Yom Kippur message from Ray Williams

Ray Williams is the Minister of Disability Service and Minister for Multiculturalism in the NSW government. Read more

Sydney Eastern Suburbs local recognised for 50 years service as a JP

Member for Vaucluse Gabrielle Upton has presented five of the state’s longest serving Justices of the Peace (JP), Thomas Goldman, Emeritus Professor Leslie Koder, Paul Lowinger, Ivan Hincks and Kenneth Wolf with a certificate recognising their 50 years of service. Read more

Three Australian rabbis sign a proclamation address abuse

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How long do you plan to live?

There is one thing that all of humanity, indeed every living organism, has in common.  That is that we all grow older, day by day, year by year!…writes Rabbi Chaim Ingram. Read more

Yom Kippur: Where’s the magic?…ask the rabbi

The great failure of Yom Kippur is that it often doesn’t engage people with religion and this poses a question which Rabbi Raymond Apple answers. Read more

A musical journey: Africa to Israel and beyond

VOICES – a spectacular cross-cultural musical journey which merges the melodies, harmonies and rhythms of Israel, Africa and the world – will play in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney starting 14 November. Read more

ZAKA Mexico volunteers recover the body of missing Jewish man

ZAKA volunteers in Mexico, under the command of Marcus Cain, have recovered the body of Haim Ashkenazi z”l from the rubble of the office building in which he was working during the time of the earthquake.  Read more

Feintooner

Playing ping-pong with Pyongyang…this week’s offering from Feintooner. Read more

Lauder: Merkel is a true friend of Israel and the Jewish people

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has congratulated German Chancellor Angela Merkel on securing a fourth term in Sunday’s federal elections, calling her “a true friend of Israel and the Jewish people.” Read more

Building on ‘strong’ bond, U.S. opens first-ever permanent military base in Israel

Amidst Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaration that the U.S.-Israel alliance has “never been stronger,” the two countries recently made history by opening of the first permanent American military base on Israeli soil. Read more

Sugihara’s family members visit Sydney

The granddaughter and great-granddaughter of Chinue Sempo Sugihara, the Japanese Consul General in Lithuania who helped save tens of thousands of lives during the Holocaust have met with descendants of people Sugihara saved during the Holocaust. Read more

Hebrew programs continue to be broadcast by SBS following review

SBS has announced its new programming for its foreign language radio broadcasts and has flagged no change to Hebrew schedule. Read more

The Lego Ninjago Movie – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

I was accompanied by two young fans who were excited by the prospect of the latest outing in the Lego movie franchise. Well, that and a train ride into the city.

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Trump meets with Abbas and a phantom Palestinian Authority…writes David Singer

It is hard to believe that a White House meeting between President Trump and Mahmoud Abbas could be headlined in an official White House Statement as:

“Readout of President Donald J. Trump’s Meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority”. Read more

NSWJBD CEO invites nazi flag pranksters to visit the Sydney Jewish Museum

A prank spawned by students at one of Sydney’s elite boys’ school involved the unfurling of a nazi flag and saluting it in the Nazi style,  photographing the scene with the Deputy Principal. Read more

Board of Deputies provide many reasons to vote “No”

The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has significantly qualified its resolution supporting a “Yes” vote in the same-sex marriage survey – providing many reasons why people should vote “No”. Read more

Top Israeli singer Noa to visit Australia

Iconic​ ​Israeli​ ​singer​ ​Noa will​ ​be​ ​making​ ​her​ ​Australian​ ​debut this​ ​November in​ ​both​ ​Melbourne​ ​and​ ​Sydney ​courtesy​ ​of Temple​ ​Beth​ ​Israel​ ​(TBI)​ ​and​ ​the​ ​New​ ​Israel​ ​Fund​ ​(NIF). Read more

Plame knew what she was tweeting

Valerie Plame had to know what she was tweeting. Plame retweeted a virulently antisemitic article by a well-known bigot, which she characterised as “thoughtful.” Now she’s trying to make excuses, but they don’t wash…writes Alan M. Dershowitz. Read more

A Torah for Canberra’s Chabad synagogue

The Chabad ACT Synagogue is set to own its very first Torah thanks to principal sponsors Dr Alena and Jacob Reich. Read more

The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies vote for “Yes” welcomed

The Equality Campaign has welcomed a motion of support for marriage equality passed by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) and a separate letter signed by 200 Jewish Australians. Read more

Does the President have the right to expect loyalty from his Attorney General?

Recent news reports describe the President chastising his Attorney General Jeff Sessions for disloyalty…writes Alan M. Dershowitz. Read more

L’Shana Tova from J-Wire

J-Wire wishes its Jewish readers around the world a wonderful year to come and thanks for your support for the year just finishing. Read more

Sydney Beth Din at odds with The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies

At their monthly plenum in  Sydney this week, The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies overwhelmingly passed a resolution last night in favour of same sex marriage, approximately 99-1. Read more

A new kid on the block…and a big one too

Sydney’s  Kashrut Authority has granted a Kosher licence to the International Convention Centre at the rebuilt exhibition space Darling Harbour. Read more

The Crikey fish stinks from the head

It is old fashioned bigotry to assert that Australia’s six Jewish MP’s are disloyal to Australia. This is what the anti-Israel online publication Crikey alleged in an article by its veteran writer Guy Rundle a couple of weeks ago…writes Michael Danby. Read more

Teaching the younger generation to deal with hate speech

NSW Minister for Multiculturalism Ray Williams has launched the website, Remove Hate from the Debate, which hosts positive tools and techniques to help young people identify hate speech and understand how to best respond.  Read more

Rosh Hashanah greeting from NSW leaders

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and other NSW politicians send Rosh Hashanah messages. Read more

A Rosh Hashanah message from Australia’s ambassador to Israel

Ambassador Chris Cannan is about to experience his first Rosh Hashanah in Israel. He sends a message to J-Wire readers. Read more

Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the UN General Assembly…”our great allies Down Under”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has addressed the General Assembly at United Nations on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. Read more

A video Rosh Hashanah message from President Reuven Rivlin

In his message, the President noted the importance of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur as a time for reflection and soul-searching, and of the obligation to consider others, and our relationships with other people. Read more

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