Gantz’s time is up, Netanyahu will be tasked with forming government
April 13, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz’s mandate to form a government will end on Monday night and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be tasked with forming a government, possibly sending Israel towards the fourth round of elections in a bit more than a year’s time. Read more
Hebrew University researchers develop a COVID-19 diagnostic test 10x faster
April 13, 2020 by Tali Aronsky
Media outlets around the world have reported a shortage of COVID-19 testing materials. Read more
Sing as One Choir
April 13, 2020 by Community newsdesk
In November 2019, Melbourne’s St Kilda Shule created a multifaith choir of 500 people, united by their love of music and singing together for the first time…and the video was released last week. Read more
PLO continues to denigrate Trump peace plan and ignore elections
April 13, 2020 by David Singer
The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has cranked up its propaganda machine to continue denigrating President Trump’s deal of the century – as a joint US-Israel Mapping Committee is finalising those areas in Judea and Samaria on Trump’s map where Jewish sovereignty can be restored after 3000 years. Read more
Traditional priestly blessing at Kotel held without worshippers
April 12, 2020 by TPS
The Birkat Kohanim, the traditional priestly blessing recited during the morning prayers of Passover at the Kotel Plaza, was held on Sunday without the usual tens of thousands of worshippers due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more
Netanyahu and Pompeo, Rivlin and Pope discuss Coronavirus
April 12, 2020 by TPS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin continued their rounds of discussion with leaders from around the world on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and ways to combat it. Read more
Jerusalem neighbourhoods placed in Coronavirus lockdown, chloroquine arrives in Israel
April 12, 2020 by TPS
The Israeli government voted on Saturday evening to place several Ultra-Orthodox neighbourhoods in Jerusalem under a full closure and curfew in an effort to stem the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. Read more
Jeremy Corbyn in historical perspective
April 11, 2020 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
The era of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the opposition Labour Party in the United Kingdom mercifully came to an end last week, with the election of the more centrist-minded Sir Keir Starmer as his successor. Read more
Apr-20 2:25pm Viceland-TV: It’s suppertime
April 9, 2020 by J-Wire
A Jewish Deli in your own home! Read more
Apr-22 4:25 pm SBS-TV: Jewish GIs of WWII
April 9, 2020 by J-Wire
Jewish GIs of WWII tells the profound and unique story of the 550,000 Jewish men and women who served in World War II. Read more
Apr-21 4:30 pm SBS-TV: Prosecuting Evil
April 9, 2020 by J-Wire
Prosecuting Evil is the incredible story of Ben Ferencz – the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor and a lifelong advocate of ‘law not war’. Read more
Chag Sameach
April 8, 2020 by J-Wire
We will be back on Saturday evening Read more
Israeli hospital begins trials on drug for Coronavirus
April 8, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Sheba Medical Centre in Tel Aviv is experimenting with a drug that could help treat Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, one of the first hospitals in the world to begin such trials. Read more
Jillian Segal sends a Pesach message
April 8, 2020 by J-Wire News Service
Jillian Segal is the President of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry. She sends a message to the Australian Jewish community for Pesach. Read more
Sale of Chametz – Israel style and Sydney style
April 8, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
As every year, just before Pesach, Magen David Adom made sure to sell the Chametz in the organization’s possession, as the Jewish law requires, but due to the instructions of the Ministry of Health regarding the Corona epidemic made the sale through the Zoom app. Read more
Pesach greetings to the Jewish world from President Rivlin
April 8, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin sent a special greeting to Israelis and to Jewish communities around the world ahead of Passover. Read more
Israel seeks negotiations with Hamas for release of four citizens held in Gaza
April 8, 2020 by JNS
Israel is calling for negotiations over the return of four Israelis being held in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip after Hamas leaders said they could be willing to make a deal. Read more
The End of the Corona War
Economic, cultural, political and military institutions of countries are being hit or paralyzed by an invisible, biological enemy. Read more
The story that Jews repeat on Passover is the secret of their survival
April 8, 2020 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
As Jews around the world celebrate the festival of Passover this week, the ironies are painful. Read more
The balance between personal liberty and the obligation to save lives
April 8, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
What do Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo have in common these days? Read more
Day 17: The whimsy of the wee hours
April 8, 2020 by Carin M. Smilk
I don’t sleep much. I never have; a good five hours was all I ever needed to feel refreshed and go about my day. Read more
Rabbinical leadership in dispute
April 7, 2020 by J-Wire Staff
The ownership of RCANZ, the Rabbinical Council of Australia and New Zealand, has changed its ownership with child sexual abuse advocate Manny Waks becoming its president following the deregistration of the name. Read more
Netanyahu discusses ‘positive signs on the horizon – exit from Coronavirus lockdown after Passover
April 7, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel is facing a “fateful week,” days that “will determine the direction – progress or retreat, and for many people, life or death” in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, while noting positive signs on the horizon.” Read more
Israel’s FM: praying for UK’s Boris Johnson’s speedy recovery
April 7, 2020 by TPS
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz has conveyed his prayers and wishes for a speedy recovery to the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson who was admitted to an Intensive Care Unit in a London hospital on Monday evening after contracting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) some 10 days ago. Read more
ECAJ calls on Dymocks to cease selling certain editions of Mein Kampf
April 7, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
National bookseller Dymocks is currently marketing various editions of Adolf Hitler’s manifesto for the Nazi Party Mein Kampf some of which have commentaries appealing to far-right factions. Read more
Magen David needs help to help
April 7, 2020 by Community newsdesk
Magen David Adom is not just on the front lines defending Israel against the virus, it is the front line. Read more
Israeli defence companies are turning radars into coronavirus symptom detectors
April 7, 2020 by Yaakov Lappin
Two major Israeli defence companies have developed cutting-edge coronavirus symptom detectors that will allow doctors to remotely pick up on suspicious symptoms of COVID-19. Read more
Amid global pandemic, Israel and PA find ways to cooperate
At the time of this writing, Israel has suffered more 8,600 confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and counted 56 deaths, with the Palestinian administered areas of the West Bank and Gaza reporting more than 237 confirmed cases with at least one confirmed death. Read more
Israelis face extra hardships in preparing for Passover this year
April 7, 2020 by Josh Hasten - JNS
In Israel, the days leading up to Passover are usually the most bustling time of the year in local supermarkets, with shoppers stocking up on kosher-for-Passover products ahead of the week-long holiday. Read more
Blue and White Party in talks to merge with Labor Party
After Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz announced that talks are underway to merge with the Blue and White Party headed by Benny Gantz, the Knesset Arrangements Committee approved the breakup of the Labor-Meretz union on Monday. Read more
