II-era pro-Nazi minister

The president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), Ronald S. Lauder, has called on Hungary to stop the unveiling of a statue in honor of a Horthy-era government minister funded in large part by a grant from the Hungarian government. Read more

BDS-supporting professor refuses to help Israeli schoolgirl

Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has denounced UK Professor Marsha Levine for refusing to help Shachar Rabinovitch,  a 13 year-old Israeli schoolgirl who requested information about early horse species for a research project. Read more

AUJS and Emanuel School welcome new shaliach

In a first for New South Wales, the Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) and Emanuel School have appointed a Shaliach at both institutions in 2016. Read more

Temper compassion toward Muslim “refugees” with reality

Sensitive to the despicable behavior by much of the world which denied haven to European Jews on the eve of the Holocaust, I react instinctively with compassion when I hear about the plight of refugees…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

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