Airbnb delisting of Judea and Samaria residences ‘illegal under US anti-discrimination law’

The Airbnb decision earlier this week to delist Jewish-owned homes in Judea and Samaria is “discriminatory on its face, and it is illegal under US anti-discrimination law,”  Brooke Goldstein, Executive Director of The Lawfare Project, told TPS in an interview yesterday. Read more

Ashkelon hacker sentenced to ten years prison over US bomb threats

A 19-year-old Israeli-American teenager has been sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison and fined NIS 60,000 (A$22,000) after being convicted in June on multiple counts of bomb threats to airports, schools and Jewish centres in 2016 and 2017. Read more

Do it yourself chess club

Sydney’s Burger Centre Men’s shed took on the challenge of making their very own chess board and chess pieces using everyday hardware pieces including nuts, bolts, and washers. Read more

Blame the Jews

Every year when we come around to reading about Joseph and his brothers, I am reminded of a part of the Yom Kippur Ashkenazi service. In particular, the poem Eyleh Ezkera…writes Jeremy Rosen. Read more

NSW national party questioned about neo-nazi infiltration on last day of nsw parliament

On the final sitting day of the NSW Parliament, the NSW National Party came under sustained questioning from the Labor Opposition about the on-going neo-Nazi infiltration within the ranks of the NSW Coalition junior partner. Read more

PM meets IDF General Forum Meeting

Benjamin Netanyahu has made his first visit to the General Staff at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv as Israel’s Prime Minister and Defence Minister. Read more

An award for Helen Lewis

A book about her father’s WWII experiences has won the Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award presented by Sydney’s Waverley Council for author Helen Lewis for the research she carried out for her memoir The Dead Still Cry Out. Read more

The New RCA Siddur [Ashkenazi tradition]: a siddur review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

Traditionally J-Wire does not review obvious religious publications such as prayer books and bibles. Read more

Another week – more insanity

If there is one thing that can be guaranteed, apart from death and taxes, it is that life in Israel is never boring or dull…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Elections beckon

Election fever raged briefly in Israel as a result of the resignation of Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman earlier this month, taking his party with him and leaving the current coalition with just a razor slim majority of 61 seats in a 120 seat parliament. Read more

Did Israel-Hamas ceasefire strengthen Hamas for the next round of fighting?

The ongoing violence perpetrated by the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and the recent barrage of rocket fire—more than 450 rockets and mortars in less than 48 hours—pointed at Israel’s south had an unintended consequence. In effect, it caused an internal political crisis in Israel, shaking up the government, and both angering and worrying the general public. Read more

What made Netanyahu Israel’s indispensable man?

He did it again. Despite being placed in an impossible position by the resignation of Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman over accepting another ceasefire with Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu managed to keep his coalition government alive. Read more

UIA NSW Young Leadership event with Ohad Hemo: a J-Wire photo gallery

 

UIA NSW Young Leadership launched its 2019 Campaign at Zest Point Piper on 18 November, where 130 supporters enjoyed hearing from guest speaker Ohad Hemo – Correspondent for Palestinian Affairs for Channel 2 News in Israel. Read more

Sobibor: a movie review by Toni Susskind

A highlight of the 2018 Jewish International Film Festival, Sobibor was a box office hit in Russia, taking in over $2 million in ticket sales. Read more

Instant Families: a movie review by Toni Susskind

When I first heard about Instant Families staring Mark Wahlberg as Pete and Australian Rose Byrne as Ellie, I thought, here we go again, another formulaic Rom-Com about a gorgeous couple adopting three very cute children. I was pleasantly surprised to see how wrong I was. Read more

UIA NSW campaign launch

UIA NSW has held its AGM and launched its 2019 campaign.  Were you there? A J-Wire photo gallery. Read more

Build your own Menorah

The Bunnings Warehouse in Hawthorn, Melbourne has hosted a kids’ Chanukah workshop. Read more

Good deeds sweep Sydney schools with BJE

Launched in Sydney, in the past few months, Ella’s Toy Box was founded on the premise of collecting items for children across New South Wales who are in need of clothing, books, games, and toys. Read more

Limmud in Your Lounge

Limmud in your Lounge has been a promising opportunity to trial a new and more intimate Limmud experience between the annual major events bringing Limmud into private homes. Read more

Mishpacha

Follow the adventures of a Jewish family with some of whom you may well recognise… Read more

Jewish cemetery vandalised in Poland

The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) condemns the vandalization of the Dewastacja Jewish cemetery in Sochoczew, Poland, which took a place last weekend.  Read more

Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference

Diplomats from a wide variety of countries as well as media journalists and representatives of a myriad of advocacy groups have attended the 7^th Diplomatic Conference hosted by the Jerusalem Post took place on Wednesday 21 November at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem. Read more

Former Canadian PM Stephen Harper addresses AICC

Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper spoke at the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch in Melbourne on Wednesday. Read more

Casting out the Kushners?

According to The New York Times, Ivanka and Jared Kushner aren’t going to have an easy time of it when and if they return to New York City after working in the administration of her father. Read more

Israeli sitcom takes international Emmy for Best Comedy

“Nevsu”, an Israeli sitcom about a young multiracial couple and tensions that prejudice cause in their marriage and daily life, won the International Emmy for best comedy at a ceremony in New York on Monday night. Read more

The Gift of Life’s failed search has a positive outcome

27-yr-old Roni Cohen was diagnosed with leukaemia a month before her wedding in Israel and was given a life-saving bone marrow transplant from her brother, after a worldwide search including in Australia by Gift of Life, that tested over 16,000 people failed to find a perfect match. Read more

The King David School proud of it inclusiveness

Melbourne’s The King David School has tendered its submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s enquiry into allowing faith-based educational institutions to discriminate on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation or other protected attributes. Read more

Robert Goot addresses the WJC governing board

The Immediate Past President of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Robert Goot highlighted the Constitutional mission of the World Jewish Congress“ to foster the unity and represent the interests of the Jewish people and to ensure the continuity and development of its religious, spiritual, cultural, and social heritage. Read more

Dave Sharma – Reflections on my time as Australia’s Ambassador to Israel

Dave Sharma will be speaking next month at Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue to share his reflections on his time as Australia’s Ambassador to Israel.

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Raise a cup to help end family violence

Melbourne’s Jewish Care has developed a coffee cup campaign in support of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Read more

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