An East Jerusalem maternity hospital builds bridges of peace

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Mideast realities: Abbas and Netanyahu at the UN

There was one corner of New York City last Thursday where the Senate Judicial Committee hearings into the accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh went largely unnoticed: the United Nations building perched on the East River, where the 73rd General Assembly has been in full swing this week…writes Ben Cohen/JNS. Read more

Netanyahu talks with Nikki Haley

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met with US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley in New York where he had been attending  the UN General Assembly. Read more

Trump puts the ball back in the Palestinians’ court

Is the two-state solution back in play? That’s the upshot of the latest comment from U.S. President Donald Trump…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more

Music to their ears? Advocacy group works to thwart cultural efforts of BDS movement

Since its founding in 2005, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has targeted Israeli universities, businesses and cultural organizations. Most recently, its efforts against Israel’s music scene has been in the headlines more than usual…writes Shiryn Solny/JNS. Read more

Liberal candidate enjoys a sukkah

Today Rabbi Yehoram Ulman and Alex Ryvchin met with the Liberal candidate for Wentworth and former Ambassador to Israel, Dave Sharma in the Sukkah to discuss the history of the community and issues affecting the Russian-Jewish community in Wentworth and to hear the candidate’s vision for the electorate.  Read more

Maori community celebrates the Feast of the Tabernacles in Jerusalem

Israel marked the annual Feast of the Tabernacles (Sukkot) holiday with a march of support through Jerusalem. Read more

Genesis and the Marshmallow

I was reminded of the famous Marshmallow Experiment last week when I read that Dr. Walter Mischel had died on September 12th at the age of 88. When he was a professor at Stanford, he carried out an experiment on children that became one of the most influential psychological tests, even though over time it has been challenged for its narrow methodology…writes Jeremy Rosen. Read more

The Choice Foundation launched at JewishCare

The Choice Foundation was started by husband and wife team Taryn and Andrew Boyarsky and with board members in the Sydney community who see the need to provide support, assistance, and choices for those with disability. Read more

Corbyn gets no support from Secord

Deputy chair of the NSW Parliamentary friends of Israel and Labor Israel Action Committee patron Walt Secord says he completely disagreed with UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and his views on recognising Palestine. Read more

Netanyahu exposes secret sites in Teheran and Beirut

Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has addressed the United Nations General Assembly inviting the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect nuclear warehouses in Teheran. Read more

From Munich to Oslo and beyond

If anyone believed that the New Year would usher in an era of peace and harmony they should have had their fantasies rudely shattered…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Abbas praises terrorists as ‘hero martyrs,’ while claiming Jerusalem ‘not for sale’

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas went on the offensive against U.S. President Donald Trump in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, harshly criticising the American leader for his actions to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and aid cuts while at the same time praising Palestinian terror prisoners as “hero martyrs.” Read more

Corbyn: UK will ‘recognise Palestine’ if Labour Party wins next election

Were the Labour Party to win the next election, the United Kingdom would “recognise Palestine,” the party’s leader said on Wednesday. Read more

Changing our perspective on climate change

Dear Rabbi:  I am very hazy as to the Jewish perspective on human-induced climate change. The rabbis I have asked seem to cloud the issue and one told me the topic is too hot to handle. (No puns intended, of course!) In desperation I turn to you! What’s your take on it all? Should religious Jews be doing more about it? Yours, Confused. Read more

Netanyahu declines UNESCO invitation to participate in UN Conference on Antisemitism

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declined an invitation from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to participate in a conference on antisemitism at the United Nations. Read more

Livni Defends Decision To Meet With Abu-Mazen, says it was to prevent violent escalation

Israeli Opposition Leader MK Tzipi Livni’s meeting with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu-Mazen) on Tuesday evening was intended at preventing an escalation in the security situation in Judea and Samaria, Livni told Israel’s Channel 10 News on Wednesday. Read more

The world laughed at Trump, but Iran and its enablers should not

The international community made no secret of its contempt for U.S. President Donald Trump when he spoke to the U.N. General Assembly this week…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more

Jordan’s King at the UN

Jordan’s King Abdullah II spoke at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. His speech revealed several nuances which, I fear, too many diplomats may have failed to grasp their real meanings in the context of Middle East history and the particulars of the Arab conflict with Israel…writes Yisrael Medad/JNS. Read more

A Sukkot message from Dave Sharma

The Liberal candidate for next month’s Wentworth by-election was joined by Liberals deputy leader Josh Frydenberg as he met members the electorate at Bondi Junction’s train/bus station…and he videoed a Sukkot message. Read more

A Rambam study program

The recent US decision to stop funding the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) featured highly in the minds of members of parliament that discussed their experiences on Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council’s Rambam study program at a luncheon meeting with AIJAC supporters in Melbourne. Read more

The Mishpacha

This week’s cartoon featuring the Mishpacha family…Kaufmans – a Jewish family headed by Benny and Cheryl, who run “Benny’s Deli” for a living. Read more

‘World leaders must not remain silent in the face of antisemitism’

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder spoke Wednesday at a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) event held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, on the power of education in preventing racism and discrimination, with a focus on antisemitism. Read more

AUJS to increase the widespread community’s awareness of its Sephardi and Mizrahi members

The Yallah committee, a committee comprised of young adults from Sephardi and Mizrahi heritage as part of a NSW Jewish Board of Deputies initiative, passed a motion including the recognition of the marginalisation of the Sephardi and Mizrahi population of Australian/New Zealand Jewry. Read more

Trump’s PLO shutdown paves way for Jordan-West Bank reunification

President Trump’s decision to close the PLO mission in Washington, cancel the visas of the Palestinian Ambassador and his family and order their bank accounts be closed – mark the PLO’s final humiliation for condemning Trump’s proposed peace plan before its contents have even been published…writes David Singer. Read more

A unique Holocaust story of survival 

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Making hay for drought-stricken farmers

Dr Jerry Schwartz has pledged to support Australia’s embattled farmers by donating the profits from his first night as owner of the new Four Points by Sheraton at Sydney’s Central Park. Read more

Ground Breaking marks kick-off for M by Montefiore construction

More than 150 dignitaries, communal figures and future occupants gathered at King St, Randwick to celebrate the ceremonial Ground Breaking for Sydney’s new ​M by​ ​Montefiore ​luxury retirement living development. Read more

The rabbi writes on Sh’mini Atzeret & Simchat Torah

Rabbi Raymond Apple presents his Sh’mini Atzeret & Simchat Torah feature… Read more

Pope Francis takes part in ceremony commemorating the liquidation of Vilnius Ghetto

Pope Francis has taken part in a commemoration ceremony marking 75 years since the liquidation of the Vilnius Ghetto. Read more

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