Sydney young families celebrate a day in Jerusalem with UIA
May 15, 2018 by Jenna Chaitowitz
NSW UIA’s Young Families Division celebrated Yom Yerushalayim and Mother’s Day with over 1,000 people at its 2018 event, ‘A Day in Jerusalem’ at the Entertainment Quarter Market Canopy. Read more
Happy Birthday Israel…from New Zealand supporters
May 15, 2018 by Pastor Nigel Woodley
Seventy years ago Hitler’s war against the Jews was no longer raging…writes Pastor Nigel Woodley. Read more
Police restrain protesters in Auckland
May 15, 2018 by Keren Cook
A line of police prevented conflict restrained a small group of Auckland Peace Action protesters at an Israel 70th anniversary event. Read more
Dear Prime Minister
May 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The president of the Zionist Federation of Australia Dr Danny Lamm has written to the Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull asking him to think about relocating Australia’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Read more
Over 50 reported killed in Gaza border riots, IDF carries out airstrikes on Hamas
The death toll along the Israel-Gaza border was rising on Monday amid ongoing Palestinian rioting and violence as the tens of thousands of Gazans, encouraged by the Palestinian terror group Hamas, have rushed the border in an attempt to carry out attacks on Israeli security forces and also infiltrate Israel. Read more
US officially opens embassy in ‘historic and sacred’ Jerusalem
May 15, 2018 by JNS
The United States officially opening its new embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, fulfilling a key promise made by its president, Donald Trump. Read more
Nations divided over whether to attend opening ceremony of US embassy in Jerusalem
May 14, 2018 by JNS
European nations are lining up on opposite sides of the political aisle as the grand opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem date approaches…but Australia will not be there. Read more
Macron, Merkel and May should adopt Trump policy on Jerusalem
May 14, 2018 by David Singer
The opening of the American Embassy on 14 May in Israel’s capital – Jerusalem – should be replicated by fellow-democracies France, Germany and The United Kingdom (“the Democratic Trio”) without delay…writes David Singer. Read more
An evening of dangerous ideas to challenge thinking – JCA 2018 Campaign
May 14, 2018 by Community newsdesk
With just two weeks to go excitement is mounting across the community ahead of JCA’s 2018 Campaign. Read more
Israeli government approves Tourism Minister’s proposal to invest NIS 200 million in tourist cable car to the Old City
May 14, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s cabinet ha approved Tourism Minister Yariv Levin proposal to invest NIS 200 million in the construction of the tourist cable car project to Jerusalem’s Old City. Read more
Mazaltov! Michael Kuttner in Israel watching Eurovision Song Contest
May 14, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
What a way for Israel to start a week in which we celebrate reunited Jerusalem and the opening of the US Embassy in our Capital. Read more
Feintooner
May 14, 2018 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon….Coin Talk Read more
America set to inaugurate embassy in Jerusalem
May 14, 2018 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
U.S. President Donald Trump made a campaign promise few thought he would keep. “We will move the American embassy to the eternal capital of the Jewish people, Jerusalem,” he announced in 2016. Now that promise is about to be fulfilled…writes Israel Kasnett/JNS. Read more
Moriah students selected for Naase: Scholars in Entrepreneurship Scholarship to Israel
May 14, 2018 by Community newsdesk
Moriah College has announced that five Year 11 students have been selected as the 2018 Naase Scholars in Entrepreneurship recipients. Read more
Mini Mondial for Peace – 2018
May 14, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Peres Centre for Peace and Innovation kicked off the 15th annual Mini Mondial for Peace – bringing together 800 Arab and Jewish, Israeli and Palestinian girls and boys from communities across Israel and the West Bank through soccer. This event promoted shared-living and acceptance of the “other.” Read more
Leading Melbourne rabbi passes away at 94
May 14, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Rabbi Sholom Dov Ber Hakohen Gutnick has passed away at the age of 94 in Melbourne. Read more
Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks to launch book on Israel’s 50-year occupation
May 14, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The New Israel Fund Australia is to launch Kingdom of Olives and Ash, a collection of essays exploring the 50th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. Read more
Did Trump endanger Israel?
May 13, 2018 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
While the government of Israel and most of its people cheered when U.S. President Donald Trump announced U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, others worried that the Jewish state would be the first suffer from the decision…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more
‘Trump’s war’ isn’t coming
May 13, 2018 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
A few hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced on May 8 that the United States had exited the Iran nuclear deal, the doyenne of progressive political-action committees, MoveOn.org, sent out a fundraising email to supporters warning that “Trump’s war is coming”….writes Ben Cohen/JNS. Read more
Netta’s Toy belongs to the world
May 13, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s Netta Barzilai has conquered Eurovision with her song “Toy” is sure to be a world-wide hit. Read more
An evening of Mozart: a music review by Ron Jontof-Hutter
May 13, 2018 by Ron Jontof-Hutter
The Royal Melbourne Philharmonic and the Melbourne University Choral Society presented an all-Mozart program at St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne. Read more
On the other hand
May 13, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
The headlines may be full of Iranian duplicity and excitement about transfer of the American Embassy to Jerusalem but undetected by the media is news about more discoveries, innovations and positive developments issuing forth from Zion. Read more
Symphony of Seduction: A book review by Fraser Beath McEwing
May 13, 2018 by Fraser McEwing
Celebrity love affairs have always attracted public interest, especially when the participants are in the creative arts. It is in this light that we look for pre and post bed (or elsewhere) techniques that might be interpreted as extensions of the artistic pursuit. Read more
Ambassador visits Chabad in Canberra
May 13, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Yvette Coppersmith snares Archibald Prize
May 11, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Melbourne five-time Archibald Prize finalist Yvette Coppersmith has won the 2018 Archibald Prize and $100,000 for her work Self-portrait after George Lambert. Read more
War monitor: Israeli airstrikes in Syria killed 23 military personnel
Israeli airstrikes on Thursday in Syria killed at least 23 military personnel, including Syrians and non-Syrians, according to a group monitoring the Syrian civil war. Read more
Trump signs Holocaust property bill into law, angering Polish officials
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that will help Holocaust survivors to reclaim lost assets or property. Read more
Does Russia care about stopping Israel-Iran escalation?
May 11, 2018 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
The situation in Syria saw a massive escalation on Thursday with Israel carrying out its largest airstrikes against Iranian and Syrian military targets in the country since the civil war began in 2011…writes Sean Savage/JNS. Read more
Israel unleashes stunning strike capabilities after Iran hits first
May 11, 2018 by Yaakov Lappin
In striking more than 50 Iranian military targets within 90 minutes early on Thursday morning, the Israel Defence Force displayed just a sample of its advanced, intelligence-fueled precision firepower, dealing a crushing blow to Iran’s assets in Syria…writes Yaakov Lappin/JNS. Read more
Cheesecake
May 11, 2018 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
In just over a week we will celebrate the Festival of Shavuot – the anniversary of the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more
