Mental health help for adolescents
June 3, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
JewishCare is one of the five members of the consortium behind Headspace, a facility in Sydney’s Bondi Junction to help younger members of the community with mental health issues and opened recently by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Read more
Leifer escapes extradition
June 3, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
A psychiatric report has found wanted fugitive Malka Leifer is not mentally fit to face an Israeli court to face proceedings to extradite her to Australia. Read more
Successful pitch
June 3, 2016 by Roz Tarszisz
A group of 140 professionals have attended the 10×10 event to raise funds for specific organisations and participants had the opportunity to decide where their donation would be allocated as part of Sydney’s Jewish Communal Appeal’s Humans of JCA campaign. Read more
AIJAC asks policy questions
June 3, 2016 by Tzvi Fleischer
The Coalition and the ALP have answered election policy questions posed by The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council. Read more
Democracy in Australia
June 3, 2016 by Colin Rubenstein
With this year’s long election campaign in full swing, many Australians are doubtless tiring of the often wearying daily grind of policy announcements, campaign public appearances, photo-opportunities, mutual mud-slinging, and over-analysed play-by-play journalism…writes Dr Colin Rubenstein. Read more
JCA Communal Awards
June 3, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Four committed members of Sydney’s Jewish community have had their achievements, contributions and service to the community recognised this week as recipients of JCA’s 2016 Communal Awards. Read more
UN world health assembly “hijacked”
There is something decidedly unhealthy about the lengths that the Palestinian leadership has been going to in order to delegitimise Israel in the international arena…writes Emily Gian. Read more
New Zealand is ‘near zero’ when it comes to commercializing innovation, Israeli entrepreneur says
June 3, 2016 by Keren Cook
New Zealanders are well known for their ‘kiwi ingenuity’, but Israeli entrepreneur Isaac Bentwich, says our ideas have “near zero” commercial value. Read more
Newts News
June 3, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Newt’s News discusses Australia’s Shame in regard to the dysfunctional off-shore processing of Asylum Seekers, with clips from Eva Orner’s documentary “Chasing Asylum” and excerpts from an interview with Eva. Read more
Some get it but many never will…writes Michael Kuttner
June 3, 2016 by J-Wire
In a few days time most of us here in Israel will be celebrating the anniversary of the liberation of half our Capital from illegal Jordanian occupation. Read more
Historic NZ mission to Israel to grow economic ties
June 3, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Major developments in innovation and entrepreneurship with Israel are set to follow the recent visit of a high-level New Zealand business delegation to the country. Read more
Double strength…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
June 3, 2016 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
This coming Shabbat in Shul we complete the entire book of Vayikra (Leviticus). Read more
Meet Romi Grossberg
June 3, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Romi Grossberg has written a book about Emotional Intelligence, which she spoke about at the Melbourne Jewish Writers Festival, with Danny Blay. Her work with the slum kids in Tiny Toones is shown with a clip from the first Tedx Talk ever held in Phnom Penh. A Henry Greener video interview. Read more
Queen of the Desert – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
June 2, 2016 by Roz Tarszisz
Being of a more practical than romantic bent, I watched explorer Gertrude Bell (Nicole Kidman) gadding about the desert swathed nun-like in beige linen and all I could think was – slap on a hat woman or you’ll end up with a ruddy complexion. But this being art, she remains pale as a lily.
ECAJ applauds $40 million Safer Communities Fund
June 2, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A re-elected Turnbull Coalition Government will establish a $40 million Safer Communities Fund. Read more
God Willing – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
June 2, 2016 by Roz Tarszisz
It’s not that often you get a good laugh at the movies. First time director/writer Eduardo Falcone provides plenty of laughs but it’s nicely calibrated and not slapstick, well perhaps only a little.
Peacekeepers on the move
June 2, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Peacekeepers in Sinai are being moved from the north to south due to escalating violence by Islamic State militants. Read more
AIJAC says thank you
June 2, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council has thanked Foreign Minister Julie Bishop for the country’s vote against a World Health Organisation motion accusing Israel of violating the rights of West Bank residents. Read more
Partition: parallels between the Indian sub-continent and Palestine.
June 2, 2016 by Suzanne Rutland
This year marks the seventieth anniversary of the partition of India. Yet this tragedy, which resulted in over a million deaths and the displacement of 15 million people, has not been commemorated. Indeed there is no permanent museum marking this watershed event in India…writes Suzanne Rutland. Read more
Palestine – European Union Must End PLO Subjugation And Exploitation
June 2, 2016 by David Singer
The European Union (EU) possesses the financial levers to end 10 years of exploitative rule by the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in not holding any elections in the West Bank during that period. Read more
Yom Limmud Sydney
The ever-popular biennial Yom Limmud Sydney will take place on Sunday, July 3, offering a program led by leading international and local presenters. Read more
Play soccer for Australia in Israel
June 1, 2016 by David Weiner-Maccabi NSW
With football fever bursting in Australia, Maccabi is also in the act with Maccabiah Games trials about to commence for our up and coming talent with hopes of representing their country at the Maccabiah in Israel in 2017. Read more
WJC sceptical about policing of online hate
June 1, 2016 by J-Wire News Service
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has welcomed the signing by leading internet service providers Google/YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft of a European Union code of conduct aimed at fighting the proliferation of hate speech on the internet, but voiced scepticism about the commitment of these firms to effectively police their respective platforms. Read more
ECAJ responds to Christian Lobby blog
June 1, 2016 by J-Wire
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has criticised comments made by a representative of the Australian Christian Lobby. Read more
UJEB in fight for religious education in schools
June 1, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The United Jewish Education Board is reigniting the fight to offer Jewish learning to Jewish children in every government school. Read more
Iran’s Holocaust cartoon contest is no caricature of regime’s identity
June 1, 2016 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
A haredi Jew looks into a mirror and sees the face of Adolf Hitler gazing back at him…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more
Focus on BDS
June 1, 2016 by Agencies
More than 1,500 students, dignitaries, public officials and representatives of Jewish organisations have taken part in a conference at the United Nations Headquarters in New York focusing on combating diplomatic attacks against the State of Israel and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Read more
