South Head: former president writes
Rabbi Milecki’s viewpoint has been well publicised through his articles, various letters in the AJN, his letters to the community, his family’s Facebook pages, and their ‘testimonial’ website. Read more
World Jewish Congress condemns Manchester terror attack
World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder has condemned the terrorist attack at a concert in Manchester, England on Monday night as “despicable and horrendous.” Police confirmed on Tuesday that the attack was carried out by a lone suicide bomber who was carrying “an improvised explosive device”. Read more
From Auschwitz to Israel
29 Year 11 students and a 25-person adult group from Australia to Poland and Israel are attending this year’s March of the Living to Poland and Israel Read more
Yom HaShoah at Yad Vashem
Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin addressed the official ceremony marking the commencement of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, which took place place at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Read more
McCully supported UN resolution 2334 without cabinet approval
Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully’s office has confirmed he never had Cabinet approval when New Zealand promoted a United Nations Security Council resolution denouncing Israel, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Winston Peters. Read more
Breaking the Silence takes Richard Gere to Hebron
Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence have escorted actor superstar Richard Gere to Hebron…and Israel’s Channel Two filmed the visit. Read more
A Hebrew Uni experience
In early January 2017, Jennifer Keene left Melbourne for the three-week ‘Mishpatim’ course at Hebrew University. This survey course in Israeli and international law would earn her one course credit for her Juris Doctor law studies at the University of Melbourne… Read more
Feldman litigation settled
Litigation in which Sydney Rabbi Yosef Feldman sought damages against the Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Australia, The Executive Council of Australian Jewry and The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies has been settled through mediation. Read more
UIA NSW Gala Event: Photo Gallery
Did you attend the UIA NSW Gala Event at which Canadian former prime minister Stephen Harper spoke?…a J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
UIA NSW Major Donors: A J-Wire photo gallery
Did you attend the UIA NSW Major Donors function…. Read more
Purim gallery
Photos from Purim events Read more
MDA Lunch with Robert Goot…a photo gallery
Did you attend the Magen David Adom Solicitors and Professionals Lunch in Sydney with speaker Robert Goot? A J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
Antisemitism landmark case in the UK
Feintooner: Purim cartoon
Feintooner: Queen Esther dismisses Haman’s message to King Ahasuerus… Read more
The Laden Table
The independent theatre company known for taking daring risks, Sydney’s bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company, will kick off their 2017 season with a powerful world-premiere, The Laden Table, written and developed by a collective of Jewish, Muslim and Christian women in response to ‘dinner table racism’. Read more
Feintooner
This week’s cartoon from Feintooner… Read more
Hebrew University archaeologists find 12th Dead Sea Scrolls cave
Excavations in a cave on the cliffs west of Qumran, near the north-western shore of the Dead Sea, prove that Dead Sea scrolls from the Second Temple period were hidden in the cave, and were looted by Bedouins in the middle of the last century. Read more
Feintooner cartoon
An amalgamated composite of multiple stories from last week…from Feintooner. Read more
AAJS 2017 Conference
The 29th Australian Association for Jewish Studies Conference is to be held on the 12-13 February at Sydney’s Jewish Museum. Read more
Strength to Strength – International Holocaust Remembrance Day
‘Strength to Survive’, recounts the stories of Melbourne Holocaust survivors who did whatever they could to escape the atrocities surrounding them. Read more
It’s Our Duty to Tackle Family Violence…writes Bill Appleby
Jewish Care Victoria believes that a healthy, relevant, democratic community needs everyone to engage in the strategic decision-making process of its communal organisations. Read more
NZ, Israel & UNSC Resolutions 242 and 2334
I wonder just how well thought out UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (UNSC2334) was…writes John McCormick. Read more
Moving the Australian Embassy in Israel
Last week Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott proclaimed something that he never called for as PM. He stated that Australia should move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Read more
Analysis: Are the Israeli settlements legal under international law?
Rachel Avraham explains the history behind why Israeli communities exist in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, why the world is opposed to it and why Israel is passionately standing behind their position. Read more
An open letter to the Prime Minister of New Zealand Bill English
Open letter to the prime minister of New Zealand, Edward English Read more
Hawkes Bay Friends of Israel condemn McCully and UNSC settlement vote
As Chairman I John McCormick condemn Murray McCully for promoting and supporting by vote the UN SC resolution calling on Israel to stop building settlements in the West bank. Read more
The Council of Christians and Jews, NSW and Rabbi Apple’s “New Testament People. A Rabbi’s Notes”.
Rabbi Raymond Apple’s great desire is for his new book to advance the cause of mutual respect between Christians and Jews. Read more
Rehabilitation and celebration: Haifa slowly comes back to life in aftermath of fires
Meir Barzilay was one of the lucky residents of Haifa during Israel’s recent wave of fires…writes Franziska Knupper/JNS.org. Read more
The Trombone Man: Tales of a Misogynist…a book review by Jasmin Albert
Ron J. Hutter has written a provocative, entertaining and thoughtful novel that explores the problem of antisemitism in a very original way. Read more
UK Prime Minister Theresa May adopts official antisemitism definition
United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May announced that her government will officially adopt a working definition of antisemitism, while also saying it is “disgusting” that antisemitic views are found in British politics. Read more
