Netanyahu calls for dismantling of UNRWA after terror tunnel discovery
June 13, 2017 by Agencies
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday called for the dismantling of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), following the discovery of a Hamas terror tunnel dug underneath two of the U.N. body’s schools in Gaza. Read more
‘Wonder Woman,’ big-name concerts upstage cultural boycott of Israel
June 13, 2017 by Adam Abrams - JNS.org
As Israeli actress Gal Gadot’s “Wonder Woman” film heads toward $400 million in earnings after debuting in early June, and numerous big-name musical acts line up to perform in Israel this summer, the influence of the BDS movement’s cultural boycott of the Jewish state appears to be waning…writes Adam Abrams/JNS.org. Read more
Why won’t Abbas accept “Two-states for Two Peoples”?
June 13, 2017 by Alan Dershowitz
There is a widespread but false belief that Mahmoud Abbas is finally prepared to accept the two-state solution proposed by the U.N. in November 1947 when it divided mandatory Palestine into two areas: one for the Jewish People; the other for the Arab People…writes Alan Dershowitz. Read more
If a Jew has not been circumcised, can he have a Barmitzvah?…ask the rabbi
June 13, 2017 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple answers questions on The Lord’s Prayer, an Uncircumcised Barmitzvah, The Talmud… Read more
The one who got away
June 12, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne’s Gillian Layton has been added to the list of Jewish recipients honoured in the Queen’s birthday awards. She received an OAM and has taken the list to twenty-four and with now four women honourees. Read more
Hard at the top: Fraser Beath McEwing meets composer Elena Kats-Chernin
June 12, 2017 by Fraser Beath McEwing
Composing classical music is a fraught occupation and Elena Kats-Chernin is not exempt from feeling its pressure. Read more
The Queen’s Birthday Awards – The 2017 Jewish honourees
June 12, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Philanthropy, Australia-Israel relations, medicine, pharmacy, science and law are some of the fields in which twenty-four members of the Australian Jewish community have been honoured in the 2017 Queen’s Birthday awards. Add in the arts and two rabbis….but only four women have been honoured.
Betar award for Joseph Brender
June 12, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney philanthropist Joseph Brender has been honoured with a special award of appreciation by World Betar Chief Executive Nerya Meir. Read more
Feintooner: Just desserts
June 12, 2017 by Feintooner
Feintooner turns his crayons to the terrorist attack in Teheran. Read more
MDA’s Make a Wish Ambulance fulfils Dor’s wish to watch the Wonder Woman movie
June 12, 2017 by Agencies
Dor Tsitsishvili, 16, from Beer Sheva, is battling cancer and requires constant medical supervision. Dor’s greatest love is superheroes – he is passionate about comic books and adores Wonder Woman. Read more
Research at Israel’s leading quantum science centre to protest data privacy and prevent cyber eavesdropping
The Quantum Information Science Centre at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has won a NIS 7.5 million tender from the Government of Israel to lead the construction of a national demonstrator for quantum communications technologies. Read more
Abbas concessions kick-start Trump attempt to resolve Israel-Arab conflict
June 12, 2017 by David Singer
Three concessions made by Mahmoud Abbas – following pressure placed on him by President Trump – open the way to possible negotiations between Israel, the Palestinian Arabs, Egypt and Jordan to resolve the 100 years old Israel-Arab conflict…writes David Singer. Read more
JH Kids
June 11, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Jewish House has launched a new building in Bondi Junction, which will houses the JH Kids Program, clinical-psychology and general practitioner services, P4P (Professionals 4 People) as well as other Jewish House programs. Read more
Nikki Haley visits Yad Vashem
June 11, 2017 by Agencies
The U.S. Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations Nikki Haley has visited Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Read more
Israel critics accidentally admit there is no ‘occupation’
June 11, 2017 by Stephen M.Flatow - JNS.org
Noted literary couple Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman have discovered a new cause: the evils of “the Israeli occupation of the Palestinians”…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org. Read more
Six Day War: Day Six
June 11, 2017 by Agencies
Jubilation as the war ends. Israel, small and only 19 years old, was now the Middle East’s dominant military power. Read more
Anti-Semitic arson attacks hit Manchester kosher restaurants
June 9, 2017 by Agencies
Following two arson attacks on kosher restaurants in Manchester, U.K., police have labeled the incidents as “antisemitic hate crimes.” Read more
Six Day War: Day 5
June 9, 2017 by Agencies
Why did Israel ascend the Golan Heights, and why did the Egyptian public forgave Nasser for their defeat. Read more
Will twin terror attacks on symbols of Islamic Republic threaten stability in Iran?
June 9, 2017 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
The world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism got a taste of its own medicine June 7, as twin terror attacks struck prominent Iranian institutions…writes Alex Traiman/JNS. Read more
Hebrew Uni to dedicate brain science centre
June 9, 2017 by Dov Smith
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is to dedicate the new home of The Edmond and Lily Safra Centre for Brain Sciences (ELSC) in Jerusalem next week. Read more
Old friends meet in good times
June 9, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
As a soldier in the Canadian armed forces, Sydneysider Harry Wigglesworth helped to liberate Olga Horak from the Bergen-Belsen Nazi extermination camp. Read more
Medical cannabis in Australia
June 9, 2017 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Tommy Huppert has taken the initiative to fully get involved in the newly permitted industry that legally allows for the research, production and distribution of medical cannabis in Australia. Read more
Record May for tourism to Israel
June 9, 2017 by Agencies
May 2017 has been a record-breaking month for tourists visiting Israel, with the highest figures ever recorded for the month of May…347,000 tourist entries were recorded, 16.7% increase on May 2016. Read more
WJC delivers petition calling for Hamas to return the bodies of fallen soldiers to Israel
June 9, 2017 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress CEO and Executive Vice President Robert Singer has delivered a petition holding more than 11,000 signatures to ICRC President Dr. Peter Maurer at a meeting in Geneva, asking the International Committee of the Red Cross to pressure the Hamas terror organisation into returning the bodies of fallen Israeli soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin to their families. Read more
AIJAC hosts Greek Deputy FM and top local diplomats
June 9, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Greece’s Deputy Foreign Minister Terens-Nikolaos Quick has met with Dr. Colin Rubenstein, Executive Director of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council at AIJAC’s Melbourne offices. Read more
Crunch time…writes Michael Kuttner
June 9, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
War has been declared against democratic values by the forces of Islamic terror but there are still too many who refuse to acknowledge what must be done to defeat it. Read more
History, Precedent and Comey Statement show that Trump did not obstruct justice
June 9, 2017 by Alan Dershowitz
In 1992, then President George Walker Bush pardoned Caspar Weinberger and five other individuals who had been indicted or convicted in connection with the Iran-Contra arms deal…writes Alan M. Dershowitz. Read more
Six Day War: Day Four
June 9, 2017 by Agencies
It was a totally unprecedented outcome: Israel had defeated Egypt and Jordan and reunited Jerusalem! Israelis and Jews worldwide were overjoyed. Israel had averted near certain annihilation, and acquired territory that was strategically critical and historically meaningful. Read more
Journalist shills for Palestinians; slams Israel, omits basic facts
June 8, 2017 by Daniel Pomerantz - Honest Reporting
Sophie McNeill has a history of advocacy journalism…writes Daniel Pomerantz/Honest Reporting. Read more
ASEAN thinkers and influencers visit Israel
June 8, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
A visit to Save a Child’s Heart at the Wolfson Hospital, learning about the Roots Palestinian/Israeli project and praying at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount were some of the highlights experienced by a delegation of top Southeast Asian journalists and analysts who recently visited Israel. Read more
