South Head closes its doors…for less than hour
June 30, 2017 by Henry Benjamin
An ecstatic Rabbi Milecki has announced that it is business as usual in Sydney’s South Head Synagogue where a group of members have provided funds to satisfy the administrator that the synagogue is currently financially viable. Read more
Saying yes to Yesh
June 30, 2017 by Teneille Murray
The Zionist Council of NSW will farewell a group of 20 students heading to Israel to participate in the 2017 Yesh! Israel program next week. Read more
Federal Minister for Aged Care tours Montefiore Randwick Campus
June 30, 2017 by Danielle Oppermann
Sydney’s Sir Moses Montefiore Jewish Home Randwick has hosted a visit from the Federal Minister for Aged Care and Minister Indigenous Health Ken Wyatt. Read more
South Head congregation’s meeting wants to continue
June 30, 2017 by J-Wire
Around 100 members attended South Head Synagogue’s emergency meeting unanimously agreeing they want to see the shule continue. Read more
President Rivlin says all Jews have a special place in their hearts for the Kotel
June 30, 2017 by Agencies
President Reuven Rivlin has published an open letter following a number of letters and messages received by the President’s Office on the issue of the recent tensions and disagreements surrounding the Western Wall. Read more
The WJC emphasises that peace between Palestinians and Israelis must be reached through a direct diplomatic process and cannot be imposed by external parties
June 30, 2017 by Agencies
The World Jewish Congress has expressed its deep concern over a one-sided two-day forum being held by the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People at the UN headquarters in New York, under the banner “Ending the Occupation.” Read more
On the other hand…writes Michael Kuttner
June 30, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
Those relying on their local media for good news about Israel are bound to find that positive stories are few and far between. Read more
Junior Maccabi Carnival for Melbourne
June 30, 2017 by Community Editor
The 36th Maccabi Junior Carnival to be held in Melbourne, January 14-21, 2018 has launched across Australia. Read more
And then along came Yuja: a music review
June 30, 2017 by Fraser Beath McEwing
What started out as a ‘special event’ SSO concert, then fell in a hole when the star attraction pulled out, finished up as a roaring success – thanks to a sexy Chinese girl pianist in a stunning, partly see-through evening dress…writes Fraser Beath McEwing Read more
Follow the money trail…writes Michael Kuttner
June 30, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
Following the billions flowing into the bottomless coffers of our so-called “peace partners” and those organisations supporting them leads one with a lot of questions. Read more
Settlements Are the Only Issue for 60 Minutes
June 29, 2017 by Simon Plosker
Way back in 2009, HonestReporting critiqued a particularly biased TV report by Liam Bartlett on Australian Channel Nine’s 60 Minutes. The program effectively advocated the Palestinian position on the issue of Jewish settlements and Bartlett made it obvious what his agenda was…writes Simon Plosker/Honest Reporting. Read more
Nominate your Australian Human Rights Champion
June 29, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Australia is preparing to celebrate our human rights champions for 2017. Read more
Save Our Shule
June 29, 2017 by J-Wire News Service
An EMERGENCY MEETING is to be held at Sydney’s South Head Synagogue this evening to discuss the Shule’s finances and to explore ways to keep the Shule open. Read more
New firewall developed at BGU to protect android phones from hardware security threat
June 29, 2017 by Agencies
Cyber security researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed an innovative firewall program that adds a missing layer of security in the communication between Android cellphone components and the phone’s central processing unit. Read more
South Head: a member writes
South Head: former president writes
Rabbi Milecki’s viewpoint has been well publicised through his articles, various letters in the AJN, his letters to the community, his family’s Facebook pages, and their ‘testimonial’ website. Read more
South Head to close its doors
June 29, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Members of Sydney’s South Head Synagogue have been told to collect all their personal effects including Talliths and prayers books by noon tomorrow [Friday] when the administrators will shut down the building. Read more
Demographer states Jewish figures for 2016 census “implausible”
June 28, 2017 by J-Wire News Service
Gett forbidden by Australian constitution
An ultra-orthodox Jewish man has failed in the NSW Family Court to force his wife to grant him a Jewish divorce known as a gett. Read more
Claims Conference honoured
June 28, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Israeli Knesset has honoured the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) for contributions made to the Jewish State to support Holocaust survivors. Read more
Rabbi Milecki ready to mediate
June 28, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Rabbinical Council of NSW is extremely concerned about the prospect of threatened closure of the South Head Synagogue in Sydney, the city’s second orthodox community. Read more
Stressing the point
June 28, 2017 by Grant Blashki
More than 260 participants from 16 countries attended a two-day conference on post-traumatic stress (PTSD) in Jerusalem. Read more
South Head’s period of serenity
June 28, 2017 by J-Wire
Israeli actress Gal Gadot ranked most popular celebrity on social media
June 28, 2017 by Agencies
Israeli actress and “Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot was ranked first on the latest edition of The Hollywood Reporter’s Top Actors list. Read more
First rocket fired into Israel from Gaza since March
June 28, 2017 by Agencies
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) launched retaliatory airstrikes on two Hamas terror targets in Gaza yesterday [Tue], in response to the first rocket fired into Israeli territory since March. Read more
Western Wall: Jewish Agency takes action
June 28, 2017 by J-Wire
Following The Jewish Agency for Israel Board of Governors’ meetings in Jerusalem yesterday Chairman of the Executive Natan Sharansky briefed nearly 200 Jewish Agency shlichim(emissaries) posted around the world updating them on the recent developments on the Government of Israel’s suspension of the Western Wall agreement and its approval of the conversion bill. Read more
Danby’s continues push for terrorist’s extradition
June 28, 2017 by J-Wire News Service
Labor MP Michael Danby has placed a half page ad in The Australian today [Wednesday] calling on the Turnbull government to act on the extradition of a terrorist who murdered a 15-yr-old Australian girl in Jerusalem in 2001. Read more
2017 B’nai Brith and JNF Game Changers – Jewish Youth & Young Adults Presentation
June 27, 2017 by Community Editor
The 2017 Game Changers have been announced at a function at Sydney’s B’nai B’rith Centre. Read more
Western Wall decision shocks Australian leader
June 27, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The president of the Zionist Federation of Australia Dr Danny Lamm has expressed shock at the Israeli Cabinet’s decision to reverse an earlier decision to establish a pluralist prayer space at the Western Wall. Read more
Religious Ramban delegation
June 27, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
An Australian Christian clergy group who recently travelled to Israel on the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affair’s Council’s (AIJAC) Rambam program, has reported back on their trip at an AIJAC luncheon on describing the study tour as surpassing their expectations in exposing them to the complex realities of the Middle East. Read more
