Stronger together: UIA and ZFA Leadership Solidarity Mission to Israel
December 11, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
UIA Australia President Esther Frenkiel and Zionist Federation of Australia President Jeremy Leibler, together with a delegation of Australian Jewish leaders, recently embarked on a whirlwind four-day solidarity mission to Israel. Read more
LGBTQ+ Mentorship Program
March 3, 2022 by Community newsdesk
Almost 20 members of the Sydney Jewish community have gathered at Emanuel Synagogue for the launch of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ (JBD) LGBTQ+ Mentorship Program. Read more
The 2021 census is coming
July 29, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
How many Jews live in the Outback? To find out, we’d need the Australian census which is arriving in two weeks. Read more
UPJ offers workshop to respond to heightened antisemitism
June 22, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
After discerning a high level of urgency to respond to heightened levels of antisemitism and ways to effectively engage when confronted by anti-Zionist and anti-Israel voices, the Union for Progressive Judaism has held an online workshop. Read more
NSW Plenum to focus on non-Jewish genocides
April 18, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Armenian, Assyrian and Greek genocides, which resulted in the loss of over 1.5 million lives, will be the focus of next week’s NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum. Read more
Multiculturalism NSW launches five year plan
March 5, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Multiculturalism NSW Strategic Plan for 2021-2025 has been launched at NSW Parliament House.
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Sydney Jewish Museum CEO to step down
February 11, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Sydney Jewish Museum board has joined CEO Norman Seligman in announcing that after 19 years in the role, he will be stepping down in the second half of 2021. Read more
Survivor talks at the Sydney Jewish Museum resume
December 23, 2020 by Community newsdesk
Talks by Holocaust survivors will resume in the Sydney Jewish Museum over the summer period. Read more
2020 Cohort graduates from UIA Philanthropy Fellowship
December 15, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
UIA NSW has concluded its inaugural Philanthropy Fellowship with the Australian Jewish Funders recently with an inspiring ‘Night of Giving’. Read more
History repeats itself
March 11, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In 1995 The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies celebrated its 50th anniversary in the NSW parliament and this year the House’s Legislative Council will be the venue once again as the Board celebrates its 75th. Read more
ZCNSW official accompanies the mother of Hadar Goldin to U.N.
October 2, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Zionist Council of NSW’s director of Israel Affairs, Arsen Ostrovsky has accompanied Israeli Leah Goldin, mother of captured IDF soldier Hadar Goldin, to the United Nations in Geneva. Read more
Dive in for your share of $60K
August 23, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Jumpstart Shark Tank, powered by JCA, is gearing up for its biggest pitch event yet with $60,000 on offer for the most innovative social-purpose initiatives that directly impact the local Sydney Jewish community. Read more
Jul-21 Sydney: Comedy Night
July 8, 2019 by J-Wire
Shalom’s ever-popular Comedy Night 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 slams 10 daily news site for publishing racist story
June 27, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
News site “10 daily” has published a story highlighting a chain email blaming “white Aussies” for the problems emanating from an apartment building in Mascot experiencing serious cracks and instability. Read more
Coming soon – Limmud Oz 2019 – the annual festival of Jewish learning
May 31, 2019 by Community newsdesk
Limmud Oz will present a lineup of local and international speakers in Sydney at The Roundhouse, UNSW in mid-June. Read more
BJE staff cook up Hamantaschen
March 12, 2019 by Community newsdesk
Some of BJE staff went to Bondi’s Our Big Kitchen (OBK) to bake Hamantaschen. Read more
JCA launches 2% bequest program
February 27, 2019 by Community newsdesk
What will our local Jewish community look like in the next 20 or 30 years? Will it continue to provide the same sense of belonging and connection we enjoy today? Read more
Pitching to the sharks
December 21, 2018 by Leanne Shelton
The third annual 2018 JCA Jumpstart Pitch Event was standing room only at the Intercontinental Sydney, Double Bay in Sydney. Read more
Reclaiming Jewish-Greek history
December 7, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Vic Alhadeff presented a paper on “The Jews of Rhodes” at a conference at Sydney’s Macquarie University on “Reclaiming Greece as a Field of Studies, Teaching and Research”. Read more
UIA NSW hosts North Shore briefing with Ohad Hemo
November 29, 2018 by Community newsdesk
UIA NSW hosted over 140 supporters at its North Shore Briefing and 2019 Campaign Launch at North Shore Synagogue recently with guest speaker Ohad Hemo -Correspondent for Palestinian Affairs for Channel 2 News in Israel….a J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
Precious Objects
August 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
When Holocaust survivors hold up an object to the camera and tell the story behind it, the object is no longer just a blanket, a jacket, a photo. It becomes sacred. The subject of this weekend’s ABC-TV’s Compass program. Read more
John Howard addresses a Liberal Party shabbat dinner
July 18, 2018 by J-Wire
Former Australian prime minister John Howard was the keynote speaker at a unique Liberal Party Shabbat dinner hosted by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies. Read more
Women of Diversity Dinner 2018
July 10, 2018 by Community newsdesk
The Women of Diversity Dinner is Sydney’s premier event for women from diverse backgrounds. Read more
Advocate speakers represent four major human rights issues in Australia
June 21, 2018 by Community newsdesk
The Sydney Jewish Museum has hosted an engaging and dynamic panel of speakers, who explored four major human rights issues facing Australia today. Read more
Top Israeli human rights lawyer heading Down Under for UIA events
June 15, 2018 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Israeli human rights lawyer, Gadi Ezra will be visiting Australia later this month as a guest of the United Israel Appeal in NSW and Victoria. Read more
Unseen Untold
March 22, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Sydney Jewish Museum is launching a new temporary exhibition ‘Unseen Untold: Our Curious Collection’ to mark the Sydney Jewish Museum’s 25th anniversary and to celebrate 25 years of collecting. Read more
UIA NSW Women’s Division welcomes partners to Gala Event
March 6, 2018 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Due to popular demand and Israel’s special milestone, UIA is inviting partners of women attending the Women’s Division Gala Event to also join in the festivities on Sunday 11 March. Read more
NSW Opposition Leader to speak at the NSWJBD plenum
February 14, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
If Luke Foley is elected Premier of New South Wales on March 23 next year, the state’s race-hate legislation will be overhauled. Read more
The Sydney Jewish Museum remembers and recalls the Holocaust
January 31, 2018 by Community newsdesk
The Sydney Jewish Museum together with the Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants (AAJHSD) has commemorated U.N. International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz. Read more
