Hobart synagogue short-listed for a raft of honours
March 14, 2017 by J-Wire News Service
Jordana Schmidt, president of the Hobart Hebrew Congregation, has been recognised for her work in community and education and has been shortlisted in two categories of the Tasmanian Young Achievers’ Awards for the second year running. Read more
Gen17: Henry Greener talks with Prof. Andrew Markus
March 14, 2017 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Prof. Andrew Markus heads the Gen 17 Survey team, helping to promote the importance of gathering data about Jewish Life, in order to aid planning for the Jewish Future and to understand the nature, complexity, experiences and behaviour of Jewish Identity, to provide data on key communal issues and needs for today and the immediate future. Read more
Feintooner – cartoon
March 14, 2017 by Feintooner
Feintooner’s cartoon looks at a deal with Trump and Abbas… Read more
Thomas Friedman lied about the Saudis
March 14, 2017 by Stephen M.Flatow - JNS.org
For the past 15 years, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has been promoting the so-called “Saudi Initiative,” a plan which he says proves that Saudi Arabia sincerely wants peace with Israel. But this week, a senior Palestinian leader revealed that at the very moment the Saudis were launching that plan, they were financing a major wave of terrorism against Israel…Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org. Read more
Trump invites Abbas to White House to discuss peace process
March 14, 2017 by Agencies
President Donald Trump invited Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to visit the White House following their first phone conversation since Trump took office in late January. Read more
Netanyahu congratulates Mobileye president
March 14, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken by telephone with Mobileye President and CEO Ziv Aviram and congratulated him on the largest deal in the history of Israel, which is a source of Israeli pride. Read more
Netanyahu meets Trump special representative Greenblatt
March 14, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has held a five hours’ meeting in Jerusalem with Jason Greenblatt, US President Donald Trump’s Special Representative for International Negotiations. Read more
Local Sydney theatre company presents Australian premiere of a hilarious new Broadway show.
March 13, 2017 by Geoff Sirmai
IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU is a hilarious and wild, musical farce with blushing brides, nervous grooms, overbearing mums, unexpected guests, and plenty of crazy twists and turns. It’s the funniest wedding you will ever go to… and it’s coming to the Independent Theatre, North Sydney from 31 March! Read more
Should you believe what people tell you?…ask the rabbi.
March 13, 2017 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Good question…read Rabbi Raymond Apple’s answer. Read more
2017 Community Heritage Grants now open
March 12, 2017 by J-Wire News Service
The National Library of Australia is calling for applications to the 2017 Community Heritage Grants (CHG). Read more
French Film Festival: 10 double passes away to give away
March 12, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Alliance Francaise French Film Festival is screening across the country and includes “A Bag of Marbles” a film with a Jewish theme.
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Switzerland outlaws BDS
PM Benjamin Netanyahu: his visit with Putin
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has concluded his meeting with Russian president Vladamir Putin in Moscow. Read more
The Tsivia Walden photo gallery
March 10, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Did you attend the NCJWA’s Sydney event with Tsivia Walden?….a J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
Persia, Iran, Haman and Khamenei
March 10, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
Once again our annual commemoration of Purim is taking place and its relevance for today could not be clearer…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
Amazon removes Holocaust-denial books
World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer has thanked Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos for removing several Holocaust-denial books flagged by the WJC on multiple occasions since 2013 as being in violation of Amazon’s guidelines prohibiting the sale of material that “promote or glorify hatred.” Read more
Record tourism figures for Israel
March 10, 2017 by J-Wire News Service
Figures for the first two months of 2017 have shown the best ever recorded start to the tourism year in Israel. Read more
Jewish Halloween: On Dressing in Drag in the Holy Land…writes Gidon Ben-Zvi
March 10, 2017 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
Should you suddenly find yourself surrounded by a bunch of young girls dressed up like Catwoman during the month of March, you may well have stumbled into a Purim street party. Read more
Mount Scopus to stage Mary Poppins
March 9, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Mount Scopus College is proud to present the Victorian school premiere production of Mary Poppins. Read more
2,000-year-old road found in Israel
A wide and impressive 2,000 year old road dating to the Roman period, in an extraordinary state of preservation has been revealed in archaeological excavations of the Israel Antiquities Authority near Highway 375. Read more
Benjamin Netanyahu meets Boris Johnson
March 9, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is continuing to fly overseas to meet world leaders and has met with the U.K.’s foreign secretary Boris Johnson in Jerusalem ahead of this week’s talks with Putin in Moscow. Read more
Nancy Spielberg to address UIA Women’s Division
March 9, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Nancy Spielberg is to address the UIA Women’s Division events in Perth and Sydney…..and yes she is one of those Spielbergs! Read more
Palestine: PLO humiliated for denying free speech and elections
March 9, 2017 by David Singer
Frustration with the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has surfaced at a Conference in Istanbul on 25 and 26 February attended by 6000 Palestinian Arabs living abroad in more than 50 countries…writes David Singer. Read more
Meet Emily Gian: a video interview
March 9, 2017 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Emily Gian, ZFA Media & Advocacy Director, works to support the Australian connection to Israel, through media releases and articles in the Press. Read more
Anti-Semitism and Aliyah
March 9, 2017 by Isi Leibler
Political correctness still seems to impel us to continue chanting the mantra that we are prohibited from relating to antisemitism as a cause for settling in Israel and insisting that the only motivation for aliyah today is to enable a committed Jew to lead a truly Jewish life in his homeland…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Feintooner cartoon
March 9, 2017 by Feintooner
Feintooner features Facebook’s decision to reinstate Fatah’s account… Read more
Antisemitism landmark case in the UK
Kangaroo wins Israeli diplomatic purim fancy dress
March 8, 2017 by J-Wire News Service
Australia’s ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma has won the best costume in a diplomatic Purim party in Israel…appropriately dressed as a kangaroo. Read more
Labor leader pledges to support Jewish campaign against hate speech
March 8, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The leaders of the NSW Labor Party and Unions NSW participated in a unique Shabbat service hosted by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies on Friday night. Read more
Religious values and the value of religion
March 8, 2017 by J-Wire
“Religious values and the value of religion” was the theme of a national interfaith forum attended by more than 80 leading Australian representatives of major world faiths at an Australian Partnership of Religious Organisations event at NSW Parliament House. Read more
