How many of us are there?…asks Michael Kuttner
June 30, 2015 by Michael Kuttner
In recent days there has been media frenzy over a report issued by The Jewish People Policy Institute which purports to show that the number of Jews in the world today has reached or even surpassed the numbers recorded before the Holocaust. Read more
Dementia help for Sydney man living in Jerusalem
June 30, 2015 by Michael Kuttner
A 90-yr-old former Sydney resident now living in Jerusalem has received a special iPod to help deal with Alzheimer’s. Read more
Identifying and combating the new antisemitism
June 30, 2015 by Isi Leibler
How does one effectively fight antisemitism and its newest mutation, anti-Israelism?…asks Isi Leibler. Read more
Dr Philip Mendes talks to The Shtick’s Henry Greener on BDS
June 30, 2015 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Dr Philip Mendes talks to The Shtick’s Henry Greener expanding on the content and issues surrounding the BDS Movement, pointing out that other countries should be boycotted for real war crimes and human rights violations. Read more
Frydenberg accepts Twitter apology
June 30, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has accepted an apology made by Brisbane financial adviser James Howarth following a series of antisemitic tweets criticising the politician for his position in planned changes to upfront commissions paid to financial planners. Read more
New NSW program for up and coming politicians
June 30, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has announced its new Berger Fellowship program designed to strengthen ties between the Jewish community and future political leaders. Read more
Journalist reports that “she hasn’t been harmed”
June 30, 2015 by Keren Cook
Israeli naval commandos have boarded and taken control of the activist boat ‘Freedom Flotilla III’ – tying to break the Gaza blockade. New Zealand journalists were on board. Read more
The new fence
June 30, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Israel’s Security Cabinet has adopted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to begin work on an approximately 30-kilometer long section of security fence along the State of Israel’s eastern border, from Eilat to the site designated for the Timna airport. Read more
Hamas official confirms that indirect talks with Israel are underway
Sheikh Hassan Yousef, one of Hamas’s leaders in the West Bank, has confirmed that Israel and the Gaza-ruling Palestinian terrorist group are in the midst of negotiations through mediators. Read more
The Diary of Anne Frank…a theatre review by Deb Meyer
June 30, 2015 by Deb Meyer
“Why is The Diary of Anne Frank one of the most well-known books of all time?” asks my 14-year-old daughter, after we saw the play adaptation at Sydney’s New Theatre. Read more
Outrage at antisemitic attacks on Frydenberg
June 29, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
There has been strong reaction both within the Jewish community and without to a tirade of antisemitic tweets against federal Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Read more
Welcome to Israel
June 29, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Israel has “welcomed” passengers on a ship headed for Gaza but intercepted by the Israeli Navy. Read more
Doron plays Hawke and Howard
June 28, 2015 by Geoff Sirmai
“Keating! The Musical” will be staged in the Bryan Brown Theatre in Sydney’s Bankstown next month with Doron Chester playing the dual roles of former Australian Prime Ministers Bob Hawke and John Howard. Read more
Israel-Palestine conflict: NZ FM says both sides share similar goals
June 28, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Murray McCully has said that the Israelis and Palestinians share similar goals. Read more
Remarkable Jewish artist
June 27, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The National Gallery in Canberra will screen a remarkable film featuring Jewish American artist Jon Imber. Read more
Israeli entrepreneur’s Moon-bound Torah project might not be a fairytale
June 26, 2015 by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - JNS.org
“The Torah is going to the moon.” It sounds like a phrase straight out of a Jewish fairytale or children’s book, but the real-life Torah on the Moon initiative is not as pie in the sky as one might think…writes Maayan Jaffe/JNS.org. Read more
Mentoring to make a difference
June 26, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Hillel, a department of the Shalom Institute have launched a search for participants to apply for The Ideation Project. Read more
The industry of lies
June 26, 2015 by David Marlow
Israeli Journalist Ben Dror-Yemini explored the “Industry of Lies” targeted at Israel at a community event in Melbourne’s Lamm Jewish Library of Australia. Read more
UNHRC report on the 2014 conflict B’nai B’rith add its voice
June 26, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
B’nai B’rith International and The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) have denounced the report issued by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) “independent, international commission of inquiry” into Israel’s defensive operations against Hamas in Gaza during the summer of 2014. Read more
Kiwi media ‘climbs aboard’ for Gaza
June 26, 2015 by Keren Cook
A New Zealand team from Maori Television has joined Freedom Flotilla III, which has just set sail from the port of Messina, Italy to link up with other ships taking supplies to Palestinians in Gaza. Read more
Does P5+1 = nuclear deal? Examining Iran’s negotiating partners
June 26, 2015 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
After more than a decade of intermittent negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, the so-called P5+1 powers—the United States, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, and China—are nearing a June 30 deadline to finalise the Framework for a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that was reached in April, or in other words, a final nuclear deal with Iran. Read more
(UN)limited obsessions continue…writes Michael Kuttner
June 26, 2015 by Michael Kuttner
Another week and more obsessive, unmitigated outpourings of condemnation issue forth from groups which are dedicated to slandering the Jewish State. Read more
Refugee Week – who cares for refugees?…asks Julie Nathan
June 25, 2015 by Julie Nathan
World Refugee Day, and Refugee Week in Australia, were recently celebrated in recognition of refugees, past and present, globally and nationally. It aimed also to raise greater awareness of the continuing plight of refugees. Read more
Help is on the way
June 25, 2015 by Agencies
Meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and seven cabinet ministers in Jerusalem, Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Natan Sharansky announced that The Jewish Agency will increase the number of Israel Fellows dispatched to college campuses abroad by more than 30% in order to help combat rising efforts to delegitimize the State of Israel. Read more
WJC welcomes U.S. Senate’s stand against BDS
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) today hailed the United States Senate’s decision to approve a strong stand against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement included in the Fast Track trade bill. Read more
Palestine – European Union Risks “Jew-hater” Label…writes David Singer
June 25, 2015 by David Singer
The European Union (EU) runs the risk of being labelled “Jew-hater” – should it proceed with its plans requiring supermarkets and other retailers to label products made by Jews in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) differently from those made by Jews in Israel. Read more
Answering Pope Francis’s question about Auschwitz
June 24, 2015 by Rafael Medoff - JNS.org
The great powers had photographs of the railway routes that the trains took to… Auschwitz,” Pope Francis remarked this week. Read more
The blowback from the Oren revelations
June 24, 2015 by Isi Leibler
The fierce reactions to Kulanu MK and former Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren’s evaluation of the Obama administration in his new book, and in particular to three articles he penned titled “How Obama abandoned Israel,” “Why Obama is wrong about Iran being ‘rational’ on nukes” and “How Obama opened his heart to the ‘Muslim world,’” were predictable. Read more
Questioning the Foreign Minister on Iran
June 24, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Federal Labor Member for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby has continued his criticism of Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s U-turn on Iran. Read more
Netanyahu addresses The Jewish Agency Assembly
June 24, 2015 by Agencies
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu has addressed hundreds of Jewish leaders gathered for the 2015 Jewish Agency for Israel Assembly in Tel Aviv. Read more
