Dershowitz for UIA
November 16, 2017 by J-Wire
UIA NSW has announce a stellar line up for its 2018 Campaign – a year of festivities, with Israel celebrating its 70th anniversary. Read more
Jewish House present Ending Homelessness report
November 16, 2017 by Rachel Phillips
John Brogden, Chair of Lifeline Australia, on behalf of Jewish House, has presented the ‘Ending Homelessness’ report at the NSW Parliament. Read more
Diller Teen Fellows enter the Shark Tank
November 16, 2017 by Hayley Hadassin
Australian graduates of the Diller Teen Fellows program recently presented their final impact projects ‘Shark Tank Style’ to a panel of professionals. Read more
Descendants of Indigenous Light Horse
November 16, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Rona Tranby Trust Australian Light Horse Project supported 12 descendants of Indigenous WWI Australian Light Horse soldiers to travel to Beersheva to take part in the recent Centenary Commemoration ceremonies. Read more
Lion’s share
November 16, 2017 by Lydia Weitzman
When Israel’s ZAKA Chairman Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, who is currently in South Africa for a training program with tens of current and new ZAKA volunteers, took time out to go on safari, he got more than he bargained for in the jungle. Read more
Art hopping in Sydney
November 16, 2017 by Arts Editor
Sydneysiders are invited to take a scenic tour from North Bondi to Vaucluse visiting artists in their studios and discovering the meaning behind each work. Read more
Researching for a new book
Vieslava Mataczynski and Timothy Scutt, co-authors of a new book under the working title: “Preservation of Life” bringing together memories both individual and collective, of the Jewish people contacted J-Wire in an effort to reach out to the wider Jewish Community in support of this work.
Melbourne’s Jewish Care doors open for those impacted by ongoing repercussions
November 15, 2017 by Ayal Tusia
Jewish Care Victoria is pleased with the announcement today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics that 61.6 per cent of almost 13 million Australian voters have shown their support to changes in marriage laws that include equal rights for the LGBTI community. Read more
Leading Jewish organisations say ‘No’ to family violence
November 15, 2017 by Community newsdesk
On Friday 24 November, nine leading Melbourne Jewish organisations; Jewish Care, Jewish Community Council of Victoria, Tzedek, National Council of Jewish Women of Australia, Unchain My Heart, Maccabi, Progressive Judaism Victoria, Impact, and the Rabbinical Council of Victoria, will come together to send a clear message that the Victorian Jewish community stands united in saying ‘No’ to family violence at the Annual Walk Against Family Violence. Read more
Israeli economy flexes its muscle as shekel is deemed world’s 2nd-strongest currency
November 15, 2017 by Adam Abrams - JNS.org
The German financial services giant Deutsche Bank last week ranked the Israeli shekel as the world’s second-strongest currency, bolstering the broader outlook on the Jewish state’s economy…writes Adam Abrams/JNS.org. Read more
Australia ready for Same Sex Marriage equality
November 15, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
61.6% of Australians who voted in the same sex marriage survey have voted YES to legislate marriage equality. Read more
A special buzz trip
November 15, 2017 by Hayley Hadassin
Fourteen young Jewish adults with intellectual/ cognitive disabilities will leave Australia on a unique Taglit Birthright-Israel trip. Read more
An introduction to Beit Rafel
November 15, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
A unique Melbourne organisation cares for the physical and emotional needs of families, whilst their loved ones are undergoing hospital treatment, by providing them with ‘a home away from home’ – a quiet place where they can stay and recover their emotions in a private setting.
Auckland’s only cemetery catering for Jews running out of space
November 15, 2017 by Keren Cook
The Waikumete cemetery located in Glen Eden, Auckland, was established in 1886 to replace the Symonds Street graveyard in central Auckland and is the only place that provides for Jewish burials. Read more
Amazon goes on aggressive high-tech hiring spree in Israel
The online retail giant Amazon is reportedly in the midst of a massive hiring spree in Israel and is offering unusually high salaries to attract top high-tech talent to its new Tel Aviv-based research and development (R&D) centre. Read more
Cybergym to give local security systems a workout
November 14, 2017 by Agencies
Israeli cyber security company CyberGym is the latest tech company to set up shop in Melbourne with its global headquarters and state-of-the-art cyber security training arena opening in Docklands this week. Read more
Hopes betrayed: the Russian Revolution and the Jews
November 14, 2017 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
Another week, another centennial. Following the Balfour Declaration’s milestone, it’s now time to look back on the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, where a communist insurrection in St. Petersburg, then known as Petrograd, gave birth to a state that caused untold misery to millions for almost the remainder of the 20th century…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more
Polish far-right nationalists call for ‘Jew-free’ country
November 14, 2017 by Agencies
Tens of thousands of far-right nationalists chanted calls for a “Jew-free” Poland as they marched through the streets of Warsaw on Saturday to mark 99 years since the country was re-established as an independent nation. Read more
Teach passengers on future ‘Anne Frank’ train the history of Holocaust deportations
November 14, 2017 by J-Wire
Following reports that Germany’s national railway plans to name a high-speed train after Anne Frank, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder urged Deutsche Bahn to contextualise its decision and provide passengers of the ICE Inter-city Express with information about its predecessor company’s role in the deportation of Jews during the Holocaust. Read more
New fingerprick-free glucose meter takes the “Ouch!” out of diabetes care
November 14, 2017 by Michal Marmary
A new device to track blood-glucose levels has been launched in Israel. Read more
25 years of community service
November 14, 2017 by Community newsdesk
The Sydney Jewish Museum in Darlinghurst will celebrate its 25th Anniversary this weekend. Read more
Meet Lani Brayer and Gen2Gen
November 14, 2017 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Lani Brayer’s Gen2Gen Educational Program “Remember Me” for young people to remember the past and change the future, is a Not For Profit designed to connect Holocaust Survivors with young people of different faiths, in the spirit of harmony and cohesiveness, to eradicate prejudice and discrimination. Read more
Rabbi Kastel joins the board of NCOSS
November 14, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Jewish House CEO Rabbi Mendel Kastel has been invited to join the board of The NSW Council of Social Service. Read more
Uncle Boydie presents William Cooper’s letter
November 14, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
A night for Shostakovich fans – a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
November 14, 2017 by Fraser Beath McEwing
A whole program of Shostakovich was something of a gamble for the SSO concert last night, because not everybody likes his music. Luckily, I’m one who does, although my love blossomed only after many hearings. Read more
Recent sexual controversies and upheavals…writes Isi Leibler
November 13, 2017 by Isi Leibler
While sexual attitudes are inclined to change from generation to generation, controversies relating to sexual behavior are ageless and even occupy a prominent role in the biblical narrative. Read more
Apology for Rabbi Meir Kluwgant
November 13, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The president of child sexual abuse advocacy organisation has taken to Facebook to apologise for comments stating that a rabbi is unfit to work around children. Read more
Is it to OK to believe in God and worship your own way?…ask the rabbi
November 13, 2017 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple answers this question and others. Read more
ABC News admits “human error” wiped Israel from map
November 13, 2017 by David Singer
ABC News has belatedly admitted that “human error” caused Israel to be wiped from the following map… Read more
Feintooner
November 13, 2017 by Feintooner
Feintooner turns his crayons to Kristallnacht… Read more
