Jews Killed Nobody … writes Gil Solomon

April 3, 2015 by  
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With antisemitism rampaging like a wildfire throughout the fertile grounds of Europe, be it Muslim initiated or otherwise, when a Holland-based Roman Catholic Church Association television station airs a video clip titled “Jews killed Jesus“, when a Sydney-based Anglican priest, in one of his sermons stated that “Jews killed Jesus” I say enough is enough. Read more

Ask the Rabbi about Pesach

March 29, 2015 by  
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Rabbi Raymond Apple writes about the ten plagues, chametz and the invisible Seder guest… Read more

Breaking the 18-minute rule…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie

March 26, 2015 by  
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In just over a week we will celebrate Passover, which begins with the Pesach Seder. One of the important Mitzvot of the Seder is the eating of Shmura Matzah. Read more

The Road to Realisation

March 25, 2015 by  
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More than 180 people attended at the AGM of Sydney’s Hakoah Club despite there being no election and were “walked through” the Hakoah proposal for the redevelopment plans of the White City site. Read more

Dear Malcolm, Dear Mark

March 24, 2015 by  
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Mark Leibler was the president of the Zionist Council of Victoria in 1983 when Malcolm Fraser lost the prime ministership to Bob Hawke… Read more

JNF Victoria has shared presidency

March 24, 2015 by  
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Michael Carp will become Co-President of JNF Victoria together with Simone Szalmuk-Singer, the current Victorian President. Read more

TV duo receive two Logies nominations

March 24, 2015 by  
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Sydney-based Mint Pictures, run by Dan Goldberg and Adam Kay, has received two nominations for the Logies.

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Meeting and eating

March 23, 2015 by  
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The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) and the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV) have celebrated Harmony Day by co-hosting a Jewish – Muslim Friendship Dinner.  Read more

Malcolm Fraser: Community messages

March 23, 2015 by  
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The Executive Council of Australian Jewry and The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council have issued statements following the death of former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. Read more

Sydney theatre rejects Jewish production

March 22, 2015 by  
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A Sydney theatre has refused to rent its premises to a Jewish group on the grounds that their policy “does not support colonialism/Zionism”. Read more

The Malcolm Fraser I knew

March 22, 2015 by  
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Isi Leibler knew the late Malcolm Fraser well. He tells J-Wire about Australia’s 22nd Prime Minister…a man whose passionate support for Israel was to take a reverse turn… Read more

Hakoah: Differences resolved

March 22, 2015 by  
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The incumbent board of Sydney’s Hakoah Club will hold its AGM on Tuesday free of any threat to its immediate future. Read more

Award for Cremorne

March 20, 2015 by  
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Sydney’s Cremorne Synagogue has been awarded the prestigious Supportive Employer Award for 2015 for support to Rabbi Yossi Friedman,  NSW RAAF chaplain. Read more

Respecting the Challah…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie

March 20, 2015 by  
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When we make the Friday night Kiddush the two Challot are covered. One of the reasons for this practice is about the treatment of the Challah. Read more

Food for the soul

March 20, 2015 by  
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The FoodFaith initiative was launched this week in Sydney with religious leaders breaking bread with academics and sustainability groups to discuss the latest food sustainability issues and strategies. Read more

JCA not involved “in any way”

March 20, 2015 by  
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JCA  president Stephen Chipkin has written to J-Wire to dispel rumours that the community organisation is involved in “the current dispute” with the board of the Hakoah Club. Read more

Sydney University Disruption: B’nai B’rith has its say

March 19, 2015 by  
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The president of B’nai B’rith NSW has written to Sydney University in the wake of the protest which disrupted a lecture being delivered by Colonel Richard Kemp. Read more

A Return to Polish Roots

March 19, 2015 by  
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According to filmmaker Simon Target, “it’s cool to be Jewish” in Poland today.

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Safer shules in Victoria

March 19, 2015 by  
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The Rabbinical Council of Victoria Inc (RCV) has just launched its Child Protection Policy Program in Shules in partnership with Australian Childhood Foundation. Read more

Rabbi Franklin not standing for NORA presidency

March 19, 2015 by  
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In the wake of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Sydney’s Rabbi Selwyn Franklin became interim president of NORA, the New Organisation of the Rabbis of Australasia…a post he will not contend at NORA’s inaugural conference. Read more

Congratulations, Bibi

March 19, 2015 by  
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The B’nai Brith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) and B’nai Brith ANZ have extended their congratulations to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his electoral victory. Read more

Hakoah: A letter from Frank Lowy

March 18, 2015 by  
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Frank Lowy, former president of Hakoah and currently the club’s patron and one of its Life Governors,  has sent a letter to the club’s members…in favour of the incumbent Board. Read more

Yet another hate video

March 13, 2015 by  
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Another video made by anti-Jewish group Hizb Ut-Tahrir has been published on the organisation’s website. Read more

Victorian country school students to visit the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation

March 13, 2015 by  
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Melbourne Hebrew Congregation (MHC) will host Year 9 and 10 rural school students who are taking part in an essay contest dealing with military personnel.

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The Shuk: Learn all about Israel programs

March 13, 2015 by  
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The Shuk is coming to Sydney and Melbourne! It is the biggest Israel programs fair held in Australia and will showcase a wide range of gap year, study abroad, special interest, post-university and volunteer experiences for young adults aged 18-30. Read more

The EU peddles diplomatic immunity…writes Ari Briggs

March 13, 2015 by  
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The Jerusalem Municipality has demolished an illegally built structure just moments away from the Hebrew University campus. Read more

After the Royal Commission…

March 12, 2015 by  
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The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has established a Task Force on Child Protection that will focus on the welfare of children in communal institutional settings. Read more

Changing the world – one project at a time

March 12, 2015 by  
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A former Sydney Emanuel School student has taken on the challenge of tackling global poverty by promoting empowerment and autonomy for the women of Kenya. She will relate her remarkable story at the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum next week. Read more

Rabbi Selwyn Franklin: NORA and the K-A

March 11, 2015 by  
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Rabbi Selwyn Franklin is the interim president of the New Organisation of Rabbis of Australasia and the vice-president of the NSW Kashrut Authority…a situation which The Executive Council of Australian Jewry finds questionable. Read more

Board asks for action on inflammatory video

March 10, 2015 by  
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The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies has written to Stepan Kerkyasharian, the president of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board seeking action to prosecute two Sydney men appearing in an inflammatory video stating “tomorrow you Jews will see what will become of you”. Read more

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