Leaders at the White House
The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding is bringing Muslim and Jewish leaders from Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand to Washington D.C. for meetings at the White House, State Department, and Congress to explore the ‘American Model’ for interfaith relations and encourage Muslim and Jewish leaders to forge new partnerships in combating the rise of antisemitism and anti-Muslim bigotry. Read more
JCCV Condems AJDS
June 4, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
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A motion condemning the Australian Jewish Democratic Society’s decision to back BDS against Israel was passed with a huge majority at last night’s Jewish Community Council of Victoria’s monthly plenum. Read more
Nominations open for Human Rights Award
June 4, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
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Nominations have opened for the NSW Human Rights Award. Read more
JCA Eastern Suburbs Communal Event and Awards Night
June 4, 2013 by
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J-Wire Photo Gallery of the JCA function on Sunday night in Sydney…were you there? Check the pix from Giselle Haber.
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Guide to protect Victorian children
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) Child Protection Reference Group has compiled a Child Protection Directory offering constituent presidents confidential assistance with child protection policies, practices and risk assessments. Read more
JCA Honors Volunteers
June 3, 2013 by Lauren Finn
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Three long serving volunteers have been honoured at Sydney’s JCA’s Communal Event. Read more
Claims Conference gets deeper in the Mire…writes Isi Leibler
June 2, 2013 by Isi Leibler
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Julius Berman has circulated members of his Board with an 11 page diatribe in response to the recent flood of criticisms relating to the flawed management, lack of oversight and absence of transparency in the Claims Conference. Read more
Claims Conference: Berman responds
June 2, 2013 by
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Chair of the Claims Conference Rabbi Julius Berman has written to the organisation’s directors has responded to a newspaper’s claim that he had been aware of fraud allegations directs at the Conference for eight years. The Conference administers funds allocated to Holocaust survivors. Read more
Palestine – Pouring Money into a Bottomless Pit
June 2, 2013 by David Singer
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US Secretary of State John Kerry at a meeting of the World Economic Forum in Jordan this week proposed investing another four billion dollars in trying to resolve the 130 years old Jewish-Arab conflict…writes David Singer. Read more
Rhetoric v Reality
June 2, 2013 by Ron Weiser
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No question that Yair Lapid was the outstanding success story of the Israeli elections held earlier this year…writes Dr Ron Weiser. Read more
London Declaration: Bi-partisan signing in Melbourne
June 2, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
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The Victorian Parliament was the scene of a bipartisan message against hatred and antisemitism today as party leaders united to jointly sign The London Declaration on Combating Antisemitism. Read more
Prize-winning short story
June 2, 2013 by
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Claudia Kaplan, a Year 8 student at Sydney’s Moriah College, was the Overall Winner of the Sydney Writers’ Festival’s Writenow! Competition. Read more
Our man in Tel Aviv
June 2, 2013 by
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Dave Sharma is Australia’s new ambassador to Israel. Rohit Revo, the editor of the Indian Herald, provides background on the new ambassador… Read more
Maccabiah 2013 gets community support
May 31, 2013 by
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Maccabi’s Melbourne and Sydney communities have shown their support for Team Australia heading to the 19th Maccabiah Games in Israel in July. Read more
God’s Neighbours – a film review by Michelle Coleman
May 31, 2013 by Michelle Coleman
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It was with some trepidation that I sat down to watch Gods Neighbours, an Israeli film by Meni Yaesh about a group of young members of the Breslov Chassidic sect who take it upon themselves to police their neighbourhood and protect it from the scourge of immodestly dressed women, stores that are open on the Sabbath, and purveyors of pornographic material. Read more
Yiddish in court evidence
May 28, 2013 by
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A judge of the NSW Supreme Court has rejected a ruling by the Sydney Beth Din that ordered Benjamin Amzalak to pay an Israeli businessman more than $300,000 for the apparent sale of shares in a company. Read more
First Jewish burial in Goulburn in 70 years…and a Barmitzvah at 63
May 28, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
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Rabbi Shmueli Feldman officiated at a funeral in Goulburn on the weekend…the first the NSW country town has seen in 70 years. Read more
Goot on Claims Conference team
The President of the ECAJ Dr Danny Lamm has welcomed the announcement of the appointment of Robert Goot, to the Select Leadership Committee of the Claims Conference. Read more
A Global Tsunami of Anti-Semitism…writes Isi Leibler
May 28, 2013 by Isi Leibler
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Participants at the fourth conference of the Global Forum for Combating antisemitism, held under the auspices of the Foreign Ministry this week in Jerusalem, will be provided with data highlighting the accelerated global erosion of the status of Jews and Israel. Read more
Palestine – Beware The Snake Oil Salesman…writes David Singer
May 27, 2013 by David Singer
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Paul Larudee – one of the founders of the Free Gaza and Free Palestine Movements and an organizer in the International Solidarity Movement – has made some incredibly misleading statements in his latest article “The Palestine Liberation Movement is not about Anti- Semitism” – published in Dissident Voice on 23 May. Read more
Call to step up boycott of Israel
May 27, 2013 by
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Stepping up the boycott of Israel will be on the agenda of a conference in solidarity with Palestine to be held in New Zealand next month. Read more
Senior Yeshivah Officials may face tribunal
May 25, 2013 by
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The father of child sex abuse victim Manny Waks is taking two senior officials at the Yeshivah Centre to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Slezak WILL present at Limmud Oz
May 24, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
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Media reports that Jewish philosopher Peter Slezak’s participation at this year’s Limmud-Oz in Sydney may be in doubt, the organisers have issued a statement that Slezak will be a presenter at the event. Read more
Moselmane tells Israeli ambassador to “butt out”
May 24, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
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NSW Labor politician Shaoquett Moselmane has made a speech in the NSW Parliament in which he has told Israel’s Ambassador to Australia to “butt out and stay out” accusing him of bullying in the Middle East. Read more
Why worry?…asks Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
May 24, 2013 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
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Question:
I worry a lot. I am anxious about losing my job, I constantly think about the health of my family and am always scared about saying or doing something that will embarrass myself. How can I put a stop to this? Read more
94-yr-old publishes e-book
May 24, 2013 by
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When in 1997, eminent scholar Dr. Israel Kipen penned Ahad Ha-am: The Zionism of the Future, widely regarded as the definitive and standard study of one of Zionism’s most towering and influential figures, he never imagined that his much lauded and classic text would be republished as an e-book in the second decade of the 21st century. Read more
Book review: Saving Your Life – One Day at a Time
May 24, 2013 by Ian Stokol
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Dr Roy Sugarman PhD has published a book focusing on healthy aging…read Ian Stokol’s review. Read more
No money for academic antisemitism
May 24, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
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A Liberal-led government may withdraw funds to an academic institution it believed was using taxpayer money for antisemitic campaigns, according to Julie Bishop. Read more
Campus virus – a worldwide pandemic…writes Michael Kuttner
May 24, 2013 by Michael Kuttner
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During the waning years of the Weimar Republic in the early 1930’s, my late father was a student at the university in Karlsruhe, Southern Germany. Read more
Most child sex offenders have multiple victims
May 24, 2013 by Margaret Bozik
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An astounding 93 per cent of child sex offenders have more than one victim, while 23 per cent abuse 10 or more children, psychologist Sandra Ifrah told parents attending workshops on ‘Parenting Safe Children’ held recently in Melbourne. Read more