President Rivlin stresses the Jewish people’s connection to Jerusalem as he is joined by children to decorate the Sukkah
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has commented on the expected UNESCO vote questioning the historic connection of the Jewish people to the Western Wall. Read more
JIFF 2016
October 16, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
The 2016 Jewish International Film Festival’s Lindy Tamir speaks to Henry Greener…a video presentation. Read more
Di Natale attacks Peres
October 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The leader of the Greens Senator Richard Di Natale has told the Australian senate his views of the political life of Shimon Peres, a former Israeli president who died recently at 93. Read more
Netanyahu appoints Yuval Rotem as Acting Director General of the Foreign Ministry
October 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed Yuval Rotem as Acting Director General of the Foreign Ministry in place of Dore Gold. Read more
Victoria’s premier signs Peres condolence book
October 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Victoria’s premier Daniel Andrews has joined other ALP members in signing a condolence in the State Parliaments commemorating Shimon Peres. Read more
Meanwhile back in the real world…writes Michael Kuttner
October 14, 2016 by Michael Kuttner
The VIP’s have returned to their countries and the oratorical funeral eulogies have subsided. Read more
WJC warns UNESCO of adopting ‘another inflammatory, one-sided decision’ denying Jewish link to Jerusalem
October 14, 2016 by Agencies
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has called on the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to refrain from adopting “yet another inflammatory, one-sided decision” that harshly condemns Israel and denies or downplays Judaism’s and Christianity’s connections to the holy sites in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Read more
NSW State Parliament debates condolence motion for Shimon Peres
October 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Parliament’s Legislative Council has debated a condolence motion in honour of the late-Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres. Read more
Limmud Fest for Shalom
October 14, 2016 by Paula Towers
Next month, Limmud Fest provides a chance for parents to play and learn along with their kids. Read more
“Jewish People have no connection to the Western Wall” – UNESCO
October 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has slammed a UNESCO decision claiming the Jewish People have no connection to the Temple Mount or the Western Wall. Read more
Melbourne Council Elections
October 14, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Henry Greener conducts interviews with two candidates. Read more
Shadows of Shoah
October 14, 2016 by Sheila Levine
A traveling exhibition using cutting-edge technology in which Holocaust survivors tell their stories will visit the Gold Coast next month. Read more
New chairperson for AUJS
October 13, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Isabella Polgar has been elected National Chairperson of The Australasian Union of Jewish Students. Read more
And now it’s time for Sukkot
October 13, 2016 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple explains Sukkot… Read more
New CEO for Shalom
October 13, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Tamara Samuel has been appointed new CEO of Sydney’s Shalom to succeed Dr Hilton Immerman. Read more
Café Society: A movie review from Glen Falkenstein
October 12, 2016 by Glen Falkenstein
Jesse Eisenberg, in a role Director Woody Allen would no doubt have played himself were he 40 years younger, moves to Hollywood in the guise of New York-native Bobby to work for his studio-heavyweight uncle Phil (Steve Carell), only to fall for Phil’s secretary Vonnie (Kristen Stewart). Read more
New MDA app helps save lives
Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency medicine service and Red Cross national society, has released a mobile app that aims to significantly streamline the process of locating, reaching, and saving people’s lives. Read more
Two killed in Jerusalem terrorist shooting
October 12, 2016 by Sam Sokol - JNS.org
A police officer and a civilian were killed and six were wounded during a drive-by shooting in Jerusalem this weekend, raising concerns about the possible resumption of the wave of lone wolf terror attacks that convulsed Israel earlier this year. Read more
NZDF engineers deployed to Sinai
October 12, 2016 by Keren Cook
New Zealand’s Cabinet has agreed to deploy an additional 25 New Zealand Defence Force personnel to an international peacekeeping mission in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Read more
Jewish House launches JH Kids
October 12, 2016 by J-Wire
Sydney’s Jewish House has officially launched JH Kids their child development program. Read more
Newspaper column Goers beyond the pale
October 11, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has expressed concern after columnist and ABC radio host Peter Goers published an inflammatory anti-Israel piece in Adelaide’s Sunday Mail on October 9. Read more
Parliamentary tributes to Shimon Peres
October 11, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Israel’s embassy in Australia opened a condolences book at the Federal Parliament to record tributes on the passing way of Shimon Peres the last of the surviving founders of the modern State of Israel. Read more
Peres Condolence Book in NSW Parliament
October 11, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
In a show of multi-party support at the NSW State Parliament, the NSW Multiculturalism Minister John Ajaka, the Christian Democrats MLC Paul Green and NSW Labor frontbencher and Labor’s deputy chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel Walt Secord this week officially signed the condolence book in honour of Israel President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Read more
Clinton will continue Obama policy confronting Russia in Syria and the UN
October 11, 2016 by David Singer
Hillary Clinton has made it very clear in the second Presidential Debate that if elected next President of the United States she will continue President Obama’s confrontation with Russia both in Syria and at the United Nations. Read more
Running for a Jewish museum in NYC
October 11, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Former Melbournian Callum Donnelly will run next month’s 2016 New York City Marathon to raise funds the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Read more
Joe Cinque’s Consolation – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
October 10, 2016 by Roz Tarszisz
When Anu Singh was charged with the murder of her boyfriend Joe Cinque in 1997, it was a crime that shocked Australia.
Flotilla mission a media ‘stunt’ for deported Green MP Marama Davidson
October 9, 2016 by Keren Cook
New Zealand Green MP Marama Davidson has arrived back in New Zealand after being deported from Israel. Read more
NSW Anti-Discrimination Board without board members for 10 months
October 9, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Shadow Attorney-General Paul Lynch has criticised the State’s A-G Gabrielle Upton for failing to review paper work needed to fill vacancies in Government boards including the Anti-Discrimination Board. Read more
Award for Alba
October 9, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Dr Avril Alba from the Department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies at the University of Sydney has awarded a Vice Chancellor’s Early Career Researcher Award for Excellence. Read more
WJC says Santos deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
October 9, 2016 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has welcomed the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s decision to give this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos. Read more
