Thousands of young Jews from around the world honour IDF’s fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism
May 8, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Thousands of young Jews and community leaders from around the world gathered on Tuesday night on the eve of Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s day of remembrance for its fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism, at the Latrun military museum and participated in Masa Israel Journey’s memorial ceremony. Read more
Yom Hazikaron in Israel
May 8, 2019 by J-Wire
Both President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participated in events commemorating Yom Hazikaron, a day in which tributes are paid to those who gave up their lives for the State of Israel. Read more
Israel’s Independence Day 2019 report card
May 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s population is 9,021,000 as it prepares for its 71st Indnependence Day. Read more
Cisco names Israeli school best in European region
May 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Cisco Networking Academy has awarded Boys Town Jerusalem the Above and Beyond Award for 2019. Read more
The “cycle of violence” continues and New Zealand remains silent
May 8, 2019 by David Cumin
This past weekend, more than 700 rockets were fired from Gaza into Israeli civilian areas. Read more
Trump should send Hamas, PLO and United Nations a clear message
May 8, 2019 by David Singer
The barrage of more than 700 rockets fired into Israel from Gaza this past weekend and the “pay for slay” policy pursued by the PLO to reward those Palestinian Arabs who murder and maim Jews cannot continue to be met by only pious condemnations from the United Nations or even from President Trump himself. Read more
No place for hate in Australian election debate
May 7, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
Meeting in Sydney today, Uniting Church and Jewish community representatives considered the “spate of racist invective, vandalism and harassment” which is marring the 2019 Federal Election. Read more
Two MPs go public on antisemitic attacks
May 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Liberal MP for Berowra Julian Lesser and Independent MP for Wentworth Dr Kerryn Phelps have reacted to antisemitic incidents during their election campaigns. Read more
‘And then the rocket fire intensified:’ one Israeli’s life under fire
May 7, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Alya and Tommy Shapiro were planning to celebrate Liam’s fourth birthday in Ashdod on Saturday when their plans were violently disturbed by barrages of rockets launched by terrorists from Gaza. Read more
Emanuel School historians
May 7, 2019 by Michelle Favero
Sydney’s Emanuel School’s Year 1 students recently transformed their classrooms into a museum, displaying ‘artefacts’ from years gone by. Read more
Same old media bias dredged up following Israeli reprisals after Gaza rocket barrage
May 7, 2019 by Jackson Richman - JNS
While Israel absorbed as many as 700 rockets fired by the terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad from the Gaza Strip over the weekend, the media turned the tables on the aggression and launched its usual assault on the Jewish state. Read more
Gantz’s plan for Gaza: After creating deterrence, a regional push to rehabilitate the Strip
May 7, 2019 by Yaakov Lappin
Blue and White Party leader and former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Benny Gantz laid out his own alternative plan for dealing with the Gazan threat during a visit to Israel’s rocket-stricken south on Sunday. Read more
Friends of Montefiore Raise $80,000
May 7, 2019 by Kirsten Young
Over 300 guests attended the 36th Annual Friends of Montefiore Lunch in Melbourne. Read more
Michael Danby attends Anzac Day service in France
May 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Labor MP Michael Danby attended the 2019 Anzac Day Dawn Service at Villers- Bretonneux in France last week, as the Federal Opposition’s representative. Read more
The rockets’ toll
May 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin has paid condolence calls on the Prezuazman family, whose son Pinchas Menachem was killed yesterday by flying shrapnel in Ashdod; the Agadi family, whose father Moshe was killed on Saturday in a rocket attack on Askhelon; and the al-Hamamda family whose father Ziad was killed yesterday in the rocket attack on the factory in Ashkelon. Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Islamic Jihad admits – Gazan baby killed by our rocket
May 7, 2019 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
The Islamic Jihad terror group has admitted that a rocket it fired on Saturday evening killed a baby in the Gaza Strip, despite initial claims she was killed in an Israeli strike. Read more
Tense quiet settles over south after ceasefire commences
May 6, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
A tense quiet settled over southern Israel Monday morning after another ceasefire between the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror groups and Israel came into effect. Read more
A message for Yom Ha’azmaut
May 6, 2019 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple discusses Power and Morality and Practical Zionism. Read more
President Rivlin meets members of the IDF’s casualties unit
May 6, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin met members of the IDF’s casualties unit this morning at Beit HaNasi. Read more
On the other hand
May 6, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
As we swing from sadness & solemn remembrance on Yom Hashoah and Yom Hazikaron to unrestrained joy on Yom Ha’Atzmaut we can take immense pride at the world breaking achievements which Israel has produced in the space of a mere seven decades. Read more
Leaders react to Gaza rockets
May 6, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
Terrorists in the Gaza Strip have fired some 700 rockets at Israel in the last two days, killing three people and wounding several others. Israelis have been asked not to attend the funerals of the victims amid the dangerous escalation in the south. Israel has responded to the intensive barrage with retaliatory air strikes, resulting in the deaths of eight Palestinians. Read more
Who died? Confusion in Gaza over death of mother and baby
May 6, 2019 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
New information emerging in the last hours casts serious doubt on Hamas’ claim that a Gazan woman and her baby daughter were killed in an Israeli Air Force strike in Gaza city on Saturday night. Read more
May-26 Melbourne: Yeshivah – Beth Rivkah
May 6, 2019 by J-Wire
An alumni event to celebrate 70 years. Read more
Gaza update
May 5, 2019 by TPS
Three Israelis killed in the current rocket attacks… Read more
Pain and joy – tragedy and triumph
May 5, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
Like so many times in our people’s long journey, from a small family in pagan surroundings through exile and slavery to liberation and the beginnings of a nation in its own land, the rebirth of Jewish sovereignty in our time was accompanied by painful sacrifices. Read more
Israeli Killed by Rocket; Fire Moves Further North
May 5, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
An Israeli man was killed by a rocket on Saturday night, as the terrorists broadened their scope of fire and added more Israelis cities to their list of targets.
No reason to fear PA economic collapse
May 5, 2019 by Efraim Inbar
The Palestinian Authority is refusing to accept any funds transferred from Israel because Israel has begun deducting the value of stipends the PA pays to terrorists and their families, commonly known as “pay for slay.” Read more
Our Big Shul remembers Poway
May 5, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Our New Shul at Bondi’s Harry Triguboff Centre held a Friday evening service in solidarity with Chabad of Poway which was attacked by a sole gunman at the end of Passover. Read more
Frydenberg posters defaced again
May 5, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Scott Morrison had denounced the vandalising of Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s election posters stating “this is about crimes and hate.” Read more
WJC appeals to UNSC to condemn rocket attacks
May 5, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
After a barrage of hundreds of rockets struck Israel from the Gaza Strip on Saturday, the World Jewish Congress appealed to Indonesia, as president of the United Nations Security Council, to lead the international community in unequivocally condemning Hamas and holding it responsible for the terrorist acts that it continues to carry out and enable in the territory under its control. Read more
