Drumming up community support at Jewish Care’s Annual Appeal Dinner
May 25, 2017 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jewish Care Victoria has hosted 400 supporters at its 2017 Annual Appeal Dinner. Read more
Shula meets New York City’s top cop
May 25, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Shula Endrey-Walder attended the ‘Partners for Life’ dinner in support of Gift of Life the organisation she head is Australia where she met the New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill. Read more
Trump signals Abbas must end indiscriminate slaughter of Jews
May 25, 2017 by David Singer
The horrific carnage perpetrated in Manchester on 22 May presented an emotion-charged backdrop to two meetings the next day between President Trump and President Abbas in Bethlehem and President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu in Jerusalem…writes David Singer. Read more
After Trump visit, the onus rests on us…writes Isi Leibler
May 24, 2017 by Isi Leibler
Overall, U.S. President Donald Trump has delivered. He will not have satisfied the delusional aspirations of Israel’s radical right but, despite some missteps before he arrived, highlighted by hostile and misleading press reports, the Trump visit was favourable for Israel and outlined parameters of what can be achieved with the Palestinians. Read more
Trump and Bibi: Feintooner cartoon
May 24, 2017 by J-Wire
Feintooner on President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read more
Yom Yerushalayim
May 24, 2017 by J-Wire
Jerusalem Day 2017 commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the city’s unification during the Six Day War. Read more
Lauder praises Trump for underscoring Jewish people’s historic ties to Jerusalem
May 24, 2017 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has commended US President Donald J. Trump for underscoring during his official address at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem the Jewish people’s historic ties to the Land of Israel, and for declaring commitment to the security of the State of Israel and to helping Israelis and Palestinians reach a mutual and comprehensive peace agreement. Read more
Terrorism persists because it works…writes Alan M. Dershowitz
May 24, 2017 by Alan Dershowitz
Every time a horrendous terrorist attack victimises innocent victims we wring our hands and promise to increase security and take other necessary preventive measures. But we fail to recognise how a friends and allies play such an important role in encouraging, incentivising, and inciting terrorism. Read more
World Jewish Congress condemns Manchester terror attack
World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder has condemned the terrorist attack at a concert in Manchester, England on Monday night as “despicable and horrendous.” Police confirmed on Tuesday that the attack was carried out by a lone suicide bomber who was carrying “an improvised explosive device”. Read more
Two-state solution conspicuously absent from Trump’s agenda in Israel
May 24, 2017 by Adam Abrams - JNS.org
During his meeting with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday and in speeches throughout the day, President Donald Trump notably omitted any mention of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read more
“The ties of the Jewish people to this holy land are ancient and eternal” – President Donald Trump
May 24, 2017 by Agencies
President Donald Trump delivered an important address at The Israel Museum in which he spoke of the “unshakable bond between the United States and Israel.” Read more
President Trump lays a wreath at Yad Vashem
May 24, 2017 by Agencies
President Trump and his wife Melania visit Yad Vashem in Jerusalem where they laid a wreath in memory of the 6,000,000 who died during the Holocaust. Read more
Farewell to the NSW Maccabiah contingent…and 1997 remembered
May 23, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The countdown to the 2017 Maccabiah Games has really ramped up, with the first of three official farewells held for the 570-strong delegation held in Sydney on Sunday to farewell the New South Wales contingent. Read more
Tsujii set the feet stamping…a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
May 23, 2017 by Fraser Beath McEwing
Japanese pianist, Nobuyuki Tsujii, sent the usually reserved Sydney Recital Hall audience into rapturous applause last night, and it wasn’t because he has been able to totally conquer the restrictions of blindness from birth. Read more
Trump crisis shouldn’t mask new opportunities for Middle East peace
May 23, 2017 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
By any standards, it was an extraordinary week for U.S.-Israel relations—and that was before President Donald Trump even arrived in Israel for his official visit…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more
Can Trump’s outside-in formula work? …asks Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS.org
May 23, 2017 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Much of the attention being given to President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East has focused on whether his first foreign trip will provide much of a distraction from his growing domestic troubles. But the real substance centres on his plan to solve a problem that has eluded all of his predecessors: the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Read more
Trump keeps focus on Iran upon meeting Netanyahu, addresses intel leak to Russia
May 23, 2017 by Agencies
President Donald Trump continued his focus on Iran during his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel on Monday, while also briefly touching on the intelligence situation with Russia. Read more
Dinner with the Netanyahus and the Trumps
May 23, 2017 by Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara hosted a festive dinner with US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania at the Prime Minister’s residence in Jerusalem. Read more
Kol HaKavod
May 23, 2017 by J-Wire
I refer to a letter by Shaun Segal in the Australian Jewish News last Friday 19 May,2017. Dr Segal writes Kol HaKavod to the Board and finance committee of South Head Synagogue but I must question for what is the Kol HaKavod? Read more
President Trump at the Western Wall
The Western Wall and the Holy Places Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz has spoken following the visit to the Kotel by President Trump. Read more
Dreyfus responds to Tim Wilson’s motion on Labor position on Israel/Palestine
May 23, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Labor Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has responded to Liberal MP Tim Wilson’s motion in the Federation Chamber in the Australian parliament condemning senior Labor figures calling for a formal recognition of a Palestinian State. Read more
The meeting of the presidents
May 23, 2017 by Agencies
The U.S. President Donald Trump has held a working meeting with Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin at the President’s residence in Jerusalem during which they spoke of the strong ties between the two countries, and about ways to advance a return to negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Read more
Welcome, Donald
May 22, 2017 by Agencies
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump at Ben Gurion Airport telling him that as he has arrived in Israel from Riyadh, he hopes that one day he would be able to arrive himself at Riyadh. Read more
Bialik student wins trip to Israel for My Family Story project
May 22, 2017 by Talia Katz
For the seventh consecutive year, a Bialik College student has won a trip to Israel to be a part of the annual My Family Story ceremony and exhibition at Beit Hatsufot – “The Museum of the Jewish People”. Read more
Dr Tony Abbott
May 21, 2017 by J-Wire
Former Liberal Prime Minister Tony Abbott has received an honorary doctorate from Tel Aviv University. Read more
Rabbi gets updated
May 21, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Jewish chaplain for NSW Rabbi Mendel Kastel has spent three days on specialised training at the NSW Police Academy in Goulburn. Read more
A breakthrough in the cause of delirium
A world-first study lead by Associate Professor Gideon Caplan at Sydney’s Prince of Wales Hospital has identified a breakthrough in the cause of delirium. Read more
John Samuel Asher: “He will not be forgotten”
May 21, 2017 by Henry Benjamin
Shortly after midnight on May 29. 1942 a Japanese midget submarine fired a torpedo towards the USS Chicago, a heavy cruiser moored on Sydney Harbour. Read more
ADC welcomes Christensen apology
May 21, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Chairman of the B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission Dvir Abramovich has welcomed the apology by coalition MP George Christensen for his appearance on the racist internet radio show The Dingoes’ podcast, part of the neo-Nazi, white-supremacist Internet media hub The Right Stuff. Read more
Chabad ACT expands to new building
May 19, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Chabad ACT is expanding into an additional building in Giralang, Canberra. Read more
