Apr-18 3-4:30pm Sydney: The Ghetto of Thessoliniki
April 5, 2023 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Personal correspondence as Holocaust testimony: Letters sent from the Ghetto of Thessaloniki. Read more
Ex-Prime Minister Ehud Barak confirms Israel has nuclear weapons: Why it matters
April 5, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak broke Israel’s policy of ambiguity and tweeted his confirmation that Israel possesses nuclear weapons on Tuesday. Read more
Sacrifices: Chief Rabbi bans animals from being brought to Temple Mount
April 5, 2023 by Pesach Benson
The Chief Rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Places, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, banned the bringing of animals up to the Temple Mount in an effort to prevent Jews from trying to bring Passover sacrifices on the holy site. Read more
Pesach greeting from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
April 4, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
It is with great pleasure that I offer you the greeting that has resounded through the ages: Chag Pesach Sameach. Read more
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever: A Sydney theatre review by Alex First
April 4, 2023 by Alex First
What a hoot! Read more
Four questions on Pesach
April 4, 2023 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi! Read more
Konrad Kwiet tells Wollongong meeting how he discovered a Nazi collaborator in their community
April 4, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Sydney Jewish Museum’s Resident Historian Emeritus Professor Konrad Kwiet has delivered a lecture about how he used documentation to dig into the background of Wollongong Art Gallery benefactor Bob Sredersas, an uneasy quiet settled over the room. Read more
Malka Leifer awaits sentence on sex abuse charges
April 4, 2023 by AAP J-Wire
Former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer has spent her first night behind bars as a convicted sex offender. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Elias Blaubaum
April 4, 2023 by Features Desk
Elias Blaubaum was a most inspirational and outstanding member of the Melbourne Jewish Community as Minister of the St Kilda Hebrew Congregation for thirty-one years and editor of the Jewish Herald for almost twenty-five. Read more
UIA Women’s Division unites in support of life-changing program
April 4, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Over 1000 women came together for UIA Women’s Division 2023 headline events across Sydney, Melbourne and Perth to hear from inspirational guest speakers Ayelet Shaked and Liat Shaked. Read more
Pesach greetings from Peter Dutton
April 4, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Leader of the Opposition, Peter Dutton, has sent a Pesach message to Australia’s Jewish community. Read more
Leifer sexual abuse verdicts bittersweet for sisters
April 3, 2023 by AAP
“Malka Leifer is guilty.” The sisters talk to media. Read more
Leifer: community reacts
April 3, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Community leaders have spoken out following the guilty verdict pronounced on Malka Leifer in sexually abusing two Melbourne sisters when she was the principal of the ultra-orthodox Adass Israel School. Read more
Fences: a Sydney theatre review by Alex First
April 3, 2023 by Alex First
We’re among African-Americans in a working-class suburb in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the 1950s. Read more
NSW Premier Chris Minns sends a Pesach message
April 3, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
It is an honour and a pleasure to wish the Jewish community of NSW a Chag Pesach Sameach. Read more
Leifer guilty of abusing vulnerable, isolated students
April 3, 2023 by AAP
In an isolated ultra-Orthodox community, Malka Leifer was revered in a way three Melbourne sisters had never witnessed in a woman. Read more
Malka Leifer found guilty of school abuse charges
Former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer has been found guilty of 18 sexual abuse offences against two former students. Read more
Former Sydney rabbi evades Iranian planned terror attack in Athens
April 3, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
LinkedIn blots out comments on Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine
April 3, 2023 by David Singer
LinkedIn operating systems have seemingly enabled 10 of my published comments to be erased during a discussion with a Geopolitical Risk Analyst requesting his assessment of the threat to world peace posed by the continuing failure of the United Nations (UN) to acknowledge the existence of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution published on 8 June 2022. Read more
