Israel’s water technology impresses Melbourne lecturer
February 21, 2014 by Ahuva Bar-Lev
Filed under News
A lecturer in groundwater at Melbourne’s Monash University has toured Israel’s water technology facilities. Read more
Vidor project opened in Israel
February 12, 2014 by Ahuva Bar-Lev
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Sydney-based Lottie and Ervin Vidor have attended the opening of the Vidor Family Visitors’ Center in the Arava region of Israel. Read more
New bird watching centre near Tel Aviv funded by Australians
December 24, 2013 by Ahuva Bar-Lev
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The ceremony to celebrate the laying of the foundation stone for the new Rosh Tzippor bird-watching centre to be established in the forest in Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park. Read more
Victorian political leader visits the Negev
December 11, 2013 by Ahuva Bar-Lev
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The Leader of the Labor Opposition party in Victoria has visited the Western Negev in Israel. Read more
Sir Zelman Cowen Forest in Israel
November 6, 2013 by Ahuva Bar-Lev
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A forest near Nachal Assaf in the Western Negev has been dedicated in honor of the late Sir Zelman Cowen, Governer-General of Australia from 1977 to 1982. Read more
PNG Prime Minister plants tree
October 27, 2013 by Ahuva Bar-Lev
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Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has planted a tree during a recent visit to Israel. Read more
Holocaust Survivors in Israel Spend a Day with the JNF
October 17, 2013 by Ahuva Bar-Lev
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Over 400 people from Amcha centers in northern, central and southern Israel have spent a day on an ecological tour of KKL-JNF sites, including Alexander River Park, the Ilanot tree arboretum, KKL-JNF water reservoir and Herzl House in Hulda Forest…gifted by JNF Melbourne. Read more
Australian initiative cleans up Israel
September 11, 2013 by Ahuva Bar-Lev
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Volunteers from 250 localities took part in this year’s International Cleanup Day, an event that KKL-JNF has orchestrated in Israel for the past thirteen years. Read more
JNF Update
August 7, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
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The Jewish National Fund recently hosted a breakfast forum in Sydney addressed by Major-General Oren Shachor [Res.] co-founder of the Jerusalem Arbitration Center. Read more
Mapping a visit to Israel
July 22, 2013 by Lauren Hockley
Filed under JNF, Mt Scopus, News
JNF Education Director, Erez Feinberg, has initiated a project at Mount Scopus College working with students to build a papier mache model showing the landscape of Israel. Read more
Maccabi contingent plants trees
July 16, 2013 by Ahuva Bar-Lev
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The Australian delegation to the Maccabiah Games sets out to plant trees at KKL-JNF’s planting center in Nahshon Forest. Read more
J-Wire visits Sha’ar HaNegev
June 6, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Filed under JNF, News
On a recent visit to Israel, J-Wire visited the secondary school at Sha’ar HaNegev, 4kms from Israel’s border with Gaza…and still a weekly target for Qassam rockets launched from Gaza. Read more
The Struggle for the Negev
Ari Briggs – International Director of Regavim, an Israeli Non-Government Organization, and JNF Shaliach Ygal Shapir have shared a platform at Sydney’s The Central Synagogue discussing good and bad news coming out of the Negev. Read more
Triple Dose of David
August 15, 2012 by Henry Benjamin
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Australian business luminary David Gonski has participated in three communal functions in less than 24 hours…a Magen David Adom lunch, a cocktail party for the Moriah Foundation and breakfast with the JNF. Read more
Sydney-funded scenic lookout inaugurated in the Negev
The Scenic Lookout at Kibbutz Kramim in the Negev, donated by Gary and Sharon Hendler of Sydney, Australia, was inaugurated this week. Read more
Australian trees a boon for Israel’s bees
Australian eucalyptus trees have come to the rescue of Israel’s bees…and reversed the dwindling production of honey. Read more
JNF president in daring fire rescue
August 5, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
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Stuart Romm, president of the NSWJewish National Fund, risked his life rescuing his neighbour from his blazing home. Read more
JNF Annual Conference
July 2, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
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All Australian states were represented at this year’s Jewish National Fund’s annual conference in Melbourne at which some important milestones and awards were made. Read more
170 Aussies plant JNF trees on IDF air force base
170 18-yr-old Australians shared the planting of trees on TuBishvat with young Israelis on active duty at the Nevatim Air Force base…a first for JNF Read more
Bride gets her green wedding wish
January 20, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Filed under JNF
Adopt an Acacia is a new JNF initiative which has itself been adopted by Sydney couple Zoe and Darren Smorgon. Read more
Melbourne seeking names of fallen IDF soldiers and victims of terror
Melbourne’s annual Yom Hazikaron Communal Commemoration is the time our community collectively grieves and honours Israel’s Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terror and can offer some solace to bereaved families and friends of the fallen. Read more