Works by Noa Eshkol in Sydney
Wall carpets created by Noa Eshkol, the daughter of Israel’s third Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, are on display during Sydney’s current Biennale. Read more
NCJWA Cooking Demo…photo gallery
May 25, 2016 by J-Wire
Sydney loses a jewel
Sydney has lost one of the stalwarts of its community today with Margaret Gutman passing away at the age of 87. Read more
Doctorate for Stuart Silbert
May 24, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Perth solicitor Stuart Silbert will join Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin as one of 11 conferees of an honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem next week. Read more
Sykes-Picot at 100: Mideast chaos highlights the perils of drawing borders
May 24, 2016 by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - JNS.org
One-hundred years ago this month, British colonel Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes and French diplomat François Marie Denis Georges-Picot divided the Middle East loosely and arbitrarily between Great Britain and France…writes Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman/JNS.org. Read more
Gaza reconstruction falls by the wayside as Arab states leave Palestinians hanging
May 24, 2016 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
When it comes to the security situation at Israel’s borders in recent years, no border has been more perilous for the Jewish state as its southern boundary with the Gaza Strip…writes Sean Savage/JNS.org. Read more
A Mezzuzah for the electoral office
May 23, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Julian Leeser is standing for the Sydney Liberal seat of Berowra in the forthcoming federal election…yesterday a mezuzah was attached to the door of his electoral office. Read more
Exploring Creativity Through Cooking with Jewish Care’s Disability Residents
May 23, 2016 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Galit Ben David’s cooking passion started at home. Read more
Echoes of Apartheid
May 23, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Renowned international journalist Roger Cohen has spoken at a New Israel Fund Australia event in Sydney claiming Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank is “an echo of apartheird”. Read more
False analogies to the Nazis dishonour their victims and the truth
May 23, 2016 by Julie Nathan
There have been numerous examples of discourse over the last few years which make analogies between the policies and practices of Nazi Germany and of contemporary Australian governments…writes Julie Nathan. Read more
Shatter a baby against a rock?…ask the rabbi
May 23, 2016 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
A psalm appears to bless someone who shatters “infants against the rock”. Can this be right? Read more
Humans of JCA
May 23, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s JCA will launch its Humans of JCA Photographic Exhibition this week…a key event in its current annual appeal. Read more
Audience in embryo
May 23, 2016 by Fraser Beath McEwing
It doesn’t take much imagination to look over the aging sea of regular Sydney Opera House orchestral audiences to know that in 20 years from now the tide could have gone out – never to come back in, writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more
A morally and politically dysfunctional Government…writes Isi Leibler
May 22, 2016 by Isi Leibler
The recent shenanigans of the government sickened even those reconciled to the reality that a total lack of ethics pervades the Israeli political arena. Read more
A Visit to the Old and New Hells of Europe Provides a Reminder of Israel’s Importance…writes Alan Dershowitz
May 22, 2016 by Alan Dershowitz
I just returned from a week-long journey through Hell! It began with a visit to the Auschwitz and Birkenau death camps in Poland, as a participant of the March of the Living, following a Conference commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Nuremberg laws and the 70th Anniversary of the Nuremberg trials. Read more
Meet Andi Lew: A Henry Greener video interview
May 22, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Andi Lew is a holistic wellness lifestyle fitness and food coach. A very active young modern-day super goddess, with many media appearances, Andi has written six books, the latest being “Wellness Loading”, about how to Disconnect to Reconnect, a digital detox. Read more
Wellington Palestinian group’s complaint upheld
May 20, 2016 by Michael Kuttner
Honest Reporting Down Under has reported that the New Zealand Broadcasting Complaints Authority has upheld a complaint lodged by the Wellington Palestine Group against Television NZ for implying that East Jerusalem is part of Israel. Read more
Church groups stack party branch forcing new vote on preselection
May 20, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Perth businessman Simon Ehrenfeld will face a ballot for the second time this weekend in a bid to win preselection for the safe State Liberal seat of Hillarys in Perth. Read more
In your actions…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
May 20, 2016 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
I would like to share with you something personal. Read more
Happy 100th Anne!
May 20, 2016 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jewish Care Victoria has joined Gary Smorgon House resident Anne Bernstein in celebrating her 100th birthday. Read more
Australia security experts visit Israel
May 20, 2016 by Agencies
A group of business people, intelligence experts and academics have participated in the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce Security Delegation to Israel co-organised with Perth’s Edith Cowan University. Read more
Self-inflicted disasters and delusions…writes Michael Kuttner
May 20, 2016 by Michael Kuttner
Every year at this time our misnamed “peace partners” and their cheer leaders mourn the re-establishment of the Jewish State. Read more
McCully blames Israel
May 19, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Murray McCully has fronted Auckland’s Jewish community criticising Israel’s policies in its region. Read more
Maccabi announces national Australian awards
May 19, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Maccabi Australia has announced the winners of the 2015 Maccabi National Sports Awards. Read more
Palestine – Politicians Peddling Propaganda Forfeit Credibility…writes David Singer
May 19, 2016 by David Singer
Senator Lee Rhiannon – a member of the Greens Party holding a pivotal position in Australian politics – authorised and printed a deceptive and misleading pamphlet which was distributed at a protest rally addressed by her last Sunday in Sydney “against Israeli Apartheid and commemorating Al Nakba 68 years on.” Read more
Woman who saved 800 Jewish children passes away
May 19, 2016 by Agencies
Constance Koster, Dutch‐born Melbourne resident and heroine of the Dutch resistance during World War II has passed away at the age of 95. Read more
Ambassador Sharma hosts Australian women’s trade mission in Israel
May 19, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma has hosted the first delegation of Australian women leaders to Israel. Read more
Talking faith
May 19, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Judaism was featured at the recent “Talking Faith?” Forum organised by Interfaith Network and Dandenong Library in their annual panel discussion to shine the light on major religions in order to promote dialogue, respect and understanding. Read more
ADL applies moral equivalence to Israelis and Palestinians
May 19, 2016 by Isi Leibler
The Anti-Defamation League’s new National Director, Jonathan Greenblatt, previously a special assistant to U.S. President Barack Obama, has begun to court the liberal glitterati and their media by following the Obama lead and creating daylight between the ADL and the Israeli government…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
New Zealand Holocaust Centre offers ‘ground breaking’ programme to high school students in South Canterbury
May 19, 2016 by Keren Cook
South Canterbury High School students are the first in New Zealand to engage in a new programme that raises awareness and knowledge about the Holocaust. Read more
