Three arrested in Jerusalem as anti-Netanyahu demonstrations continue for 7th week

Jerusalem’s police on Saturday night arrested three rioters who participated in protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in another night of unrest in the capital, the seventh consecutive weekend the protests have taken place. Read more

Cabinet meeting cancelled, elections in the air again

The government’s weekly Cabinet meeting was cancelled today (Sunday) after the Likud and Blue and White parties could not agree on an agenda, as the prospect of the fourth round of elections looms large. Read more

Zionism is in good shape

Almost everywhere one turns today, there are debates about the condition Zionism is in. Read more

On the other hand

This week we celebrated Tu B’Av – the Jewish Festival of love. Read more

New principal for Yeshiva College Bondi

Duncan Kendall has been appointed as the Principal/CEO of the Yeshiva College Bondi. Read more

$16,000 for Jewish House

State Labor MP Dr Marjorie O’Neill has presented Sydney’s Jewish House with a $16,000 grant to purchase a new vehicle to increase their food deliveries to the needy. Read more

American pundit sheds light on Lebanon situation, China Mideast policy at AIJAC Webinar

AIJAC’s latest webinar guest Michael Doran, a former senior director in the US National Security Council and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence in the George W Bush administration, shed light on the Hezbollah conduct he says led to the tragic Beirut explosion. Read more

Exploring Chabad’s history in Victoria

Mottel Feiglin’s role as Executive Producer of a 2-part film tracing his family history has created a digital comprehensive document of the origins and life’s work of Mottel’s grandfather who, with a few other Chabad families established the Yeshivah Centre in Hotham Street East StKilda. Henry Greener talks with him. Read more

How Iran illustrates the fallacy of social-media censorship

Israeli human-rights attorney and Zionist advocate Australian-Israeli Arsen Ostrovsky hit the nail on the head during a recent Knesset committee hearing about social media. Read more

One of Judaism’s great commentators, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, dies at age 83

Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, one of Judaism’s exceptional modern-day commentators, died in Jerusalem after suffering from acute pneumonia. He was 83 years old. Read more

Media polls show Yamina to grow; Likud and Blue and White to slip

Media polls released on Thursday show that if Israeli elections were held today, Yamina would grow, while the Likud and the Blue and White parties would slip. Read more

COVID-19 cases at Windsor now 33

The COVID-19 cases relating to Melbourne’s Jewish Care residential home at the Hannah and Daryl Cohen Family Building in Windsor has risen to 33. Read more

Midsummer madness

Dictionary definition: “foolish or extravagant behaviour supposed to occur during the summer.” Read more

After Knesset fiasco, Twitter still refuses to remove Iran leader’s account

Twitter is refusing to take down the account of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s account on the social media platform, even though he posts tweets calling for the genocide of Israel and the Jewish people, and even after the company was called out for its double standard over how it decides who violates its guidelines. Read more

Finding Love

Did you know that there is an ancient tradition that on two days in the year, unmarried girls used to go out dancing in the vineyards around Jerusalem in order to find a marriage partner? Read more

Winners of UIA “My Israel Video” Competition

UIA has announced the winners of its 2020 My Israel video competition. Read more

The Order: a book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

This is Dan Silva’s twenty-third novel and as usual features as its chief protagonist is Gabriel Allon who is not only head of Israel’s secret service, the Mossad, but also an art restorer. Read more

‘We have the product in hand:’ Israel will bergin human trials with COVID-19 Vaccine in October

The Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) in Ness Ziona has made further progress toward a Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine and will commence trials on humans after the New Year holidays, in October. Read more

Full scope of Beirut disaster ‘still not understood,’ states former Israeli military intelligence chief

A day after two blasts—one of them an enormous—ripped through Beirut, causing untold destruction, it’s still not possible to grasp the true scope of the calamity, a former Israeli Military Intelligence chief has said. Read more

Controversy erupts follows as Tel Aviv lights up municipality with Lebanese flag

The Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality lit up its building façade on Wednesday evening with the colours of the Lebanese flag in solidarity with the Lebanese people following the disaster in Beirut on Tuesday, generating controversy as opponents said it was displaying the flag of an enemy country. Read more

Biden’s new Jewish point man says Israelis and Americans are less safe under Trump

Aaron Keyak just began his new position as Jewish outreach director for the presidential campaign of the presumptive Democratic 2020 nominee, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Read more

Tel Aviv in solidarity with Beirut

Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality lit up the municipality building on Wednesday evening, in solidarity with the Lebanese people following the disaster in Beirut on Tuesday. Read more

COVID-19 Windsor update

The number of COVID-19 cases at Jewish Care Victoria’s residential home has increased to 12 Elders and three staff members. Read more

New community centre for Perth

The Western Australian government will provide $ 6million to match a further $6million from the Federal Government to build a new Jewish community centre in Perth. Read more

11 Elders COVID-19 tests positive

Eleven Elders in the Hannah & Daryl Cohen Family Building in Windsor, Melbourne have returned positive tests for COVID-19. Read more

Learning about Israel

Israel-based Unpacked for Educators has launched the first of its kind, international, inter-denominational program comprising fifty schools from seven countries across the world including Australia. Read more

Don’t forego a historic opportunity

Virtually overnight, the coronavirus pandemic descended upon us, inflicting sickness and death. Read more

An ambassador and a wonderful friend farewelled

The Australian Jewish has community farewelled Israeli Ambassador Mark Sofer and his wife Sara in an online ceremony last night. Read more

Despite tensions, Israel offers aid to Lebanon in wake of disaster

Israel has officially offered humanitarian aid to Lebanon in wake of the massive explosion that wreaked havoc in the centre of the city, despite the tensions between the two countries. Read more

Aug-22 5:25pm SBS-TV: Inside the SS – Extermination

During WWII, Hitler put the SS in charge of exterminating the designated enemies of the regime. Read more

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