Flight Lieutenant Rabbi Friedman to participate at Anzac Day service
April 11, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Maroubra Synagogue’s Rabbi Yossi Friedman has been invited to participate in the Bondi Beach Dawn Service on Anzac Day 25 April. Read more
Apr-19. Sydney: Communal Seder
April 11, 2019 by J-Wire
Sydney’s CBDChabad says “No Jew Should Be Left Behind This Pesach” Read more
Federal government gifts $10million to Jewish Holocaust Centre
April 11, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Melbourne’s The Jewish Holocaust Centre (JHC) is to receive $10 million as part of this year’s Budget. Read more
Final maneuver before Beresheet lands on the moon
April 11, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
How an electoral tie represents a landslide victory for Israel’s right
April 11, 2019 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won a decisive electoral victory at the polls despite tying with main rival Benny Gantz, former chief of staff in the Israel Defense Forces. Read more
Trump says Netanyahu victory is ‘good for peace’
April 11, 2019 by JNS
With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to form another governing coalition, winning re-election on Tuesday, world leaders began to offer their congratulations. Read more
Netanyahu Wins, Again
April 10, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The count of the ballots of the 2019 elections for the 21st Knesset shows that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will form the next government and will become Israel’s prime minister for the fifth time. Read more
Jewish Children’s Aid Society donates $600,000
April 10, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
180 people listened to a heartfelt plea by Menucha Cooper, a mother of a child entering prep, at a The Jewish Children’s Aid Society event which raised $100,000.
What’s not at stake in Israel’s election: democracy
April 9, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
When Israelis vote today a lot will be riding on the outcome. Read more
Madonna to perform at Eurovision finals in Tel Aviv
April 9, 2019 by JNS
The Michigan-born music icon Madonna will perform two songs, including one from her upcoming album, at the Eurovision Song Contest grand finale in Tel Aviv on May 18, announced Israeli public broadcaster KAN and concert organizer Live Nation on Monday. Read more
Jewish Labour Movement passes vote of no confidence in party head Jeremy Corbyn
April 9, 2019 by JNS
The Jewish Labour Movement (JLM) almost unanimously passed a motion of no-confidence in British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Sunday following an “impassioned debate,” said the group in a statement. Read more
Israel goes to the polls
April 9, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s citizens on Tuesday went to the ballots to vote for Israel’s 21st Knesset and the country’s leadership for the next four years. Read more
Governor and Mrs Hurley attend farewell dinner at The Great Synagogue
April 9, 2019 by J-Wire
The Great Synagogue hosted a farewell dinner for the Governor of New South Wales and Mrs Linda Hurley this week, with many of the leaders of the Jewish community in attendance. Read more
$186,000 for OBK
April 9, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Federal Minister for Families and Social Services, Paul Fletcher and Liberal candidate for Wentworth, Dave Sharma, today announced $186,000 to community-run organisation Our Big Kitchen to continue serving the most vulnerable across the Sydney community. Read more
Israel’s Beresheet completes second successful maneuver ahead of moon landing
April 8, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Israeli Beresheet (Genesis) spacecraft is circling the moon and completed its second successful maneuver around the Moon on Monday morning. Read more
Hamas scales back hostilities against Israel for ceasefire talks
April 8, 2019 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
Hamas’ leadership met on Sunday afternoon and decided to scale back its escalatory actions against Israel, including the pending hunger strike planned by Hamas terrorists incarcerated in Israeli prisons. Read more
Hamas lauds South Africa for downgrading relations with Israel
April 8, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Hamas terror group lauded South Africa for its announcement that it was permanently withdrawing its ambassador from Israel. Read more
Feintooner
April 8, 2019 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…U.N. resolution writ large as seen from the far side Read more
Hashemite rule in Jordan on collision course with Trump and Israel
April 8, 2019 by David Singer
King Abdullah seems increasingly hell-bent on ending 99 years of Hashemite-dynasty rule in Jordan. Read more
Judea and Samaria leaders welcome Netanyahu’s announcement on annexation
April 7, 2019 by J-Wire
Leaders in Judea and Samaria on Sunday welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that he was working towards the possibility of annexing parts of Judea and Samaria.
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In South Africa, one step forward, two steps back
April 7, 2019 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
“Not as much as we had hoped, but we have advanced nonetheless!” With these words, the “Palestine Solidarity Forum” of South Africa last week greeted the news that the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) top decision-making body had voted, for the moment at least, against an academic boycott of Israel. Read more
Sydney woman appointed Chair of World Pancreatic Cancer Day Committee
April 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Jessica Abelsohn has been appointed Chair of the World Pancreatic Cancer Day (WPCD) Committee, taking over from Co-Founder and CEO of Pancreatic Cancer Action UK, Ali Stunt. Read more
Shalom Chaver
April 7, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
Just over a year ago we had the pleasure of hosting Rabbi John Levi, Emeritus Rabbi of TempleBeth Israel in Melbourne, at our home in Efrat…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
On the other hand
April 7, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
Whether we have more of the same or forge ahead on new paths is in the hands of the voters every few years. Read more
First Beresheet pictures from the far side of the moon
April 6, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Queensland parliament acknowledges the 70th anniversary of the State of Israel
April 5, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Queensland Government has marked Israel’s 70th anniversary through an address through parliament. Read more
‘Invented Lives’ by Andrea Goldsmith: a book review by Geoffrey Zygier
April 5, 2019 by Geoffrey Zygier
The Western world today is a place where victimhood is a badge of honour, one where people compete in public arenas to be among the elite of those who suffer. Read more
Parents of slain Israeli Lt. Hadar Goldin react to news of Zachary Baumel remains
April 5, 2019 by JNS
The mother of an Israeli soldier who was killed more than four years ago, and whose body is still being held by Hamas, expressed appreciation on Thursday that the remains of Sgt. First Class Zachary Baumel, an Israeli soldier killed in the 1982 Lebanon War, has been returned to Israel. Read more
As Israel’s election day nears, politicians whet their knives
April 5, 2019 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
The not-so-packed Jerusalem Post 2019 Elections Conference held at the InterContinental David Tel Aviv hotel attracted mostly older people interested in hearing representatives of each political party outline their platform ahead of next week’s elections. Read more
What would Menachem Begin think about Israel’s elections?
April 5, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Respect is always slow in coming for national leaders who are labelled as conservatives. Read more
