A special Menorah lighting
December 17, 2014 by Agencies
Israel’s President Reuven and First Lady Nechama Rivlin have hosted a Chanukah party for the children of ‘Rachashei Lev’ which seeks to improve the lives of children with cancer. Read more
Chanukah fact sheet
December 16, 2014 by Agencies
Tonight is the first night of Chanukah and J-Wire offers a refresher on the festival’s origins. Read more
NGO Monitor blacklisted
December 5, 2014 by Agencies
NGO Monitor has been the subject of media bans. Read more
South African Jewish leaders meeting with Abbas creates backlash
December 3, 2014 by Agencies
Senior leadership of the South African Jewish community has met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and President Zuma at the Presidential Guest House in Pretoria. Read more
Ron Proser addresses the U.N.
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations has made a significant speech to the international body. Read more
The faces of grief
Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin spoke at the funeral of Sergeant-Major Zida Saif who lost his life fighting the terrorists responsible for the Har Nof synagogue massacre. Read more
South African community leader passes away
“If there was a Jewish organisation, I belonged to it – with my heart and soul,” was an oft-quoted utterance of veteran and world-renowned South African Jewish communal leader Mervyn Smith who passed away on Shabbat, November 15/22 Cheshvan, after a long illness. He was 77. Read more
Glick cartoon in Palestinian media
November 14, 2014 by Agencies
A Palestinian Authority newspaper printed a cartoon portraying wounded Temple Mount activist Rabbi Yehudah Glick as a snake, Palestinian Media Watch reported Thursday. Read more
Another car killing attack in Jerusalem
November 6, 2014 by Agencies
A terrorist car attack in Jerusalem has killed one and injured nine. Read more
Talking about Jerusalem
November 6, 2014 by Agencies
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Ron Proser addressed the U.N. Security Council during its emergency session on Jerusalem… Read more
American Jewish Committee delegation in Australia
November 1, 2014 by Agencies
An AJC senior leadership delegation has concluded a five-day mission to Australia. The visit included stops in Melbourne, Canberra, and Sydney. Read more
Glick fighting for life
October 31, 2014 by Agencies
Activist Yehuda Glick, a promoter of Jewish access to the Temple Mount, was shot and seriously wounded on Wednesday night by a gunman riding a motorcycle outside of a Jerusalem conference. Read more
Sweden recognises Palestine
October 31, 2014 by Agencies
Sweden on Thursday officially recognized a Palestinian state, with Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom saying that the “criteria of international law” have been met because there is “a [Palestinian] territory, a people, and government,” The Associated Press reported. Read more
The Warsaw Jewish Museum
October 30, 2014 by Agencies
At an emotional ceremony today in Warsaw, Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin inaugurated the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, together with President of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski. Read more
Rivlin attends massacre commemoration
October 27, 2014 by Agencies
Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin attended the memorial ceremony in Kafr Qasim commemorating the murders of 48 Arabs by Israeli soldiers in 1956. Read more
The President and the Prime Minister
October 2, 2014 by Agencies
U.S. President Barack Obama has met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…J-Wire publishes their public statements. Read more
Palestinian-Israeli soccer school
September 1, 2014 by Agencies
Israel’s 9th President, Shimon Peres, will kick off the Peres Center for Peace’s annual “Twinned Peace Soccer Schools” program tomorrow at Kibbutz Dorot in the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council. Read more
Netanyahu tells Ban Ki-moon Hamas is ISIS and ISIS is Hamas
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated his claim that Hamas is ISIS and ISIS as Hamas…this time to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Read more
Inquiry head’s attitude to Israel questioned
August 15, 2014 by Agencies
NGO Monitor claims that the UN Human Rights Council appointee Canadian Professor William Schabas has a record of anti-Israel bias. Read more
A message to world Jewry
Israel ‘s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has sent a message to world Jewry…. Read more
International media intimidated?
August 7, 2014 by Agencies
The international media will have to answer for the intimidation by Hamas of journalists working in Gaza, which has produced a one-sided anti-Israel narrative in the mainstream press, World Jewish Congress spokeswoman E.J. Kessler declared today. Read more
Netanyahu says troops are “completing the work”
August 3, 2014 by Agencies
“Hamas wants the residents of Gaza to suffer and be hurt and thinks that the world will blame Israel for their suffering. There are many people in the world who understand exactly what Hamas is, the same organization that, together with Qatar, assured US Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon regarding a ceasefire. It misled both of them.” Read more
WJC condemns kidnapping
August 2, 2014 by Agencies
The World Jewish Congress has condemned the kidnapping by Hamas of an Israeli soldier. Read more
Hamas’s true colours
July 16, 2014 by Agencies
Ahead of a solidarity mission of more than 50 international Jewish community leaders to Israel on Wednesday and Thursday, World Jewish Congress chairman Ronald S. Lauder said Hamas’ refusal to sign up to an Egyptian cease-fire plan once again revealed the organization’s true colors. Read more
From Benjamin Netanyahu
July 16, 2014 by Agencies
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the following statement following Hamas’s rejection of the ceasefire. Read more
NZ calls for Kiwis to quit Gaza
New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully has said his country strongly supports the United Nations Security Council’s call for a ceasefire between the Israelis and Palestinians. Read more
Anti-Semitic attacks on the rise
July 15, 2014 by Agencies
Following the attack on a Melbourne man reported on J-Wire yesterday, the World Jewish Congress reports that similar incidents are happening in other parts of the western world. Read more
Us and them
July 14, 2014 by Agencies
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described to his Cabinet what he perceives to be a major point of difference between the Israelis and Hamas… Read more
WJC criticises the U.N. – Australian Labor Party supports U.N. call for ceasefire
The World Jewish Congress has criticised the United Nations Security Council and senior UN officials for failing to recognise Israel’s right to self-defense under the UN Charter against armed attacks against its territory and population. Read more
Aussies at Yad Vashem Holocaust Studies conference
July 10, 2014 by Agencies
Hundreds of educators from across the world have attended the 9th International Conference on Holocaust Education at Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies. Read more
