The Head of the Year
September 9, 2018 by Jeremy Rosen
We are about to enter the season of long synagogue services, with a liturgy that, when translated into English or any vernacular, strikes many people as archaic, distant, and even irrelevant. How many of us can make literal sense of most of the concepts?…writes Jeremy Rosen. Read more
President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin’s greetings for Rosh HaShana 5779/תשע”ט
September 9, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In his English language Rosh Hashanah greeting video, President Reuven Rivlin stressed the importance of the bonds between the Jewish people. Read more
Why Jews now find themselves in the eye of the Western storm
September 7, 2018 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Anti-Semitism is now a major issue in the West…writes Melanie Phillips/JNS. Read more
Who shall live and who shall die? The lessons of Syria
September 7, 2018 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
The centerpiece of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur liturgy is the “Unetaneh Tokef” prayer: “Let us tell how utterly holy this day is.”…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more
Central Bureau of Statistics releases Israeli demographics prior to Jewish New Year
September 7, 2018 by JNS
Since last Rosh Hashanah, Israel’s population has grown by 162,000 people, to 8.907 million citizens, according to data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday. Read more
Two thirds of Israelis believe Palestinians ‘would destroy’ Israel ‘if they could’
September 7, 2018 by JNS
As the Jewish New Year 5779 approaches, half of the Jewish Israeli public supports an independent Palestinian state, while 43 percent do not.
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Jeremy Corbyn: How he is making British Jews nervous enough to consider leaving
September 7, 2018 by Eric Berger - JNS
As one of the world’s oldest democracies, the United Kingdom has come to be seen as a country on the forefront of Western values and tolerance…writes Eric Berger/JNS. Read more
25 years of illusions about Oslo
September 7, 2018 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
When the Trump administration announced that it was ending its funding of the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) last week, the protests from the foreign-policy establishment were loud and anguished. Read more
Deconstructing the Oslo Accords 25 years later: Was it a gift or a curse?
September 7, 2018 by Josh Hasten - JNS
It’s hard to believe that it’s been a quarter of a century: Sept. 13 marks the 25th anniversary of the 1993 signing of the U.S.-brokered Declaration of Principles between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation. Read more
Ray Williams – L’Shana Tova
September 7, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
From Ray Williams…NSW Minister for Multiculturalism…a Rosh Hashanah message. Read more
Honoring the memory of the 9/11 victims at the Living Memorial site in Jerusalem
September 7, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
As the world commemorated seventeen years since the 9/11 terror attacks in the United States, the Keren Kayemet LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF), Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF) and the US Embassy in Israel held their annual memorial ceremony to honor those who perished. Read more
Peak Interfaith Dialogue has first Melbourne meeting
September 7, 2018 by Community newsdesk
Delegates representing the peak national organisations of Australian Jews, Christians and Muslims met in Melbourne this week to discuss Australia’s unique religious and interfaith environment and ways of strengthening relationships. Read more
Rabbi Mendel Kastel appointed to National Mental Health Commission
September 7, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The National Mental Health Commission advisory board will be strengthened with the appointment of four new members including the CEO of Sydney’s Jewish House Rabbi Mendel Kastel. Read more
Sydney Jewish Museum launches its 2018 Capital Appeal
September 7, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Sydney Jewish Museum is on a mission to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive for generations to come. Read more
Henry Greener talks with Josh Burns
September 7, 2018 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Josh Burns is the Labor Candidate for the Federal Seat of McNamara. Read more
Tel Aviv expected to be site of 2019 Eurovision contest
Israel, which won the annual Eurovision Song Contest in May and therefore gets to host in 2019, has recommended Tel Aviv as the site of next year’s singing competition. Read more
A Rosh Hashanah from Labor
September 7, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten and the Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Australia Tony Burke have sent Rosh Hashanah greetings. Read more
Annual accounting…writes Michael Kuttner
September 7, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
Well run businesses and enterprises undertake annual stocktaking in order to assess past performances, current achievements and future prospects. Read more
L’Shana Tova from Michael Danby
September 7, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
I am once again pleased to extend my greetings and best wishes for a Shana Tova. Read more
Rosh Hashanah message from NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian
September 7, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Premier’s message: Read more
Jordan’s re-entry into West Bank looms large as Trump dumps PLO
September 7, 2018 by David Singer
Two major developments this past week could see a large part of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) being reunified with Jordan – as existed between 1950 and 1967 – or becoming a Jordanian enclave-under President Trumps’ yet-to-be- announced “ultimate deal” intended to resolve the100 years-old Arab-Jewish conflict…writes David Singer. Read more
The left and right of multiculturalism in NSW
September 6, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Minister for Multiculturalism, Ray Williams, will continue to use his position to stand up for all multicultural communities in NSW. Read more
A Rosh HaShanah message from Matthew Guy
September 6, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The opposition leader in the Victorian parliament Matthew Guy sends a special message to Jewish Victorians and all J-Wire’s Jewish readers….
The ECAJ leadership’s Rosh HaShanah message
September 6, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Anton Block and co-Ceos Peter Wertheim and Alex Ryvchin send Rosh HaShanah greetings to the Australian community. Read more
AIJAC v ABC
September 6, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) is concerned at the one-sided and misleading report on the September 4 edition ABC TV’s “7.30”, covering Israel’s Nation State Law. Read more
A Rosh HaShana letter from Rabbi Milecki
September 6, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Why Didn’t You Take the Money and Run?…Rabbi Benzion Milecki answers to his former congregants…
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5779: A new year of hope
September 5, 2018 by Isi Leibler
Those of us privileged to live in Israel should give thanks to the Almighty and appreciate the extraordinary achievements of the past year and pray that this momentum is maintained in the coming year…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Ehud Barak addresses JNF dinner
September 5, 2018 by Hila Tsor
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak was keynote speaker at JNF’s Annual Dinner in NSW…a celebration of Israel’s 70th birthday. Read more
Sydney woman accepts Righteous Among the Nations medal awarded to her parents.
September 5, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
An extraordinarily courageous Dutch couple who hid Jews from the Nazis have been honoured as Righteous Among The Nations in a powerful ceremony at the Sydney Jewish Museum. Read more
WJC calls Labour’s decision to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism step in right direction: “We hope action will be forthcoming”
September 5, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress views the UK Labour Party’s decision to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism in full as “a step in the right direction,” and echoes the British Jewish community’s calls to follow up with appropriate action to root out incidences of racism from top to bottom. Read more
