Jewish Holocaust Centre marks 30 years

June 1, 2014 by  

Melbourne’s Jewish Holocaust Centre has marked its 30th anniversary with a gala dinner. Read more

Trip to Israel for a Kiwi start up contender

May 29, 2014 by  

The Wellington City Council, Grow Wellington, Creative HQ, ATEED and Callaghan Innovation have joined hands with the Embassy of Israel in promoting the participation of a young,

talented and promising Kiwi  “Start-up ist” in the Tel Aviv Start-up seminar and the DLD Innovation Festival  which will take place from 13-19 September 2014 in Tel Aviv. Read more

Limmud sampler

May 29, 2014 by  

Stand-up comedy, first-hand stories from Bob Carr’s favourite lobby group the “falafel faction”, or a former Israeli intelligence official analysing jihadi groups? It’s a tough choice for the 12pm session at Yom Limmud. Read more

Brussels: death toll rises to four

May 25, 2014 by  

A fourth person has died following the attack on the Jewish museum in Brussels on Saturday. Read more

Been and scene at the Sydney Jewish Museum

May 21, 2014 by  

The Sydney Jewish Museum has held functions related to the current Anne Frank exhibition…J-Wire presents images from the events. Read more

Aussies told not to take part in peace run

May 20, 2014 by  

Six Israelis, three originally from Australia, were asked to refrain from participating in Australian ultra marathon runner Pat Farmer’s Peace Run, as it passed the Jewish communities of Eli and Shiloh in Samaria. The group had coordinated with Farmer’s team ahead of time to ensure that Jews and Palestinians could run together in a true show of coexistence. Read more

Cruising for love

May 16, 2014 by  

Men in lion and dog suits, women wearing fluoro wigs and a magician with a top hat and baton; it doesn’t sound like a religious festival, but it is. Read more

In the wake of a martyr’s funeral

May 8, 2014 by  

Palestinians have celebrated the funeral of al-Masri, the suicide bomber who blew up the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem in 2001. Arnold and Frimet Roth, originally from Melbourne, lost their 15-yr-old daughter Malki in the attack. Arnold Roth expresses his feelings in the wake of al-Masri’s funeral. Read more

Yom Ha’azmaut

May 6, 2014 by  

Yom Ha’azmaut celebrations in Melbourne and Sydney…celebrating Israel’s 66th birthday. Read more

Yom Hazikaron in Australia

May 5, 2014 by  

Jewish communities across the world have paid tribute to Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror. Read more

Video: 250 Young Jewish Australians commemorate Anzac Day in Israel

April 30, 2014 by  

J-Wire has reported the Anzac Day ceremony involving 250 young Jewish Australians in Israel on the Zionist Federation of Australia’s MASA program. Watch the video of the event. Read more

ECAJ makes its submission on Section 18C

April 29, 2014 by  

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has made the following submission (Submission) in response to the Exposure Draft Exposure Draft of Freedom of Speech (Repeal of s.18C) Bill 2014 (the Exposure Draft).  Read more

From Breaking the Silence

April 16, 2014 by  

Jamie Hyams and Adam Shapiro of The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council have claimed on these pages that allegations aired on the ABC 4 Corners Program “Stone Cold Justice” were “old – some going back to incidents that were alleged to have occurred almost a decade ago.”

Specifically, Hyams and Shapiro were referring to the story of an array of settler attacks on Palestinian children in 2005 that led IDF soldiers to escort the children to their school in the village of at-Tuwani in the South Hebron Hills.

It is spectacularly ironic that just a couple days ago, on April 9th, the same settlers from the illegal outpost of Ma’on Farm attacked a group of 18 young children on their way to school. Two young girls had to be evacuated and hospitalized due to the settlers’ barrage of rocks. At the time, the IDF escort was in their vehicle rather than escorting the children on foot and made no effort to exit the vehicle to prevent the attack. The next day, on April 10th, the IDF failed to arrive to escort the children so they were forced to take an alternati ve path that cut near Ma’on Farm. An international activist caught two young settlers on tape attacking the children once again. Thankfully, no one was hurt in this altercation.
Hyams and Shapiro of AIJAC first claimed that our testimonies were anonymous and unverifiable. When that turned out to be wrong, they changed gears and referred to our testimonies as dated and irrelevant. Now that this has turned out to be wrong, we look forward to the next line of argument AIJAC will cook up in order to avoid contending with the harsh reality of daily life in the Occupied Territories.
Yehuda Shaul
Jerusalem

Chag Sameach from the Prime Minister

April 14, 2014 by  

Tony Abbott, the Prime Minister of Australia sends a Pesach message to J-Wire readers…. Read more

The fight against BDS

April 11, 2014 by  

In a keynote speech in London, World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder on Monday called on Jewish community and organizational leaders to step up the battle against the anti-Israel Boycott, Sanctions, and Divestment (BDS) movement, saying that this was perhaps the most important thing they would ever do. Read more

Bob Carr: A reader’s thoughts

April 11, 2014 by  

I don’t think that the self opinionated, arrogant Bob Carr should get away without a suitable reply both to his appearance on the 7.30 program on the ABC last night as well as his chapter about the “ IsraeliLobby “ also called ( by him ) the” Falafel Lobby”, in his book. Read more

Israelis abroad under-utlilised

April 11, 2014 by  

Participants at a Global Israeli Leadership Summit held in London have been told that Israelis living in the Diaspora must be recognised by the Israeli government as being an integral part of the world-wide Jewish community. Read more

A Kosher Pesach from the Premier

April 9, 2014 by  

NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell has sent  his greeting for Pesach to the Jewish Community… Read more

Sydney’s Monte wins award for hotel quality catering

April 4, 2014 by  

Sydney’s Montefiore Home has been recognised for excellence, taking out the top award for service delivery in relation to its hotel quality catering services. Read more

Finding your roots

April 3, 2014 by  

A genealogist has visit the Canberra branch of the Australian Jewish Historical Society and passed on tips on how to find seemingly long-lost data. Read more

Sharansky launches AUJS campaign

March 28, 2014 by  

Natan Sharansky, the executive chairman of the Jewish Agency, has launched the Australasian Union of Jewish Students’ (AUJS) I am an Israeli campaign, as part of his Australian tour. Read more

Sharansky joins UIA for lunch

March 28, 2014 by  

Sydney’s United Israel Appeal has hosted a lunch for Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky…visit the Photogallery. Read more

ABC gives green light to hate speech

March 28, 2014 by  

The Online Hate Prevention Institute  recently targeted the ABC  for sparking Facebook hate,  assuming that having moderators automatically meant there would be no hate speech on the ABC Facebook page. Read more

Due to face court in June…found dead yesterday

March 28, 2014 by  

A Melbourne man due to face court in June on charges of child sex abuse has been found dead in his East St Kilda flat. Read more

Section 18C: A media conference with Mark Dreyfus

March 26, 2014 by  

Mark Dreyfus is the Shadow Attorney-General and has faced a media conference dealing with the plans to repeal Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. Read more

Holocaust Film Series – Melbourne giveaways

March 24, 2014 by  

J-Wire has 10 x  double passes to the Holocaust Film Series in Melbourne to giveaway! Read more

Calling for volunteers to help grow Limmud-Oz!

March 20, 2014 by  

Calling for volunteers to help grow Limmud-Oz in Sydney! Read more

UIA Sydney Major Functions

March 19, 2014 by  

A gallery of guests at recent NSW UIA functions… Read more

BTS responds to AIJAC

March 19, 2014 by  

The ABC Four Corners on the treatment of Palestinian children by the IDF was addressed by The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council. The leader of Israeli advocacy group Breaking the Silence responds… Read more

AUJS and Hagshama Purim Party Photo Gallery

March 18, 2014 by  

2014 saw one of the biggest young adult (ages 18-26) Purim parties on record, with more than 200 attendants packing into beautiful Set Bar for a night to remember! Read more

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