Bucking stereotypes, Egypt’s El-Sisi fights terrorism and seeks ‘revolution’ in Islam
January 27, 2015 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
As the world continues to grapple with a new wave of Islamic extremism, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has emerged as an unlikely Middle East leader willing to confront terrorism both militarily and ideologically. Read more
After king’s death, status quo expected for Saudi relations with Iran and Israel
January 27, 2015 by Alina Dain Sharon-JNS.org
The death of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah on Thursday shouldn’t change how the Gulf nation treats its relations with Iran and Israel, experts say. Read more
Those left standing
January 26, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Around 160 Holocaust survivors accompanied by family, friends and carers commemorated 70 years of survival…when survivors were asked to stand only about 80 made their presence felt. Read more
Australia Day message from Tony Abbott
January 26, 2015 by Agencies
Prime Minister Tony Abbott delivers his Australia Day message for 2015. Read more
My mother and other catastrophes
January 26, 2015 by Geoff Sirmai
An all-star cast features in a new Australian black comedy about four generations of formidable Jewish women. Read more
Israel smoothing the waters with New Zealand
January 26, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
An Israeli diplomat has made a special trip to New Zealand to deliver a letter to the country’s Foreign Minister in an attempt to reconcile diplomatic differences between the two countries. Read more
Australia Day Awards – did we leave anyone out?
January 26, 2015 by J-Wire
If you know of someone within the community who received an Australia Day award and did not appear on our list, email us at [email protected]
Israel releases world antisemitism report
2014 marked a distinct shift in the level of antisemitism around the world, and especially in Europe according to the annual report on Anti-Semitism presented to the Israeli cabinet today by the Minister for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs, Naftali Bennett. Read more
Presidents will not meet
January 25, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin is currently in the United States but hopes that a meeting with U.S. president Barak Obama might be arranged will not be realised. Read more
An Australia Day story – friendship triumphs over hate
January 25, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Each January 26, Czechoslovakian-born Holocaust survivors Eva Grinston and Ibi Wertheim have celebrated Australia Day as their national holiday and also as an anniversary with deep personal significance. Read more
A yarmulke in disguise
January 25, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
An Israeli barber has developed a yarmulke to wear when you are not wearing a yarmulke…it is made from hair! Read more
Yemen Crumbles, Iraq Stumbles, America Fumbles…writes David Singer
January 25, 2015 by David Singer
There are some 60 States in the American-led coalition pledged to degrading and destroying Islamic State – but only 21 – regarded as “key members” were at the Conference in London on 22 January – which UK Foreign Minister Philip Hammond described in these terms: Read more
This was no ordinary tour – UIA Australia in Israel
January 25, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Miriam Lewin reports on a recent UIA study mission to Israel…
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Europe’s Jews tied to a declining political class
January 23, 2015 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
As regular readers of my column will know, I am not an admirer of the analogy between the situation that Jews faced in Europe in the 1930s, and the trials and challenges we face now…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org Read more
A letter from the Monte
Serafima Lapteva joined her busband Moissei Fidler at a special dinner at the Montefiore Home in Hunter’s Hill…she tells J-Wire how it went. Read more
Woolly thinking…writes Michael Kuttner
January 23, 2015 by Michael Kuttner
Even for a country which boasts more sheep than people, the latest performances by New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade, as well as the NZ media take some beating (or should that read bleating?). Read more
EcoPeace explained
January 22, 2015 by Judy Singer
Sydneysiders thirsting for signs of hope from the Middle East filled Newtown Synagogue’s Community Hall to hear leading Israeli environmentalist Gidon Bromberg, co-director of EcoPeace Middle East, deliver some encouraging news. Read more
ADC condemns Tel Aviv bus attack
January 22, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission has strongly condemned this week’s terrorist attack on a bus line in Tel Aviv by a Palestinian man from the West Bank in which 13 Israelis passengers were injured. Read more
Anti-Defamation Commission takes issue with President Carter
January 22, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission has severely criticised as wrong and offensive comments by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter last week that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was one of the contributing reasons for the heinous murders in Paris. Read more
Museum to Host Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 21, 2015 by Keren Cook
For the second year Auckland will host the United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more
Bus hate youth tours the Sydney Jewish Museum
January 21, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
A youth who was a member of a group who boarded a bus transporting Jewish schoolchildren and verbally abused them has toured the Holocaust section of the Sydney Jewish Museum. Read more
Israel launches campaign to discredit International Criminal Court inquiry
January 21, 2015 by Shlomo Cesana-Israel Hayom-JNS.org
The Israeli government has launched a public diplomacy campaign to discredit the legitimacy of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) recent decision to start an inquiry into what the Palestinians call Israeli “war crimes” in the disputed territories. Read more
Turkey, terror, and tirades: what the Paris attacks reveal about Erdogan’s regime
January 21, 2015 by Alina Dain Sharon-JNS.org
On Monday, the European Union (EU) announced it is partnering on counter-terrorism projects with Middle East countries—including Turkey, Egypt, Yemen, Algeria, and the Gulf states—in the wake of the Islamist terror attacks in Paris at the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a kosher supermarket. But is Turkey a suitable partner for that initiative? Read more
Melbourne JNF supporters tour the Negev
January 21, 2015 by Ahuva Bar-Lev
JNF supporters from Melbourne have toured the Negev and Gaza Border. Read more
Lessons from France: Aliyah is the cornerstone of Zionism
January 20, 2015 by Isi Leibler
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls courageously stated that “if 100,000 Jews leave, France will no longer be France…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
CharlieHebdomania Plunges World Into Whirlpool Of Islamic Violence
January 19, 2015 by David Singer
The sale of seven million copies of the magazine Charlie Hebdo featuring a front page cartoon depicting an image purporting to be that of Muhammad has brought forth its first bloody response from the Islamic world – Niger – where reportedly three people have been killed and six churches attacked and looted…writes David Singer. Read more
Je suis parce que je pense…writes Rabbi Chaim Ingram
January 19, 2015 by Rabbi Chaim Ingram
Jewish communities are still reeling from the events of eight days ago at Hyper-Cachere in Paris. Read more
On the beach
January 18, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Following the success of previous Tamarama beach Shabbat experiences, Our Big Kitchen will again host this year’s biggest Shabbat dinner under the stars. Read more
The Word – Charlie Hebdo of the Soul…writes Rabbi Laibl Wolf
January 18, 2015 by Rabbi Laibl Wolf
What’s in a word? A picture is worth a thousand words. Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never harm me. And G-d said: let there be light. In the beginning was the Word. The awesome power of words – so amply demonstrated in the Paris terrorist murders. But it’s not the word, stupid – it’s the soul. Read more
Deb Filler in Melbourne
January 18, 2015 by Geoff Sirmai
Hilarious Antipodean comedienne and actress Deb Filler returns to Australia with her latest sparkling tour-de-force: I LOST IT IN KIEV – in two shows only on Saturday 28 February at Melbourne’s Theatre Works playhouse in St Kilda. Read more
