Jewish House gets a local grant
August 20, 2018 by Community newsdesk
Sydney Jewish Care organisation Jewish House has received a welcome grant from the Randwick Council Community Partnership Funding Program. Read more
Why bad things sometimes happen to a good people?
August 20, 2018 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple tackles this question…and others. Read more
Feintooner
August 20, 2018 by Feintooner
Feintooner: Flight of Fantasy. Read more
Meet Kabbalah artist David Friedman
August 20, 2018 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Kabbalah Artist and Teacher David Friedman, a resident of Tzfat, Israel, creates his mystical works of art using symbols that relate to the deeper meaning of Judaism, which he uses to teach how letters, numbers, shapes and colours are significant in understanding Kabbalah. Read more
Immigration and common sense: The real facts about Australia
August 20, 2018 by Professor Bill Rubinstein
In common with the majority of people, I never heard of Senator Fraser Anning before he made his controversial speech on immigration…writes Bill Rubinstein. Read more
On the other hand
August 19, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
The fake cease fire with Hamas spreads an illusion that peace and quiet is breaking out…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
WJC mourns death of Kofi Annan, a ‘tour de force’ within the UN
August 19, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress mourns the death of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 80. Read more
Gaza – Déjà vu…again?…asks Martin Sherman
August 17, 2018 by Martin Sherman - Mida via JNS
An overwhelming majority [of the Palestinian public] demands the immediate halt to all measures taken by Abbas against the Gaza Strip and opposes the crackdown on demonstrations demanding an ending to these measures. Read more
Corbyn unmasked: He brought flowers to terrorists
August 17, 2018 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
Even a reaction to an accusation of antisemitism can be antisemitic…writes Fiamma Nirenstein/JNS. Read more
Magen David Adom reports almost 50 drownings this swim season
August 17, 2018 by JNS
The Magen David Adom emergency ambulance service reported that a staggering 49 people have drowned since the beginning of the swimming season, urging everyone to maintain extreme vigilance and safety around all bodies of water. Read more
Reports circulate of possible ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas
August 17, 2018 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has negotiated with the Hamas terror organisation responsible for the recent upsurge in attacks against Israelis along the Gaza border, agreeing to a ceasefire in which Hamas promises not to attack the Jewish state, and Israel enables the creation of a naval route between Gaza and Cyprus. Read more
Israeli woman killed in apparent car-ramming terror attack
August 17, 2018 by JNS
An Israeli woman has been killed in an apparent car-ramming terror attack near the Jewish community of Havat Gilad in central Samaria. Read more
Jewish media excluded from multicultural awards
August 17, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The CEO of The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies has called on members of the Keep Safe NSW coalition to write to the NSW Opposition Labor leader to protest the omission of J-Wire and The Australian Jewish News in multicultural media awards organised by the Labor Whip Shaoquett Moselane. Read more
Israel, this is not who we are
August 17, 2018 by Ronald S. Lauder
Orthodoxy should be respected, but we cannot allow the politics of a radical minority to alienate millions of Jews worldwide….writes Ronald S. Lauder. Read more
Yallah’ Young Adult Event
Last year I was asked to give the closing address at the 30thof November event which is the annual commemoration of the plight of the Jewish Refugees from Arab lands and Iran, hosted by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies…writes Hila Tsor. Read more
Hamastan – enough already
August 17, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
If you lived next to neighbours whose sole aim was to murder you and in furtherance of that objective burnt your property on a daily basis, how long would it take before you decided to put an end to these terror acts?…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
Public broadcaster backs down over Eurovision deposit, contest to take place in Israel
Israel will host the Eurovision Song Contest after the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC) and the Finance Ministry reached a compromise on Tuesday on a 12 million euro deposit required by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in order to obtain the production rights for the 2019 competition. Read more
Doctors Beyond Borders: Israel’s secret fight to save Syrian lives
August 16, 2018 by Yona Schnitzer - TPS
On the night of February 16th, 2013, an IDF squad was carrying out a routine patrol on the Syrian border, when suddenly the patrol commander noticed something very strange – seven seriously wounded Syrians who threw themselves on the border fence. Read more
Beth Rivkah’s new Holocaust Memorial unveiled
August 16, 2018 by Lisa Frenkel
Melbourne’s Beth Rivkah students, parents, teachers and members of the community came together for the unveiling of a striking new Holocaust Memorial mural. Read more
Two Israeli universities in world’s top 100
August 16, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s The Technion has jumped to 77th place in the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) – the best ranking for an Israeli university this year. Read more
More voices raised against Senator Anning
August 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Labor opposition in NSW and The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council have spoken out against remarks made n the maiden speech of Senator Fraser Anning invoking the phrase “Final Solution” and calling for a plebiscite to restrict Muslim immigration and those who are English-speaking. Read more
Top Israeli missile engineer issues warning over Iran nuclear deal
August 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Preeminent Israeli expert on missile defence Uzi Rubin provided an insightful talk at an AIJAC luncheon discussing the flaws of the Iranian nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Read more
Jordan-Israel negotiations on Trump peace plan set to bypass PLO
August 15, 2018 by David Singer
Jordan-Israel negotiations based on President Trump’s long-awaited peace plan seem increasingly likely to happen – following retired Jordanian Ambassador and former editor of the Jordan Times– Walid Sadi – flagging Jordan’s legal and sovereignty claims in the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) and East Jerusalem (“disputed territories”)…writes David Singer. Read more
Uncovering campus racism
August 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Final Solution – in the Australian parliament
August 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Crossbench Senator Fraser Anning has created an uproar in the Senate calling on “the final solution” on immigration of Muslims into Australia invoking the wrath of his one-time leader One Nation’s Paula Hanson who called his speech “straight from Goebbels’ handbook from Nazi Germany.” Read more
Vic Alhadeff sent packing by Muslim MP
August 15, 2018 by Henry Benjamin
With an invitation in his hand, the CEO of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Vic Alhadeff arrived at Labor Party event in Sydney…only to be refused admission by the organiser, Muslim NSW MP Shaoquett Moselmane. Read more
November 14 crucial for Leifer’s return
August 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A Jerusalem court has heard from the city’s chief psychiatrist that Malka Leifer is fit to face extradition charges in court which could see the former Melbourne school principal returned to Melbourne to answer 74 charges for child sexual abuse. Read more
Israel to US: don’t cut funding to UNRWA activity in Gaza
August 14, 2018 by Yona Schnitzer - TPS
Israeli officials have requested the United States not to cut funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza, due to concerns that it may push the humanitarian crisis in Gaza over the brink of disaster, the Israel Hayom daily reported Monday. Read more
At Ashdod port, Israel confiscates tens of thousands of balloons headed for Gaza
August 14, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Three shipping containers containing tens of thousands of balloons on their way to Gaza were stopped and confiscated at the Ashdod port, according to a report by Israel’s Channel 10. Read more
Netanyahu condemns UK’s Corbyn for Munich terrorist memorial
August 14, 2018 by JNS
United Kingdom Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exchanged words on Twitter yesterday after photos surfaced last Friday of the former laying a wreath near the graves of the Black September terrorists who killed 11 Israelis at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Read more
