Israel seeks to prevent further escalation on second day of conflict with Islamic Jihad
November 14, 2019 by Yaakov Lappin
Israel carefully managed its second day of conflict with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) on Wednesday, keeping airstrikes focused on the suppression of Gazan rocket-launch squads, as Hamas, despite declarations, continued to sit on the sidelines. Read more
The longest challah
November 14, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
JNF NSW and Grandma Moses are attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the longest braided loaf of bread, in honour of the Shabbat Project. Read more
Tense quiet in most of Israel as ceasefire commences
November 14, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
A tense quiet descended upon most of Israel on Thursday morning after the Islamic Jihad terror organization announced that it had agreed on a ceasefire with Israel after 48 hours of rocket attacks on Israel. Read more
Prestigious arts grant for Henri and Thomas
November 14, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Child Holocaust Survivor Henri Korn and Melbourne Visual Artist Thomas Delohery have been awarded the much sought after 2020 Annual Arts Grants from the City of Melbourne.
Israel faces second day of rocket fire from Gaza
November 14, 2019 by JNS
Israelis faced a second day of rocket barrages from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist group in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, after a brief overnight lull gave way to renewed launches in the morning hours. Read more
After quiet night, terrorists resume fire on Israel
November 13, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
After a relatively quiet night, Islamic Jihad terrorists resumed their rockets attacks on Israeli civilian targets in the south and the centre of the country on Wednesday morning. Read more
Israel’s targeted assassination of terror operative sends a double message
November 13, 2019 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
The Israeli missile that blasted through senior Islamic Jihad terrorist Baha Abu al-Ata’s Gaza bedroom window at 4 a.m. on Tuesday morning may have killed the man and his wife, but it also sent a broader message to Hamas and Iran. Read more
Jewish Agency provides emergency funds to families hit by rockets from Gaza
November 13, 2019 by JNS
In the wake of the rocket fire on Israel, the Jewish Agency for Israel put its emergency operations into gear, providing assistance to 6,500 new immigrants in absorption centres and 5,000 seniors in assisted-living facilities located in southern Israel, as well as 7,700 young Jews visiting on Israel Experience programs. Read more
Poland presses Netflix to amend documentary about Nazi death-camp guard
November 13, 2019 by JNS
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has pressed Netflix to make changes to a documentary about a Nazi death-camp guard that includes a map highlighting Nazi concentration and death camps inside modern Poland. Read more
Gaza: leadership condemns rockets
November 13, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australian community leadership has spoken out on the barrage of rockets fired from Gaza into Israel. Read more
Hakoah: the ball is running and halfway to the goal
November 13, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Two fund-raising events have been held at the homes of Steven and Judy Lowy and Lance and Julie Rosenberg, co-hosted by Phil and Viv Green to support the new Hakoah at Sydney’s White City. Read more
First signs of Chanukah
November 13, 2019 by Henry Benjamin
NSW Liberal MP Gabrielle Upton has MC’d this year’s Chanukah event in the NSW Parliament building. Read more
Harry Oscar Triguboff Launches the Switch Centre for training and advancement of employment in Idan HaNegev
November 13, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney mega-developer Harry Triguboff has opened the Switch Centre, a project of the Harry Oscar Triguboff Institute for training and advancement of employment in Bedouin society. Read more
Feintooner
November 13, 2019 by Feintooner
This week’s the cartoon…English Irony. Read more
Kristallnacht commemoration concert in Wellington
November 13, 2019 by David Zwartz
This year’s Kristallnacht commemoration concert on 10 November brought us more of the annual event’s distinctive quality – works associated with the Holocaust performed by leading New Zealand musicians. Read more
Catholic chaplain is halachically Jewish
November 13, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Rabbi Dr Dovid Slavin joined his fellow chaplains recently in visiting the Lakemba Mosque for the annual NSW Ambulance Chaplains Conference. Read more
‘Rocket fire on civilians is unacceptable’: world leaders and governments condemn Islamic Jihad attacks on Israel
November 13, 2019 by Benjamin Brown - TPS
Foreign governments, international leaders and diplomats have issued statements condemning the heavy rocket fire Israel has been encountering from Gaza since Tuesday morning. Read more
Bennett takes office as Defence Minister amid escalating conflict with Gaza terrorists
November 13, 2019 by Arye Green -TPS
Naftali Bennett has begun his term as Minister of Defence as the security situation in Israel presents him with difficult decisions. Read more
Release of Trump deal could break Israel elections deadlock
November 12, 2019 by David Singer
The release of President Trump’s long-awaited and eagerly-anticipated deal of the century could be just the catalyst required to persuade Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beitenu bloc of eight members to join Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s bloc of 55 members to form Israel’s next Government. Read more
IAF strike back
November 12, 2019 by TPS
From inside Gaza – IAF strikes on Gaza city. (Majdi Fathi/TPS) Read more
Syria: 2 killed in Israeli bombing in Damascus
November 12, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
A strike carried out by the IDF in the heart of Damascus this morning killed two civilians and wounded six others, Syria’s official SANA reported. Read more
Egypt told by Islamic Jihad to stay out of the current incident
November 12, 2019 by TPS
The Islamic Jihad has threatened to escalate its attacks on Israel later in the day after Bahaa al-Ata, an Islamic Jihad commander who as eliminated by the IDF earlier in the day is buried. Read more
Israel Eliminates Islamic Jihad commander, terrorists respond with rocket attacks
November 12, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The IDF early Tuesday morning targeted and eliminated senior Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata in the northern Gaza Strip. Read more
Tel Aviv under attack
November 12, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
TPS report the entire Tel Aviv area is under rocket attack. Read more
Rocket attacks following IDF assassination of Islamic Jihad leader
November 12, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
News as we get it. This story will be updated regularly. Read more
Netanyahu, Knesset mark 25 years of peace between Israel and neighbouring Jordan
November 12, 2019 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday marked 25 years of a peace agreement between Israel and Jordan. Read more
Overwhelming majority of UN Human Rights Council reps praise Iran on record
November 12, 2019 by JNS
Ninety-five out of 111 delegates, or 85 per cent, of the delegates to U.N. Human Rights Council’s Nov. 8 review session on Iran’s human-rights record praised the Islamic Republic, according to Geneva-based NGO U.N. Watch. Read more
A Jewish Democratic congressman called me a Nazi collaborator
November 12, 2019 by Alan Dershowitz
Tennessee Congressmen Steve Cohen, who has a long history of one-sided condemnation of Israel, recently called me a Nazi collaborator on MSNBC as the show’s host Alex Witt sat silently by. Read more
IAEA discovery of uranium particles raises questions on scope of Iran’s nuclear program
November 12, 2019 by Jackson Richman - JNS
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday that it has discovered uranium traces at an undeclared site in Iran. Read more
J-Wire has free tickets for: A Maccabi LIFE community event for the whole family.
November 12, 2019 by Community Editor
The Maccabi LIFE Health & Wellness Expo will bring together leading professionals, speakers and exhibitors at an informative and fun day – out that will get you and your family thinking about health and well-being. Read more
