Palestine – Security Council And Quartet Silence Dooms Two-State Solution…writes David Singer.
February 7, 2016 by David Singer
The UN Security Council and the Quartet – Russia, America, the United Nations and the European Union – have ended any expectations they had of successfully negotiating a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation – after failing to categorically reject UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s highly offensive remarks before the Security Council and in the New York Times. Read more
When terror strikes
February 5, 2016 by Emily Gian
A father travels with three of his children along a road travelled daily. But this day is different to other days…writes Emily Gian. Read more
Bishop responds to Danby attack
Member for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby has slammed the decision by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to table a suspension of Australian sanctions against Iran…but the Minister has said that Australia looks to Iran to meet its commitments. Read more
Learning to trust…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
February 5, 2016 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
In Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) our sages teach us many lessons in personal growth. Read more
Holocaust black holes…writes Michael Kuttner
February 5, 2016 by Michael Kuttner
As the number of Shoah survivors able to personally bear witness to the horrors they experienced decreases, the challenge is to ensure that future generations will be educated and informed of what happened during the years 1933 to 1945. Read more
Gantz in Australia for UIA
February 5, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Former Chief of General Staff of the IDF, Benny Gantz will be a keynote speaker at UIA events in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. Read more
WJC leader shocked at reports Abbas hosted terrorists’ families
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met Wednesday in his office with the relatives of 11 terrorists killed while carrying out attacks against Israelis in recent weeks…three hours after a 19-yr-old Border Policewoman Hadar Cohen was killed in an attack at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate.
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Michael Bloomberg could be the latest twist for Jewish voters in 2016 U.S. election
February 4, 2016 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
The 2016 U.S. presidential race has been high on twists, with billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump and socialist Bernie Sanders leading in many polls…writes Sean Savage/JNS.org. Read more
The Western Wall prayer decision and the shifting Israel-Diaspora paradigm
February 4, 2016 by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - JNS.org
The Israeli government’s passage of legislation that authorises egalitarian prayer in a soon-to-be-created 9,700-square-foot, NIS 35 million ($8.85 million) section adjacent to the southern part of the Western Wall (Kotel in Hebrew) has been called groundbreaking, empowering, dramatic, and unprecedented. Read more
Buttons, not stones, on Holocaust Memorial
February 4, 2016 by David Zwartz
With a break from Jewish tradition, children on UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day in the New Zealand’s capital city Wellington placed buttons, not stones, on the New Zealand capital’s Holocaust memorial. Read more
Green Sunday – Green Week
February 4, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
JNF NSW will hold its JNF Green Week from the 14-19th February celebrating Tu B’shvat, the festival of trees featuring special guest Ami Horowitz from New York. Read more
Israel Prize: Winner announced
February 4, 2016 by Dov Smith
Israeli Minister of Education Naftali Bennett has announced that Prof. Edit Doron a professor in the Department of Linguistics and at the Language, Logic and Cognition Center in the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.will be awarded the Israel Prize for her work in the study of Linguistics. Read more
Israeli expert talks of preemptive strike against Iran
February 4, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Specialist in security and strategic issues in the Middle East Dr Efraim Inbar has told an AIJAC meeting in Sydney that there are three developments which had changed the strategic map in the region…and says a preemptive strike against Iran may be on the cards. Read more
Offensive headgear removed from shop window
February 4, 2016 by Keren Cook
A helmet bearing a Nazi swastika has been removed from a shop window in Invercargill, New Zealand. Read more
Labor slammed by one of its own
February 4, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A former national president of the Australian Labor Party has criticised its NSW branch following the publication of motions seeking to ban its members from participating in Jewish sponsored trips to Israel. Read more
No more illusions: Come home
February 3, 2016 by Isi Leibler
Objectively analysing recent events can only lead to the dismal conclusion that the status of Diaspora Jewry, bad as it is, is only likely to deteriorate…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Hilton bows out
February 2, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
After almost 30 years as Chief Executive of Sydney’s The Shalom Institute and Shalom College, Dr Hilton Immerman has announced his intention to retire at the end of 2016. Read more
Newt’s News
February 2, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Newt’s News on Death, Property & Media Bias looks at a funeral in Israel, Jewish Settlers being evicted, Honest Reporting, a controversial accident, Punk Jews and the Yoga Yenta…!!…a video presentation. Read more
Michael Danby talks on media bias against Israel
February 2, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
The Shtick’s Henry Greener talk with Michael Danby MP on media bias relating to Israel, with the example of the ABC’s Sophie McNeil report examined in-depth. A video presentation. Read more
Moriah student wins Bible Quiz
February 2, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
The Australian Bible Quiz part of a global project which brings together students from across the world, has been won by Rivka Hirschowitz a student at Sydney’s Moriah College. Read more
B’nai B’rith say French move may inhibit peace talks
France’s announcement that it will recognise a “Palestinian State” if there is no progress soon in peace talks for a two-state solution prejudges the issue and will more than likely inhibit the pace of talks, rather than facilitate peace negotiations say Australia’s Anti-Defamation Commission and B’nai B’rith International. Read more
Pride March in Melbourne
February 2, 2016 by Michael Barnett
Melbourne’s Jewish Community has come out in force to participate in the annual Pride March in St Kilda. Read more
Age editor speaks at JCCV plenum
February 2, 2016 by David Marlow
Editor-in-Chief of Melbourne newspaper The Age Andrew Holden was the keynote speaker at the February Plenum of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV). Read more
A chat with Ari
Toronto-based Ari Engel spent many of his school years in Melbourne where he has just won the 2016 Aussie Millions $1.6 million poker championship. Robbie Strazynski runs the Cardplayer Lifestyle blog and interviewed Ari earlier in his career. Read more
Mazeltov! Ari Engel wins A$1.6 million playing poker
February 1, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The new king of poker was crowned in Melbourne last night when Ari Engel of Toronto, Canada, emerged as the victorious winner of the 2016 Aussie Millions Poker Championship ‘Main Event’ collecting a whopping AUD$1.6 million in prize money. Read more
New Zealand artist Lilach Cohen exhibits new works
February 1, 2016 by Keren Cook
A new exhibition at the Helensville Art Centre this week will showcase will showcase two and three-dimensional works, by Israeli artist Lilach Cohen culminating in an installation inspired by her relationship with the sea. Read more
A Kiwi in Warsaw
Former New Zealand lawyer Lorraine Lipman writes about life in her new home in Warsaw. Read more
