The fight against antisemitism faces a new enemy: QAnon
August 28, 2020 by Jackson Richman - JNS
The word QAnon—and the conspiracy theories behind it—keep making headlines of late Read more
Webinar: Touching Base With Your Spirit
August 28, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
The impact of COVID-19 on all Australians cannot be understated. Read more
Nation COVID-19 update
August 28, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
After an interval of several months and with the approach of the chaggim, The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has issued a new national bulletin to provide an update of how Jewish communities and communal institutions across Australia are managing with the pandemic. Read more
How to deal with racism
August 28, 2020 by Jeremy Rosen
I want to look at the current debate about racism from the point of view and the premise that prejudice or discrimination, simply on the basis of skin colour goes against every fundamental in Judaism. No significant rabbinic authority has ever suggested otherwise. Read more
The Triguboff Institute expands its activities
August 28, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Triguboff Institute, operator of the Maslul Project and Nativ (Liaison Bureau) of the Prime Minister’s Office recently reached a strategic cooperation agreement concerning activities in the post-Soviet states. Read more
The free world’s craven and hypocritical fifth column
August 28, 2020 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
When Britain’s foreign Secretary Dominic Raab visited Jerusalem this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly chewed his ear off. Read more
Amid riots, synagogue in Kenosha, Wis., vandalized with ‘Free Palestine’
August 28, 2020 by Jackson Richman - JNS
A synagogue in Kenosha, Wis., was vandalized during demonstrations and riots on Thursday morning. Read more
Auschwitz museum points out ‘hurtful and offensive’ Holocaust trend on TikTok
August 28, 2020 by Jackson Richman - JNS
The museum at the former Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz called a trend on the video-sharing social-networking service TikTok in which young people portray themselves as victims of the Holocaust as “hurtful and offensive.”
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In RNC speech, Haley blasts Obama and Biden over Israel, Iran
August 26, 2020 by JNS
Amid speeches on Monday at the virtual 2020 Republican National Convention touting U.S. President Donald Trump and warning about what the Democratic ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris could mean for America, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley used part of hers to slam the previous administration over its stances on Israel and Iran. Read more
Rare archaeological find made by youth reveals clues to life 1,100 years ago
August 26, 2020 by TPS
An impressive and rare coin hoard from the Abbasid period, dating around 1,100 years ago, was uncovered by youth volunteering before their army service, in an archeological excavation carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority, during the construction of a neighbourhood in the centre of the country. Read more
Uber passenger refuses ride with Jewish Uber driver
August 26, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has condemned a shocking antisemitic incident in Melbourne
during which a passenger told an uber driver to stop the car after finding out he was Jewish. Read more
Former JCA CEO appointed president
August 24, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Following JCA’s Board of Governors meeting last week, the organisation announced that Ian Sandler, former JCA CEO will succeed Stephen Chipkin as President. Read more
JNF’s Virtual Gala
August 24, 2020 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Ilana Maizels, Executive Director of JNF Vic. and Steven Salamon, President of JNF Vic. zoom in together to tell Henry Greener about their annual fundraising event, which this year will be conducted online on September 1…a video report. Read more
Is the Palestinian veto alive or dead?
August 24, 2020 by Caroline Glick - JNS
Since Israel was established the Palestinian veto doomed all efforts to forge peace between the Arab world and the Jewish state. Read more
Israeli Cabinet meeting cancelled for second time as budget deadline looms
August 24, 2020 by JNS
Israel’s weekly Cabinet meeting was called off for the second time in three weeks on Sunday. Read more
Report: Ammonium nitrate behind Beirut blast traced to Hezbollah-linked bank
August 24, 2020 by JNS
The massive explosion in Beirut on Aug. 4 has been traced back to a cargo ship, the Rhosus, which arrived in the city’s port in 2013 carrying 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate. Read more
Wandering Jew. What is the source of the expression?
August 24, 2020 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
Saudi Arabia attempts to derail Trump’s deal of the century
August 24, 2020 by David Singer
It didn’t take long for the euphoria to dissipate after President Trump announced the United Arab Emirates (UAE) decision to establish diplomatic relations with Israel. Read more
Facebook’s algorithm promotes holocaust denial, analysis shows
August 23, 2020 by TPS
Facebook’s algorithm promotes Holocaust denial content, a new analysis by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) has concluded. Read more
The Rebbe and Sociology
August 23, 2020 by Jeremy Rosen
There is no shortage of books that extol the influence and charisma of the late Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Read more
The difficulties of fighting Hezbollah
August 23, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Trying to fight Hezbollah when only part of the group is designated as a terror organisation is like “trying to play cricket without a bat,” according to Dr Matthew Levitt, a former senior intelligence and counterterrorism official in the US government and now Director of the Washington Institute’s program on counterterrorism and intelligence. Read more
‘Beacons of opportunity’: Israel-UAE to build broad partnerships, says high-tech investor
August 23, 2020 by Eliana Rudee - JNS.org
The recent Israel-UAE peace agreement will forever change the business and tech landscape in the region, says Jon Medved, CEO of Jerusalem-based venture capital platform OurCrowd. Read more
Lukashenko’s iron fist in Belarus
August 23, 2020 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
Around the world, authoritarian regimes continue to growl in the faces of their own people as they demand freedom and reform. Read more
Dershowitz, the Me Too Movement and the Rule of Law
August 23, 2020 by Isi Leibler
On Friday, August 14, The Jerusalem Post Frontlines section featured a massive two-page article by David Brinn about allegations leveled against American lawyer and legal scholar Alan Dershowitz. Read more
Senior Israeli diplomat Yuval Rotem explains UAE triumph to AIJAC webinar
August 20, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The latest guest for the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) in its Live Online series of webinars was Yuval Rotem, the recently retired Director-General of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a former Ambassador to Australia, among many other senior roles. Read more
Temple Beth Israel launches Yachad
August 20, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
In response to Covid-19, and the community not being able to gather together, prayer offerings have rapidly moved to an entirely virtual space. Read more
Dunera 80th anniversary event goes virtual
August 20, 2020 by Elana Bowman
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dunera Association has been forced to rethink their 80th anniversary plans. Read more
‘Flying Above the Valley of Darkness’: IAF and Luftwaffe fly over over Dachau Concentration Camp, site of 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre
August 19, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) made history on Tuesday when it flew together with the German Luftwaffe in formation in a flyby over the Dachau Concentration Camp and the Fürstenfeldbruck airport where nine of the 11 murdered victims died in the 1972 Munich Olympics terrorist attack. Read more
Israel: we can produce 15 million COVID-19 vaccines
August 19, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) can produce 15 million Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine doses for Israelis after it completes its development, IIBR Director-General Professor Shmuel Shapira told the Knesset. Read more
NSW JewishCare CEO Claire Vernon to step down
August 19, 2020 by Elana Bowman
During her years as CEO of JewishCare NSW, Claire Vernon has led the transformation of JewishCare from a small welfare agency to a financially sustainable, professionally managed social services organisation, with significantly enhanced capability and deep reach into the community through its broad range services.
