Mayor of Mosman Condemns Israeli Actions in declining a synagogue invitation

Peter Abelson, the Mayor of Mosman on Sydney’s lower North Shore, expressed his opposition towards Israel’s actions in the West Bank as his reason for refusing to attend the Law Service at the Great Synagogue. Read more

Paris Buries Palestine and UN Security Council Resolution 2334

72 States and Organisations meeting in Paris on 15 January have repudiated Security Council Resolution 2334 (“UNSCR 2334”) – just three weeks after it was passed on 23 December 2016…writes David Singer. Read more

WJC President Lauder: Paris summit ‘meaningless and misguided’, ignores reality on the ground

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder on Sunday decried the Paris peace summit, a gathering of top-level officials from more than 70 countries aimed at jump-starting Israeli-Palestinian talks, as “meaningless and misguided”. Read more

Australia distances from Peace Conference remarks

Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said that Australia did not agreed with “every element of the final statement” at the Paris conference on the Middle East Process. Read more

How much should be spent on Torah ornaments…ask the rabbi

Ask the Rabbi….Rabbi Raymond Apple asks questions. Read more

WJC President Lauder rejects France peace summit

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has called France’s plan to convene officials from more than 70 countries in Paris for talks on Middle East peace a “subversive attempt to impose a settlement on the Israelis and Palestinians without the explicit agreement or participation of both sides.” Read more

 McCully puts Cart before the Horse Again

Murray McCully again puts the Cart before the Horse. You can’t sort settlements until you have  agreed borders,  then it becomes obvious what happens to the settlements outside  the boundaries of Israel…writes John McCormick. Read more

Washington, Wellington, Paris, New York, Ramallah and Gaza

 

What do all these names have in common?…asks Michael Kuttner. Read more

Resolution 2334 – Preserving the two state solution…writes Murray McCully

The spirit of unanimity in which the United Nations Security Council passed resolution 2334 on December 23 stands in sharp contrast to the condemnation and accusations that have dominated subsequent commentary from Israel and that country’s supporters. Read more

Former PMs to headline UIA Victoria’s Campaign Events

Australian former Prime Minister John Howard and Canadian former Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be the keynote speakers for the UIA’s Victorian campaign. Read more

It’s Our Duty to Tackle Family Violence…writes Bill Appleby

Jewish Care Victoria believes that a healthy, relevant, democratic community needs everyone to engage in the strategic decision-making process of its communal organisations. Read more

World honour for Mickey Fisher

The Australasian Union of Jewish Students has congratulated Michael Fisher on being the recipient of the World Union of Jewish Students Union Leader of the Year in 2016. Read more

NZ,  Israel & UNSC Resolutions 242 and 2334

I wonder just how well thought out UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (UNSC2334) was…writes John McCormick. Read more

Ambassador Dave Sharma visits injured soldiers

Australia’s ambassador Dave Sharma has visited two of the injured IDF members, victims of the recent terrorist attack in Jerusalem which claimed the lives of four soldiers. Read more

Poll: majority of Israelis support settlement building, believe Obama ‘unfriendly’ to Israel

 A new survey published in the aftermath of the United Nations Security Council resolution against Israeli settlements, which passed after the Obama administration refused to veto the measure, says that 62 percent of Israeli Jews support continued settlement building and 57 percent believe President Barack Obama was “unfriendly” to Israel during his two terms. Read more

Palestine: Paris Conference Challenges UN Security Council Resolution 2334

Seventy countries flocking to Paris on January 15 seem set to challenge Security Council Resolution 2334 before the ink has hardly dried…by David Singer. Read more

Sir Zelman’s son dies in paragliding accident

Ben Cowen, a Melbourne entrepreneur, community leader and the son of former governor-general Sir Zelman Cowen, tragically died on Sunday after suffering fatal injuries from a paragliding accident. Read more

The tide slowly turns against Iranian terror

A glimmer of hope in the fight against Iranian-backed terrorism shone forth from Argentina during the final days of 2016…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more

Can you explain the terms deism, theism, pantheism and panentheism?

Questions for Rabbi Raymond Apple… Read more

Australia’s Jewish community shocked by Jerusalem attack

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry and the ADC have condemned the attack in Jerusalem which claimed the lives of four soldiers. Read more

Moving the Australian Embassy in Israel

Last week Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott proclaimed something that he never called for as PM. He stated that Australia should move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Read more

Michael Shafar is Jewish-ish

After a sell-out season at the Melbourne Fringe Festival, Michael Shafar debuts Jewish-ish at Fringe World. Michael is one of the country’s best emerging comics having headlined around Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the US. He also happens to be Jewish, which is something he will probably mention on stage. Read more

Terrorist attack in Jerusalem kills four soldiers

In a vehicular terror attack on January 8, a terrorist rammed his large flatbed truck into a group of soldiers just after they stepped off a bus at the Armon Hanatziv promenade in Jerusalem, killing four and injuring at least 16, some of them seriously. Read more

#WeRemember: Stand with the WJC. Remember the Six Million who died

Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, join the World Jewish Congress for what we hope will be the largest commemoration ever on-line.​ Read more

Dr. Steinmeier’s disconnect…writes Ron Jontof-Hutter

When Secretary of State John Kerry recently thundered that Israel could choose to be a Jewish state or a democratic state, but not both, he was enthusiastically supported by German Foreign Minister.
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Congress rebuffs Obama and Kerry for abandoning American Policy on Israel

The US Congress has swiftly moved to rebuff the efforts by President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry to reverse long-standing American policy in relation to Israel…writes David Singer. Read more

A Barmitzvah at 73

A Sydney man has celebrated his Barmitzvah on the 60th anniversary in the year marking where it should have been performed. Read more

The Holy See and the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance reflect on the past to inform future refugee policy

16-17 February 2017 the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), in cooperation with the Holy See, will hold a conference for public policy-makers from Europe, North America and the Middle East, media representatives and representatives of NGOs and civil society organisations at the Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome focusing on refugee policies from 1933 to the present day. Read more

Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theorist in New Zealand Media

New Zealand’s role as a sponsor of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 and the resulting spat between New Zealand and Israel has sparked some intense debate in the New Zealand media…a report from Honest Reporting’s Simon Plosker. Read more

Jerusalem declared illegitimate by Obama, Kerry and McCully

Now that large parts of Jerusalem, the unrecognised capital of the Jewish State, have been declared illegal and illegitimate by all and sundry, it is timely to point out a few incontrovertible facts. Read more

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