Mount Scopus College: “Wonderful VCE results”
December 11, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
The results of over 75% of Melbourne’s Mount Scopus College Year 12 were in the top 20% of the state. Read more
NZ leadership concerned with political language used in Israel-Hamas war statements
December 8, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
The New Zealand Jewish Council and the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand are dismayed at the use of inflammatory and Holocaust-related language in the political arena in New Zealand. Read more
Kibbutz Nahal Oz
December 4, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
On October 7th, dozens of terrorists infiltrated Kibbutz Nahal Oz from the northern Gaza Strip. Read more
Jan-6 8.30pm SBS-World Movies: On the Basis of Sex
December 4, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
A bright young Ruth Bader Ginsburg goes through numerous obstacles in her early career.
Letter from 6,300 Australians presented to President Herzog
November 29, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
6,300 Australians have affirmed their solidarity with Israel through a letter presented to Israeli President Isaac Herzog at a meeting in Jerusalem with a leadership delegation of the Zionist Federation of Australia and the United Israel Appeal. Read more
Julian Leeser: The Greens are now worse than One Nation
November 24, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
Liberal MP Julian Leeser spoke on antisemitism at the Robert Menzies Institute Conference at the University of Melbourne today. Read more
New CEO for the Zionist Federation of Australia
November 21, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) has announced the appointment of Alon Cassuto as its new CEO, to lead the organisation through the most challenging times faced by Australia’s Jewish community. Read more
“Antisemitism within our motu”
November 20, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
“There is no place in New Zealand for the threats, assaults, school bullying, graffiti, property damage, and the open anti-Jewish antagonism in social media and inflammatory public rhetoric which are threatening to our community and harmful to the country’s social cohesion,” said Juliet Moses, recently-elected President of the New Zealand Jewish Council (NZJC). Read more
Grotesque vandalism
November 20, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
The leader of Victoria’s Jewish community has condemned the antisemitic vandalism perpetrated in Melbourne’s CBD. Read more
Awards at JCCV AGM
November 19, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
The 2023 JCCV General Sir John Monash Award was presented to Pauline Rockman at the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) AGM on Monday night. Read more
Counter-terrorism sanctions on Hamas supporters
November 19, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
The Australian Government has imposed counter-terrorism financing sanctions on eight persons and one entity in response to the acts of terrorism perpetrated by Hamas on October 7, 2023. Read more
Bondi altercation
November 17, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
A 19-yr-old Jewish man has been charged following an altercation in Bondi with four teenagers. Read more
A letter from Allegra Spender
November 15, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
Thank you to the many of you who reached out to my office regarding the motorbike convoy that travelled from Lidcombe to Coogee on Saturday evening. Read more
Solidarity with Israel? Sign a letter to President Herzog
November 14, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
Sign a letter to President Isaac Herzog to show your solidarity with Israel. Read more
Jewish Care: 175 years of service to Melbourne’s Jewish community
November 14, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
Jewish Care Victoria celebrates its 175th Anniversary on Sunday. Read more
Important message from the CSG
November 10, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and CSG NSW have been made aware of a planned pro-Palestine motorcycle convoy which may enter the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney after 5pm tomorrow evening, Saturday 11 November 2023. Read more
Messages of hope
November 10, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
Messages of hope for the hostages being held by Hamas will be soaring sky high on Sunday, 12th November, when the Jewish community of Melbourne fly hundreds of kites in Caulfield Park as part of the Bring Them Home campaign. Read more
A letter from Yad Vashem
November 9, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
Over the last few days and weeks, we have been witnessing an exponential increase in antisemitic acts and antisemitic rhetoric aimed at Jews. Read more
Indigenous Friends of Israel concerned about fundamental preachers
November 8, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
Indigenous Friends of Israel founders Norman and Barbara Miller refuted the claims of Brother Ismael recently at the Al Madina Dawah Centre, southwest Sydney that Hamas is not a terrorist organisation. Read more
Melbourne’s Wall of Hope desecrated
November 7, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
The Wall of Hope, located on the exterior of Melbourne’s Beth Weizmann Jewish Community Centre, was desecrated overnight. Read more
Vigil at Federation Square marks 30 days since Hamas massacre
November 7, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
Hundreds of people attended a vigil on Monday night at Melbourne’s Federation Square to mark ’30 days’ since Hamas infiltrated Israel’s southern border, massacring 1400 people, wounding over 5000 and kidnapping 241. Read more
Israeli academics join with others in calling the UN to help to release hostages
November 3, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
Senior Israeli and international academics are calling on the UN Secretary-General to take action to secure the release of Israeli children abducted in Gaza and prevent irreparable harm. Read more
U.S. foreign relations expert talks to AIJAC
October 26, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
“The events of October 7, in a way, changed everything.” This was how Elliot Abrams, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and former point man for Iran and Venezuela during the Trump administration, opened his address to an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) function. Read more
AIJAC adds its voice to the monitoring of aid to Gaza
October 26, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has joined international Jewish organisations in calling on the European Commission to monitor the allocation of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians – ensuring that funds are not diverted to Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. Read more
‘United Against Terrorism’ exhibits photos of victims of October 7
October 20, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
Pictures of over 1,000 persons abducted, missing, or killed in the Hamas attack were displayed on empty seats in the Smolarz Auditorium at Tel Aviv University. Read more
Jewish, Muslim communities receive government funds to bolster security
October 20, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
The Australian government is funding $25 million to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry Inc (ECAJ) and $25 million to Australian Palestinian, Muslim and other communities affected by the current Gaza conflict. Read more
“Heartwarming and moving” Israel motion once again opposed by the Greens
October 17, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
The Victorian Parliament passed a motion this afternoon expressing solidarity with Israel and condemning the recent atrocities committed by Hamas. Read more
NZ contributes NZ$5m for humanitarian needs
October 17, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
The New Zealand Government is providing NZ$5 million in funding following appeals to address urgent humanitarian needs in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. Read more
Prime Minister’s motion condemning Hamas attack passes 135-4
October 16, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
The Greens’ Adam Bandt [VIC], Stephen Bates [QLD], Max Chandler-Mather [QLD] and Elizabeth Watson-Brown [QLD] stood alone in federal parliament today opposing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s motion condemning last week’s heinous attack on southern Israel. Read more
Netanyahu meets with families of the captive and missing
October 16, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
This video has been produced deliberately with no sound. Read more