Iranian dissident delegation meets with Israeli Foreign Ministry
July 27, 2021 by David Isaac
It was billed as the first Iranian delegation to Israel since the fall of the Shah 42 years earlier. Read more
Henry Greener in Conversation Part 2
July 27, 2021 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Brett Kaye is the Chazan at StKilda Shule, leading the Prayers with Rabbi Yaakov Glasman, Rabbi Hillel Nagle and Emeritus Rabbi Philip Heilbrunn. Read more
Queensland community calling for new legislation to combat Jew-hatred
July 27, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Hatred against Jews in Queensland is increasing and the community states laws must change so those who incite animosity or engage in harassment or intimidation on the basis of someone’s race, religion, sexuality or gender are punished. Read more
South Africa Jewish communities online
July 27, 2021 by J-Wire News Service
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Phillip Blashki – a great business and community leader
July 27, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Phillip was born Favel Wagczewski in Blaszki, Poland on 21 February 1837. Read more
‘Ben & Jerry’s will regret the day they boycotted Israel’
July 26, 2021 by Agencies
The decision by ice cream giant Ben & Jerry’s to pull its business beyond the Green Line means that under U.S. law its parent company, Unilever, has lost the right to protect the brand’s trademark in Judea and Samaria, the Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center announced over the weekend. Read more
Tough Jews, Las Vegas and the legacy of Meyer Lansky
July 26, 2021 by JNS
In his autobiography, “Being Oscar: From Mob Lawyer to Mayor of Las Vegas,” Oscar Goodman recounts his 35 years as a famed criminal defence lawyer for Jewish gangsters Meyer Lansky, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel and Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, on whom the character “Ace Rothstein” was based in the movie “Casino.” Read more
Helping to find orthodox women with public speaking skills
July 26, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
After successfully launching in Melbourne in May 2021, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Australia is establishing a national orthodox female speaker’s bureau. Read more
The case of Hungary: Anti-Semitism without violence
July 26, 2021 by Ben Cohen
Is it possible for a country to be the locus of widespread antipathy towards Jews while simultaneously maintaining relatively low levels of antisemitic hate crime? A newly published report by the Jewish community in Hungary demonstrates that it is. Read more
Chat time: Brett Kaye and Henry Greener
July 26, 2021 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
A regular on The Shtick, Brett Kaye chats with Henry Greener. Read more
Jul-29 4:30pm AEST Zoom: The May 2021 Missiles Duel Between Hamas and Israel.
July 26, 2021 by J-Wire
Briefing by JISS fellow Dr Uzi Rubin about “The May 2021 Missiles Duel Between Hamas and Israel.” Read more
Jul-28 6pm/Perth 8pm Eastern States: South African Jewry in Crisis: A Keren Hayesod-UIA Global Family Webinar
July 26, 2021 by J-Wire
In response to the queries and concerns regarding the current political, social and economic turmoil that has unfolded and heightened recently in South Africa, UIA has coordinated a webinar with key South African communal leaders and experts – ‘South African Jewry in Crisis’, to be held on Wednesday 28 July. Read more
South African Jewry in Crisis: A Keren Hayesod-UIA Global Family Webinar
July 26, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In response to the queries and concerns regarding the current political, social and economic turmoil that has unfolded and heightened recently in South Africa, UIA has coordinated a webinar with key South African communal leaders and experts – ‘South African Jewry in Crisis’, to be held on Wednesday 28 July. Read more
UN discrimination against Jews traps Unilever and J Street
July 26, 2021 by David Singer
The United Nations (UN) false designation of Judea, Samaria and East Jerusalem as the “Occupied Palestinian Territories” (OPT) has seen the sorry spectacle this week of: Read more
Secord expresses alarm at antisemitic conspiracy theorists at anti-lock down rally
July 26, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Why some Jews leave a bare section on a wall on purpose?
July 26, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi…. Read more
Legendary Jewish stand-up comedian Jackie Mason dies at 93
Jackie Mason, a former rabbi who went from Catskills comic to hit one-man shows, passed away on Saturday at the age of 93. Read more
Avishag Semberg takes bronze in taekwondo, Israel’s first-ever Olympic medal in the sport
July 26, 2021 by JNS
Israeli athlete Avishag Semberg won a bronze medal in taekwondo at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo on Saturday. Read more
Yad Vashem marks Olympics with online exhibitions of Jewish, non-Jewish athletes
July 25, 2021 by JNS
Gymnast Estella Agsteribbe was one of five Jewish women to participate in the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928. Read more
On the other hand
July 25, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
Boycotts are all the flavour of the week with Ben & Jerry’s freezing their ice creams in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem. Read more
Feintooner
July 25, 2021 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Goldfinger. Read more
Ilan Kidron, The Choice Foundation and JCA produce the theme song for the Paralympics
July 25, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
ARIA Award-winning singer-songwriter Ilan Kidron has written and performed the music Channel 7 will promote the Paralympics. Read more
Blinken discusses antisemitism, Babi Yar with Sharansky and Lieberman
July 25, 2021 by JNS
Representatives of the supervisory board of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Centre Natan Sharansky and former Connecticut Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman met on Thursday with the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington, D.C. Read more
Israelis murdered at 1972 Munich Olympics honoured in moment of silence in Tokyo
Israeli Olympic team members who were slaughtered by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympics were remembered with a moment of silence during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday. Read more
Torah for Shabbat: Shabbat Nachamu, The Shabbat of Comfort after the Ninth of Av.
July 23, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
As Moses continues his speech to the children of Israel, he repeats two core texts that underpin the whole of the Jewish way of life. Read more
Moriah takes action
July 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Expulsion, discipline and police intervention have followed the widespread revelation of trespassing online schooling and videos being published on social media showing what appears to be drug-taking. Read more
Athletes Say NO to Antisemitism
July 23, 2021 by Agencies
To coincide with the Olympic Games, International March of the Living, Maccabi World Union and the Maccabiah are launching a global campaign to combat the exponential rise of antisemitism around the world. Read more
Will US anti-BDS laws cause financial meltdown for Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever?
July 23, 2021 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
The recent announcement that Ben & Jerry’s plans to end its sale of ice cream in “occupied Palestinian territory,” primarily Judea and Samaria as well as eastern Jerusalem, has stirred a fierce reaction, including potential legal and financial repercussions for the ice-cream maker and its parent company Unilever. Read more
The real scoop? How Jews won’t lick the demonization of Israel
July 23, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
In attempting to defend itself against persistent bigotry, the Jewish Diaspora repeatedly thinks with its heart, rather than its head, and consequently misses the key point. Read more
Iranian dissidents visit Israel
July 23, 2021 by Agencies
