70 years of Jewish education at Scopus
February 11, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Melbourne’s Mount Scopus Memorial College celebrated 70 years of outstanding Jewish education last Friday, exactly 70 years since the school first opened its doors on 8 February 1949. Read more
Does god care how we worship him?
February 11, 2019 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
Darwin paediatrician says holocaust victims found relief in knowing they were going to the gas chambers
February 11, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Addressing a Bill proposing new procedures governing medical transfers from offshore detention, the Australia Medical Association’s president in NT Dr Paul Bauert told Sky News in the Holocaust gas chambers victims found a sense of relief knowing there was no escape. Read more
Steven Glass passes away at 58
February 10, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Steven Glass, the driving force behind NIF Australia’s establishment and success, has suddenly passed away. Read more
Unwelcome art
February 10, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sunday morning walkers and joggers were astounded to see the art wall on Sydney’s fabled Bondi Beach daubed in swastikas. Read more
On the other hand
February 9, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
Political party primaries are in full swing with aspiring politicians vying for a top spot on their respective party lists. Read more
Respect the law
February 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Addressing the Jewish Law Service marking the start of the NSW 2019 Law term, Justice Stephen Rothman stressed that it is incumbent on the members of the Jewish community to abide by the secular law of the land. Read more
Is Netanyahu making deals with the devil?
February 8, 2019 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been severely criticized for cosying up to sundry dictators, autocrats or governments that downplay or deny their country’s role in the Holocaust. Read more
Unfair to women
February 8, 2019 by Jeremy Rosen
We live in interesting times where men may be women and women, men, and combinations of both and transitions in and out of the other. Read more
Netanyahu at the cornerstone-laying at pre-military academy named after his brother Yoni
February 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara have participated in the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the permanent structure for the “Yonatan” pre-military academy named after the late Yoni Netanyahu. Read more
Always in the news
February 8, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
Since time immemorial Jews have always been in the news. Read more
Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Steiner Education Centre underway
February 8, 2019 by Sue Drenth
With the continuing support of the Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Steiner Education Centre’s (AHMSEC) principal funding partner, Gandel Philanthropy, the fit out of the AHMSEC museum is now underway. Read more
Professor Uri Sivan elected new president of Technion
February 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Technion Council headed by Gideon Frank has elected Professor Uri Sivan of the Faculty of Physics as the next president of Technion in Haifa. Read more
Bishop joins push to retain religious education in NSW schools
Bishop Brian Mascord of Wollongong has expressed strong opposition to the push from the NSW Teachers Federation to have religion classes removed from public schools. Read more
Jewish Care marches with Pride
February 8, 2019 by Kirsten Young
Jewish Care Victoria is proud to have walked in the 24thAnnual Midsumma Pride March. Read more
An antisemitic attack in Crown Heights
February 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
His name is Mendel and he is from Melbourne and a yeshivah student in New York. Mendel made the papers across the Jewish world last week when he attacked by thugs in Crown Heights, He tells J-Wire what happened… Read more
Rhetoric and actions
February 7, 2019 by Ron Weiser
Prime Minister Netanyahu has stood head and shoulders above his political opponents for the past decade because he has managed to convince the electorate of two factors. Read more
Popular Shalva band won’t play Eurovision due to Shabbat schedule
February 7, 2019 by JNS
The group, composed of several members who are blind and some with Down syndrome, made its announcement on Wednesday. Read more
Jewish Care Victoria joins the National Redress Scheme
February 7, 2019 by Kirsten Young
Jewish Care Victoria has become the first major provider of services to the Victorian Jewish community to join the National Redress Scheme. Read more
Arabs seize control of and illegally build at holy archaeological site
Arab residents of the village Nabi Samuel have seized control of the Tomb of the Prophet Shmuel (Samuel) and the nearby archaeological site, and have begun to pave a new and illegal parking lot while destroying valued archaeological findings. Read more
UNIHR Day in Wellington
February 7, 2019 by David Zwartz
With the theme this year of “Righteous Among the Nations,” the overflowing marquee of people attending this year’s United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day, at Wellington’s rural Makara cemetery, heard many moving references to the Righteous, including a previously untold story of what befell a Dutch family. Read more
NSW Labor set to provide $2 million for security funding
February 6, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A Daley Labor Government says it will contribute $2 million to improve Jewish communal security around 40 NSW Jewish places of worship, schools, aged care and other facilities. Read more
New executive director for Maccabi Australia
February 6, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President of Maccabi Australia Jeff Sher has announced former Swans and Essendon AFL player Ryan O’Connor has been appointed Executive Director of Maccabi Australia. Read more
And the most common last name in Israel is…..
February 6, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) celebrated Family Day by publishing the numbers on the most common family names in Israel. Read more
Report shows 1,119 rockets and mortar shells hit Israel in 2018
February 6, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Palestinian terrorism throughout 2018 showed two main trends: the increase of violence from the Gaza Strip after about three and a half years of relative quiet, and the increased number of Arab terror attacks in Judea and Samaria, according to a comprehensive survey on the subject. Read more
Full house – participants from six youth movements embark on their gap year in Israel
February 6, 2019 by Mel Perch
Over 100 young Jewish Australians departed from Melbourne, Sydney and Perth last week to spend a year in Israel on various AZYC (Australian Zionist Youth Council) gap year programs. Read more
Arctic: Double passes
February 6, 2019 by Arts Editor
A man stranded in the Arctic is finally about to receive his long-awaited rescue. However, after a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost. He must then decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown for potential salvation. J-Wire has ten double-passes to give away. Read more
Fifty students commence new Hebrew immersion program at Caulfield South Primary School.
February 6, 2019 by Community Editor
A brand new intensive Hebrew program has been launched at Melbourne’s Caulfield South Primary School. Read more
UK Labour MP defends Corbyn, says it’s ‘impossible to eradicate antisemitism’
February 6, 2019 by JNS
Despite the fact that 150 U.K. Labour Party members unanimously passed a motion demanding that the party to do more to confront antisemitism, the party’s general secretary, Jennie Formby, defended party leader Jeremy Corbyn and his controversial ties. Read more
Hamas and PFLP embroil USA and EU in plans to destroy Israel
February 6, 2019 by David Singer
Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs has issued a 79-page report exposing a network of members of Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) embedded in Pro-Palestinian non-Government organisations (NGOs) based outside Israel that openly operate in the USA and European Union (EU). Read more
