Trump-Netanyahu Meeting Set To Expose Obama’s Collusion On Resolution 2334
February 10, 2017 by David Singer
One of the intriguing aspects of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit to the White House on 15 February will be the evidence he produces to President Trump to establish former President Obama’s collusion in promoting Security Council Resolution 2334…writes David Singer. Read more
Selective outrage…writes Michael Kuttner
February 10, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
This week has seen a dazzling outburst of self-righteous outrage by all and sundry against Israel. Read more
The Temple of Song
February 10, 2017 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Ariella Gery tells Henry Greener about the Temple of Song, a casual, occasional gathering of Israeli musicians Amir Paiss, Avishai Barnatan and Shai Shriki, playing beautiful tunes and niggunim, encouraging the audience to participate by forming a Sacred Singing Circle…a video report. Read more
Newt’s News
February 10, 2017 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Newt’s News exposes Fake News to the Light !!! – Prager University studies the real Truth about the unreal Fake News…!!? – Donald Trump’s Truth Revealed…!! – Dr Allan Dershowitz’s Book shook the life of a Pakistani Brit’s prejudices about Israel and the Jewish People. Read more
The World Wide Wrap
February 9, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue has joined in other Progressive and Masorti congregations around the world in The World Wide Wrap. Read more
See you at the Demonstration: Protestors Remember the Refugees, Forget the Jews
February 9, 2017 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
Mass protests against the newly minted presidency of Donald Trump have become a cultural phenomenon. Thousands of earnest snowflakes, sanctimonious college professors and outraged celebrities have joined forces in a desperate attempt to ‘let them in.’ Read more
Call to abandon 18C enquiry
If the reason that the Joint Committee on Human Rights was asked to inquire into freedom of speech in Australia was simply to appease Senator Cory Bernardi, then it seems this has been an expensive exercise for naught. according Labor MP Graham Perrett, the Deputy Chair of the Human Rights Committee. Read more
Hebrew University archaeologists find 12th Dead Sea Scrolls cave
Excavations in a cave on the cliffs west of Qumran, near the north-western shore of the Dead Sea, prove that Dead Sea scrolls from the Second Temple period were hidden in the cave, and were looted by Bedouins in the middle of the last century. Read more
Swastikas in Bundaberg
February 9, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Swastikas and racist slogans have been daubed in several locations including a welcome sign in the Queensland town of Bundaberg. Read more
Fences: a movie review by Toni Susskind
February 9, 2017 by Toni Susskind
Fences is a movie that takes its time exploring and unravelling the complexities of human reasoning and nature. Read more
Remembering the victims of Bourke Street
February 8, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Politics was put aside as the Victorian Parliament mourned the tragic loss of innocent lives during the horrific events of the Bourke Street tragedy on 20 January 2017 including an emotional speech from David Southwick MP, Member for Caulfield. Read more
Amy Winehouse exhibition for the Jewish Museum of Australia
February 8, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne’s Jewish Museum of Australia will feature an exhibition featuring mementoes relating to English music icon Amy Winehouse who passed away six years ago. Read more
US silent on outpost bill as international community condemns Israel’s move
February 8, 2017 by Agencies
The U.S. has remained mum on the historic, yet controversial passage of an Israeli bill that retroactively legalises settlement outposts in Judea and Samaria. Read more
At last, a real threat
February 8, 2017 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
I will admit that this sounds perverse, but Iran’s recent ballistic missile test was welcome in one important sense. Let me explain…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more
Are Trump and Israel on the same page?…asks Isi Leibler
February 8, 2017 by Isi Leibler
The first two weeks of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration have been the most active of any in recent memory. The unprecedented executive orders, not to mention the initial exchanges with other heads of state, have generated headlines that under normal circumstances could have filled the daily news cycle for several months. Read more
PM Benjamin Netanyahu Meets with British PM Theresa May
February 7, 2017 by J-Wire
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met with British Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street in London. Read more
‘Proud’ SodaStream to feature Israeli flag on all its products
February 7, 2017 by Agencies
The Israel-based beverage carbonation company SodaStream has decided to feature an Israeli flag on all its products, which are sold in 45 countries. Read more
Australian teens plant trees in Israel
February 7, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
On a brilliantly sunny winter’s day 90 Australian teens participating in a five-month “Israel by Choice” programme, gathered on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem to celebrate Tu B’Shevat – the New Year of Trees. Read more
The Diller Teen Fellows Graduation Ceremony
February 7, 2017 by Hayley Hadassin
Members of Cohort 1 of the Australian Diller Teen Fellows leadership development program have celebrated their graduation. Read more
WJC welcomes new U.S. sanctions against Iran
February 7, 2017 by Agencies
The World Jewish Congress has welcomed the U.S. Treasury Department’s decision to announce new sanctions against Iran following its recent ballistic missile test, calling it a “firm and appropriate” stance against the Islamic Republic’s continued aggression against Israel, the United States, and their allies. Read more
NIF launches Naomi Chazan Fellowship applications
February 7, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
New Israel Fund (NIF) Australia has launched applications for its Naomi Chazan Fellowship program which includes a 10 day trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories as well as skills building, personal and professional development, and building networks with an international cohort of leaders. Read more
Feintooner cartoon
An amalgamated composite of multiple stories from last week…from Feintooner. Read more
Current Lord Balfour makes 1st public statement on historic Balfour Declaration
February 6, 2017 by Agencies
A century after the U.K. declared its support for the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Israel, the current Lord Balfour expressed pride in his great-grandfather’s “humanitarian act,” as Jewish leaders from around the world and some 700 Russian-speaking Jews from 18 European countries gathered in Windsor this weekend for the first-ever Limmud FSU (former Soviet Union) Europe regional conference in the U.K. Read more
Me and the tree
February 6, 2017 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
A Tu BiSh’vat feature by Rabbi Raymond Apple. Read more
Big Jewish community stake in outcome of parliamentary Inquiry
February 6, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The parliamentary Inquiry into freedom of speech in Australia, which is looking into section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, is set to continue its public hearings around Australia in the next fortnight. Read more
Australia and Israel: Concerning Trump and Obama Honouring Predecessors’ Commitments
February 5, 2017 by David Singer
A virtual media storm has erupted at the suggestion that President Trump might renege on President Obama’s agreement to take up to 2000 refugees off Australia’s hands presently languishing on Manus Island and Nauru (“Obama-Australia Commitment”)…writes David Singer. Read more
Jewish diversity at Auckland’s Kadimah School – Meet the ‘He-bros’
February 5, 2017 by Keren Cook
Kadimah School is New Zealand’s only Jewish day school. The school offers a special focus on Jewish education from pre-school to year 8. Read more
Jews for Refugees
February 5, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
A rally has been held in Sydney to welcome refugees in Australia. Read more
JCCV appalled about actor’s vilification of the family and friends of Thalia Hakin
Actor Peter Kusznir has been reported of “repeatedly impersonated and vilified the friends” of 10-yr-old Thalia Hakin who was killed in Melbourne’s Bourke St tragedy in which a driver ploughed allegedly intentionally into pedestrians. Read more
Walt Secord’s study tour of Jewish Italy
February 3, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair and Labor frontbencher Walt Secord recently completed a personally-funded study tour of Jewish sites in Italy including the world’s oldest Jewish ghetto – during the parliamentary summer recess. Read more
