More tributes to Rabbi Lord Sacks
November 9, 2020 by J-Wire
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Liberal MP Julian Leeser have added their names to the long list of those who have paid tribute to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sachs who passed away on Saturday at the age of 72. Read more
Josh Frydenberg in virtual meeting with Moriah Foundation
November 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Moriah Foundation recently hosted the Treasurer Josh Frydenberg MP who delivered his Pathway to economic recovery address to over 150 Moriah Foundation and Foundation Circle members. Read more
More tributes to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
November 8, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Further tributes to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks have been made by the New Zealand Jewish community and Israeli leaders. Read more
ECAJ has hopes for Biden’s administration
November 8, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has issued a statement following the successful campaign which will see Democrat U.S. President-elect Joe Biden taking up residence in the White House on January 20. Read more
‘Long and Warm Relationship’: Israel’s leadership congratulates Biden, thanks Trump
November 8, 2020 by TPS
Israel’s leadership congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and thanked President Donald Trump for his historic contribution to the Jewish state after Biden declared his victory on Saturday.
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What a Biden presidency could mean for Israel
November 8, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
For some supporters of President Donald Trump in both Israel and the United States, the prospect of a President Joe Biden is a scenario they never wanted to contemplate. Read more
US sanctions pro-Hezbollah Lebanese politician
November 8, 2020 by JNS
The Trump administration announced on Friday that it has sanctioned a top pro-Hezbollah Lebanese politician. Read more
On the other hand
November 8, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
We face an age of uncertainty unprecedented in recent times. Read more
US expert Robert Satloff says a Biden administration will be different from Obama and Kerry on the Middle East
November 8, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Executive Director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Dr Robert Satloff, spoke on an AIJAC webinar on “The Aftermath of the US Elections: the Implications for the Middle East and More.” Read more
Feintooner
November 8, 2020 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon….Electile Dysfunction Read more
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks passes away
November 8, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks passed away yesterday (Saturday) at the age of 72. Read more
Join UIA’s 2020 AGM with Isaac ‘Bougie’ Herzog and Omer Yankelevich
November 6, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
UIA NSW is hosting its AGM on Zoom on Tuesday 10 November with guest speakers Isaac ‘Bougie’ Herzog – Chairman of The Jewish Agency of Israel and Omer Yankelevich – Minister of Diaspora Affairs. Read more
What the next US administration could mean for Israel and the Middle East
November 6, 2020 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
With razor-thin margins separating U.S. President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, the contentious race for the White House has yet to produce a clear victor. Read more
Electing a president under an erupting cultural volcano
November 6, 2020 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
The U.S. presidential election has illustrated more graphically than ever before that we are living beneath an erupting civilizational volcano. Read more
Nov-15 4:00pm online: 80th Dunera Anniversary event – survival through sculpture
November 6, 2020 by J-Wire
The Dunera Association together with Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue and the Duldig Studio will present a special event to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the arrival in Australia of the Dunera and the Queen Mary. Read more
80th Dunera Anniversary event – survival through sculpture
November 6, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
The Dunera Association together with Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue and the Duldig Studio will present a special event to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the arrival in Australia of the Dunera and the Queen Mary. Read more
Nov-22 7:00pm online: Yemen Blues to rock Australia
November 6, 2020 by J-Wire
Yemen Blues will be performing a new show “We Shout Love” – Say No to Racism in a special free online event presented by Emanuel Synagogue and the Israeli Embassy. Read more
Yemen Blues to rock Australia
November 6, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Yemen Blues will be performing a new show “We Shout Love” – Say No to Racism in a special free online event presented by Emanuel Synagogue and the Israeli Embassy. Read more
Abraham’s children
November 6, 2020 by Jeremy Rosen
Anyone familiar with the art of Cathedrals and Churches in Europe will know that someone called Melchizedek figures prominently. Who was he? Read more
Double double toil and trouble
November 6, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
The witches’ incantation from Macbeth succinctly describes the developing chaos now facing many citizens in various countries. Read more
Trump confirms Israel’s permanent presence in Judea and Samaria
November 6, 2020 by David Singer
President Trump – fighting for re-election in America – has now lifted restrictions on American federal investment in science, research and agriculture projects undertaken in Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria (West Bank). Read more
Court denies Rabin’s assassin leave for son’s Barmitzvah
November 5, 2020 by TPS
A court in Beer Sheva on Wednesday denied a request by Yigal Amir to be allowed to attend a bar mitzvah for his son over the weekend. Read more
Opera Australia to return to the Sydney Opera House in January
November 5, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Opera Australia will return to the Joan Sutherland Theatre stage for the first time since the coronavirus shut down its 2020 season in March, today announcing a three-month COVID-safe season that includes two productions never before performed by the Company. Read more
In memory of Yitzak Rabin
November 5, 2020 by Peter Wertheim
Yitzhak Rabin was one of the giants of the cause of Zionism and the State of Israel…writes Peter Wertheim. Read more
Reinvented Shabbat Project to ‘bring Shabbat home’ in more than 1,600 cities worldwide
November 5, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In a world transformed by the coronavirus pandemic, the seventh annual international Shabbat Project is organizing virtual pre-Shabbat events and providing educational materials for an intimate home-based Shabbat experience in more than 1,600 cities and 106 countries from Nov. 6-7. Read more
‘Flowers for Shabbat’: Healing our divisions
The world is more divided than it has been at any time in recent history. Across the globe, deep social fissures have been exposed with communities fractured along political, social and religious lines…writes Rabbi Warren Goldstein.
An Emirati message of love and peace to the Jewish community in the State of Victoria
November 5, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The United Arab Emirates’ Consulate General in Melbourne has planted an olive tree in the grounds of one of the largest synagogues in Melbourne. Read more
Is there a way back from a broken political culture?
November 4, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Many Americans are anticipating a return to normalcy once the votes have been counted and the presidential election determined. Read more
Australia’s first ever exhibition to commemorate the life and legacy of Yitzhak Rabin
November 4, 2020 by J-Wire News Service
For the first time in Australia an exhibition titled UNITY, will commemorate the life and legacy of the late Israeli Prime Minister and Nobel Prize peacemaker Yitzhak Rabin will be launched tonight at the B’nai B’rith centre in Sydney. Read more
A Walk of Jewish Sydney app launched
November 4, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Over 80 guests attended the delayed and COVID-19 restricted launch by the Australian Jewish Historical Society of the Walk of Jewish Sydney App at The Great Synagogue. Read more
