Two Israelis injured, terrorist shot in Samaria attack

An Arab terrorist on Wednesday morning rammed his car into a police car at the Tapuach Junction in Samaria, injuring two policemen. Read more

Arnold Zable to discuss his latest book The Watermill at the online Shalom Sydney Jewish Writers Festival

Acclaimed Australian author, Arnold Zable, will be interviewed by book reviewer and podcast host, Nicole Abadee, on Thursday 3 September at 8pm about his latest work, The Watermill. Read more

Together Never Apart – Connecting Sydney Jewry.

The upcoming High Holy Days are going to be a very different experience for Jews in Sydney and around the world, and for many, it will be the first time in memory that they will not be attending any shul services. Read more

Get paid to learn Torah

In a unique scheme, a New York philanthropist is offering A$500 to any Australian university student willing to complete an eight-week online course in Torah learning starting on September 7. Read more

WIZO makes a level playing field

In a dramatic achievement for WIZO in promoting the rights of Israeli women in the workplace, WIZO’s Equal Pay for Women and Men Bill has been passed into law by the Knesset. Read more

Diplomacy marches on its stomach: One rabbi helps cook up kosher fare for UAE delegation

Top Israeli and American officials arrived in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on Monday departing from Tel Aviv aboard an El Al Boeing 737 aircraft and in an unprecedented occurrence flying over Saudi Arabian airspace for the first-ever visit towards normalization between Israel and the UAE. Read more

Israelis now able to fly UAE’s Etihad Airways

Israelis can now purchase tickets on the United Arab Emirates’ national carrier, Etihad Airways, to destinations in the Middle East, Asia, Australia and elsewhere, following the U.S.-brokered normalization treaty between Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi. Read more

Hezbollah coming under increased scrutiny in wake of Beirut blast

Lebanon is in a deep crisis on many levels following the two explosions, one massive and that rocked the city to its core, in Beirut on Aug. 4. Read more

US Army suspends officer for Holocaust joke on TikTok

The U.S. Army has suspended an officer who posted a video making a Holocaust joke to his more than 3 million subscribers on the video-sharing social-networking service TikTok. Read more

U.S. Target removes costume resembling clothes worn by Jewish diarist Anne Frank

A costume that appears to look like an outfit worn by the young Jewish diarist Anne Frank during World War II and the Holocaust has been removed from Target’s website, a spokesperson for the retailer told JNS on Tuesday. Read more

Elena Kats-Chernin composes new work to celebrate 100th anniversary of the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

The Sydney Philharmonia Choirs has collaborated with acclaimed multi-award-winning content creators TEN ALPHAS, to produce a special digital concert, Time and Place – Celebrating 100 years. Read more

Sep-26 5:15pm SBS-TV: Hitler’s Holocaust Railways

Chris Tarrant takes a journey through WWII as he finds out how the most horrendous and coldly calculated genocide in human history was made possible by the railways. Read more

2.4 million Israeli students go back to school in shadow of COVID-19

Around 2.4 million Israeli schoolchildren from kindergarten through high school returned to school in Israel on Tuesday in the shadow of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and with many changes and limitations. Read more

Israel bombs Iranian targets in Syria, 5 killed – Report

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) on Monday night bombed targets in southern Syria, during which five were killed and several others were injured, the country’s state media reported. Read more

Hamas announces deal with Israel, end of attacks – for now

The Hamas terrorists announced Monday that it has reached understandings with Israel on a number of issues and will cease its attacks on the Jewish state, for the time being. Read more

TikTok announces ‘zero tolerance’ for antisemitism, hate speech, bigotry

The video-sharing social-networking service TikTok has expressed that it has “a zero-tolerance stance” on accounts linked to antisemitism and other forms of bigotry. Read more

Netanyahu, Trump and Obama doctrines on display with El Al flight to Emirates

When does a three-hour commercial flight from one nation to a neighbouring country represent a major diplomatic achievement? When the flight originates in Israel—a peace-seeking nation that has been subject to more hostility and double-standards than nearly every other nation on earth. Read more

More Arab and Muslim states likely to normalize relations with Israel, says top US official

U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien said on Sunday that more Arab and Muslim states were likely to normalize relations with Israel following the deal with the United Arab Emirates. Read more

Explosions rock UAE ahead of visit by US, Israeli officials

Two explosions killed three people and injured others on Monday in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, according to police and local media. Read more

Symbols (and symbolism) reveal a bitter Mideast truth

Partners for Progressive Israel, a left-of-centre group that is part of the American Zionist Movement, is in the midst of a 12-session “digital excursion to Israel and Palestine.” Session No. 3, which was held this past week, consisted of virtual meetings with officials of the Palestinian Authority. Read more

Inaugural induction for four Honorary Life Memberships for the Holocaust Centre of NZ

The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand is to launch the inaugural induction of four Honorary Life Memberships. Read more

Top Palestinian official: ‘All types of resistance’ possible

Following the signing of the U.S.-brokered peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, top Palestinian Authority official Jibril Rajoub announced that terror is an option in “the struggle” against Israel. Read more

Israel-USA-UAE meet

Head of the Israeli delegation to Abu Dhabi, National Security Adviser and head of the National Security Council head Meir Ben-Shabbat, has met with his counterpart, UAE National Security Advisor Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed, UAE Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, US Senior Presidential Advisor Jared Kushner and US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, in the UAE National Security Advisor’s palace in Abu Dhabi. Read more

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