Let the Palestinian Authority collapse
May 5, 2019 by Martin Sherman - Mida via JNS
It is all or nothing. We will not take any money if they do not give all of it—even if it means the collapse of the Palestinian Authority and an unequivocal declaration that the Oslo Accords are dead.” — Ashraf al-Ajami, former Palestinian Authority minister for Prisoners Affairs, on Israel’s decision to deduct the sums paid to convicted terrorists and/or their families from the tax revenue that Israel collects for the P.A., Galei Israel, April 19, 2019. Read more
Palestinian Islamic Jihad started a fire in Gaza
May 5, 2019 by Yaakov Lappin
The Iranian-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror organization – the second largest armed faction in Gaza – is responsible for the latest escalation in Gaza and Israel. Read more
The last Nazi hunter – Part 2
May 5, 2019 by Perry Trotter
Shadows of Shoah’s Sheree Trotter hears Efraim Zuroff’s story…a video report. Read more
Holocaust denial and objective reporting: how the Arab World related to Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day
May 5, 2019 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
Responses in the Arab world to Israel’s Yom HaShoah, its national Holocaust Remembrance marked on Thursday, spanned from objective coverage to Holocaust denial. Read more
Gazan terrorists fire over 250 rockets at Israel; IAF strikes back – Be’er Sheva under attack
May 5, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Gaza-based terrorists have launched over 250 rockets at Israeli cities and towns throughout south since Saturday morning, firing almost insistently at civilian targets with one Israeli killed. Read more
Rivlin and Netanyahu attend wreath-laying ceremonies at Yad Vashem
May 3, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participated in the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes Remembrance Day wreath-laying ceremony at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Read more
KKL-JNF and B’nai B’rith mark heroism of Jewish Rescuers during Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony
May 3, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The B’nai B’rith World Centre in Jerusalem and Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) have held a unique joint Holocaust commemoration ceremony on Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah). Read more
Top 10 Plagues of Passover 2019: A father’s journey into and out of Egypt
May 3, 2019 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
Passover. The Jewish holiday of freedom. You know the story of how the Israelites, led by that beau hunk Moses, threw off the shackles of bondage, faced off with Pharaoh, unleashed 10 plagues on Egypt and were finally allowed to return to Las Vegas…I mean the Promised Land. Read more
Ben Hecht & Yom Hashoah
May 3, 2019 by Jeremy Rosen
The Holocaust Day, Yom HaShoah, that the Jewish world commemorates is on the 27thof Nisan which fell this year on Thursday, May 2nd. Read more
Speakers to inspire at JCA’s fundraising event
May 3, 2019 by Community newsdesk
JCA’s Annual Fundraising Event on Sunday 26 May is an opportunity to share in the Insight and Illumination of two important guest speakers whose message is timely and compelling for the Jewish community including French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levi. Read more
March of the Living transcends distinctions to provide a deeply meaningful Jewish experience
May 3, 2019 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
There are no words for the experience of commemorating the horrific death, together with Holocaust survivors, on the sacred grounds of the Birkenau extermination camp, where more than 1 million Jews were sent to the gas chambers and crematoriums just 75 years ago. Read more
If I could choose only one book to read about Israel …
May 3, 2019 by Diane Bederman - JNS
If I could choose only one book to read about Israel that is most important in today’s climate of antisemitism, I would choose The Jewish People’s Rights to the Land of Israel, by the late and most beloved Salomon Benzimra. Read more
March of the Living founder: ‘The only thing worse than Auschwitz is the world forgetting Auschwitz’
On Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hashoah) on May 2, under the theme “Say No to Anti-Semitism,” more than 10,000 Jewish and non-Jewish youth from 40 different countries, together with dozens of Holocaust survivors and dignitaries from around the world, participated in the 31st annual International March of the Living to pay tribute to all victims of the Holocaust and call for an end to antisemitism. Read more
Poway Chabad rabbi: ‘Fight darkness with light,’ urges Moment of Silence in schools
May 3, 2019 by JNS
The founding rabbi of Chabad of Poway in Southern California spoke at the White House on Thursday, less than a week after his synagogue was attacked, with one woman killed and three others injured. Read more
Herzog calls on world leaders to stem tide of antisemitism at March of the Living
May 3, 2019 by JNS
Knesset holds ‘Every Person Has a Name’ Holocaust remembrance ceremony
May 3, 2019 by JNS
The annual “Every Person Has a Name” ceremony was held at the Knesset on Thursday, the Knesset members reading off the names of Jews who perished at the hands of the Nazis during the Holocaust. Read more
Feintooner: The Medieval Times
May 3, 2019 by Feintooner
The New York Times cartoon is ostensibly a blind Netanyahu taking a selfie of himself while holding up tablets of the Law most likely descending Mount Sinai. Read more
Israel stands still in memory of the 6 million
May 2, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
At 10 a.m. on Thursday morning, sirens were sounded for two minutes throughout Israel, bringing the streets to a complete standstill as Israelis marked in unison Yom HaShoah, Israel’s national Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more
NSWJBD congratulates new Governor for NSW
May 2, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Her Excellency Margaret Beazley AO QC is the 39th Governor of New South Wales starting her five-year tenure today. Read more
March of the Living to focus on Greek Holocaust victims; Israeli, Polish top leaders not expected
May 2, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ahead of the annual International March of the Living beginning on Thursday, no senior Israeli and Polish officials are expected to be on the trip amid tensions between Jerusalem and Warsaw. Read more
New Apartments for Seniors in Double Bay
May 2, 2019 by Roz Tarszisz
The mission of B’nai B’rith Retirement Villages, (BBRV) is to provide financially accessible accommodation in Sydney for independent Jewish Seniors, age 55 and over.
Remembering Hungary’s Jews on Yom Hashoah
May 2, 2019 by David Zwartz
The focus of Wellington’s Yom Hashoah observance on 1 May was the sad fate of Hungarian Jewry 75 years ago when hundreds of thousands were deported to their death in Auschwitz-Birkenau between May and July 1944. Read more
Maccabi walk for dementia
May 2, 2019 by Community newsdesk
Maccabi NSW’s LIFE-Dementia Australia Memory Walk-Fun Run was attended by 150 people in Sydney’s Centennial Park as 300 joggers strutted their stuff in Melbourne. Read more
JCCV slams anti-Muslim comments
May 2, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has condemned the views of the former Liberal candidate for the Melbourne seat of Isaacs for his disgraceful anti-Muslim comments. Read more
Will the Holocaust on Instagram teach remembrance?
May 2, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
To say that the impact of social media on society and popular culture has not been entirely beneficial is the understatement of the 21st century. Read more
Violent antisemitism rose by 13% worldwide in 2018, according to new report
May 2, 2019 by JNS
Violent antisemitic attacks rose by 13% worldwide in 2018, with the highest number of incidents reported in Western democracies including the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany, an annual report revealed. Read more
NZ MP promoting BDS
May 2, 2019 by David Cumin
A New Zealand Labour MP is actively promoting the discriminatory BDS campaign against Israel. Dr Duncan Webb has recently tweeted that “[BDS]… is a concrete way to express a political view…”. Read more
Trump consigning Russia-PLO collusion to dustbin of history
May 2, 2019 by David Singer
President Trump’s inexorable march towards releasing his “deal of the century” has seen his decisions on Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and the PLO undermining 55 years of Russia-PLO collusion aimed at eliminating the State of Israel and establishing Russian supremacy in the Middle East. Read more
Frank Lowy doc…a clip
May 1, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Having survived the Holocaust, Sir Frank Lowy went on to become one of Australia’s wealthiest people, with a net worth of over $6 billion. Read more
UIA hosts White House correspondent
May 1, 2019 by Community newsdesk
UIA Australia is to host guest speaker Michael Wilner – White House Correspondent, McClatchy and former Washington Bureau Chief & White House Correspondent for the Jerusalem Post at various events in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in May. Read more
