American Jewish leaders fail to confront the anti-Israeli bandwagon…writes Isi Leibler

The confusion and uncertainty arising from the presidential election campaign, together with the hostility generated by the changes in the Israeli coalition, has emboldened a number of prominent Jewish progressives to initiate a new crusade implicitly criticising the security policies of the democratically elected Israeli government. Read more

Turnbull’s words of praise for Michelle Haber

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has visited the Sydney Children’s Hospital and Children’s Cancer Institute to announce the Zero Childhood Cancer initiative. Read more

Julie Bishop meets Victorian Jewish leaders

Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop has met with Melbourne’s Jewish community leaders. Read more

Stuart Silbert receives his doctorate

Perth solicitor Stuart Silbert and nine others joined the President of the State of Israel, Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin, in being awarded an Honorary Doctorate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s annual Convocation. Read more

Radio New Zealand caught out again

Honest Reporting Down Under has caught Radio New Zealand out yet again. Read more

Israeli WW1 expert talks on Australia-Israel connection and Beersheba commemorations

Eran Tearosh, Chairman of the Society for the Heritage of World War I in Israel has addressed an Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council luncheon, discussing efforts to raise awareness of Australia’s pivotal and historic role in the region and the upcoming centenary of the famous Australian light horse charge in Beersheba. Read more

Max Lemberg gets a surprise visit

 

Fifty years ago Max Lemberg started his teaching career at Sydney’s Moriah College…and last week members of the school’s Student Council visited him to wish him a happy 98th birthday. Read more

Does Pentecost equate with Shavu’ot….ask the rabbi

In old Anglo-Jewry they didn’t use Hebrew names for festivals when they could use English…writes Rabbi Raymond Apple. Read more

Hate education for Palestinian children…partly financed by Australia

The latest in a series of videos exposing hate education in United Nations Relief and Works Agency schools has been released. Read more

North Queensland celebrates Lag B’Omer for the first time

Lag B’Omer was celebrated in Cairns, Townsville and Emerald for the first time ever this year. Read more

At the Writers’ Festival

Photographer Ben Apfelbaum took his camera to the Sydney Writers’ Festival and spotted these Jewish participants… Read more

Defiant carvings on a Jerusalem prison wall

In late autumn 1947, Shmuel Matza, then a 20-year-old member of the Etzel (also known as Irgun) Jewish underground paramilitary organisation, was detained in Jerusalem’s Kishle prison by the British on suspicion of possessing illegal arms…writes Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman/JNS.org Read more

Art exhibition shines a light on palliative care

Sydney’s Jewish House has joined Palliative Care NSW in supporting the Reflections of Care art exhibition. Read more

A fight for peace and harmony

Headlines from the Middle East rarely feature what I believe to be one of the most important stories around: the fight for peace and harmony in a region fraught with tensions…writes Danny Hakim. Read more

Israel blamed for lack of health care in territories

The 69th World Health Assembly in Geneva has adopted a decision with the support of major European countries that considers Israel’s occupation of the territories it captured in the 1967 Six Day War the root cause for all major shortcomings with respect to health care provision in these territories. Read more

A challah for number one

Meriton chief Harry Triguboff has plenty to celebrate today…named number one in the BRW top 200 and he will take home a challah to prove it. Read more

Shorten calls Nazi comparison “stupid”

A union leader has told a rally in Melbourne that a proposed national building code’s rules were “likened to Nazi Germany”. Read more

Kosher Kepos

Sydney’s famous Kepos & Co restaurant will once again be kashered featuring Shavout-inspired menus. Read more

Maccabi on the lookout for Maccabiah rugby players

Australia’s road to rugby success at next year’s Maccabiah Games ups the ante in June when trials commence for one of the most fiercely contested sports in Israel. Read more

Consignment earmarked for Gaza tunnels stopped at border

An attempt to smuggle a large consignment of pipes for the production of mortars and dozens of electric motors for use in the Hamas underground tunnel system in the Gaza Strip has been foiled. Read more

Palestine – Rhiannon Propaganda Pamphlet Threatens Greens Political Integrity

Australian Greens Leader Senator Richard Di Natale needs to immediately shred a misleading and deceptive pro-Palestinian pamphlet authorised and printed by Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon…writes David Singer. Read more

Incessant interference…writes Michael Kuttner

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France vs. Egypt: a matchup of Israeli-Palestinian peace summits

As part of the latest European effort to spur a renewal of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls visited Israel and the Palestinian territories this week…writes Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org. Read more

Finding it again

Can you find respect for a person again once you have lost it? Rabbi Michoel Gourarie explores this problem. Read more

The end of democracy…writes Ron Weiser

“The end of democracy” trumpeted the headlines. Read more

I stand by my critique of ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt…writes Isi Leibler

Jonathan Greenblatt’s response to my criticism of his embrace of J Street, alleging that I distorted his message, is disingenuous and reaffirms my assessment.

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Is This the Real World – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

Reviewing movies takes me to places I might otherwise not go.  In the past I might have considered myself a tad old to enjoy a story about a teenage boy but was engrossed by this debut film from writer/director Martin McKenna.

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Conference on the delegitimisation of Israel

Israel’s Mission to the United Nations and the World Jewish Congress (WJC) will co-host a special conference on the delegitimisation of the State of Israel, at UN headquarters in New York next week. Read more

NZ technology mission to Israel

An Innovation Mission to Israel is expected to provide significant benefits for the New Zealand technology and innovation sector. Read more

New CEO for NCJWA [Vic]

The National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (Vic), has a new CEO. Read more

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