Soccer legend Lionel Messi to be face of Israel’s OrCam Technologies
September 11, 2020 by JNS
Jerusalem-based OrCam Technologies, which develops artificial intelligence-based wearable devices to aid the blind and visually impaired, announced on Wednesday that it was partnering with soccer legend Lionel Messi. Read more
Israeli minister tours Sydney community
September 11, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israeli Minister for the Diaspora Omer Yankelevich participated in a ‘virtual tour’ of the Sydney Jewish Community on Thursday. Read more
Oct-01 Zoom: U.S. elections: Thomas Friedman talks with NIF Australia
September 11, 2020 by J-Wire
With just over a month before the US elections, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman will join NIF Australia to discuss the Trump presidency and what’s at stake in the November elections. Read more
U.S. elections: Thomas Friedman to talk with NIF Australia
September 11, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
With just over a month before the US elections, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman will join NIF Australia to discuss the Trump presidency and what’s at stake in the November elections. Read more
De-legitimization of Israel, demonization of Jews, advocacy for violence – this is what you will find in PA 2019 schools books
September 11, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Three fundamental elements are still given prominence in Palestinian Authority (PA) 2019 schoolbooks: the de-legitimization of the State of Israel’s existence, the demonization of Israel and the Jews, and advocacy of a violent struggle for the liberation of “Palestine,” a survey by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Centre (ITIC) has found. Read more
Rabbi David Rosen explores the interfaith context of the Israel-UAE deal
September 11, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has hosted a webinar with Rabbi David Rosen, the American Jewish Committee’s (AJC) Director of International Interreligious Affairs and a leading global figure in inter-faith dialogue with the Christian and Muslim world. Read more
Israel welcomes new US sanctions on Hezbollah-linked officials
September 10, 2020 by TPS
Israel welcomed the US’ new set of sanctions levelled against Lebanese officials linked to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror organization and its “destructive and corrupt grip on the Lebanese government and people.” Read more
Trump nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize in wake of Israel-UAE deal
September 10, 2020 by J-Wire
U.S. President Donald Trump has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, in part for helping to broker the treaty between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, dubbed the “Abraham Accord.” Read more
Rosh Hashanah message: Walt Secord
September 10, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
As Shadow Treasurer and the deputy chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel, I extend my warmest wishes for a happy, healthy and sweet new year ahead to all members of the NSW Jewish community. Read more
Sep-13 Zoom: A real-life Hollywood story
September 10, 2020 by J-Wire
This Sunday, the ZFA has partnered up with the Lamm Jewish Library of Australia, Zionism Victoria and South Caulfield Hebrew Congregation to bring you a special panel discussion. Read more
A real-life Hollywood story
September 10, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
This Sunday, the ZFA has partnered up with the Lamm Jewish Library of Australia, Zionism Victoria and South Caulfield Hebrew Congregation to bring you a special panel discussion. Read more
Alfred Landecker Foundation announces $13 million dollar grant to Hebrew University of Jerusalem
September 9, 2020 by Tali Aronsky
The Alfred Landecker Foundation has awarded the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) a $13 million USD grant to fund academic initiatives that focus on the causes and consequences of the Holocaust, promote studies on human rights, minority protection, the rule of law, and reparations for historical wrongs and injustices. Read more
Israel and UAE will sign peace agreement next Tuesday at White House
September 9, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will sign a historic peace agreement at the White House on Tuesday, the first agreement to be signed between Israel and an Arab country in 25 years. Read more
The wandering shofar
September 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue’s Rabbi Rafi Kaiserblueth will tour the Eastern Suburbs on the 2nd day of Rosh Hashanah sounding the shofar at chosen points. Read more
Millions Rise for Australia
September 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A group banned by Facebook for its antisemitic content has found a new platform to disseminate its Jew-hatred in the messaging app Telegram. Read more
Hate-filled spelling of premier’s name
September 9, 2020 by J-Wire
A driver was shocked to see a message daubed on a road in DonvNale in the north-eastern Melbourne replacing letters in Premier Daniel Andrews with a Star of David and a swastika. Read more
Get out your crystal ball!
September 9, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
A year ago, Jews looked back on 5779 and wondered, after the Pittsburgh and Poway synagogue shootings and a resurgence of antisemitism on the right as well as the left, how things in the United States could get any worse. Read more
Where do you draw the line with anti-Semites?
September 8, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
What do you think would happen if President Donald Trump decided to meet with the family of a shooting victim, and it turned out his father was a neo-Nazi?
Report: UAE to send first official delegation to Israel
September 8, 2020 by JNS
The United Arab Emirates is planning to send its first official delegation to Israel on Sept. 22 as part of the normalization of relations between the two countries, Reuters reported on Monday. Read more
Alcohol, chocolate and porn consumption rising during pandemic
September 8, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
As your basic intuition would tell you, consumption of alcohol, chocolate and pornography have all risen during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research conducted by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers. Read more
Researchers finds tobacco companies exploit legal loopholes to get new generation of sraeli teens addicted to cigarettes
September 8, 2020 by Tali Aronsky
Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem find tobacco companies are exploiting legal loopholes “to create a new generation of people who are addicted to cigarettes.” Read more
Black Lives Matter: should the Jewish community get involved
The Uluru Statement from the Heart. Indigenous deaths in custody. Black lives matter. Where does the Jewish community fit in, and what could – or should – we do to get involved? Read more
Gary Smorgon House tests negative
September 8, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Melbourne’s Jewish Care reports that the results from the second round of testing at Gary Smorgon House were all returned as negative, the lockdown has now been lifted and they move into what is known as the active surveillance stage. Read more
R U OK day is on Thursday 10 September.
September 8, 2020 by Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann
R U OK? Day: the national day of mental health awareness and suicide prevention, aims for people to reach out and ask each other if they are okay and have important conversations about mental health and struggles people are experiencing. Read more
Will the Arafat Case be Reopened?
September 7, 2020 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
Suha Arafat, the widow of arch-terrorist and former Palestinian Authority (PA) Yasser Arafat, revealed in an interview with the Al-Arabiya news site that a court in Europe will soon begin a new investigation into her husband’s death. Read more
Mahmoud Abbas – The Twilight Era
September 7, 2020 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
The man who came to power after Yasser Arafat’s death and determined the strategy of the “political intifada” and rejected the armed struggle in Israel is about to leave the stage, tomorrow or the day after. Read more
Is the world coming to an end?
September 7, 2020 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi… Read more
Daniel Gordis: “Israel education in the 21st century. What has to Change?”
September 7, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
The Zionist Council of NSW will host a talk with Daniel Gordis addressing the common critique among Western youth that the story they were taught about Israel is incomplete and ask how we might adjust our Israel education to meet the needs of a new generation. Read more
This knife will sever your heads from your bodies, just like you severed East Jerusalem from West Jerusalem
September 7, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A speech made by the spiritual leader of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Sydney has been referred by The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies to the NSW Attorney-General for possible prosecution. Read more
Saudi Arabia and Bahrain use soft diplomacy to placate Trump
September 7, 2020 by David Singer
Saudi Arabia and Bahrain’s decisions to allow their airspace to be used by commercial Israeli planes flying the Israel-United Arab Emirates (UAE) route are the first of what could be termed continuing acts of soft diplomacy by Arab and other Islamic states to help end the 100 years old Jewish-Arab conflict. Read more
