Meet Rabbi Moshe Kahn: a video interview with Henry Greener
August 11, 2019 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Rabbi Moshe Kahn is Director of DaMinyan and Chabad Youth, a congregation and organisation with a unique shule catering for young Jewish adults and youth from all walks of life in a warm, accepting, inspirational way, creating events, dinners, parties, camps and a newsletter to cover the wide reach of interests and age groups involved. Read more
Yemen & the 9th of Av
August 9, 2019 by Jeremy Rosen
Ever since I first visited a Yemenite community in Israel way back in 1958, I have had a soft spot for and a very strong affiliation to Yemeni Jews for their warmth and deep religious devotion. Read more
Home and away
August 9, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
Like the long-running Australian soap opera, this week’s local and overseas events contained a kaleidoscope of drama, villains and recurring themes. Read more
Israeli soldier murdered in terror attack in Gush Etzion
August 8, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
An Israeli soldier has been stabbed to death by Arab terrorists in Gush Etzion. Read more
Hamas, Islamic Jihad welcome murder of Israeli yeshiva student
August 8, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror organization lauded the murder of Israeli yeshiva student Dvir Sorek, 19, who was found stabbed to death on Thursday morning on a road between Efrat and Migdal Oz. Read more
1.9 million new documents about Holocaust survivors are online
August 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Arolsen Archives users can now search for 1.9 million additional names in our online archive to find information on those people who either did not want to return to their home countries after 1945 or were not able to do so. Read more
Melbourne teens attend US summer leadership camp
August 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Six Jewish teens from Melbourne public schools have recently returned from a three-week-long camp in Pennsylvania, USA where they represented the United Jewish Education Board at the B’nai B’rith Youth Organisation International Leadership Training Conference.
$500,000 for Beth Weizmann
August 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews visited Melbourne’s Beth Weizmann Jewish Community Centre together with the newly elected Federal Member for Macnamara Josh Burns MHR, and State MPs Nina Taylor and Paul Hamer to announce further crucial funding for the major security upgrade to the Centre. Read more
Northern Territory sister school students visit Emanuel
August 8, 2019 by Michelle Favero
A very special group of nine children and four teachers from Jilkminggan School, Emanuel’s sister school in the Northern Territory, recently made the long journey to Sydney for a week-long visit. Read more
Palestinian hero and family granted Israeli residency for helping terror-attack victims
August 8, 2019 by JNS
The man, who cannot be named due to concerns for his safety, lost his job and faced death threats after coming to the rescue of Israeli children wounded in a 2016 terrorist attack. Read more
Einstein’s written warning to Jews, after Israel declares independence, up for sale
August 8, 2019 by Jackson Richman - JNS
A signed written warning by legendary physicist and Nobel Prize winner Albert Einstein to the Jewish people, written just days after Israel’s independence in May 1948, is being offered for sale for the first time at US$90,000. Read more
Last batch of Brod and Kafka papers return to Israel after decades in Swiss vault
August 8, 2019 by JNS
The final batch of personal papers belonging to Max Brod,—one of Czech writer Franz Kafka’s closest confidants—was transferred to the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem on Wednesday after decades of legal battles to complete the archive of Brod’s literary estate. Read more
There will be no unity government
August 8, 2019 by Benjamin Netanyahu
My commitment is clear: To establish a strong right-wing government after the election, which will continue to lead the State of Israel to unprecedented heights and to guarantee the security of Israeli citizens. This is my commitment to Likud voters. There will be no unity government. Read more
Twenty-five years later: Three new books introduce the Lubavitcher Rebbe to a new generation
August 8, 2019 by Deborah Fineblum
When Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson—known universally as “the Rebbe”—passed away 25 years ago, sceptics predicted the end of the forward growth and momentum of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement he had led for four decades. Read more
Leifer/Litzman: community has its say
August 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Leaders of community national organisations have reacted to the recommendation from the Israeli police to indict Ya’acov Litman on fraud and breach of trust in the part he has allegedly played in the Malka Leifer case. Read more
Keep NSW Safe celebrate first anniversary
August 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Members of the Keep NSW Safe alliance gathered for a celebratory reunion to mark one year since the NSW government outlawed incitement to violence on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual identity and various other categories. Read more
Secord lashes out against those campaigning the removal of Josh Frydenberg
August 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Shadow Treasurer and NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair Walt Secord has attacked those behind a campaign to remove Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg from Parliament on the basis that his stateless refugee Jewish mother was born in Hungary. Read more
Jordan Jew-hatred risks Trump, Israel and United Nations ire
August 7, 2019 by David Singer
Jordan’s decision to ban Jews visiting or praying at a Jewish religious site – Aaron’s tomb situated on Jordan’s Mount Hor– has seriously threatened the Israel-Jordan peace treaty and possibly postponed even further the long-awaited release of President Trump’s plans aimed at ending the 100 years old Arab-Jewish conflict. Read more
Police recommend indicting MK Litzman for corruption, aiding alleged pedophile Malka Leifer
August 7, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israeli police have announced its recommendation to indict Deputy Health Minister Member of Knesset (MK) Yaakov Litzman on accounts of aiding an alleged sex offender, Malka Leifer, and preventing the closure of a food business despite decisions to shut it down for sanitary reasons. Read more
New Zealand: a high level of ignorance about the Holocaust
August 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The results of a poll released today reveal a disconcerting level of ignorance and uncertainty about the Holocaust in New Zealand, including that only 32% of those aged under 30 know the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust. Read more
Christian clergy address AIJAC supporters in Melbourne
August 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Six Christian clergy from around Australia addressed Melbourne supporters of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) to reflect on their recent participation in AIJAC’s Rambam Israel study program. Read more
MP addresses NSW parliament on religious persecution
August 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In her address, Liberal MP Natalie Ward told parliament of the $69, 980 donated to the Christchurch Muslim community impacted by the March massacre by the NSW Jewish community. Read more
Tel Aviv University scientists develop novel nano-vaccine for melanoma
August 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a novel nano-vaccine for melanoma, the most aggressive type of skin cancer. Read more
NSWJBD CEO speaks to NSW Young Nationals
August 7, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Vic Alhadeff addressed the NSW Young Nationals conference at a wine estate outside Canberra. Read more
IDF unveils its futuristic ‘Carmel’ armoured vehicle
August 6, 2019 by Arye Green -TPS
The IDF’s Research and Development Agency (RDA) has unveiled the Carmel, a prototype of the futuristic armoured vehicle that the Israeli forces will use in the coming years. Read more
Q. Does Judaism permit abortions? ask the rabbi
August 6, 2019 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
A. Judaism regards children as a blessing and procreation as a religious and moral obligation. Read more
What real incitement to murder looks like
August 6, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
In the wake of the latest mass shootings to afflict America, some Jewish organizations and their leaders joined in the effort to place at least some of the blame for these atrocities on President Donald Trump. Read more
“Either us or the Zionists. There is no room for both.”
August 6, 2019 by Ron Weiser
The Palestinians have only themselves to blame for unifying the bulk of the Israeli public and for not being a hot issue of division in the forthcoming Israeli elections. Read more
Scott Morrison meets with faith communities
August 6, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has met with 21 leaders of major faith communities in Australia to discuss progress in the government’s plans to introduce a Religious Discrimination Bill later this year. Read more
Grandmother duo assists in battling Gaza fire balloons
Linda Bracha remembers her first day on the job as a volunteer at the Gaza border: “As we were leaving at the end of our shift, we saw an incendiary kite hit the ground and found ourselves driving right into the fire it caused. Read more
