BINA expands in 2016
January 30, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney’s Rabbi Michoel Gourarie will be joined by his son Rabbi Levi Gourarie in running the popular BINA educational courses. They talk to J-Wire..a video interview. Read more
United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Tirau
January 29, 2016 by Sheree Trotter
A United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day (UNIHRD) event was held this week in the tiny New Zealand South Waikato town of Tirau, (population 690). Over 120 people attended the event, filling the local (and only) church in town, Tirau Cooperating Church, a combined Presbyterian and Anglican Church. Read more
United Nations International Holocaust Memorial Day: Melbourne
January 29, 2016 by David Marlow
Nearly 500 members of the Jewish community, members of Parliament and members of the Consular Corp attended the United Nations Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration on 27 January in the Glen Eira Town Hall. The day of commemoration was established by the UN to recognise the liberation of Auschwitz. Read more
Online hate analysed
January 29, 2016 by Agencies
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day Australia’s Online Hate Prevention Institute released a groundbreaking report “Measuring the Hate: The State of Antisemitism on Social Media”. Read more
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Iran cartoon contest has policy implications
January 29, 2016 by Karen McDonough - JNS.org
While millions of people around the world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, an Iranian government-sponsored Holocaust cartoon contest was in the works. Read more
Failing grades for dummies…writes Michael Kuttner
January 29, 2016 by Michael Kuttner
Way back in the 1940’s and 1950’s when I went to elementary and high school the punishment meted out to pupils who consistently failed to listen, learn and do their homework ranged from detention and lines to strapping (hands or bottom) and caning. Read more
Just a box of chocolates
January 29, 2016 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
In January 1987 a few days after our wedding, my wife and I together with my parents and younger sister had the great merit to visit Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneersohn (wife of the Lubavitcher Rebbe o.b.m.)…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more
Plischke furniture finds a new home at Marlborough Museum
January 29, 2016 by Keren Cook
The Yard Bar in Marlborough holds special and surprising historical significance and, is a popular spot for locals who to enjoy an after-work pint. Read more
Rescue Remedy
January 28, 2016 by Agencies
ABC’s Rachael Kohn interviews the ‘Canadian Schindler,’ Judy Feld Carr who was a regular housewife with six kids with a big secret. Read more
Commemorating the liberation of Auschwitz and UN International Holocaust Memorial Day
January 28, 2016 by David Sokol
The 71st anniversary of the Commemoration of the Liberation of Auschwitz and the United Nations International Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration has been held at the Sydney Jewish Museum…addressed by the Governor of NSW and Auschwitz survivor Olga Horak. Read more
Eichmann’s clemency petition revealed
January 28, 2016 by Agencies
“I was not one of the [Nazi] leaders responsible, and as such do not see myself guilty,” Eichmann wrote in a petition to then-President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi • Document to be made public in a Jerusalem ceremony marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The requiem for the Oslo Accords warrants a unity government
January 28, 2016 by Isi Leibler
The controversy over the Oslo Accords, which bitterly divided the nation over the past quarter century, is no longer a contentious issue…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Ambassador lends a hand
January 27, 2016 by Agencies
Australia’s ambassador to Israel has left his signature on the virtual wall of hands that was launched by the “Aviv for Holocaust Survivors”, a non-profit organisation, which helps survivors utilise their rights – free of cost. Read more
Room: a movie review by Toni Susskind
January 27, 2016 by Toni Susskind
Based upon the novel by Emma Donoghue, I approached Room with a level of trepidation. Read more
The one that got away
January 27, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
We missed one member of Australia’s community when reporting the Australia Day Awards. He has been added and we offer our apologies for the omission. Read more
WJC praises UNESCO head for condemning Holocaust cartoon contest
January 27, 2016 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer has praised UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova for issuing a clear condemnation the third edition of a Holocaust cartoon contest held in Iran which features many entries that openly deny the Shoah. Read more
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: a message from Benjamin Netanyahu
January 27, 2016 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu send a message on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more
Spotlight – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
January 27, 2016 by Roz Tarszisz
Spotlight could be seen as an elegy for a lost world.
The beauty of Jewish education
January 27, 2016 by Craig Shulman
Limmud, the internationally acclaimed Jewish cultural and education festival, is coming back to Sydney this July. This is a program and initiative of great merit, and this is reflected by the program’s success and spread across the globe. Read more
ADC remembers January 27
January 27, 2016 by Agencies
Today marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, observed annually on the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps. Read more
Ban Ki-moon says terror attacks are result of frustration
January 27, 2016 by J-Wire News Service
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has voiced concern after United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon told the Security Council that the recent wave of Palestinian violence and incitement was the result of “frustration” and a natural reaction to “half a century of occupation.” Read more
Schnatties head to Israel
January 26, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
Newts News: Wearing a yarmulke and International Holocaust Remembrance
January 26, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Newt comments on current news. A video presentation. Read more
Henry Greener talks with Henry Roth
January 26, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Bridal-wear designer icon Henry Roth has recently moved from Sydney to Melbourne. He talks with The Shtick’s Henry Greener. A video interview. Read more
Leibler bequeaths 40,000 book collection to Bar-Ilan University
He may not have read all the titles in his book collection of 40,000 volumes, but Isi Leibler knows exactly where each and every one of them is shelved in his Jerusalem home. Read more
Fund created to help widow of road accident victim
January 26, 2016 by Toni Susskind
A 25-yr-old Melbourne man was killed in a road accident last week and a fund has been established to help his wife Rebecca who is five months pregnant. Read more
2016 Australia Day Awards
January 26, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire extends congratulations to all members of the Jewish community and to those who place a high value on their Jewish heritage who have been honoured today by their country…
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A multicultural Australia Day message
It is interesting to note that the buzz this year on Australia Day has been about diversity…writes Concetta Fierravanti-Wells. Read more
Yom Hazikaron 2016: Are you connected to a victim?
January 25, 2016 by Eileen Freed
Melbourne’s 2016 Yom Hazikaron commemoration co-hosting organisations invite members of the community who have a connection to a fallen soldier or a victim of terror to participate in this year’s ceremony by lighting a candle in his or her memory and/or sharing a story, poem or song related to their loved one. Read more
Shir Madness 2016
January 25, 2016 by Geoff Sirmai
Registrations are now open for all singers, musicians and bands for this year’s Shir Madness which will take place in Sydney on multiple stages again at Bondi Beach Pavilion on Sunday 18 September. Read more
