Carr celebrates Yom Ha’azmaut

Foreign Minister Bob Carr joined with the Australian Jewish community this week in celebrating the Independence Day of the State of Israel. Read more

Friends of Israel v Friends of Palestine

A second member of the NSW Parliament has joined Labor MP Shaoquet Moselmane in supporting a student move to disassociate the University of Sydney from the Technion in Haifa…and Sydney University itself has expressed its thoughts on the affair. Read more

Representing Australian Jewry globally

Two members of the Australian Jewish community have been appointed vice-presidents of the World Jewish Congress Read more

Wallenberg: an honorary Australian

Former Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved tens of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust, has been made Australia’s first honorary citizen. Read more

Bayit Yehudi: Choosing Religious Moderation or Extremism…writes Isi Leibler

Naftali Bennett represents one of the most successful of the new generation of Israeli politicians to have emerged from the recent Knesset elections. Read more

Israel gets Australia’s OK

Australia’s Foreign Minister Bob Carr has said that Israel has a right to defend herself following the air attack on military targets in Syria which may have been involved in the transport of weapons to Hezbollah. Read more

Palestine – Google Goes Ga Ga…writes David Singer

Google has spoken – Palestine is now indeed recognized as a country by the internet giant following the change of tag line on the homepage of its Palestinian edition from “Palestinian Territories” to “Palestine”. Read more

He came, he saw, he posted, now he’s branded a racist…writes Ari Briggs

Last Thursday, Israeli TV personality Avri Gilad went on a trip to the Northern Negev with Regavim – an independent, professional research institute & policy planning think tank involved in protecting Israel’s National Lands. Read more

VAJEX not happy with the AJN

The Victorian Association for Jewish Ex and Servicemen and Women Australia (VAJEX Aust) has  expressed its utter disappointment in the Australian Jewish News (AJN). Read more

Trust and Acceptance

There is a custom at this time of year, between Pesach and Rosh Hashanah, to study the teachings of Pirkei Avot – Ethics of the Fathers. These are moral and ethical lessons that motivate appropriate social conduct and the betterment of the human being. Read more

Double treat for Sydney Yom Ha’azmaut function

More than 620 guests representing the whos’s who of NSW society’s  including diplomats, MPs, government ministers, faith, civic and business leaders were treated to two outstanding addresses at the Yom Ha’azmaut function last night…one from Premier Barry O’Farrell and the other from Israel’s ambassador Yuval Rotem. Read more

Sir Nicolas Winton still aiding Jewish children

Sir Nicholas Winton, the man who masterminded the Kindertransport which facilitated the escape from Europe for 669 Jewish children has given his name to a New Zealand Holocaust project…at the of 104. Read more

Attorney-General defies safety laws

Federal police were called to meet a Qantas flight landing in Brisbane last week…requested to to do when a passenger continued reading his emails as the plane prepared for take-off from Sydney. Read more

A Tale of Two Killings and the Media’s Moral Equivalence…writes Emily Gian

 

1 May 2013

By Emily Gian

Yesterday, two incidents occurred in relation to Israel and the Palestinians which warranted media attention. But what is interesting is the way in which the two stories played out in the international media. Read more

Israel and Australia in joint stamp issue

Stamps bearing tribute to the heroic Australian Light Horse Brigade and the monumental battle fought by the ANZACs in Beersheba in 1917 will be jointly issued by Israel and Australia on 10 May. Read more

Survivors Languish as Claims Conference issues remain Unresolved…writes Isi Leibler

Every day we hear additional heartbreaking stories depicting the appalling suffering of destitute elderly Holocaust survivors denied elementary needs such as food, medicine and other basic services to enable them to live out their remaining years with dignity. Read more

Maccabi NSW Awards

Two Olympians have received Maccabi NSW Jewish Sports Awards. Read more

Koved zayer ondenk – Lest We Forget in Yiddish

Parliamentary Secretary for the Arts Michael Danby visited Germany for ANZAC day and to attend a ceremony at which indigenous remains were returned to Aboriginal leaders. Read more

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