Meghan Markle and the Jewish question
March 12, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Over the next few days, Tikvah and the Jewish Leadership Conference are holding their third annual symposium on Jews and conservatism, this time on Zoom. Read more
Mr Cohen of Ballachulish Ferry
March 12, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
A week ago, I gave a Zoom talk for the Scottish Jewish Archive centre. Read more
Google must change offensive translation of Israeli Election results
March 12, 2021 by David Singer
Israel’s Central Election Committee for the 24th Knesset needs to ensure that Google Translate does a better job of translating the election results than it has done for the past three elections held in the last 12 months. Read more
Ambassador’s first visit to Auckland
March 12, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand Ran Yaakoby was warmly welcomed this week to the City of Sails by Auckland Mayor Phil Goff. Read more
Liar, liar pants on fire
March 12, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
“A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.” Read more
Can understanding constipation help diagnose Parkinson’s Disease earlier?
March 12, 2021 by Tali Aronsky
While Parkinson’s Disease is one of the most common neurological disorders, physicians still lack a validated lab-based methodology, or biomarker, for diagnosing it definitively. Read more
Emanuel Synagogue presents ‘In Conversation’ with human rights lawyer George Newhouse
March 12, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue has announced human rights lawyer and co-founder of the National Justice Project, George Newhouse, as the guest speaker at the next in its ‘In Conversation’ series on Sunday, 14 March. Read more
Is NZ Labour more tolerant of antisemitism than Jeremy Corbyn’s UK Labour party?
March 12, 2021 by David Cumin
In January The Israel Institute of New Zealand exposed NZ MPs as members of an online group that frequently posts vile antisemitism. Labour MP for Christchurch Central, Dr Duncan Webb, was found to have posted, commented, and ‘liked’ posts in the group. Read more
Diplomats who saved Jews honoured at exhibition
March 12, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Queensland Parliament has hosted a unique photographic exhibition that honours the 34 diplomats from 21 countries, who collectively saved 200,000 Jews from Nazi extermination during the Holocaust.
We talk to Amir Tibon
March 12, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The plague of the Middle East in 2021 remains Iran
March 11, 2021 by Danny Danon
The United Nations, the setting for my five-year service as Israel’s 17th Permanent Representative, has traditionally been an unwelcome and problematic arena for the State of Israel. Read more
Netanyahu touts achievements from record vaccinations to boosting regional ties, security
March 11, 2021 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his case for why he believes—again, or rather, still—that he is Israel’s strongest candidate to head Israel’s next government in the fourth round of elections in two years. Read more
Last Kings of Shanghai: a book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen
March 11, 2021 by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen
There are many who will read this review who would have heard of the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara who issued some 1800 visas in Kovno in 1940 which enabled the holders to transit Japan and spend the war years in Shanghai. Read more
Mar-21 8pm Zoom: Israel election: Round 4
March 11, 2021 by J-Wire
The Chief Political Correspondent for The Jerusalem Post will be in conversation with the ZCNSW’s Director of Israel Affairs Arsen Ostrovsky discussing the upcoming Israeli election. Read more
Israel election: Round 4
March 11, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
The Chief Political Correspondent for The Jerusalem Post will be in conversation with the ZCNSW’s Director of Israel Affairs Arsen Ostrovsky discussing the upcoming Israeli election. Read more
A course in Israeli cybersecurity
March 11, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The leading cybersecurity college in Israel, HackerU, has formally lodged an official petition to the Australian Government to accredit Australia’s first-ever Offensive “Red Team” Cybersecurity Qualification – and with it, potentially comes a new framework for international trade. Read more
Ashdod will become the first city in Israel with MDA smart defibrillator devices in every apartment building
March 11, 2021 by Zaki Heler
A life-saving project initiated by Ashdod City Council member Adv. Hanoh Drach Erlich kicks off on Sunday and as part of it, the municipality requires every new building in the city to install a Magen David Adom smart device (defibrillator) as part of the construction permit process. Read more
Israel’s first School of Sustainability and Climate Change
March 11, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Mar-15 8pm Online: The National Library of Israel in conversation with the National Library of Australia
March 11, 2021 by J-Wire
Sam Lipski is to moderate a conversation between the director generals of national libraries of Australia and Israel. Read more
The National Library of Israel in conversation with the National Library of Australia
March 11, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Sam Lipski is to moderate a conversation between the director generals of national libraries of Australia and Israel. Read more
Ambassador ran Yaakoby casts the first vote in the world for the Israeli elections
March 11, 2021 by J-Wire photo story
This morning in Wellington Ambassador Ran Yaakoby cast the 1st vote in the world for the 24th Knesset. Read more
Woolworths visit Print35
March 11, 2021 by J-Wire photo story
In the leadup to Pesach, a Woolworths marketing manager plus Kosher and Regional managers visited Print35. A J-Wire photo story. Read more
A record $25million bequest for local charity
March 11, 2021 by Warren Hurst
Sydney’s JewishCare has received a bequest in excess of $25million from Julianna (Julie) Lowy which will benefit generations to come Read more
Netanyahu: Search for Eli Cohen’s remains underway
March 10, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
“The search for Eli Cohen’s remains in Syria is currently underway,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday, hinting at a significant development on the issue. Read more
The escalating drumbeat of antisemitism is now a fact of life in Australia”
March 10, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Dvir Abramovich, Chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission, has lashed out on neo-Nazi incidents in Victoria. Read more
Israeli boy finds biblical-era figurine in the Negev
An 11-year-old Israeli boy has uncovered a rare, 2,500-year-old amulet during a family excursion in the northern Negev Desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority said on Tuesday. Read more
BDS groups partner with terrorists from Gaza, Turkey, Iran to fight normalization
A coalition of more than 60 anti-Israel and pro-BDS organizations have launched a “Peoples Against Normalization” campaign, simultaneously declaring the year 2021 as the “Year Against Normalization” at an event earlier this year. Read more
Jewish Care supports David Southwick MP’s lead to ban display of hateful Nazi symbols
March 10, 2021 by Kirsten Young
Jewish Care Victoria applauds and promotes the important work of David Southwick MP who is leading a ban on the display of vile and hateful Nazi symbols as part of a review of Victoria’s anti-vilification laws. Read more
Will Biden’s moves bring the Saudis closer to Israel?
March 10, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
President Joe Biden’s foreign-policy team has talked a lot about re-emphasizing diplomacy and re-engaging with allies after what they claim was the trashing of old friends during the presidency of Donald Trump. But that doesn’t appear to include America’s two most important allies in the Middle East: Israel and Saudi Arabia. Read more
Report: Returning to original 2015 Iran nuclear deal would be ‘nearly impossible’
March 10, 2021 by JNS
A new report by the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) details how it would nearly impossible both politically and technically for the Biden administration to return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA. Read more
