Evidentiary phase of Netanyahu’s graft trial commences

The evidentiary phase of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s graft trial commenced Monday with the opening statement of Prosecutor Liat Ben-Ari and the beginning of the testimony of one of the key witnesses. Read more

Government leadership first round concluded

President Rivlin has concluded his round of consultations ahead of nominating a candidate to form a government. Read more

Is it permitted for women to wear tallit and tefillin?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Video: Meet comedian Michael Shafar

Stand-Up Comedian Michael Shafar has had a challenging time, having been diagnosed with testicular cancer but he has made a laughing matter out of his serious health condition. Read more

“Generations Light the Way”:​ Remembering the Six Million

The Jewish directive “Remember” is defined by different expressions, including a communal responsibility to actively recall the past. Read more

Holocaust survivor celebrates his Bar Mitzvah, almost 75 years late

A few days before Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, 87-year-old Holocaust survivor Nissim Semu closed the circle and held his bar mitzvah ceremony in front of his children, grandchildren, and dozens of members of the senior centre in the central Israeli city of Yehud. Read more

PA head Abbas flies to Germany for medical treatment

The head of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas has surprisingly travelled to Germany for medical examinations, TPS has learned. Read more

Israel’s voting system needs urgent reform

A million or more Israelis did not vote in each of the four indecisive elections held in the last two years – costing Israel an estimated $4.24 billion – whilst causing political upheaval and electoral instability as a result. Read more

Our History, Our Future: NIF Australia presents Deborah Lipstadt and Sir Simon Schama

In an exclusive virtual event for the New Israel Fund, eminent historians Sir Simon Schama and Deborah Lipstadt will join NIF’s global president and UCLA Jewish History Professor David Myers to discuss how our understanding of history shapes our current reality. Read more

Israeli cyber companies set new record with $1.5 b. in investments in 90 days

Israeli cyber companies broke an all-time record and concluded the first quarter of 2021 during which start-ups in the industry raising a total of $1.5 billion in 17 different transactions. Read more

‘Disaster, Collapse’: Tensions in Fatah rise as it fears defeat in elections

There is a great deal of tension within the Fatah’s ranks and senior officials told TPS that there is an atmosphere of rebellion against the rule of Mahmoud Abbas, who is now perceived as responsible for crushing the organization and splitting it into rival factions. Read more

Zionist orgs call for unity on Right, a stable government

A group of 11 Israeli Zionist and right-wing organizations issued a call on Sunday to the leaders of the right-wing parties to put their personal differences aside and join together to form a stable government that is not reliant on anti-Zionist parties. Read more

No surprise: Likud recommends Netanyahu to be entrusted with forming a government

The Likud party faction came to the consultations at President’s HQ Beit HaNasi today and recommended that Benjamin Netanyahu be entrusted with forming a government. Read more

British court sentences Holocaust denier to prison time for ‘baiting Jews’

A woman in Britain said to be a virulent anti-Semite has been found guilty of spreading offensive messages and material over the Internet and was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison by a magistrate court. Read more

Global freedom on the decline

Passover is a celebration of freedom, but its underlying story is a salutary reminder that freedom is a fragile thing and that achieving it often requires extraordinary sacrifices. So it seems fitting at a time when Jews ponder the broader significance of the Exodus from Egypt to examine how the cause of human freedom is faring around the world today. Read more

Yad Vashem online exhibit emphasizes the power of family

The world will mark Yom Hashoah—Holocaust Memorial Day—on April 7-8 with particular attention on the 80th anniversary of a campaign against the Jews of Eastern Europe that was nothing short of mass murder. This deadly Nazi plot would put the close and loving Jewish family to the most painful of tests. Read more

Israeli FM warns of ‘destructive impact’ of ICC probe against Israel as Biden Administration lifts sanctions on ICC

Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi spoke on Friday with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, a phone call Ashkenazi said was “important” in which they discussed the “common values shared by Israel and the US.” Read more

On the other hand

The intermediate days of Passover have seen Israelis flock to the Kinneret, nature reserves and trails and enjoying the fresh outdoors. Read more

Henry Greener talks to Dan Rosen about Michael Gudinski

President of Warner Music Australia, Dan Rosen has been CEO of ARIA and PPCA for the past 10 years, after studying International Law on a Fulbright Scholarship in New York. [Video] Read more

Noel adds his help once again

Noel Kessel was part of the Rural Fire Services Northern Beaches Strike Team sent to Pitt Town an hour northwest of Sydney in the Hawkesbury area to help those seriously affected by the recent floods. Read more

Missing Children

One of the darkest episodes in the history of Israel is the ghastly story of the missing children of poor immigrants from Arab lands, airlifted to Israel  (on the Wings of Eagles project) in the early years of the State. Read more

After the election

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council’s (AIJAC’s) latest webinar on “Israel has voted: What now?”, featured Israeli author and columnist, Shmuel Rosner widely published in Israel and internationally, and is an analyst for Israel’s public broadcaster Kan News. Read more

WIZO honours Ron Weiser

Dr Ron Weiser was presented with the inaugural Rose Fekete Community Hero Award at last week’s WIZO NSW AGM. Read more

‘New Yorker’ takes heat for article on Polish complicity during Holocaust

The New Yorker is under fire for an article it posted last week that critics claim lays the blame for the murder of Jews in Poland during World War II on the Polish people and not the Nazis. Read more

Yom HaShoah/Yad Vashem and March of the Living

Yad Vashem will observe Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes Remembrance Day for two days, starting Wednesday evening, 7 April. Read more

We tracked antisemitic incidents in Australia over four years. This is when they are most likely to occur

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Mirror, mirror on the wall

“Mirror mirror on the wall

Please can you differentiate

Between real and fake

Among them all.” Read more

Zikaron BaSalon: dealing with society’s memory of the Holocaust

Zikaron BaSalon is a social initiative that takes place around the world on Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) as well as on other dates throughout the year. Read more

Yemen’s place in the Mideast strategic equation

In an early and significant policy reset, the administration of President Joe Biden decided to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen on Feb. 5. Read more

Marwan Barghouti to run against Mahmoud Abbas’s faction on separate ticket

Convicted Palestinian arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences for his involvement in deadly terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians during the Second Intifada, will run his own list of candidates against members of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party. Read more

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