Category Archives: J-Wire
Global Jewish call for UN to positively reference IHRA definition
AIJAC has joined 178 Jewish organisations across the globe in calling for the United Nations to favourably reference the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s Working Definition of Antisemitism at its upcoming in its upcoming “UN Action Plan on monitoring antisemitism and enhancing a system-wide response”. Read more » »
Insect named for Hitler draws criticism from organizational, academic circles
Connections between the Nazis and Volkswagen Beetles are well known. But an insect that looks like Adolf Hitler bearing his name? That’s like letting the bed bugs bite. Read more » »
South Africans expose the ‘Israeli apartheid’ fallacy
More and more these days, people are calling Israel an apartheid state…writes Paul Schneider. For some, it’s a socially acceptable way to channel antisemitic impulses. For others, it’s a form of virtue signalling. And of course, there are the anti-Zionists at places like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. Read more » »
Raoul Wallenberg Day
Around 100 members of the Melbourne Jewish community and friends gathered at the St. Kilda Town Hall on Sunday to institute the inaugural Wallenberg Day, in memory of the heroic deeds of Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest during World War II. Read more » »
Jan-15 11am Melbourne: Remembering Raoul Wallenberg
Melbourne’s Raoul Wallenberg Unit of B’nai B’rith will hold its inaugural Raoul Wallenberg Day on Sunday, 15 January at the St Kilda Town Hall.This Sunday is nearest to the date of his arrest by the advancing Russian army on 17 January 1945, never to be seen, or heard from, again. Federal Attorney General Mark Dreyfus will be the keynote speaker. Read more » »
Australia’s Jews should participate in Indigenous referendum
Jewish people should accept an open invitation from Australia’s First Nations people to participate in the upcoming referendum on a voice for Indigenous people in Australia. Daniel Aghion, Dean Parkin, Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann, Tahlia Bowen. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith and JBOD raise funds for flood victims
B’nai B’rith Australia and the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies banded together to establish an appeal to raise much-needed flood relief funds for communities and individuals affected by February’sdevastinh floods in northern NSW and southern Queensland. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith international head in Australia
Ahead of B’nai B’rith Australia and New Zealand Convention in Melbourne. International President Seth Riklin arrived yesterday in Sydney. Read more » »
Library named after Henry Wirth in Sydney
Family, friends and residents convened at Rose Bay B’nai B’rith Retirement Villages (BBRV) recently to celebrate the contribution made by Henry Wirth in over 20 years of service on the Board. Read more » »
Thank you, B’nai B’rith
Melissa Don Port, Executive Director NSW, JDC (The Joint) has presented a Certificate of Appreciation to B’nai B’rith NSW for their fundraising efforts towards the Ukraine Emergency Crisis Response. Read more » »
