Adass documentary for SBS
April 21, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Filmmakers Dan Goldberg, Adam Kay and Danny Ben-Moshe have teamed together to produce a documentary for SBS television on an orthodox Jewish community in Melbourne. Read more
Let my people go
April 21, 2016 by J-Wire News Service
A hi-tech haggadah from Israel’s The Technion. A video presentation. Read more
Australian chosen for prestigious leadership program
The US-based Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation has selected 29 outstanding Jewish professional and volunteer leaders from around the world for the second cohort of the Schusterman Fellowship including Australia’s Brandon Srot. Read more
Bialik wins Technion first prize
April 21, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Australian Government’s drive towards innovation took a major step forward with a first prize being awarded by Israel’s The Technion to Melbourne’s Bialik College…watch the video. Read more
Pre-Pesach Programs Brings Bar and Bat Mitzvah Happiness to 120 children
April 21, 2016 by Agencies
In advance of the Pesach holiday, seventy Israeli Bar Mitzvah boys and forty Bat Mitzvah girls were invited to participate in a large celebration hosted by the Chesed Menachem Mendel program of the Colel Chabad charitable organisation. Read more
A Pesach concert
April 21, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
In the season of Passover, 100 Jewish choristers across Australia and New Zealand come together with some of the world’s best choir directors…an ABC Spirit of Things broadcast from Rachael Kohn. Read more
Freelander to stand for Macarthur
April 21, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Prominent NSW Jewish paediatrician and university lecturer, Dr Mike Freelander has been selected as the Federal Labor’s candidate in the marginal electorate of Macarthur in Sydney’s south. Read more
Quiet in Israel?…asks Emily Gian
April 21, 2016 by Emily Gian
There is a superstitious belief within our office that it should never be said that things are quiet in Israel. Read more
Passover, our festival of freedom and miracles
April 20, 2016 by Isi Leibler
On the first night of Passover, the festive meal is preceded by the Seder, which chronicles our emergence from bondage into a nation and recounts the miracles associated with the Exodus from Egypt…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Labor’s plans for security upgrade in Melbourne
April 20, 2016 by J-Wire
A Shorten Labor Government will match the Victorian Government’s commitment to provide $500,000 for major security upgrades to the Beth Weizmann Community Centre in Melbourne. Read more
New Zealand Opposition leader samples Pesach
April 20, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
New Zealand’s Opposition Leader Andrew Little got a taste of Pesach this week when he visited the Auckland Jewish Community Centre. Read more
Rising From the Ashes: Jewish Care Launches Holocaust Documentary Series
April 20, 2016 by Ayal Tusia
As Melbourne is home to the largest number of Holocaust survivors per capita outside of Israel, Melbourne’s Jewish Care believes it was crucial to create this short film, in order to share the survivors’ stories to ensure that we will never forget. Read more
Jerusalem bus bombing shatters relative silence on Israel’s terrorism front
April 20, 2016 by Agencies
The smoke billowing from a burning bus. The sirens of the first responders. The smell of explosives. All of those came back to haunt Jerusalem on Monday when a bomb detonated on Egged Bus 12 as it made its way from the Talpiot neighborhood to the city center. Read more
Rivlin helps the needy
April 20, 2016 by Agencies
Lauder lauds Putin
April 20, 2016 by Agencies
A delegation of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and the Russian Jewish Congress (RJC), led by WJC President Ronald S. Lauder, has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Read more
John Kasich: celebrate Passover by fulfilling God’s purpose for your life
April 20, 2016 by Agencies
Ohio governor John Kasich is a Republican presidential candidate…and sends a Passover message. Read more
ADC slams Nazi comparison
April 20, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC)has decried the comparison made by South Australian Liberal MP Adrian Pederick between allowing voluntary euthanasia in Australia and Hitler’s Nazi regime. Read more
Hay Fever: a theatre review by Deb Meyer
April 20, 2016 by Deb Meyer
There’s something terribly refreshing about a well written comedy, especially when it’s revived by a wonderful cast and given playful direction and a creative design team…writes Deb Meyer. Read more
ANZAC Museum cornerstone set in Beersheba
April 19, 2016 by Ahuva Bar-Lev
The cornerstone for the ANZAC Museum in Beersheba has been set at a ceremony attended by JNF officials from Australia and the Australian ambassador to Israel. Read more
J-Safe launches in Melbourne
April 19, 2016 by J-Wire
Melbourne businessman Avi Yemini who runs self defence school IDF Training is behind a new Facebook page designed to protect the Jewish community in the city’s south-east. Read more
Newt’s News
April 19, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Newt’s News on Freedom of Exodus, with Bob Hope, Info Wars, Italians and Jews, European Exodus, Gun Boats, Ethiopians in Israel, Yemen, Rabbi’s Lobster, Who Let The Jews Out ??…a video presentation. Read more
Meet Kosher caterer David Trakhtman
April 19, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
David Trakhtman is a Passionate Kosher Chef, making healthy, fresh home-made food, using natural ingredients…but watch the amazing Seder parody of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” preceding Henry Greener’s interview. Read more
Disabled children perform for Netanyahu
April 19, 2016 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ‘deeply moved’ by a musical performance by disabled children at his annual pre-Pesach reception last week. Read more
McCully says two state solution “moving beyond reach”
April 19, 2016 by J-Wire News Service
New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully has addressed the U.N. Security Council saying that trust between Israel and the Palestinians has been eroded.
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Shalom, Ian
April 19, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney UIA supporter and communal stalwart, Ian Miller has become an Israeli citizen after officially making Aliyah two weeks ago. Read more
Man charged following synagogue stabbing
April 19, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A man has been charged by Victorian police following a stabbing incident in a Melbourne synagogue last Shabbat following a dispute over food. Read more
Jeremy Jones attends Catholic/Jewish liaison meeting in Warsaw
April 19, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
On line Pesach exhibition from Yad Vashem
April 19, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
In advance of Passover, Yad Vashem has uploaded a number of unique items related to and stories about Passover from before, during the Holocaust and in its aftermath. Read more
Leeser wins Berowra preselection
April 18, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Julian Leeser has won preselection for the strong Federal Liberal seat of Berowra in Sydney following the retirement of Philip Ruddock. Read more
Marriage equality
April 18, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Penny Sharpe has addressed The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies Luncheon Club speaking on spoke about law reform and the planned federal Marriage Equality plebiscite and its repercussions. Read more
