An election outcome reflecting the will of the people

The decision to hold this election was disgraceful and should have been avoided. Indeed, one of the big questions that could be critical for the outcome are the voters who are fed up with our dysfunctional politics and will simply not bother casting their ballots. Read more

Tel Aviv University Ranks 8th best school for start-up founders in the world

Tel Aviv University ranked among the top 10 schools in the world for start-up founders, according to PitchBook’s 2019 annual Universities rankings. Read more

ICC judges order review of refusal to investigate Israeli forces over ‘Marmara’ incident

International Criminal Court (ICC) appeals judges on Monday ordered the prosecutor to reconsider her refusal to open an investigation into the 2010 storming of the Mavi Marmara ship, the AP reported. Read more

Dershowitz: Obama broke promises made on Israel

Professor emeritus of Harvard University Law School and noted Israel advocate Alan Dershowitz claimed last week that former President Barack Obama lied to him about supporting Israel and is now reconsidering his Democrat Party affiliation, according to a report in One America News. Read more

Israel ‘very close’ to launching military operation in Gaza, says Israeli minister

Israel is “very close” to launching a military campaign in the Gaza Strip in which the leaders of the terrorist organizations in Gaza will be “wiped out” and their forces “destroyed,” Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday. Read more

Israeli teen, father stabbed during visit to Qalqilya-area dentist

An Israeli teenager was seriously injured on Saturday morning when he was attacked by a knife-wielding assailant during a visit with his father to a dentist near the Palestinian city of Qalqilya in Samaria. Read more

How to treat a convert to Judaism

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Sacred Music Festival

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Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…aI yAi yEAi. Read more

PA raises salaries of terrorists responsible for murder of 16 Israelis in 2003 attacks

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has recently announced it will raise the salaries of the two terrorists who prepared the suicide belts which were used in the 2003 Tzrifin and Café Hillel terror attacks which killed 16 Israelis. Read more

Violent weekend: IAF strikes Hamas targets in response to drone attack 

Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighters on Saturday night bombed Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to a drone attack earlier in the day. Read more

A new medical fellowship for Project Rozana

Saaed Maasarwe, the father of murdered Melbourne exchange student Israeli Palestinian Aiia Maasarwe, will be in Australia next month to commemorate his daughter’s memory, thank the people of Melbourne for their support and launch a medical fellowship in her name. Read more

Report on Palestinian teachers’ guides illuminates methods of anti-Jewish indoctrination

The recently published study “Israel, Jews and Peace in Palestinian Authority Teachers’ Guides” by Dr Arnon Groiss of the Centre for Near East Policy Research showed that Palestinian teachers’ guides promote an attitude towards the “other” based on delegitimization, demonization and war indoctrination instead of peace education. Read more

Rabbi on ground in battered Bahamas organizes supplies, volunteers for relief efforts

As Hurricane Dorian was unleashing its unimaginable devastation on the Bahamas earlier this week, Rabbi Sholom and Sheera Bluming, co-directors of Chabad of the Bahamas, hunkered down in the capital city of Nassau, making phone calls to residents, galvanizing the community, coordinating with government aid officials and rallying volunteers during their country’s time of need. Read more

Will the ‘right’ snatch defeat from the jaws of victory … again?

For by …  faith more firm in their unhallowed principles, the bad have fairly earned a victory over the weak, the vacillating, inconsistent good. — William Wordsworth (1770-1850) Read more

Early election votes by Israeli diplomats, emissaries abroad show drop in turnout

Early voting for Israeli diplomats and emissaries around the world in Israel’s second round of elections this year ended on Friday with a low turnout compared to the results in April. Read more

After opposition, Netanyahu acknowledges possible Trump-Rouhani meeting

After expressing initial opposition, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged the possibility of a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani this month at the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Read more

On the other hand

We are into the final lap of the election campaign and the overblown rhetoric is raging like a force five hurricane. Read more

Israeli aid arrives in Bahamas in wake of Hurricane Dorian

IsraAid has dispatched an emergency support team to aid the rescue mission in the Bahamas in wake of the devastating Hurricane Dorian as the death toll rises and the extent of the devastation becomes more evident with each passing day. Read more

Following months of legal appeals – April election results may change

The Central Elections Committee on Wednesday decided to disqualify a ballot box in the Arab town of Kisra-Sumei, which is currently under police investigation for election fraud. The ramifications of the cancellation could potentially alter the election outcome significantly. Read more

From Stateless to Stately

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Sep-19 00:50am Viceland-TV: Movie – Six Acts

Naive teen Gili changes schools and is determined to improve her social status by hooking up with the popular guys. Read more

$200,000 community grant for Friendship Circle

NSW Liberal MP Gabrielle Upton has congratulated The Friendship Circle as the winner of the My Community Project in the Vaucluse electorate. Read more

Senior journalists’ impressions of Israel

Four journalists from around Australia have 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

The Women’s welcomes $2.4m for new healthcare simulation education program

Melbourne’s Royal Women’s Hospital will be home to a new, in-situ simulation education initiative, following a generous $1.6 million grant from Gandel Philanthropy and an $800,000 grant from the Melbourne Medical School at the University of Melbourne. Read more

Sep-27 7:30pm SBS World Movies: Movie – Denial

Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.

Sep-22 11:45pm SBS- World Movies: The Counterfeiters

Salomon ‘Sally’ Sorowitsch is an expert Jewish counterfeiter enjoying the good life until he’s sent to Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp. Read more

Sep-27 12pm Viseland-TV: Movie – Youth

Yaki and Shaul are teenage brothers who share a strong, almost telepathic connection. Read more

President Truman, George Marshal and Israel

American Jewry is split over whether Donald Trump is the most pro-Israel or pro-Jewish president in the history of the USA. It illustrates how divided and antagonistic the different parts of the so-called United States and the Jewish community are. Read more

Paul Seideman Annual Composition Prize: 2019 winners announced

Three young writers have been honoured for their moving and thoughtful compositions on the Holocaust, in the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand’s annual Paul Seideman Composition Prize for 2019. Read more

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