A Chanukah message from the Prime Minister
November 28, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison sends a Chanukah greeting… Read more
A Chassidic New Year
November 28, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Thinktrepreneur Biggest F*Ups: a J-Wire photo gallery
November 28, 2018 by Community newsdesk
The Thinktrepreneur Biggest F*Ups event was held at the Sydney Start Up Hub hosted by Shalom and AICC. Were you there? Read more
NSW Labor reshuffle means more responsibilities for Walt Secord
November 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Labor Leader Michael Daley has today announced changes to the Labor Shadow Cabinet that he will take to the March election – including two extra portfolios added to the responsibility of Walt Secord. Read more
ECAJ annual conference
November 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s annual conference was held in Melbourne and was attended by Israel’s ambassador to Australia Mark Sofer. Read more
Leibler Yavneh College adds their name to no discrimination
November 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Leibler Yavneh College has added its name to the list of Jewish Day Schools which have openly expressed their position of being against discrimination against students and staff over their sexual preferences. Read more
Josie Lacey book launch: an inevitable path
November 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
More than 140 people attended the official launch on the weekend at the Sydney Jewish Museum of “An Inevitable Path – a Memoir”, telling the life of Jewish communal leader Josie Lacey, a prominent inter-faith and inter-community activist. Read more
On the Yazidi genocide, a bad day for the Knesset
November 27, 2018 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
Something rather unexpected and disturbing occurred in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, on Nov. 21. A bill recognizing the 2014 slaughter of the Yazidi minority in Iraq by ISIS terrorists as a “genocide” was voted down by a margin of 58-38 against. Read more
A new day for Israel-Africa ties
November 27, 2018 by Eldad Beck - JNS
The story of Israel-Africa relations is largely a story of betrayal and neglect—or to put it more precisely, African betrayal and Israeli neglect in response to that betrayal. Read more
Strengthening the bonds between the Maoris and Israel
November 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Media personalities report on a visit to Israel
November 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prominent journalists Michael Bachelard and Robert Harris recently returned from the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) Rambam study program to Israel and addressed an AIJAC function in Melbourne recently to discuss their impressions from the trip. Read more
30 years of pastoral care
November 27, 2018 by Community newsdesk
Sydney’s Wolper Jewish Hospital has acknowledged Rabbi Mendel Kastel on 30 years of visiting patients and providing pastoral care at the hospital. Read more
Leifer not expected to appear in closed court today
November 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The ongoing saga in the legal stoush to extradite Malka Leifer from Israel to Melbourne where she faces 74 charges of child sexual abuse continues in a Jerusalem court without the accused and in a closed court. Read more
ABC only looks at one side of Lebanese border wall
November 27, 2018 by Simon Plosker
Australia’s national broadcaster ABC News has reported from the Lebanese border where Israel is constructing a security wall. Read more
Antisemitic occurrences in Australia: record 59% increase
November 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The 12 month period ending 30 September 2018 has seen a 59% increase over the previous year in total antisemitic incidents in Australia involving threats or acts of violence, according to the annual report on Antisemitism in Australia released by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry. Read more
Outgoing Jerusalem Mayor Barkat slams EU over criticism of Shuafat demolitions
November 26, 2018 by Yona Schnitzer - TPS
Chadian president hints to re-establishing ties with Israel
November 26, 2018 by Ilanit Chernick - TPS
Two Sydney Jewish day schools against sexual discrimination
November 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Two of Sydney’s Jewish day schools have made their position clear as to having no discrimination against staff or students due to personal sexual preferences. Read more
Chanukah questions? Ask the Rabbi
November 26, 2018 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple served for 32 years as the chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, Australia’s oldest and most prestigious congregation. He is now retired and lives in Jerusalem where he answers interesting questions. Read more
David Cameron to speak at UIA events
November 26, 2018 by Community newsdesk
UIA Australia has announced an outstanding line up of speakers for its 2019 Campaign, including David Cameron the former Prime Minister of the U.K., Julie Bishop the former Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs and former IDF Captain Ziv Shilon. Read more
Feintooner
November 26, 2018 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…a very fine line. Read more
University of Haifa’s new joint campus in Shanghai focuses on biomedicine, sciences
November 25, 2018 by JNS
The University of Haifa and ECNU University of China have officially unveiled a joint campus in Shanghai, the “Joint Technological Institute.” Read more
Judea and Samaria rental owners file class action against Airbnb in Jerusalem
November 25, 2018 by JNS
A group of Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria filed a class-action lawsuit against Airbnb in Jerusalem District Court on Thursday, after the travel home-rental company erased 200 listings that they said would no longer be available due to their location in “occupied territories.” Read more
Tel Aviv is home to sixth most millionaires per square mile
November 25, 2018 by JNS
Tel Aviv has the sixth most millionaires per square mile of any city in the world, according to a new ranking by the R.S. Components Limited UK electronics company. Read more
Mount Scopus against sexual discrimination
November 25, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Following submissions from Melbourne’s The King David School and Bialik College to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s enquiry into allowing faith-based educational institutions to discriminate on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation or other protected attributes, the city’s Mount Scopus College has echoed similar sentiments. Read more
Africa and Israel join hands in battle against climate change
November 25, 2018 by Ilanit Chernick - TPS
Chanukah greetings from Ray Williams
November 25, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ray Williams is the Minister for Multiculturism in the NSW Parliament. Read more
On the other hand
November 24, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
Air BNB and the UK Quakers have joined the ranks of those who boycott us. Read more
Jeremy Spinak: what you can do
November 23, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A rising light in not just the NSW Jewish community but also Australia’s has been dimmed into blackness with the passing of former president of The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies Jeremy Spinak. Read more
South African Jewish students ‘take a knee’ to protest Israel at football game
Two Jewish students from United Herzlia Middle School in Cape Town, South Africa dropped to one knee during the playing of Israel’s national anthem, Hatikvah, in protest of the Jewish State. Read more
