Two Sydney Jewish day schools temporarily shutdown
March 18, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Moriah College and Keser Torah College are now implementing backup plans to educate students at home as the schools prepare to join the struggle to contain the spread of Coronavirus. Read more
Magen David Adom shifts into a higher gear
March 18, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In the wake of the spread of the Coronavirus in Israel, Magen David Adom is preparing to significantly increase the number of people being tested throughout the country, to thousands a day. Read more
President Rivlin sends a global message
March 18, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has sent a message to the global Jewish community. Read more
Israel lawmakers propose multiple bills designed to oust Netanyahu
March 18, 2020 by Dov Lipman - JNS
The COVID-19 pandemic cast a pall over the swearing-in of Israel’s 23rd Knesset on Monday, with the Knesset’s 120 lawmakers being sworn in three at a time to avoid spreading the disease, while Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein delivered speeches to a nearly empty hall. Read more
It’s official! JNF Australia and Grandma Moses are in the Guiness Book of Records
March 18, 2020 by J-Wire Staff
JNF NSW Executive Director Gabbie Budai has received confirmation that JNF Australia and Grandma Moses are officially the Guinness World Record holders for the longest braided loaf of bread. Read more
51 Muslims massacred in Christchurch remembered
March 18, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Vic Alhadeff attended a moving and dignified ceremony was held in Sydney on Sunday night, March 15 – a year since the massacre at two Christchurch mosques. Read more
Secord applauds Federal Court decision on Frydenberg dual citizenship case
March 18, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Shadow Treasurer and NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair, Walt Secord has applauded the Federal Court decision to dismiss the Josh Frydenberg dual citizenship matter. Read more
Latest COVID-19 instructions for Israelis
March 18, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given an update to citizens on the fight against the Coronavirus. Read more
Gantz promises chaos and confusion in Israel for next six weeks
March 18, 2020 by J-Wire
Benny Gantz’s decision to do a deal with the Joint List to influence President Rivlin into giving Gantz first bite at forming Israel’s next Government is reprehensible, unconscionable and against Israel’s national interest. Read more
IDF converts hotels into Corona hospitals
March 17, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The IDF’s Home Front Command has commenced with the process of converting several hotels at central locations in Israel into convalescent centres for Israelis infected with Coronavirus. Read more
COVID-19: community closures and cancellations
March 17, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
J-Wire will continually update community responses to the Coronavirus threat and events many might have attended. Read more
Coronavirus in Israel
March 17, 2020 by TPS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday evening announced another list of limitations on the Israeli economy and society which are meant to combat the spread of Coronavirus. Read more
COVID-19: a message from The Executive Council of Australian Jewry
March 17, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
These are extraordinary times for our community and our nation. Read more
Medical students will double the number of sample takers in Israel
March 17, 2020 by Zaki Heler
Approximately 700 medical students from five faculties across the country, who are in the clinical phase of their studies, joined the national effort in preventing the spread of the Coronavirus in Israel. Read more
The Unsung Family Hero: The death and life of an anti-Nazi resistance fighter
March 17, 2020 by Geoffrey Zygier
I’m in a chatty Garrison Keillor sort of mood today so I thought I might commence with a few words about Melbourne’s Hybrid Publishers…writes Geoffrey Zygier. Read more
Prayer for an end to the coronavirus
March 17, 2020 by Community newsdesk
Composed by Rabbi Chaim Ingram and endorsed by the Rabbinical Council of NSW. Read more
Israel needs a ‘national responsibility government’
March 17, 2020 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
On Sunday, after a year of political deadlock, the eight parties that would be sworn into the Knesset the following day submitted to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin their recommendations for who should be tasked with assembling a government. Read more
Netanyahu rival Gantz to get first chance to form a government
March 17, 2020 by Dov Lipman - JNS
Despite the coronavirus pandemic firmly on most Israelis’ minds, the country’s political mayhem continued to unfold on Sunday as party leaders met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin for consultations in the wake of the March 2 election. Read more
Alone together: The fight against coronavirus
March 17, 2020 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
When my father was detained in communist Poland after World War II, our family’s only channel of communication with him for well over four years was a telephone on a coffee table in Florence. Read more
Jewish organization applauds Portuguese commemoration of Spanish Inquisition victims
March 17, 2020 by JNS
Jewish organization Reconectar applauded the recent passing of a law in the Portuguese Parliament that established March 31 as the official date to commemorate victims of the Inquisition. Read more
Israeli lawmakers sworn in to an empty 23rd Knesset
March 17, 2020 by JNS
With Israel, like most of the world, reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, a surreal scene took place on Monday as the 23rd Knesset was sworn in to a largely empty chamber. Read more
Sharansky, Carr blast those attempting to blame Jews for coronavirus
March 17, 2020 by JNS
The Combat Anti-Semitism Movement held a digital awards ceremony on Sunday amid the coronavirus pandemic. Read more
The Victorian Jewish Community COVID-19 Taskforce
March 17, 2020 by J-Wire News Service
The Victorian Jewish community has set up a COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Taskforce to assist communal organisations in navigating the nuances of maintaining a Jewish way of life during this pandemic. Read more
Covid? Don’t Despair!
March 17, 2020 by Jeremy Rosen
We are living under conditions that we have never experienced before. Read more
Technion: some answers on COVID-19
March 17, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Technion will hold a LIVE broadcast on FB with Prof. Michael Wallach, a global expert on infectious diseases. Read more
Gantz given the task of forming government
March 16, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin has assigned the task of forming the government to Benny Gantz chairman of Kachol Lavan. Read more
Coronavirus vaccine year-and-a-half away, says Haifa University expert
March 16, 2020 by Benjamin Brown - TPS
A vaccine for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) could be at least one and a half years away, a public health expert from the University of Haifa warned on Sunday. Read more
‘Jews, Zionists organized and engineered Coronavirus’ – Anti-Semitic rumours spread online
March 16, 2020 by Benjamin Brown - TPS
Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories are spreading online and in international media, claiming “Jews and Zionists” have “organized and engineered Coronavirus” as part of a scheme to “design the world, seize countries and neuter the world’s population,” the UK-based Anti-Semitism watchdog Campaign Against Anti-Semitism (CAA) reported. Read more
Tie a ribbon to show support for victims of child sexual abuse
March 16, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
Over 60 supporters joined sisters Dassi Erlich, Nicole Meter and Elly Sapper outside the gates of the Adass Israel school in Melbourne whose principal Malka Leifer fled Melbourne to Israel in 2008 ahead of being charged with 74 offences of child sexual abuse. Read more
Netanyahu, Gantz discuss formation of government
March 16, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Member of Knesset (MK) Benny Gantz met on Sunday evening at the Presidents’ Residence in Jerusalem to discuss the formation of a government after 61 MKs recommend that Gantz be the first to attempt to form a coalition. Read more
