Samaria council opposes McDonald’s at Ben-Gurion Airport, citing boycott law
June 5, 2019 by JNS
The leader of the Samaria Regional Council, Yossi Dagan, expressed the opposite of “I’m loving it” in regards to opposition to McDonald’s being given a tender to operate at Ben-Gurion Airport, as the fast-food chain will not operate franchises in the West Bank. Read more
Election woes
June 5, 2019 by J-Wire
How did that happen????? Read more
Nechama Rivlin – condolences
June 5, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Nechama was born in 1945 in Moshav Herut in the Sharon region. Read more
Australian innovator selected for global ROI Summit in Jerusalem
June 5, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Memorial for concentration camp and ghetto resistance fighters unveiled in Moscow
June 5, 2019 by JNS
Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the unveiling ceremony for a new memorial dedicated to the heroes of the resistance movement in concentration camps and ghettos during World War II. The memorial is housed in the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow. Read more
Netanyahu will be Israel’s next Prime Minister – with Trump’s help
June 5, 2019 by David Singer
The abrupt termination of Israel’s 21stParliament with new elections being called for 17 September has seen the New York Times claiming that Israel has been plunged into unprecedented political chaos. Read more
Australia joins the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
June 5, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australia has been admitted as the thirty-third member of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) following a unanimous vote of the plenary in Luxembourg. Read more
Israel’s First Lady Nechama Rivlin passes away at 73
June 4, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Nechama Rivlin, the wife of Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin, passed away on Tuesday after undergoing a complex surgery three months ago and then slipping into a coma. Read more
US envoy: Hamas and Islamic Jihad bringing ‘misery and suffering to Gaza’
June 4, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Jason Greenblatt, Assistant to President Donald Trump and the US’ Special Representative for International Negotiations, accused the terror organizations of bringing “misery and suffering to Palestinians in Gaza” in response to a new report that the groups have restocked their arsenal of rockets to levels reached just before Operation Protective Edge. Read more
Anti-Israel marchers in the centre of London espouse antisemitism
June 4, 2019 by TPS
Some 1,000 people marched in the anti-Israel Al Quds Day parade in central London on Sunday, calling for Israel downfall and spreading antisemitic incitement. Read more
Israeli study may provide hope for some pancreatic cancer patients
June 4, 2019 by JNS
A groundbreaking study at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer has determined that a targeted cancer therapy drug developed in partnership with pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Merck & Co. Inc. delays the progression of a specific strain of pancreatic cancer, offering “potential hope” for patients suffering from the 12th most common cancer worldwide. Read more
Bereaved families outraged after ‘terrorist attorney’ film wins prize
June 4, 2019 by JNS
A letter signed by 100 families to Israel’s Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev on Monday demanding that she cancel a prize set to be awarded at the Docaviv International Film Festival to a film positively portraying attorney Lea Tsemel. Read more
Hebrew University professor calls pro-Israel student activists ‘Nazi dogs’
Professor Amiram Goldblum, a senior lecturer at Israel’s Hebrew University, called pro-Israel student activists “Nazi dogs” and threatened to prevent them from getting accepted into advanced degree programs, Israel’s Makor Rishon newspaper reported last week. Read more
Trump tells Israelis to ‘get their act together’
June 3, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
President Donald Trump on Sunday expressed displeasure with Israel’s reoccurring elections and told the Israelis to “get their act together.” Read more
Prestige U.S. award for Colin Rubenstein
June 3, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Executive Director of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council Dr Colin Rubenstein has been honoured for his advocacy on behalf of the Jewish people and Israel by the Board of Governors of the American Jewish Committee. Read more
With 2000 votes to be counted, Josh Burn claims victory
June 3, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
Josh Burns has claimed victory in the marginal three-way contest of the Melbourne seat of Macnamara, making him the fifth federal Jewish MP in the 46th Parliament of Australia, and Labor’s third Jewish MP. Read more
Feintooner
June 3, 2019 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon. Jerusalem Day with the lion wearing an IDF helmet. Read more
Ten Commandments are not commandments
June 3, 2019 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
How can this be? Ask the rabbi… Read more
Natalie Ward heads NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel
June 3, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Upper House Liberal MP Natalie Ward is the new chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel following its formation meeting last week. Read more
The Jewish International Film Festival announces 2019 JIFF short film fund recipients
June 3, 2019 by J-Wire News Service
The Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF) has announced Karen Pearlman and Joel Kohn as the recipients of the 2018 JIFF Short Film Fund. Read more
Holckner Family donates $5 million to Jewish Care
June 3, 2019 by Kirsten Young
Jewish Care Victoria has received a $5 million donation from Charles Holckner and his family as part of the organisation’s Growing. For our Community. Capital Campaign. Read more
Were diamonds a girl’s best friend in the ancient Land of Israel?
June 3, 2019 by Elana Oberlander
Israel’s Bar-Ilan University is spearheading a new field of research in archaeological gemology which aims to examine and shed light on ancient precious stones and minerals. Read more
IAF retaliates against Syria in response to rocket fire on Hermon
June 2, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel Air Force (IAF) fighters and gunships on Saturday night carried out several strikes against military targets inside Syria in retaliation for rockets fired from Syria at the Israeli Hermon earlier in the evening. Read more
Muslims riot on Temple Mount during Jerusalem Day
June 2, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Muslims rioted on the Temple Mount on Sunday morning as Jews visited the holy compound in honour of Jerusalem Day, celebrating the 52nd anniversary of the liberation of the city during the 1967 Six Day War. Read more
Nurses on the front line: IDF pilot program aimed at improving battlefield medicine
June 2, 2019 by Yaakov Lappin
The Israel Defense Forces’ Medical Corps is in the midst of a pilot program that places nurses and male nurses in combat battalions, as part a series of changes designed to improve the military’s medical services. Read more
Bahrain economic conference failure foretold
June 2, 2019 by Martin Sherman - Mida via JNS
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” — An aphorism thought to have originated with Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (c. 1150). Read more
Nabih Berri’s grotesque antisemitism
June 2, 2019 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
In a puff piece on Nabih Berri, the speaker of the Lebanese parliament, published on the occasion of his 80th birthday last year, the broadcaster France 24 headlined its profile, “The Great Survivor of Lebanese Politics.” Read more
Margalit Levin joins her high-level peers
June 2, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
On the other hand
June 2, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
Despite the best intentions of our politicians to deprive pensioners, health, welfare and education of millions of shekels by scheduling yet another unwanted election there are still scientists, researchers and entrepreneurs working to develop cutting edge technologies. Read more
Lebanese parliament speaker makes antisemitic joke
Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri made an antisemitic remark on Wednesday, four days after meeting in Beirut with U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), who is Jewish. Read more
