A Horse Named Winx – double passes with our compliments
September 11, 2024 by J-Wire Staff
David Rose appearing in Sydney this week
May 12, 2024 by J-Wire Staff
Comedy wunderkind David Rose is armed with a law degree and a philosophy degree, and he’s hellbent on becoming a better man. Read more
RARA needs your help
February 5, 2024 by J-Wire Staff
Whether out in the country on a farm or down Balaclava Road in Melbourne, Chabad of RARA is here for you. Read more
Penny Wong visits Yad Vashem
January 18, 2024 by J-Wire Staff
Jan-04 4.55pm SBS World Movies: The Scarlet and the Black
December 14, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
Based on the humanitarian works of Irish-born Vatican priest Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, who saved thousands of escaped prisoners of war, Jews and Italian Resistance families in occupied Rome during the World War Two, by hiding them in the church. Read more
Celebrating Israel
December 10, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
The Annual Celebrating Israel 2023 was held at Sydney’s Central Synagogue recently and has been produced by Dalia Ayalon Sinclair since 2005. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Sara Levi – renowned flower and landscape artist
December 5, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
Sara Levi was an Australian artist who was born in 1870. She was a flower and landscape painter. Read more
“Free Palestine” under an Israeli flag in Sydney
December 4, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
Graffiti featuring the words “Free Palestine” was spray painted on the wall in front of Sydney’s Woollahra Council Chambers last week. Read more
Randwick Council fails to condemn Coogee pro-Palestinian motorcade
December 4, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
Dec-14 9.30pm SBS-World Movies: The Operative
December 4, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
Mossad recruits a woman to become an agent and sends her to Tehran on an undercover mission. Read more
Dec-13 3:50pm SBS World Movies: Into the arms of strangers
December 4, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
For nine months prior to World War II, Britain conducted an extraordinary rescue mission, opening its doors to over 10,000 Jewish and other children from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. Read more
Dec-12 7.30pm SBS-TV: Who do you think you are? Matt Lucas
December 4, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
Matt Lucas had an exceptionally close bond with his late grandmother, who came to the UK in 1939 as a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany. Read more
One Life: J-Wire invites Kindertransport evacuees and their descendants to a special preview
November 28, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire invites readers and/or their descendants to a special preview of Emile Sherman’s One Life, the story of Nicky Winton’s unforgettable mission to rescue children from Nazi Europe through his Kindertransport. Read more
“The Mascot” – Truth or Fiction? Find out at JIFF’s final 2023 screening
November 24, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
A story published in J-Wire in 2013 is also the basis of a new docudrama by award-winning filmmaker, Dan Goldberg. Read more
The initial list
November 24, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
Israel has confirmed that it has received an initial list of names of the hostages expected to be released by Hamas. Read more
Shadow Federal Defence Minister Speaks to NSW Jewish community
November 22, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
More than 60 people attended a lunchtime speech and question and answer session with Federal Shadow Defence Minister Andrew Hastie today, where he spoke on Australian defence policy and the Israel-Hamas war. Read more
Worldwide Sukkah Directory
September 29, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
A worldwide registry of Sukkahs is now listed online at www.localsukkah.org. Read more
Corneas of Israeli terror victim transplanted to two people
August 15, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
The corneas of Israeli terror victim Chen Amir have been transplanted into patients on Sunday, Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital announced yesterday. Read more
Walt meets the Chief Rabbi of Iceland
August 2, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
On a study tour of Northern Europe, former NSW Labor frontbencher and former State MP Walt Secord recently met the Jewish community of Iceland’s spiritual leader and Chief Rabbi of Iceland, Rabbi Avraham Feldman, in Reykjavik. Read more
King’s Birthday Honours 2023
June 11, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
We are just about to do the math, but this may be a record number of honorees. Join us in wishing each every one of the a hearty mazel tov!
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Readers letters: Adelaide Writers Week
March 3, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
There’s a huge difference between free speech and hate speech, or speech inciting violence. How can the daughter of Holocaust survivors not know this? Read more
2023 Australia Day Awards: The Jewish Recipients
January 25, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
We thought the times had changed, but these awards show a regressive streak, with only one woman out of the 24 honourees. And there is no competition between the two major States, with Victoria scoring three times as many gongs as NSW.
Ehud Yaari: “Dangerous Curve” for Israel ahead, post-election
November 23, 2022 by J-Wire Staff
Eminent Israeli journalist Ehud Yaari joined the latest Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) webinar, to discuss “Israel’s Election and the New Netanyahu Government”. Read more
25 years on, the Maccabiah bridge victims remembered
July 12, 2022 by J-Wire Staff
Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology Alister Henskens joined Australian ambassador to Israel Paul Griffiths in laying a wreath on Monday to honour the memory of the four Australians killed in the 1997 Maccabiah bridge collapse disaster. Read more
Wollongong City Council awaits the review outcome
March 25, 2022 by J-Wire Staff
The Wollongong City Council is awaiting the results of reviews underway to assess the claim that Bronius Sredersas was involved in killing Jews in Lithuania in WWII before making its next move. Read more
2022 Australia Day Awards
January 25, 2022 by J-Wire Staff
The 2022 awards see work with climate change being acknowledged and a wife and husband team making the list.
Our Jewish Australian Olympians
July 22, 2021 by J-Wire Staff
Jessica Fox, Gemima Montag and Steven Solomon will compete in the Tokyo Olympics with the Opening Ceremony scheduled for tomorrow. Read more
Queen’s Birthday Honours – the Jewish list for 2021
June 14, 2021 by J-Wire Staff
Members of the Australian Jewish community have received Queen’s Birthday awards in the fields of philanthropy, medicine, communal involvement and arts. One awardee has been recognised for aiding refugees and joins another one for helping the reduction of smokers. J-Wire wishes them all Mazeltov. Read more
Melissa Parke withdraws defamation case against AIJAC in settlement
April 14, 2021 by J-Wire Staff
Noel adds his help once again
April 2, 2021 by J-Wire Staff
Noel Kessel was part of the Rural Fire Services Northern Beaches Strike Team sent to Pitt Town an hour northwest of Sydney in the Hawkesbury area to help those seriously affected by the recent floods. Read more
