Tasmania holds ANZAC Centenary remembrance service

Dozens of dignitaries joined thirty  international and interstate visitors  at the Anzac Centenary Remembrance Service of the Tasmanian Jewish Community. Read more

Gumtree criticised for Nazi memorabilia listings

The Australian classifieds site, Gumtree, has been criticised for allowing the sale of offensive World War II-era Nazi memorabilia. Read more

Why be Jewish?

Youth 2 Israel (Y2i) has just released a short video which takes a closer look at this question and lets youth give their perspective. Read more

Will betraying Israel be Obama’s farewell gesture?…asks Isi Leibler

Throughout his entire presidential term of nearly eight years, U.S. President Barak Obama has insisted that he “has Israel’s back.” Read more

Anti-Semitism, a danger to us all…writes David Roet/JNS.org

My father, Haim Hendrick Roet, a Holocaust survivor from the Netherlands, addressed the United Nations General Assembly in January, during its annual Holocaust memorial ceremony with this poignant cri de coeur: “Looking back 70 years,” he said, “it is heartbreaking that as a world, we did not learn enough from the Holocaust.” Read more

Lebanon elects pro-Hezbollah president, vows to retake ‘Israeli-occupied’ land

(JNS.org) The Lebanese parliament elected Michael Aoun as its president Monday, ending a two-and-half-year vacuum that threatened to destabilise the highly sectarian country. Read more

The Accountant – a movie review by James Berardinelli

The Accountant is a superhero movie. Despite not being based on an existing comic book (a welcome change), the film has all the beats and tropes we have come to expect from superhero movies, although the R-rating makes it more of an adult experience than one targeted for younger viewers. Read more

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