Nov-12 8pm Zoom: Democracy in Danger

The New Israel Fund Australia is hosting a digital event with veteran New York Times columnist Roger Cohen and academic and former deputy Knesset speaker Naomi Chazan to delve further into the troubling attacks on democracy and pluralism around the world. Read more

Democracy in Danger

The New Israel Fund Australia is hosting a digital event with veteran New York Times columnist Roger Cohen and academic and former deputy Knesset speaker Naomi Chazan to delve further into the troubling attacks on democracy and pluralism around the world. Read more

Israeli team on way to help Czech Republic fight COVID-19

An Israeli team of specialists is being dispatched to the Czech Republic to help it contend with a serious wave of Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections. Read more

PA inaugurates ‘heritage site’ at Israel’s ancient capital in Samaria

The Palestinian Authority (PA) held over the weekend an official ceremony to inaugurate a “Palestinian” tourist complex in the town of Sebastia in Samaria, the historic capital of the biblical Kingdom of Israel. Read more

The Shlichim Project

For decades, the Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) together with the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) have been bringing Shlichim and Shlichot (Israeli emissaries) to Australia. Read more

Israel unveils new rapid COVID-19 tests

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein unveiled on Monday a new Israeli-developed Coronavirus (COVID-19) test that will shorten the processing time in the laboratories from eight hours to four and will be safer and based on robot activity. Read more

A new camp site for Melbourne’s Chabad Youth

Melbourne’s Chabad Youth is to establish a new campsite at Shoreham which will provide overnight camp stay accommodation for Victorian youth activities. Read more

Gunmen open fire near Jewish community centre, synagogue in Vienna

Gunmen opened fire near a synagogue and Jewish community centre in Vienna on Monday, allegedly targeting two restaurants, according to official reports, videos and photos circulating on social media. Read more

Senior campaign official says Biden would keep Golan Heights recognition

Were former U.S. Vice President and current Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to be elected, he would likely not reverse the U.S. recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, a senior Biden campaign official told JNS. Read more

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman: Mideast is ‘exploding with good opportunities’ under Trump

Over the past four years, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has charted a new direction towards Israel, Iran and the greater Middle East. Read more

A conformist media is no friend to freedom

He’s exactly the sort of person conservatives and some of Israel’s most ardent supporters despised. Yet today he’s being lionized by supporters of the most pro-Israel president in history and attacked by left-wingers who once idolized him. Read more

Clinical trials of Israeli coronavirus vaccine underway

The first Israeli SARS-CoV-2 vaccine was administered at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan on Sunday to the first volunteer in a clinical trial. Read more

The true Rabin legacy could be the basis of a national consensus

Twenty-five years after Yitzhak Rabin’s murder and still, the debate about his legacy heats up every year as the date of his memorial ceremony approaches. Read more

Sukkah: a new meeting-place for Melburnians

Sukkah, a new collaboration between the Jewish Museum of Australia and leading designer Zahava Elenberg, has today been unveiled at Melbourne’s Birrarung Marr. Read more

The Partisans’ Song now in Maori

Perth’s We Are Here! Foundation has published The Partisans’ Song in Maori, the 30th translation of the famous Holocaust melody. Read more

Australian preacher spreading coronavirus conspiracies mixed with antisemitism

Sufyaan Khalifa, a Perth resident born in Algeria, is busy spreading coronavirus conspiracies online. Sadly, but not surprisingly, his preaching is also heavily infused with antisemitism and Israel hatred. Read more

A reunion on Zoom for Gandel Holocaust Program alumni

More than 230 alumni of the Gandel Holocaust Program alumni, representatives from Yad Vashem and special friends and dignitaries from around the world, gathered together on zoom, to share their Holocaust learnings, exchange ideas and initiatives, and re-commit to continue working to ensure the world ‘never forgets’. Read more

How do I get over guilt?

Ask the rabbi… Read more

JHC Betty and Shmuel Rosenkranz Oration on Zoom

At the Jewish Holocaust Centre, we know that education is the key to understanding both the past and the present. Despite COVID-19, we have done our absolute best to continue delivering our education programs. Survivors have been ‘zooming’ into classrooms across Australia. Read more

Israel commences human trials with COVID-19 vaccine

Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem and Sheba Hospital in Tel Aviv commenced on Sunday with human trials with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, a critical phase towards the completion of the development of the serum. Read more

David Southwick talks COVID

David Southwick MP Zooms in from his office in Parliament House to discuss with Henry Greener the loosening of COVID Restrictions by Victorian Premier Dan Andrews. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…Made in Israel. Read more

Israelis light 25,000 candles to commemorate 25th year since Rabin assassination

Twenty-five-thousand memorial candles were lit in Rabin Square in central Tel Aviv on Thursday to commemorate the 25th Memorial Day of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Read more

Hundreds protest at Temple Mount against Muhammad caricatures; three arrested

Hundreds of people demonstrated at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Friday against French President Emmanuel Macron and his pledge to protect the right to caricature the Islamic prophet Muhammad with three arrested for disorderly conduct after scuffling with police. Read more

Will Trump’s pro-Israel moves stand the test of time?

For President Donald Trump’s Jewish supporters, these last moves are just the icing on the cake. Read more

Oh, the irony, Jeremy!

During Jeremy Corbyn’s tenure at the helm of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, one of the many antisemitism scandals that enveloped the party revolved around a speech he had given while still a backbench member of parliament, in which he ventured that British-born “Zionists … despite having lived in this country for a very long time, probably all their lives … don’t understand English irony.” Read more

Jewish pro-Trump groups accuse Facebook of censorship ahead of US elections

Over the last several months, the coronavirus pandemic and the upcoming presidential election have left many Americans feeling confused and uncertain about the future. Read more

Nov-02 7pm Zoom: Charles Edel on U.S. foreign policy – looking to the past to see the future

NCJWA NSW is delighted to invite you to our first Book Club event since the disruptions of the COVID crisis. Read more

Charles Edel on U.S. foreign policy – looking to the past to see the future

NCJWA NSW is delighted to invite you to our first Book Club event since the disruptions of the COVID crisis. Read more

On the other hand

If you happen to be living in the UK, Australia or New Zealand, 5 November is a time to enjoy firework displays as Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated. Read more

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