New face at AIJAC

Former Australian Jewish News journalist Gareth Narunsky has joined  the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council’s Sydney office as the organisation’s National Media Liaison officer. Read more

Meet Magic Steven: a Henry Greener video interview

Magic Steven is a unique Comedian, using a series of notebooks, with a daily practice to treat each experience he has as a lesson, in order to grow as a person. Read more

When anti-Israel propagandists promote cultural bridges: to cheer or jeer?

The United Nations recently designated the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, made up of musicians from Israel, the Palestinian territories, and other parts of the Middle East, as a Global Advocate for Cultural Understanding…writes Lana Melman/JNS.org. Read more

Memories of Israel

NSW Premier Mike Baird has returned to Sydney following an eight-day trip to Israel…the first time for him and the first time for a premier in office. Read more

Farewell Barry

Barry Joseph was farewelled in Sydney last week following 15 years’ service as executive director of the Australian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Read more

Conversion before Aliyah

The Maslus project, designed to allow candidates eligible for Aliyah to begin their conversion studies in their countries of origin, has been launched in Kiev and Moscow funded by the Triguboff Institute headed by Sydney property mogul Harry Triguboff. Read more

Wide Open Sky – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

Think big, dream wide is the maxim of Moorambilla Voices.  Michelle Leonard, founder and Artistic Director of the choir, is just the woman to bring dreams to life.

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Australia’s oldest Holocaust survivor risks losing carer

Australia’s oldest Holocaust survivor is pleading with the government to allow his carer to visit her daughter in the Philippines and be permitted to return to Sydney to continue tending for him. Read more

Einat Wilf addresses Labor activists in Sydney

Washington Institute Fellow, former Labour MK and foreign policy expert Einat Wilf recently addressed ALP activists and Jewish community members in Sydney on the status of the Israeli left, the US Presidential elections and the prospects for a Palestinian-Israeli peace process. Read more

Israeli partnership in genomics research to be established in Sydney

A new partnership between Sydney’s Garvan Institute of Medical Research and Israel’s Weizmann Institute will establish a new cellular genomics research centre with the support of the NSW Government. Read more

Facebook bans the offended

A Melbourne self-defence training school teaching methods used by the Israel Defence Force has been banned from posting on Facebook after highlighting ant-semitic comments posted on its own site by a detractor. Read more

The sport of politics…writes Emily Gian

I came across an article in the Israeli media this week, but was unable to find it covered in the English language media.

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Israeli simulator for Flying Doctor Service in Dubbo

NSW Premier Mike Baird has signed an agreement in Israel securing an Israeli-built flight simulator for the Royal Flying Doctor base in Dubbo. Read more

Online extension to the Haggadah

The New Israel Fund Australia has launched “The Other Haggadah”, a unique collection of stories to bring new insight and discussion to the Seder table. Read more

First-of-its-kind nuclear imaging machine installed at Israeli hospital

Israeli patients will be the first in the world to enjoy a first-of-its-kind hybrid imaging scanner, which was installed at Haifa’s Rambam Hospital this week. Read more

What real fans are made of

Alon Pajor, the sole Maccabi swimmer at the recent Australian Age Swimming Championships in Adelaide, thought that his father Richard and his coach Anthony Goodridge in the stands were the only fans cheering him on were. ..but he was wrong. Read more

Keeping afloat in a sea of deligitimisation

The endless lava flow of anti Israel/Jewish activities continues to erupt with volcanic force…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Pesach at Kesser Torah

Sydney’s Kesser Torah College has held its own Pesach event…a J-Wire photo gallery Read more

Politicians and councillors learn about the community

State MPs Hong Lim, Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs, David Southwick Shadow Minister for Innovation, and the mayors of Bayside and Stonnington Councils, Cr Jamie Hyams from the City of Glen Eira, policy advisers and policymakers have participated in the Jewish Community Council of Victoria’s (JCCV’s) 2016 Politicians’ and Councillors Jewish Immersion Day. Read more

Agritech agreement between Israel and NSW

The Premier of New South Wales, Mike Baird today witnessed the signing of an agreement in Israel between the University of Sydney and the Agricultural Research Organisation of Israel to help agricultural innovation flourish in NSW. Read more

Call to ban lawyer from practicing

Victoria’s Legal Services Commissioner has called for lawyer Alex Lewenberg to be banned from practicing following a verdict finding the lawyer guilty of misconduct following his rebuking of the Jewish victim of child sexual abuse for cooperating with police. Read more

IsraAID team leader visits Sydney

Hagit Krakov headed the IsraAID team which helped rebuild the homes on the Fijian island of Ovalau devastated by Cyclone Winston in February. Read more

Ex-New Zealand PM Helen Clark in the race for UN head


New Zealand’s former prime minister Helen Clark has announced she is planning to run for the position of next UN secretary-general. Read more

Q+A with Jonathan Ornstein

Jonathan Ornstein has served as the Executive Director of the Jewish Community Centre of Krakow since its opening in 2008. A QandA with Toni Susskind. Read more

Leifer sued again

A second  lawsuit has been launched in Melbourne’s Supreme Court against Malka Leifer the former principal of the Adass Yisroel School who is fighting authorities in Israel seeking to have her extradited to Australia to face charges of child sexual abuse. Read more

Murray apologises

Federal Liberal MP Josh Frydenberg has welcomed an apology issued by former Commonwealth Bank head David Murray for remarks he made when comparing corporate watchdog ASIC’s actions with those of Adolf Hitler. Read more

Centenary of Anzac to be commemorated in Adelaide

The Jewish Community Council of South Australia will hold a Commemoration as part of the national Centenary of Anzac Jewish Program.  Read more

Farewell tribute for Cruyff

Israeli score club Maccabi Tel Aviv FC has paid tribute to the late Dutch soccer legend Johan Cruyff. Read more

Palestine – Internet Manipulation Fuels Anti-Israel and Jewish Hatred

Internet manipulation of readers’ comments in response to articles published on overtly anti-Israel and anti-Jewish web sites is allowing those web sites to spew out their venom unchecked and uncontrolled…writes David Singer. Read more

Gold award for Jewish Care video

Melbourne’s Jewish Care’s Capital Campaign video “Growing. For our community.” has won a gold award at the Horizon Interactive Awards held in the USA. Read more

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