Senate confirms Tony Blinken as US secretary of state
January 27, 2021 by JNS
The U.S. Senate confirmed Tony Blinken on Tuesday as the 71st U.S. secretary of state. Read more
Israel’s Intelligence Minister makes historic visit to Sudan, discusses progress in Abraham Accords
January 26, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen on Monday made a historic visit to Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, as the head of a joint delegation of the Ministry of Intelligence and the National Security Council, which was dispatched by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, weeks after Sudan joined the Abraham Accords. Read more
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 26, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Despite the temporary closure of the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem as a result of the ongoing global health crisis, Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, is actively marking the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust through a range of online events and activities. Read more
Jan-28/29 11pm Perth 2am AEDT: Webcast The Nazi rise to power and the Weimar Constitution
January 26, 2021 by J-Wire
This year, the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (IJL) will, in partnership with The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme mark the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust by sponsoring an online event entitled “The Nazi Rise to Power and the Weimar Constitution.” Read more
The Nazi rise to power and the Weimar Constitution
January 26, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
This year, the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (IJL) will, in partnership with The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme mark the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust by sponsoring an online event entitled “The Nazi Rise to Power and the Weimar Constitution.” Read more
Hidden bunker discovered in Warsaw Ghetto
A bunker containing 100-year-old tefillin (phylacteries) hidden from the Nazis in World War II has been discovered in the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto. Read more
Merav Michaeli elected head of Israel’s struggling Labor Party
January 26, 2021 by JNS
Israel’s Labor Party on Sunday elected as its new leader Knesset member Merav Michaeli. Michaeli won 77 per cent of the approximately 10,000 votes in the party’s primary, held ahead of the country’s March 23 Knesset elections, the fourth round in two years. Read more
Democratic lawmakers criticize Israel for not vaccinating Palestinians
Several Democratic lawmakers have called on Israel to vaccinate Palestinians – even though under the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian Authority is responsible for the healthcare of the Palestinians. Read more
Biden’s top security advisor tells Israeli counterpart that he hopes to build on Abraham Accords
January 26, 2021 by JNS
U.S. National Security Advisor talked on the phone with his Israeli counterpart, Meir Ben-Shabbat, on Saturday, according to the National Security Council. Read more
Biden declares Trump two-state solution dead and buried
January 26, 2021 by David Singer
An apparent attempt by the outgoing US Ambassador to Israel – David Friedman – to preserve the two-state solution proposed in former President Trump’s Vision for Peace (Vision) – lasted about two hours – before being shredded in the garbage bin of history by the newly-elected President Biden. Read more
A time to remember Sugihara
January 26, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A digital reception has been held to honour the memory, bravery and the legacy of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who defied his own government’s orders by issuing travel visas to more than 6,000 Jews trapped in Lithuania, enabling them to escape the oncoming Nazi occupation. Read more
Six Holocaust survivors to tell their stories for generations to come
The Sydney Jewish Museum is currently undertaking a Dimensions in Testimony filming project, capturing six Holocaust survivors in three-dimensions. Read more
Perth organisation takes part in overseas International Holocaust Remembrance Day event
January 26, 2021 by J-Wire
The Perth-based WE ARE HERE! Foundation will join World ORT, HAMEC – The Holocaust Awareness Museum and the Education Centre of Philadelphia in commemorating The International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more
2021 Australia Day Awards
January 25, 2021 by J-Wire Staff
For the first time since the modern-day awards were inaugurated in 1975, a rabbi has received the nation’s highest award, the AC. J-Wire extends congratulations to all members of the Jewish community who have been honoured by their country…including a brother and sister. This year, Victoria honourees are double their NSW counterparts. There is one honour each for WA and the NT.
Leifer on her way to Melbourne
January 25, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Malka Leifer has boarded a plane in Israel to fly to Germany on her way back to Melbourne where she faces 74 charges of child sexual abuse. Read more
Australia Day: We are publishing the Jewish list at 10pm this evening
January 25, 2021 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire will publish the 2021 Australia Day Honours Jewish list at 10pm this evening. Read more
Israel opens embassy in Abu Dhabi, UAE approves embassy in Tel Aviv
January 25, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Israeli embassy in Abu Dhabi officially on Sunday with the arrival of the Head of Mission Eitan Na’eh, Israel’s former envoy to Turkey. Read more
Jews and the Coronavirus vaccine
January 25, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Can a Jew refuse the vaccine? Ask the rabbi. Read more
Police, residents clash in Haredi neighbourhoods over yeshiva shutdowns
January 25, 2021 by JNS
Clashes continued on Sunday in several Haredi neighbourhoods between residents and the police attempting to enforce Israel’s lockdown regulations. Read more
Israel isn’t alone in the fight against the ICC
January 25, 2021 by Professor Gerald Steinberg
The International Criminal Court at The Hague, similar to other international initiatives, is exploited cynically despite its good intentions. The ICC is a political body operating behind a legal exterior. Read more
UIA launches monthly evening Israel updates
January 25, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
UIA is introducing an evening online Israel Update on the first Monday of each month, commencing on 1 February. Read more
Another American of Palestinian descent appointed in Biden Administration
January 24, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
Washington has announced the appointment of Maher Bitar to senior director for intelligence in President Joe Biden’s National Security Council. Read more
Israel closes skies as fear of COVID-19 mutations grows
January 24, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The government is poised to announce that it will completely close Israel’s skies to travellers, as the fear of the spread of a Coronavirus (COVID-19) mutation in the county grows. Read more
‘Freedom for Humanity:’ A Cautionary Tale
January 24, 2021 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
What follows here is a story about a politician from the extreme left, a politician from the far-right and a painting replete with antisemitic tropes that has travelled around the Internet for around a decade, and still does. Read more
Feintooner
January 24, 2021 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Changing of the Guard Read more
Feb-04 8pm Zoom: How screen time affects kids’ brain development
January 24, 2021 by J-Wire
Too much time in front of a screen has health and well-being implications, including, social, emotional, cognitive, and physical aspects. Read more
How screen time affects kids’ brain development
January 24, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Too much time in front of a screen has health and well-being implications, including, social, emotional, cognitive, and physical aspects. Read more
On the other hand
January 24, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
Finally, after more than seven years of development and commercial production, Israel’s sovereign wealth fund is starting to reap the benefits. Read more
‘Restoring My Lost Childhood’: How children’s homes revived the youngest Holocaust survivors
January 24, 2021 by Deborah Fineblum
It’s been 75 years, but Yaakov Guterman can still recall nearly everything about the nine months he lived in Zakopane, Poland. Read more
EXCLUSIVE – Suha Arafat: ‘Abu Mazen must leave Like Trump, Govt. has Nazi characteristics and is based on fear’
January 22, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
“We also deserve a change of presidents like in the United States,” Suha Arafat, Yasser Arafat’s widow, told TPS in a phone conversation, and demanded that Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas leave after 15 years in power and four presidential terms in the US. Read more
