Maccabi Carnival community day

Community day is one of the most important events of the Maccabi Junior Carnival currently underway in Sydney. Read more

Bringing Jews back to the Community

The third annual ‘Pride Shabbat” service has been held at Melbourne’s Temple Beth Israel (TBI) in Victoria, as part of the 2016 Midsumma Festival, an annual event held to celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) art and culture. Read more

Silence is Golden (but my eyes still see)…writes Ted Lapkin

Per usual, the news last week has been mixed so we’ll go from bad to good in the hopes of concluding on an upbeat note that will help you usher in this week with a smile… Read more

Netanyahu briefs the international media

Arranged by the Israeli Government Press Office, the annual briefing by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu provides an opportunity for members of the foreign press and diplomats to be updated on the Israel Government’s latest assessment of current developments. J-Wire’s Michael Kuttner reports. Read more

A slap in the face for claimants

Following Thursday’s presentation of the interim report of the German task force set up in 2013 to check if art works found at the home of the late Cornelius Gurlitt were looted by the Nazis, World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder said the results of the investigation were “meager and not satisfactory.” Read more

The humiliation of America

So numerous were the omissions, distortions, and flights of extraordinary fancy in President Barack Obama’s Jan. 12 State of the Union address that you’d be hard-pressed to pick the most egregious passage. For what it’s worth, then, I offer my personal selection…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more

Birds of a feather

The company a person keeps is more often than not indicative of how they feel about certain things…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

World Sailing regrets Israeli competitors effectively barred from Malaysia

World Sailing deeply regret that two sailors from the Israel Yachting Association (IYA) were unable to compete at the 2015 Youth World Championships due to the conditions imposed by the Malaysian authorities, in order for them to be allowed permission to enter the country and compete at the regatta. Read more

Heat stops Maccabi Junior Carnival

Temperatures approaching 40 degrees forced the cancellation of the afternoon indoor sports events at Sydney’s Junior Maccabi Carnival. Read more

PA’s uncertain future creates angst on both sides of Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The ongoing wave of Palestinian terrorism that has plagued Israel since last fall has also brought to the fore the Palestinians’ frustration with their own leadership. While Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has been blamed for inciting violence against Israelis, many Palestinians have become disillusioned with the PA’s corruption and inability to attain statehood…writes Sean Savage/JNS.org. Read more

Fiddler on the Roof: A review by Michelle Coleman

The lights went down, the curtain rose, the first strains of the orchestra filled the theatre… and in less than a minute the audience was clapping along enthusiastically. With its catchy tunes by Jerry Bock, witty lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and irresistible characters from Sholem Aleichem’s stories, Fiddler on the Roof spun its magic yet again – just as it did for the first time more than 51 years ago. Read more

Israeli Chief Rabbinate seeks to emulate role of the Vatican

The tensions created by the ultra-Orthodox Chief Rabbinate within Israeli society have extended to the Diaspora and are now undermining relations with the Jewish state…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

The Hateful Eight – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

Despite the likelihood of people getting shot and me being a bit squeamish, I enjoy a good western.

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Maccabi Junior Carnival underway

After settling into their  adopted Sydney homes for the week, interstate participants joined their Sydney hosts at  Hensley Field for the opening sporting event of this year’s Maccabi Junior Carnival…followed by the Opening Ceremony. Read more

New IDF submarine inaugurated

President Reuven Rivlin has attended the inauguration of the new IDF Dolphin-class submarine, the INS Rahav docked at the naval base in Haifa. Read more

Pro-Palestinian Israeli NGOs under fire for endangering Palestinians

Two left-wing, pro-Palestinian Israeli NGOs—Ta’ayush and B’Tselem—have come under fire in Israel after their senior leaders were exposed last week on Israeli Channel 2’s investigative television program, “Uvda,” for helping the Palestinian Authority (PA) detain, torture, and potentially kill Palestinians who are selling land to Israeli Jews. Read more

Jewish group condemns desecration of Catholic graves

Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has denounced the desecration of six Catholic  graves at the Beit Jimal monastery near Jerusalem. Read more

Political activists and advisors visit Sderot

Fifteen political Australian activists and advisors on a visit to Israel to learn firsthand about the current situation have visited Sderot close to the border with Gaza. Read more

Australia to review UNRWA contributions

J-Wire has received a response from the Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to an inquiry  about UNRWA and Australia’s continuing aid to them in light of their (UNRWA) involvement in certain dubious activities. 

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Injured holidaymaker passes away

Melbourne father of four, Yitzchak Rosen, who had been holidaying with his family at the Nepean Country Club on the Mornington Peninsula where staff found him seriously injured has died in a Melbourne hospital. Read more

Israel and the four powers…writes Ben Cohen

The rulers of the Arab Gulf states are, it seems, increasingly attentive to what Israel has to say about the balance of power in the region. As a rising Shi’a Iran faces off against a Sunni coalition led by Saudi Arabia, the core shared interest between Israel’s democracy and these conservative theocracies—countering Iran’s bid to become the dominant power and influence in the Islamic world—has rarely been as apparent. Read more

Is it right to criticise people harshly?…ask the rabbi

Is it right to criticise people harshly? Read more

Perth men on mercy mission

Two Perth men used Facebook to generate support for the victims of the fires which destroyed the town of Yarloop claiming two lives, driving 700kms in one day to deliver the donated goods. Read more

Tel Aviv killer found

Israel’s Shin Bet security agency and police counter-terrorism forces on Friday found and shot dead Nashat Milhem, the Arab terrorist who fatally shot two Jews at a Tel Aviv pub on Jan. 1 and was also suspected to have murdered an Arab cab driver during his escape. Read more

Carol – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

Cigarettes are in important prop in any movie set in 1950s New York. Adapted from a Patricia Highsmith novel, The Price of Salt, we know exactly where we are when women sport pointy bras, men wear hats and smoking punctuates the drama. Read more

WJC questions new publication of Mein Kampf

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder said an annotated edition of Hitler’s book ‘Mein Kampf’, due to hit German bookstores this week, was unnecessary. Read more

Mystery surrounds Melbourne man’s injuries

Melbourne father of four Yitzchak Rosen is fighting for his life in hospital after being found unconscious in the early hours of Thursday morning on the Mornington Peninsula. Read more

Exciting start for new principal

In her first week as principal of Perth’s Carmel School , Shula Lazar was reading headlines proclaiming it the Western Australia’s top-performing academic school. Read more

Australia concerned about Israeli sailing ban

Yachting Australia has joined its New Zealand and U.K. counterparts in expressing concern over the effective banning of Israeli competitors at the recent Youth World Championships in Malaysia. Read more

Prime Minister’s Office: Martin Indyk fabricated conversation with Netanyahu

Former U.S. Middle East envoy Martin Indyk lied twice about a supposed conversation he had with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the funeral of assassinated prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, a Prime Minister’s Office official said this week. Read more

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