Full STEAM ahead at Kadimah School
March 8, 2017 by Michelle Curran
Auckland’s Kadimah School is about to become the first primary school in New Zealand to fully integrate the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, maths) approach into its curriculum, including Jewish Studies. Read more
Facing more powerful enemies, Israel’s military steps up training
March 8, 2017 by Yaakov Lappin
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has significantly stepped up the scope and frequency of its combat training, as sub-state jihadist enemies around the Jewish state build up their power…writes Yaakov Lappin/JNS.org. Read more
WJC and Israel’s Mission to UN to co-host annual ‘Ambassadors Against BDS’
March 8, 2017 by Agencies
The World Jewish Congress and Israel’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations will co-host a special conference on the delegitimisation of Israel, at the UN headquarters in New York on March 29. Read more
Magen David Adom launches electric bike squad
March 8, 2017 by Agencies
Magen David Adom is introducing electric bikes into its array of vehicles in Israel with each bike equipped with resuscitation equipment. Read more
Hate Crime Legislation unlikely in New Zealand
March 7, 2017 by Keren Cook
New Zealand Government ministers are joining together in saying they do not see the need for a specific hate crime offence because such offences are rare. Read more
Dr Joachim Schneeweiss AM: 1927-2017
March 7, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Australian Jewry has lost one of its stalwart members of its community with the passing of Dr Joachim Schneeweiss in Sydney on Monday. Read more
A UN task for President Trump…Ben Cohen/JNS.org
March 7, 2017 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
For those of us who spent much of 2016, based upon then-candidate Donald Trump’s own bombastic declarations, worrying about the thrust of the foreign policy of a future Trump administration, President Trump’s address to Congress Feb. 28 provided welcome relief. Read more
Negotiator: peace talks failed due to Palestinian demands, Kerry’s approach
March 7, 2017 by Rafael Medoff - JNS.org
The most recent round of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations failed because the Palestinian Authority (PA) responded to each Israeli concession with new demands and the Obama administration kept taking the Palestinians’ side, according to a veteran Israeli negotiator…writes Rafael Medoff/JNS.org. Read more
They stood and cheered…a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
March 7, 2017 by Fraser Beath McEwing
After hearing Russian pianist, Daniil Trifonov play Rachmaninov’s First Piano Concerto last week in the Opera House, I eagerly anticipated his solo recital last night. I came away not just impressed, but gobsmacked, writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more
Israel sets its sights on China and India
Israel is to set up two new divisions within its Foreign Ministry to expand its ties with China and India. Read more
Triguboff Institute supports Bedouins
March 6, 2017 by Sophie Deutsch
“Unusual and outside the square” is how Ron Weiser, Past President of the Zionist Federation of Australia, described the latest Harry Triguboff initiative. Read more
Stephen Harper talks to UIA Women’s Division
March 6, 2017 by Toni Susskind
The 2017 UIA Victorian women’s division breakfast was attended by several hundred attendees addressed by keynote speaker former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper. Read more
Happy Birthday Harry
March 6, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney property tycoon Harry Triguboff has celebrated his 84th birthday by hosting an event supporting a charity close to his heart. Read more
NSW honour for Raoul Wallenberg
March 6, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
At the NSW Premier’s Harmony Dinner later this month a Human Rights Medal will be awarded the first time in honour of Raoul Wallenberg who saved tens of thousands of lives during the Holocaust in World War II. Read more
Vashti: a fraud married to a faction
March 6, 2017 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Megilat Esther, the Book of Esther, is both a narrative of historical events and a study of human dynamics. Both aspects are far from simple. Both are debated by the scholars…writes Rabbi Raymond Apple. Read more
Jewish Agency shlichim numbers up by 33%
March 6, 2017 by Avi Mayer
The number of shlichim (emissaries) dispatched by The Jewish Agency for Israel around the world has soared by over 33%, from approximately 1,300 in 2010 to some 1,730. Read more
Sydney’s Mardi Gras Jewish contingent
March 5, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Over 60 people danced up Sydney’s Oxford St. with a rainbow flag to choreography created by Kathy Baykitch and music which ranged from the Pesach song, “Dayenu” through Frank Sinatra’s “Love and Marriage” to gay anthem, “ Free, Gay & Happy”. Read more
Feintooner: Purim cartoon
Feintooner: Queen Esther dismisses Haman’s message to King Ahasuerus… Read more
Marvellous Melbourne
March 5, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
For the sixth year in a row, Melbourne has topped The Economist’s list of the world’s most livable cities. In MARVELLOUS MELBOURNE, its Art and Soul Exhibition, twenty-seven prominent Victorian artists capture the City’s uniqueness in a delightful array of paintings, drawings, prints & photographic artworks. Read more
Forbidden Music: Composers banned by the Third Reich
March 4, 2017 by Stevie Whitmont
Continuing a series by Stevie Whitmont of music banned by the Nazis…this month features Marcel Tyberg. Read more
Dutch Reflections: Jews, Israel, and antisemitism
March 4, 2017 by Tony Leverton
Having lived for almost two years in the Netherlands, during 2015-2016, I gained some insights into the Dutch Jewish community, the perception of Israel in the Netherlands, and the problem of antisemitism. It is good to be back in Australia. I offer my personal reflections on the situation in the Netherlands. Read more
Sharing #5000smiles for Melbourne’s Jewish Care’s Annual Appeal
March 3, 2017 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jewish Care Victoria has launched it 2017 Annual Appeal, its theme based on the popularity of using emojis to express our feelings. For the first time, the Appeal will include a dedicated social media campaign, titled #5000smiles. Read more
Shores of Light
March 3, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne’s Jewish Holocaust Centre runs a monthly film club of Holocaust, Genocide and human rights-related films. As the person responsible for sourcing the films and running the club, Lena Fiszman is always on the lookout for something unusual but her latest find produced an unexpected surprise Read more
18C: Coalition to Advance Multiculturalism disappointed
March 3, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Coalition to Advance Multiculturalism has expressed disappointment that the report released following the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Right’s inquiry in to freedom of speech lacks a firm recommendation calling for the retention of Section 18C in its current form. Read more
18C: still no answer…writes Tony Burke
March 3, 2017 by Tony Burke
Parents started to keep their children inside the house, and would personally escort them to school. Adults would avoid leaving the home alone unless they absolutely had to. A woman who used to ride to her evening classes stopped going altogether, because she couldn’t face the insults hurled at her as she cycled. Read more
Trump and Putin must co-operate to defeat Islamic State…writes David Singer
March 3, 2017 by David Singer
President Trump made his intention to destroy Islamic State crystal clear in his stirring address to the Congress on 28 February: Read more
Dirty secrets exposed…writes Michael Kuttner
March 3, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
There are countless news events concerning Israel which occur every day and never reach your media or if they do, receive distorted coverage. Read more
WJC praises U.S. UNHRC envoy remarks on Israel
The World Jewish Congress has praised the United States’ envoy to the United Nations Human Rights Council for her remarks rejecting the body’s one-sided discrimination against Israel. Read more
Tracey Sareff discusses her Sydney Melton Kabbalah course
March 3, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
“Mysticism and Kabbalah: Secret Knowledge in Judaism” provides a guided introduction to the fascinating area of Jewish mysticism. Students progress through two millennia of mystical writings covering a rich variety of centres, schools and kabbalistic figures. Read more
Two double passes for “The Laden Table”
March 3, 2017 by J-Wire
J-Wire has two double passes to give away the March 14th performance of “The Laden Table” in Sydney [see features column to read about the play] Read more
