Israel wishes Boris Johnson a Mazeltov on becoming UK’s Prime Minister
July 24, 2019 by Arye Green -TPS
Israel congratulated Boris Johnson after he won the Conservative party leadership race to become Britain’s next prime minister. Read more
PLO blocks West Bank Arabs leaving for a better life
July 24, 2019 by David Singer
Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) – Saeb Erekat – has told a political symposium in Jericho that West Bank Arabs would not be allowed to voluntarily leave – virtually holding them captives against their will. Read more
Israel condemns European Parliament for hosting Palestinian terrorist
July 23, 2019 by J-Wire
Israel has condemned the European Parliament for recently inviting a Palestinian terrorist to speak at the venue, and is urging the European Union to take steps to prevent members of designated terror groups from doing so in the future. Read more
Corbyn falls in poll among UK Labour Party members
July 23, 2019 by JNS
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has fallen in a Times of London poll among party members amid an antisemitism crisis and his leadership as the United Kingdom seeks to break away from the European Union, known as “Brexit.” Read more
Trump to visit Israel in January to mark 75th year of Auschwitz liberation
July 23, 2019 by JNS
U.S. President Donald Trump, along with other world leaders, plans to visit Israel in January to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration and death camp. Read more
Israel’s under-20 basketball team takes home European title for second year in a row
July 23, 2019 by Dov Lipman - JNS
The Israel under-20 men’s basketball team defeated Spain 92-84 to win its second consecutive European championship. Read more
What to do after ‘slaughter the Jews’ is spray-painted in Arabic on part of the Western Wall?
July 23, 2019 by Eliana Rudee - JNS.org
A young Arab girl and her older teenage sister spray-painted the words “slaughter the Jews” in Arabic on Friday on the Kotel HaKatan (“little wall” in Hebrew), a portion of the Western Wall on the Temple Mount about 650 feet south of the Western Wall Plaza and next to the Iron Gate entrance to the Old City. Read more
Does God have a tallit and tefillin….?
July 23, 2019 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi… Read more
Feintooner
July 22, 2019 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…The Fatuous Four. Read more
Israel briefed on US naval response to recent Iranian aggression’
An Israeli representative was present at a briefing on Sunday morning by U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook, who provided information on the U.S. naval defence operation, dubbed “Operation Sentinel,” being undertaken in response to recent Iranian aggression in the Strait of Hormuz, Arutz 7 reported. Read more
How we feel about technology today matters for tomorrow
If we took a surgeon from 100 years ago and placed them in an operating room today, it would be unlikely they would be able to do their job. Read more
Palestinian Football Association head loses FIFA appeal, suspension upheld
July 21, 2019 by Arye Green -TPS
A special panel over the weekend rejected an appeal by Jibril Rajoub, head of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) and upheld a verdict to suspend him for a year from attending FIFA events over his intimidation campaign against Argentina’s team before it was slated to play in Israel. Read more
First-of-Its-Kind hi-tech hub in Judea and Samaria opens in Benyamin
July 21, 2019 by Arye Green -TPS
A new high-tech centre, the first of its kind in Judea and Samaria, was inaugurated last week in an event attended by over 200 people, including major investors in the industry. Read more
As Netanyahu strides by a longevity record, his biggest challenges may lie ahead
July 21, 2019 by Dov Lipman - JNS
History was made on July 20 as Benjamin Netanyahu, 69, became the longest-serving prime minister that the nation—only two years older than he—has seen. Read more
The Defiant Ones
July 21, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Never say that we have reached the end of the road
July 21, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Perth’s School of Education is to host a free professional learning seminar particularly for HASS and History Teachers who especially, have to confront teaching the Holocaust to students in Years 10 and 11. Read more
What will history say about Netanyahu?
July 21, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
The numbers are staggering, no matter how you count them. Whether you say 13 years and 128 days or just call it 4,876 days, on Saturday, July 20, Benjamin Netanyahu became Israel’s long-serving prime minister. Read more
AMIA 25 years on: Insult, injury and Argentina’s upcoming election
July 21, 2019 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
In 2006, Argentine government lawyers led by the federal prosecutor Alberto Nisman formally named the eight leading Iranian officials who planned the bombing attack 12 years earlier, at 9:53 a.m. on July 18, 1994, on the AMIA Jewish centre in downtown Buenos Aires. Read more
Ambassador Ron Dermer says Israel will allow US Reps. Omar and Tlaib to visit
July 21, 2019 by JNS
Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer said on Friday that the Jewish state will allow U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) “out of respect for the U.S. Congress, and the great alliance between Israel and America, we would not deny entry to any member of Congress into Israel.” Read more
On the other hand
July 21, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
Students are enjoying their long hot summer vacation and schools, universities, as well as other educational facilities, are taking a well-earned rest. Read more
Rabbi inducts Chief of The Royal Australian Air Force
July 19, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Maroubra Synagogue’s spiritual leader Rabbi Yossi Friedman has inducted the new Chief of the RAAF in Canberra with a prayer and blowing the shofar. Read more
The Seventeenth of Tammuz
July 19, 2019 by Jeremy Rosen
Five really bad things happened to the Jewish people on the Seventeenth of Tammuz. Which is why we fast from dawn to dusk. This year the seventeenth is on Shabbat, but we fast on Sunday. Shabbat is reserved for happy days. Read more
Dual citizenship challenge again for Frydenberg
July 19, 2019 by Roz Tarszisz
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is facing a rehash of the claim that he is a Hungarian citizen, according to a report on 10 News First…and the Prime Minister has spoken out against antisemitism,
The Public: J-Wire has ten double passes to giveaway
July 19, 2019 by Arts Editor
Starring Emilio Estevez, Alec Baldwin, Taylor Schilling and Christian Slater, THE PUBLIC, takes place in downtown Cincinnati during a particularly bitter winter where an Arctic blast has made its way to the front doors of the Public Library – where most of the film’s action takes place. Read more
A new rabbi for the ARK Centre
Over 250 people including rabbis, members of State and Federal Parliaments, community leaders, ARK Centre members, donors and friends and family have gathered to celebrate the induction of Rabbi Gabi and Rebbetzin Mushka Kaltmann as the ARK Centre Rabbi and Rebbetzin. Read more
On July 20, Netanyahu to become Israel’s longest-serving prime minister
July 19, 2019 by JNS
When the clock strikes midnight on Saturday, July 20, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will make history as the State of Israel’s longest-serving premier, surpassing the previous record-holder, David Ben-Gurion. Read more
Argentina orders freezing of Hezbollah assets, effectively designating it a terror group
July 19, 2019 by JNS
Argentina ordered the freezing of Hezbollah assets yesterday, effectively designating it as a terrorist entity, being the first Latin America country to do so. Read more
Omar introducing pro-BDS resolution, announces trip to Israel and Palestinian areas
July 19, 2019 by JNS
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) formally introduced this week a resolution on Wednesday supporting the anti-Israel BDS movement, comparing it to boycotts of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Read more
Adidas scouting Israeli startups and technologies
July 19, 2019 by JNS
Adidas executives are in Israel this week to scout for local startups and technologies, meeting with entrepreneurs and tech investors, reported Calcalist, citing Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), which set up the visit. Read more
U.S government files discrimination lawsuit against McDonald’s in Florida
July 19, 2019 by JNS
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission served up a lawsuit in Orlando federal court on Tuesday against the owner of several McDonald’s franchises in Florida, alleging a refusal to hire a Chassidic Jewish man due to his beard. Read more
