Schizophrenic: An American Zionist in Israel
I was disappointed and distressed that J-Wire should publish Gideon Ben-Zvi’s otherwise excellent article under the above headline. The use of the word Schizophrenic, both in the headline and in the text of the article, reinforces the misconception that schizophrenia is equivalent to split personality. Read more
Why I’m presenting at Limmud Oz 2017…writes Debbie Scholem
May 30, 2017 by Debbie Scholem
There’s a huge looming issue in our Jewish homes, seldom discussed. It is how Jewish parents deal with their intermarried offspring. Read more
Shavuot: A message from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
May 30, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull send a special greeting to the Jewish community for Shavuot. Read more
Shmooze, Sushi and a Show
May 30, 2017 by Roz Tarszisz
In a bold move to host six functions in one venue on one day, the fund-raising appeals for 2017 JCA (Jewish Communal Appeal) were all held at Sydney’s Entertainment Quarter.
The New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman in Sydney
May 30, 2017 by Community newsdesk
More than 500 people attended the New Israel Fund’s (NIF) evening with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman at Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue. Read more
Locking into our collective long-term memory…writes Rabbi Chaim Ingram
May 30, 2017 by Rabbi Chaim Ingram
One of the symptoms of growing old is forgetting what you did yesterday – and remembering with stark clarity something you did fifty years ago! Read more
Greek Deputy Foreign Minister visits Jewish Museum
May 30, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Greek Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Terens Quick took the time out of his busy schedule on his first trip to Australia to visit the Sydney Jewish Museum. Read more
New Tel Aviv-Monash research centre for metabolic disorders
May 30, 2017 by Agencies
A major research collaboration between the new Department of Diabetes at Monash University and the newly established Sagol Centre for Epigenetics of Metabolism and Aging at Tel Aviv Medical Centre has been announced in Israel. Read more
Glorifying terrorists
May 30, 2017 by Agencies
Keep NSW Safe
May 29, 2017 by Henry Benjamin
A submission to the NSW Parliament by Keep NSW Safe is calling for a section to be inserted into the NSW Crimes Act to cover instances of crimes involving racism, sexual preferences, law enforcement agencies and other categories. Read more
Moriah launches entrepreneurial scholarship to Israel
May 29, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Sydney’s Moriah College has announced a new scholarship to inspire entrepreneurship and innovation among Year 11 students. Successful applicants will be awarded an all-expenses paid week-long trip to Israel to showcase leading Israeli start-ups and entrepreneurs. Read more
Triguboff funds new amphitheatre on Jerusalem’s Ammunition Hill
May 29, 2017 by Asher Gold
A cornerstone has been laid for a new Amphitheatre on the Ammunition Hill (Givat Ha’Tachmoshet) in Jerusalem commemorating the 50th Anniversary of one of the fiercest battles of the Six-Day War. Read more
Countdown to the long weekend and Limmud-Oz
May 29, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Limmud-Oz Sydney, the Festival of Jewish Ideas, comes but once every two years . . . and this year’s must-see event is just days away. Read more
Feintooner
May 29, 2017 by Feintooner
Feintooner turns his crayons to last year’s Iran deal…. Read more
Norway demands Palestinians return funding for youth centre named after terrorist
May 29, 2017 by Adam Abrams - JNS.org
Acting immediately on a report by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), Norway demanded that the Palestinian Authority (PA) return Norwegian state funding for a women’s youth centre named after female Palestinian terrorist Dalal Mughrabi, who masterminded an attack that killed 37 Israelis. Read more
Project approved to build a cable car to the Western Wall
At a festive cabinet meeting held at the Western Wall in honour of the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem’s reunification, Israel’s government approved a tourism project to construct a cable car to the Western Wall. Read more
Love is in the Air…with apologies to John Paul Young
May 29, 2017 by Ron Weiser
So things are getting a little clearer after President Trump’s visit to the Middle East, a place by the way he apparently thinks does not include Israel…writes Ron Weiser. Read more
Jewish Care Signs MOU with Jewish Mediation Centre
May 28, 2017 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jewish Care Victoria’s Individual and Family Support Service recently signed an MOU with the Jewish Mediation Centre, formalising the relationship between the two organisations. Read more
From Greeley, Colorado to Manchester, U.K.
May 28, 2017 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
For those—like me—who’d never really given any thought to singer Ariana Grande before the terrorist atrocity at her concert in the British city of Manchester, it took a few minutes to figure out the correspondence between her audience and the target selection of suicide bomber Salman Abedi…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more
Taking Trump seriously, but not literally, in the Middle East
May 28, 2017 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
In a seminal piece for The Atlantic last September, journalist Salena Zito explained a simple truth that most people hadn’t grasped about the man who was about to be elected the 45th president of the United States…writing Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS.org Read more
Mother of slain teen confronts UN over Palestinian terror payments
The mother of Ezra Schwartz, an 18-year-old American who was killed in a Palestinian terror attack in 2015 during his gap year in Israel, spoke out at the United Nations Thursday against the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) payments to terrorists and their families. Read more
Why aren’t Muslim countries leading the charge on aid for the Palestinians?
May 28, 2017 by Ariel Ben Solomon - JNS.org
Why aren’t Muslim countries leading givers to the Palestinian cause? The question has renewed relevance upon a United Nations agency’s recent release of its list of donors…writes Ariel Ben Solomon/JNS.org. Read more
Manchester: The British Consul-General at the Great
May 28, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Following the tragic bombing in Manchester which claimed 22 lives last week, the British Consul-General addressed Sydney’s The Great Synagogue on Shabbat. Read more
Farewell to Wagner and Hello to Kindertransport
May 26, 2017 by J-Wire
Annie Byron has been acting in Sydney since the early 1970s but this year will the first in which she will have performed in two productions with strong Jewish themes. Read more
From the margins of society
May 26, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Kishorit is a picturesque village in the Galil in Israel which is home to 171 adults with special needs including two from Australia. Read more
JERUSALEM, D.C….writes Michael Kuttner
May 26, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
Jerusalem, David’s Capital, has seen many spectacles in its three thousand years history. Read more
Schizophrenic: An American Zionist in Israel
May 25, 2017 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
The Jewish Agency, Nefesh B’Nefesh, Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and other organisations charged with convincing world Jewry that its destiny is intertwined with that of Israel fail to mention, on their glossy websites and in their slick public relations toolkits, the single greatest sacrifice one makes when embarking on an open-ended Zionist adventure: cultural DNA…writes Gidon Ben-Zvi. Read more
UK Consul to address The Great Synagogue
May 25, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s The Great Synagogue will recite a special prayer on Shabbat for the victims of the Manchester attack. Read more
A Jerusalem Day message..from Jerusalem
May 25, 2017 by Agencies
Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky sends a message for Jerusalem Day. Read more
Former ABC news chief reflects on the six-day war..and witnessing Moshe Dayan at the Western Wall in 2017
May 25, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
John Tulloh was a 26-yr-old Australian foreign correspondent based in London when the Six Day War broke out in 1967. The Adelaide-born journalist, who would become Head International Operations for ABC News and Current Affairs, recalls his experiences for J-Wire…….and witnessing the Israelis reach the Western Wall. Read more
