Raoul Wallenberg biographer speaks exclusively for Shalom Sydney | Jewish Writers Festival event
November 8, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
With the recent declaration by the Swedish government that Raoul Wallenberg is officially dead, 71 years after his disappearance, the visit by the author of his definitive biography, Ingrid Carlberg, is most timely. Read more
The NCJWA Mr Gaga photos
November 8, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Did you attend NCJWA NSW MR GAGA event? A photo gallery. Read more
Emanuel School’s Kindergarten of Wonder
November 8, 2016 by Michelle Favero
Walking into Sydney’s Emanuel School’s new Kindergarten you will find a group of very excited young students. The newly-refurbished Lynette Sandra Phillips Kindergarten provides the children with new light and airy learning spaces with custom-made and themed furniture and décor. Read more
Shabbat dinners to discuss Peres’ legacy
November 8, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The New Israel Fund is organising Shabbat dinners to discuss the legacy of Shimon Peres. Read more
Jewish Care and Access Inc Launch First Disability Survey in Victorian Jewish Community
November 8, 2016 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jewish Care Victoria and Access Inc have partnered to develop a survey to identify the needs of people living with disability in the Victorian Jewish community. Read more
Toben refused his day in court
Dr Fredrick Toben has been prevented using the courts as an outlet for his views on Jews and the Holocaust. Read more
NAJEX Remembrance Day Commemoration and Wreath-Laying Ceremony
November 7, 2016 by Sophie Deutsch
The NSW Association of Jewish Ex Servicemen and Women (NAJEX) Remembrance Day commemoration and wreath-laying ceremony remembers and honours Jewish servicemen and women past and present who have served in the Australian defence forces since 1863. Read more
What Jewish voters need to know before Election Day
November 7, 2016 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
With only a few weeks remaining before the presidential election, and the start of early voting in most states, Jewish voters may still be weighing their decisions…writes Sean Savage/JNS.org. Read more
Why to brides have to visit the mikvah?…ask the rabbi
November 7, 2016 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple answers your questions. Read more
Leibler meets Netanyahu
November 7, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
AIJAC National Chairman Mark Leibler has met with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Read more
Remembering Yitzhak Rabin
November 6, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission has honoured the memory of Yitzhak Rabin on the anniversary on his assassination. Read more
De Niro and Schwarzenegger support the IDF
November 6, 2016 by Agencies
Film icons Robert De Niro and Arnold Schwarzenegger joined The Friends of the Israel Defence Forces (FIDF) at its annual Western Region Gala at the landmark Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Read more
Hong Kong to Tel Aviv
November 4, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A delivery of cakes decorated with the Israeli flag and a Cathay Pacific logo made a welcome addition to coffee time at a Sydney travel agent’s office. Read more
On the couch…with Rachael Kohn
November 4, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Rachael Kohn will be the guest “On the Couch” interviewed ‘up close and personal’ by Jacky Orgeil, at historic Duneira House in Mt Macedon, Victoria on Sunday. Read more
Royal Commission
November 4, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Both the Yeshivah in Melbourne and the Yeshiva in Sydney have welcomed February’s inviting further submissions of the current policies and procedures in place and the institution’s response to the Commission hearings and that took place in 2015. Read more
Jewish Care Builds New Generation of Leaders
November 4, 2016 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jewish Care Victoria’s inaugural Board Foundations program, ‘Yesod’ culminated with a graduation ceremony at which 10 young Jewish professionals completed the program. Read more
Raoul Wallenberg, Holocaust hero and Australia’s first honorary citizen, formally pronounced dead.
November 4, 2016 by Sophie Deutsch
Sweden’s Tax Agency, which registers births and deaths, has officially pronounced the death of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg. Read more
The Royal Commission and the Jewish community
November 4, 2016 by Dr Michelle Meyer
Tzedek welcomes today’s announcement that The Royal Commission will hold a public hearing in February 2017 into the current policies and procedures of five institutions previously examined by the commission. Read more
Be’er Sheva Dialogue Participants Address AIJAC in Sydney
November 4, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Major Israeli military and public figures addressed an AIJAC luncheon in Sydney as well as a public event at Sydney’s Central Synagogue on Wednesday following their participation in the 2016 Australia/Israel Military to Military Dialogue (the Be’er Sheva Dialogue). Read more
Forbidden Music: Composers banned by the Third Reich
November 4, 2016 by Stevie Whitmont
J-Wire publishes a monthly series by Stevie Whitmont of vignettes of Jewish composers banned in by Nazis. This month features Hans Gál. Read more
Montefiore Randwick Celebrates 10 Years
November 4, 2016 by Natalie Shymko
Sydney’s Montefiore Randwick has celebrated its 10 year anniversary. Read more
Balagan…writes Michael Kuttner
November 4, 2016 by Michael Kuttner
Definition: “chaos, fiasco, bedlam, mess, foul up, a state of extreme confusion and disorder.” Read more
Melbourne pays tribute to Shimon Peres
November 4, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Shimon Peres is remembered and recognised as the greatest Israeli to have lived at a memorial service organised by the main Jewish organisations in Melbourne. Read more
Newt’s News
November 4, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Newt on Donald Trump’s Semitism, Israeli Arab Warriors, UK Campus Anti-Semitism and a look at the Shabbat Project. Read more
The Venetian Ghetto
November 4, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
ABC presenter Rachael Kohn will broadcast a program on the Venetian Ghetto on Radio National. Read more
Yeshiva and Yeshivah child protection policies in front of the Royal Commission
November 3, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Yeshivah in Melbourne and the Yeshiva in Sydney will have their current policies regarding children protection reviewed during a The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse public hearing in February. Read more
Lauder says Russia’s changes “stunning”
November 3, 2016 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has thanked Russia for its efforts to crack down on antisemitism and make Jews feel welcome in the country, after a long history of hostility and hardship. Read more
Thanking Hillel Korman
November 3, 2016 by J-Wire
I am starting my decline in life and wish to record the happiest time in my working life was with Mr. Hillel Korman at Holeproof ( NZ ) Ltd from 1970 until the takeover by Holeproof Australia and carried on until 1998 but it was not the same. Read more
Eyeless in Gaza
November 2, 2016 by Roz Tarszisz
Sydney businessman and owner of Polaris Films, Robert Magid has spent the past year working on a feature film – Eyeless in Gaza. Read more
The Light Between Oceans – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
November 2, 2016 by Roz Tarszisz
The idea of the place where two oceans meet is both romantic and exciting. Writer and director Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine, Place Beyond the Pines) has based his film on the eponymous bestselling novel by M.L. Stedman.
