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Hamas negotiators begin Gaza truce talks in Cairo
Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 12:27 pm
Hamas negotiators have begun intensified talks on a possible Gaza truce that would bring a halt to the fighting and the return to Israel of some hostages, a Hamas official says, with the CIA director already present in Cairo for the indirect diplomacy. Read more
Hamas negotiators arrive in Cairo for Gaza truce talks
Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 10:33 pm
Hamas negotiators have arrived in Cairo for intensified talks on a possible Gaza truce that would see the return to Israel of some hostages, a Hamas official says, with the CIA director already present for the indirect diplomacy. Read more
IDF posts on Gaza border failed routine inspection on Oct. 4
Friday, May 3, 2024 at 5:06 pm
A routine inspection of Israel Defence Forces posts along the Gaza border carried out 72 hours before Hamas’s Oct. 7 onslaught showed a severe lack of preparedness, Channel 12 reported this week. Read more
Rally at Sydney University passes peacefully
Friday, May 3, 2024 at 4:51 pm
The “March for a Safe Campus” at the university of Sydney was a resounding success with more than 500 supporters defying the weather conditions and vocal opposition. Read more
Albanese meets Australian rabbis
Friday, May 3, 2024 at 4:25 pm
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has met with orthodox rabbis from Sydney and Melbourne at Sydney’s Central Synagogue this morning. Read more
A message to world Jewry from Israel’s President Isaac Herzog
Friday, May 3, 2024 at 10:49 am
President Isaac Herzog yesterday issued an urgent message of support to Jewish communities around the world in light of the dramatic resurgence in antisemitism and following the hostilities and intimidation against Jewish students on campuses across the US in particular. Read more
Two-week reprieve on Orthodox army exemptions
Friday, May 3, 2024 at 10:42 am
Israel’s High Court of Justice on Thursday gave the government a two-week reprieve to present its plan to conscript the country’s Orthodox community into military service. Read more
Israeli researchers correlate biblical events with archaeological evidence in Jerusalem
Friday, May 3, 2024 at 10:29 am
Israeli researchers have successfully dated findings from the First Temple period, marking the first time exact science has been employed to correlate events mentioned in the Bible with archaeological evidence. Read more
Friday, May 3, 2024 at 8:03 am
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany has launched #CancelHate, a new digital campaign. Read more
…and tomorrow morning at Sydney University
Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 6:29 pm
Meanwhile somewhere else at Melbourne University
Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 6:08 pm
Tensions have escalated at the University of Melbourne’s pro-Palestine encampment after the arrival of dozens of Israeli supporters. Read more
Israel’s UN ambassador says UN’s ‘days are numbered’
Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 5:58 pm
Israel’s envoy to the United Nations sharply criticized the global body on Wednesday, telling the U.N. General Assembly that the organization’s “days are numbered.” Read more
Jerusalem awaiting Hamas’s response to hostage-deal proposal
Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 5:52 pm
Jerusalem was still waiting on Thursday morning for a response from Hamas to the latest hostage-deal proposal, which U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday features “very important compromises” by Israel. Read more
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The Holocaust and Euro 2024 in Germany
Friday, April 26, 2024 at 2:28 pm
The World Jewish Congress, with the German NGO WhatMatters, will pioneer initiatives aimed at leveraging the power of sports to combat antisemitism and honour the memory of the Holocaust ahead of EUFA EURO 2024. Read more
Jemima Montag to compete for two gold medals in Paris
Monday, April 22, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Australia’s best race walker Jemima Montag will challenge for two medals at the Paris Olympics after the national squad had a big day out at the world team championships in Turkey. Read more
BDS threats to cancel Israeli cycling team an ‘obtuse moral inversion’
Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 4:43 pm
Threats to disrupt the two biggest cycling races in the world over Israeli participation are an “obtuse moral inversion” by haters of the Jewish state, the Israel–Premier Tech team’s co-owner said on Wednesday. Read more
Friday, April 5, 2024 at 4:43 pm
19-year-old Jake Girdwood-Reich’s national duties have been extended, with Jake named in an updated Australian U23 national “Olyroos” squad to compete in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Asian Cup April 15-23, 2024, in Qatar. Read more
Features and Articles
The countdown has started. Read more
The shocking scenes on campus over the past few days are far more significant than mere student demonstrations getting out of hand. Read more
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
Next Monday, we will observe our Yom HaShoah. We may hear the cliché “ Never again” and realize it means nothing to the majority of people in the so-called civilized world. Read more
Shelly Freeman interviews Henry Greener on the milestone 800th episode of his iconic Jewish TV Show. Read more
Defined as a public shame and disgrace, this word more than adequately sums up the current turmoil convulsing universities. Read more
Just thinking… Read more
IDF plans for Rafah op draw on extensive Israeli experience
As the War Cabinet waits for a reply from Hamas to the latest far-reaching, unprecedented Israeli proposal for a hostage release deal, the IDF has drawn up operational plans for large-scale urban warfare in Hamas’s last remaining bastion in Rafah, southern Gaza. Read more
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JNF helps disabled and seriously ill Israeli kids
Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 1:06 pm
KKL-JNF and JNF-KKL Germany have held a unique spring camp in Eilat in collaboration with Simcha Layeled, dedicated to improving the quality of life and social welfare of disabled and seriously ill children in Israel. Read more
PJ Library hits the road – first stop Canberra
Friday, March 29, 2024 at 3:56 pm
PJ Library, renowned for its global reach in promoting Jewish literacy and culture, is embarking on an exciting journey across New South Wales. Read more
Need money to complete a short film project?
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 4:34 pm
Applications close for the JIFF Short Film Fund Monday 1 April. Read more
JNF takes Holocaust survivors to see Israel’s spring flowers
Monday, March 18, 2024 at 3:08 pm
Over 4,100 Holocaust survivors have embarked on blossom tours across Israel, organised by the KKL-JNF Foundation since the beginning of March. Read more
Friday, March 8, 2024 at 4:27 pm
On a recent visit to Norfolk Island, Rabbi Chaim and Judith Ingram visited Vaughan Nicol, the only known Jew on the island. Read more
Young-Gen
Idan Raichel hit song performed by 900 Emanuel voices
Sydney’s Emanuel School has produced a special rendition of Idan Raichel’s hit song – Shevet Achim Ve’achayot, a Tribe of Brothers and Sisters. Read more
Emanuel’s strong performance in HSC
Sydney’s Emanuel School’s Class of 2023 students achieved strong results with many notable achievements. Read more
Mount Scopus College: “Wonderful VCE results”
The results of over 75% of Melbourne’s Mount Scopus College Year 12 were in the top 20% of the state. Read more
Sharni Briner, the Melbourne Coordinator for Diller Teen Fellows, attended a gathering in Chicago representing the Australian Jewish community. Read more
Israeli gaming team hosted in Riyadh ‘like kings’
A team of Israelis who participated in a recent global video game competition in Saudi Arabia said Monday that they were treated like royalty and blended right in with the other international players meeting in the Gulf kingdom. Read more
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May-16 4:55pm SBS-World Movies: The Scarlet and The Black
Based on the humanitarian works of Irish-born Vatican priest Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, who saved thousands of escaped prisoners of war, Jews and Italian Resistance families in occupied Rome during the World War Two, by hiding them in the church. Read more
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Jewish family man Simon and his wife Helen decide to sell a basement in their Paris building. Read more
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December, 1942. Following their parent’s arrest for being part of the Norwegian resistance movement during the war, young siblings Gerda and Otto are left on their own. Read more
May-22 7:30pm SBS World Movies: The Last Vermeer
While Joseph Piller, a Dutch Jew, was fighting in the Resistance during the Second World War, the debonair art connoisseur Han van Meegeren was selling Dutch art to Hermann Goring and other Nazis. Read more
May-23 00:05am SBS-World Movies: Once Upon a Time in America
Sergio Leone’s internationally acclaimed masterpiece ‘Once Upon A Time In America’ is an epic gangster film spanning decades. Read more
May-24 11:30am SBS-Viceland: Israel: Cyberpower
Israel is one of the world’s cyber superpowers. Read more
Apr-25 11:45pm SBS-TV: Auschwitz – One Day
This documentary tells the story of a typical day in 1944 in the ‘death factory’ at Auschwitz from the viewpoint of victims – but it also allows insights into the mindset of the perpetrators. Read more
