ECAJ maintains its stand on Litzman
December 30, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has reacted t0 the appointment of Israel’s Deputy Health Minister Rabbi Yaakov Litzman to Health Minister following the resignation from the portfolio by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday. Read more
The longest challah
November 14, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
JNF NSW and Grandma Moses are attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the longest braided loaf of bread, in honour of the Shabbat Project. Read more
OBK supporting the emergency services
November 12, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
Rabbi Dr Dovid Slavin has mustered his bakers and cooks at Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen to provide food for those working through the State of Emergency in NSW caused by widespread bushfires. Read more
Touring War Memorial exhibition contains rare Australian war artists works on the Holocaust
October 13, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Shadow Treasurer and NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair Walt Secord is pleased that an Australian War Memorial touring exhibition to rural art galleries contained a number of rare works on the Holocaust including one by an Australian war artist, Alan Moore on the Nazi concentration camp – Bergen-Belsen. Read more
Leifer remains in jail
October 4, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
Malka Leifer will have to wait a few days until a Supreme Court judge announces her decision on the appeal by the prosecution against the former Melbourne school principal being granted bail allowing her to leave prison and being placed in house arrest. Read more
An impromtu Rosh Service
October 3, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
It was Rosh Hashanah in the Sydney suburb of Randwick and NSW Volunteer of the Year Philip Feinstein was waiting to see his local MP to discuss Burundi refugee…and then came along a rabbi. Read more
The Sea of the Galilee, an Aboriginal soldier and his horse
September 29, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
A statue of an Aboriginal soldier and his horse has been unveiled by Australia’s ambassador Chris Cannan on the shore of the Kinneret to honour Australians who lost their lives at the Battle of Tzeach in 1918. Read more
Record turnout for JNF in Sydney
September 12, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
Former Head of the Israeli Air Force (IAF) and CEO of EL Al, Major General (Res.) Elyezer Shkedy addressed a record crowd at the JNF Campaign Dinner in Sydney. Read more
Ambos join OBK in helping those in need
July 2, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
25 ambos headed by the NSW Ambulance Service Commissioner Dominic Murphy cooked and baked for the homeless at Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen and hit the streets to deliver the fruits of their labour. Read more
NSWJBD congratulates new State Labor leader
June 30, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
Jodi McKay has been elected Leader of the Opposition in the NSW parliament. Read more
OBK feeds CEO sleepout
June 23, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
More than 370 of Sydney’s top business and community leaders have slept outdoors to raise money for people experiencing homelessness…and OBK was there to feed them. Read more
Queen’s Birthday Honours – the Jewish list
June 9, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
Two members of the community have received the nation’s highest award, the A.C., and a brother and sister and a mother and her son have been recognised by their country. This year’s recipients of the Queen’s Birthday awards who are either Jewish or proud of their Jewish heritage total 38, the highest number according to our records. Read more
ECAJ calls for an apology from Melissa Parke
June 5, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
A former Labor MP told a rally that she had quit last month’s election “because of the media storm around previous statements I’ve made about Israel’s treatment of Palestinians” prompting a heckler to shout at her “you have to f—ing wipe them out”. Read more
With 2000 votes to be counted, Josh Burn claims victory
June 3, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
Josh Burns has claimed victory in the marginal three-way contest of the Melbourne seat of Macnamara, making him the fifth federal Jewish MP in the 46th Parliament of Australia, and Labor’s third Jewish MP. Read more
Congratulations, Prime Minister
May 19, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
Leaders of Australia’s Jewish community have congratulated Scott Morrison on the re-election of his Liberal government. Read more
Can Macnamara remain Labor
May 15, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
The Melbourne seat of Macnamara presents an imperative for Jewish voters to put Josh Burns and Labor first. Read more
No place for hate in Australian election debate
May 7, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
Meeting in Sydney today, Uniting Church and Jewish community representatives considered the “spate of racist invective, vandalism and harassment” which is marring the 2019 Federal Election. Read more
Leaders react to Gaza rockets
May 6, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
Terrorists in the Gaza Strip have fired some 700 rockets at Israel in the last two days, killing three people and wounding several others. Israelis have been asked not to attend the funerals of the victims amid the dangerous escalation in the south. Israel has responded to the intensive barrage with retaliatory air strikes, resulting in the deaths of eight Palestinians. Read more
Rivlin and Netanyahu attend wreath-laying ceremonies at Yad Vashem
May 3, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participated in the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes Remembrance Day wreath-laying ceremony at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Read more
What will become of us?
April 27, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
A new documentary on Sir Frank Lowy will be premiered at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival in New York next week. Read more
The city of Jerusalem stands in solidarity with France following the disaster at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
April 19, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
Hear Israel’s Top Diplomat in Australia at UIA QLD Gala Dinner
February 18, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
UIA QLD is counting down until its 2019 Gala Dinner Event with headline speaker H.E Mark Sofer – Ambassador of Israel to Australia on Sunday 3 March in Brisbane. Read more
Jewish Aboriginal woman appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Sydney University
September 3, 2018 by J-Wire Staff
Professor Lisa Pulver Jackson has been appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Indigenous Strategy and Services at the University of Sydney. Read more
Antisemitism is back
August 21, 2018 by J-Wire Staff
Former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Dore Gold has delivered this year’s Gandel Oration in Melbourne and Sydney. Read more
Jonathan Spyer briefs Sydney journalists
June 21, 2018 by J-Wire Staff
Dr. Jonathan Spyer, Middle East expert and Executive Director of the Middle East Centre for Reporting and Analysis (MECRA) and columnist at The Jerusalem Post briefed journalists on the current situation in the Middle East this week in Sydney as part of an AIJAC-sponsored visit of Australia and New Zealand. Read more
The Queen’s Birthday Awards – The 2018 Jewish honorees
June 11, 2018 by J-Wire Staff
An icon in the medical world, already an AO, contracted a fatal disease a few months before he was due to have been awarded Australia’s highest award. This year’s recipients of the Queen’s Birthday awards. Read more
The Death of Stalin – giveaways
April 3, 2018 by J-Wire Staff
The one-liners fly as fast as political fortunes fall in this uproarious, wickedly irreverent satire from Armando Iannucci (Veep, In the Loop). Read more
Chag Sameach
March 30, 2018 by J-Wire Staff
We wish all our Jewish readers a joyous Pesach and Seders. We will resume publishing from Sunday night. Read more
Harmony Walk 2018
March 28, 2018 by J-Wire Staff
The National Rugby League played a major role in this year’s Harmony Walk, a multiracial event organised by Moving Forward Together. Read more
Gift of Life testing in Canberra
March 11, 2018 by J-Wire Staff
The ACT Jewish community was invited to be tested as potential life-saving blood stem cell donors for Jewish blood cancer patients whose family members were not found to be matching.
The testing session on behalf of the Gift of Life was held at the Jewish Community Centre in Canberra.
