Amid surging antisemitism, 75th commemoration of Auschwitz liberation comes at crucial time

To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.” ― Elie Wiesel, “Night” Read more

Israel prepares for largest international event in its history, hosting of 45 Heads of State

Israel is finalizing its preparation for the massive international event it will host in the coming days which will see the arrival of some 45 royals and monarchs, prime ministers, presidents and parliamentary leaders who will come to Jerusalem for the commemorating of the 75^th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Read more

ECAJ deputy president to represent Australian Jewish community at Auschwitz

Deputy President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry and Co-Chair of the World Jewish Congress Policy Council, Robert Goot, will represent the Australian Jewish community at the 75^th anniversary commemoration of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland. Read more

UIA WA 2020 Campaign and Centenary Celebration

UIA WA’s 2020 Campaign will be taken to the next level as it celebrates the milestone of Keren Hayesod-UIA’s 100 years of supporting the People of Israel. Read more

PA Daily: murder to stop international event in Jerusalem commemorating Holocaust

Over 40 world leaders, including US Vice President Mike Pence, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emanuel Macron and the UK’s Prince Charles will convene in Jerusalem this week to commemorate the 75^thanniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and to discuss the war on global Anti-Semitism. Read more

Despite mergers and ousters on right and left, Israel’s electoral map looks similar to previous election

Two consecutive elections in Israel just five months apart have produced inconclusive results without the formation of a left-wing, right-wing or centrist majority government. Read more

Holocaust politics is bad for the Jews

At a time of rising antisemitism around the globe and threats from terrorism and nuclear blackmail aimed at the State of Israel, there are more important things to worry about than the question of who gets to speak at the ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz at the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Centre in Jerusalem. Read more

A Jewish guide to death and bereavement

For Judaism, life is the supreme value, the great privilege, the precious opportunity…writes Rabbu Raymond Apple. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…SIRI-ial Terminator Read more

Hi Siri!

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has complained to Apple following its digital assistant Siri answering the question “Who is Israel’s President” saying “Reuven Rivlin is the President of the Zionist occupation state”. Read more

Governor-General David Hurley to meet President Rivlin and Mahmoud Abbas

The Governor-General and Mrs Hurley will represent Australia at a commemorative ceremony in Israel to mark the 75^th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz this week. Read more

Lithuania parliament drafts bill absolving nation, leaders from Holocaust crimes

A Lithuanian parliament committee is drafting legislation declaring that neither Lithuania nor its leaders as participating in the Holocaust, a lawmaker working on the bill said last month at a conference. Read more

Ukrainian parliament marks Holocaust Remembrance Day for first time in history

For the first time in its history, the Ukrainian parliament referred to locally as “Verkhovna Rada,” marked both International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Read more

Chaim Soutine artwork exhibited for first time in Israel in 50 years

Now through March 21, Mishkan Museum of Art in Ein Harod, a kibbutz in northern Israel, is exhibiting the works of Chaim Soutine, one of the leading artists of the 20th century, for the first time in Israel in 50 years. Read more

What’s the alternative to Trump on Iran?

After months of focusing on domestic policy and their animus for President Donald Trump, this week the Democratic Party presidential candidates turned their attention towards foreign policy. Read more

In post-caliphate era, does ISIS still pose a risk to Israel?

In May 2019, ISIS lost its final stronghold in Syria and what was left of its “caliphate”—namely, the territory and population that it had controlled—crumbled. The event was a far cry from its peak in 2012-14, when it controlled entire swaths of Syria and Iraq, and ruled over millions of people. Read more

Magen David defaced in Launceston

A Star of David has been defaced on the outside of Australia’s second-oldest synagogue. Read more

On the other hand…120th edition

This is the 120^th edition of “on the other hand” but unlike the traditional Jewish greeting I hope that the good news from Israel will continue for quite some time. Read more

Bombshells: a movie review by James Bernardinelli

As a dramatic re-creation of the events leading up to the July 2016 ouster of Fox News honcho Roger Ailes, Bombshell is effective cinema. Read more

New nature reserves to open in Judea and Samaria for the first time since Oslo Accords

Israel’s Defence Minister Naftali Bennett approved on Wednesday the creation of seven new nature reserves in Judea and Samaria. Read more

The shame of that flag

Following reports of a Nazi flag being flown in a private property in a Victorian country town, Nine Network’s A Current Affair program despatched a crew which filmed the removal of the flag…and that opposite in the property lives an 84-yr-old Holocaust survivor. Read more

Genius & Anxiety by Norman Lebrecht

Genius and Anxiety: How Jews changed the World 1847-1947 by Norman Lebrecht, is the best, popular Jewish interest book in years. Read more

Rabbi Brian Fox AM:  A Leader of Great Influence

Federal Liberal MP Julian Leeser shares his memories of Rabbi Brian Fox,  former spiritual leader of the Emanuel Synagogue in Sydney who passed away last week. Read more

You had better believe them

The new year has started off, as predicted, in spectacular fashion with more inflammatory rhetoric against Israel. Read more

Why Trump’s Middle East peace plan isn’t irrelevant

Three years in the making and long after most of the world had given up on it being rolled out, President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan may soon see the light of day. Read more

The West mourns the Jewish dead. But what about the living?

At Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Jan. 23, some 46 political leaders and royals, including Britain’s Prince Charles, will be attending the fifth World Holocaust Forum to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Read more

30 parties register to run for 23rd Knesset

Thirty political lists registered on Tuesday and Wednesday to participate in the elections for the 23^rd Knesset, which is slated for March 2. Read more

Israel bombs Hamas targets in response to rocket attack

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) last night bombed Hamas terror targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rockets fired by terrorists at Israel earlier in the day. Read more

Export of Israeli natural gas to Egypt gets underway

In a historic first, Israel began exporting natural gas to Egypt yesterday, according to the terms of a landmark agreement between the two countries. Read more

JNF Educators Tour

75 educators from Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and NZ recently returned from the JNF Australia Educators Study Tour in Israel. Read more

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