Aug-16 5:25pm SBS-TV: Inside the SS – Intoxication

Hitler created the SS in 1925 as a private army that would be loyal to him to the death. Read more

Zooming in to a graduation

The members of Melbourne’s Diller Teen Fellows leadership program officially graduated from the program through Zoom. Read more

ABC to monitor and filter social media posts

ABC Chair Ita Buttrose has addressed a lunchtime zoom hosted by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and Executive Council of Australian Jewry. Read more

IAF strikes Syrian targets in response to border attack

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) last night bombed several Syrian military targets in response to an attempted bombing attack by terrorists on the border between the two countries. Read more

Geoff Sirmai to play Shylock

Streamed Shakespeare has announced its newest production: The Merchant Of Venice. Read more

Data to assist Jewish House with services to the homeless and victims of domestic violence

Sydney’s Jewish House is to take a data-led approach to its homeless and domestic violence support services. Read more

The perils of COVID incumbency create a summer of woe

Only a few months ago, the coronavirus pandemic seemed to illustrate the vast differences in management skills between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more

Advice to Jewish celebs: Grow up!

I have a Jerry Seinfeld question. Why do Jewish celebrities keep whining about their parents? Read more

Israeli, German fighter pilots to conduct joint exercises over Dachau, Munich Olympic Village

Israeli fighter pilots will make history in September when they are scheduled to conduct joint military exercises with their German counterparts over the Dachau concentration camp, where more than 30,000 Jews were murdered during the Holocaust, and the Olympic Village in Munich, where 11 Israeli athletes and their coaches were massacred in 1972 by Palestinian terrorists. Read more

The Powerbroker: Mark Leibler, An Australian Jewish Life

My first response when I picked up this book was how appropriate it was that a University Press named after one of Australia’s greatest Jews should publish a book about one of contemporary Australian Jewry’s most powerful, and most important Jews. Read more

WATCH: IDF Eliminates Terror Cell on Border with Syria

IDF Special Forces operating on the border with Syria identified and eliminated a four-man terror cell that was planting explosives near the border security fence. Read more

Three Jewish grandmothers play matchmaker

In 2019, Jewish Life Television launched Bubbies Know Best, a dating show with a Jewish twist – where three Jewish grandmothers act as matchmakers for Young and Old, Straight and Gay, Jewish and Non-Jewish. Based upon the show’s great success in Season 1, Bubbies Know Best began pre-production on Season 2 earlier this year. Read more

Jewish Care videos build awareness of family violence

Jewish Care Victoria has launched a new video series following the success of its 2019 Love Should Be Sweet poster campaign. Read more

British Government strongly affirms support for Holocaust-era property restitution in Poland

The British Government has strongly reaffirmed its support for Holocaust-era property restitution in Poland and other countries, in reply to a question asked in the House of Lords by Baroness Ruth Deech. Read more

Are sports mentioned in the bible? Ask the rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple answers this question and others. Read more

The Shtick on J-Wire: Wellbeing in COVID-19 times

Melbourne nutritionist Talitha Newton is also a Hypnotherapist, Counsellor and Life Coach, who advises her clients on how to deal with their health challenges, be it mental, physical or spiritual. Read more

Green light on Judea and Samaria is key to Trump’s re-election

President Trump’s chances of winning another term in November could well turn on his publicly endorsing Israel to immediately implement his Peace Plan restoring Jewish sovereignty in 30% of Judea and Samaria (aka West Bank) after an absence of 3000 years. Read more

12 arrested in Jerusalem, others across the country, in anti-Netanyahu demonstrations

Jerusalem’s police on Saturday night arrested 12 rioters who participated in protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in another night of unrest in the capital. Read more

Mend app to combat homelessness

The Mend app was launched 12 months ago by Bondi’s Jewish House CEO Rabbi Mendel Kastel and Sydney entrepreneur Alexandra Tselios to help identify people living on the street and to link them with appropriate support networks. Read more

On the other hand

The long summer vacation has taken hold with soaring temperatures and restricted group activities owing to a resurgence of COVID 19. Read more

Is Hezbollah interested in a wide-scale conflict with Israel?

In light of threats from Hezbollah to retaliate over the death of one of its members in Syria last week, the Israel Defense Force has sent reinforcements to its northern border including advanced fire capabilities, intelligence collection systems and special operational units. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…Double standards for the birds. Read more

The lonely, angry anti-Semite

At high school, he made no friends and didn’t belong to any clubs. He liked girls but having a girlfriend was beyond his abilities. Academically, he was undistinguished, doing well in biology but failing in English. Read more

Twitter permanently bans David Duke

Twitter announced yesterday that it has permanently banned white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke for “repeated violations of the Twitter Rules on hateful conduct.” Read more

Knesset makes effort to confront anti-Israel, anti-Jewish posts, hate speech online

Once heralded for bringing people together as a new form of digital communication, social-media companies have come under greater scrutiny in recent years for the spread of disinformation and extremism on their platforms. Read more

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