A community in furore
August 27, 2021 by Henry Benjamin
A leaked email revealed a plan to appease the Sydney Jewish community by maintaining requests to NSW Health to give special permission to blow Shofars in various parts of the city and allowing congregants to walk by as they did…but the email to NSW Police from the Community Security Group stated that the application would be withdrawn three days before Rosh Hashanah. Read more
More than 1,000 Arab Israelis vaccinated in the first three days of Magen David Adom and the Ministry of Health’s new operation
August 27, 2021 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
In the first three days of “Operation Vaccination at Home,” Magen David Adom’s Intensive Vaccine Mobility teams vaccinated more than 1,000 people. Read more
Gantz condemns Kabul terror attacks: ‘We stand with our American partners’
August 27, 2021 by JNS
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz condemned the terror attack at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, reiterating that Israel “stands with our American partners.” Read more
Biden reschedules meeting with Bennett after two terror attacks reported in Kabul
August 27, 2021 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s much anticipated first meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden has been postponed for Friday after news of a terror attack near the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Read more
The US withdrawal from Afghanistan empowers international terrorism
August 27, 2021 by Dore Gold
In a stunning statement last Friday in which he defended his withdrawal decision, President Joe Biden claimed that Al-Qaeda was “gone” from Afghanistan. Read more
Neo-Nazi gets three years in prison for threatening ADL, journalists
August 27, 2021 by JNS
The leader of neo-Nazi efforts to threaten journalists and the U.S. Anti-Defamation League for exposing antisemitism was sentenced to three years in prison by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, reported by the Department of Justice. Read more
Appeasement
August 27, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
I was brought up to despise the word appeasement. It was the ideology favoured by much of the British aristocracy and political leaders before the Second World War. Read more
Secord raises Israeli approach to Covid vaccinations at NSW Parliamentary hearing
August 27, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s vaccination rates and its roll-out of a third Pfizer booster jab were canvassed at a recent NSW Health budget estimates hearings by the NSW Labor Opposition. Read more
Imbecilic insanity
August 27, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
Former United Kingdom Prime Minister, Tony Blair, is reported as having called the American Administration’s total pullout from Afghanistan as imbecilic. Read more
Afghan disaster likely to “open the flood gates” of Jihadist terror – US expert Michael Rubin
August 27, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
With Afghanistan falling to the Taliban, the latest Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) webinar featured resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and former Pentagon official Michael Rubin – addressing the “Implications of the Afghanistan disaster”. Read more
NZ Human Rights Commission’s campaign to address racism
August 27, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Human Rights Commission has launched an initiative to gather Aotearoa New Zealand’s thoughts on how to address racism. Read more
New president for the JCCWA
A well-attended Jewish Community Council of Western Australia AGM last week saw significant changes to the Executive. Read more
Israeli archaeologists expose famed bimah at old Vilna synagogue destroyed during Holocaust
August 27, 2021 by TPS
An Israeli excavation of the famed Great Synagogue in Vilnius (Vilna), Lithuania, has fully exposed the Aron Kodesh (Torah Ark) and the Bimah (raised podium) that was destroyed decades ago by the Nazis and the Soviets. Read more
Shabbat Ki Tavo
August 26, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
Why do we do things in life? Is it to get some kind of reward? Read more
With the Zionists in Gallipoli
August 26, 2021 by Alan Slade
A friend in England happened to acquire a historic 1916 edition of “With the Zionists in Gallipoli”, the book written by Lt-Colonel J. H. Patterson while he spent a month in hospital in 1916…writes Alan Slade. Read more
Samaria leader: Bennett’s limiting of construction to natural growth ‘unacceptable’
August 26, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s policy of limiting Israeli construction in Judea and Samaria is “unacceptable” and harmful to Israel’s presence in the region, Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan warned. Read more
Why the Crown Heights pogrom still matters
August 26, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Three decades have passed since the Crown Heights pogrom, and any assessment of the memory of that tragic event must start with an acknowledgment that New York City is a very different place than it was in August 1991. Read more
Israeli-Arab swimmer Iyad Shalabi wins 1st Gold Medal for country at Tokyo Paralympics
August 26, 2021 by TPS
Iyad Shalabi, an Israeli swimmer, made history Wednesday when he became the first-ever Israeli-Arab to win a gold medal at the Paralympics Games. Read more
Burger Centre celebrates 30 years
August 26, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Burger Centre is approaching its 30th birthday during an international pandemic. Read more
‘Reliable Friend’: PM Bennett meets with Secretary of State Blinken
August 26, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met on Wednesday in Washington with Secretary of State Antony Blinken as part of a series of meeting with President Joe Biden and top US defence officials. Read more
Jobs Open!
August 26, 2021 by Community newsdesk
CEO’s of Jewish House and JewishCare, Rabbi Mendel Kastel and Gary Groves are calling on the Sydney community to work together to connect local employers with job seekers. Read more
Eichmann was turned in by anti-Nazi geologist, German paper reveals
August 26, 2021 by Agencies
Sixty years after infamous Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was captured by Mossad agents and brought to Israel for trial, a German media outlet has revealed, for the first time, the identity of the person believed to have turned Eichmann in. Read more
Controversial exhibit on Nazi-persecuted Jewish art dealer to open in Germany
August 26, 2021 by JNS
An exhibition is set to open in Düsseldorf, Germany, about the life and legacy of Jewish art dealer Max Stern after being abruptly cancelled in 2017 in relation to a restitution claim, reported The Art Newspaper. Read more
Israel’s Defence Minister to Ambassadors: Iran very close to bomb, take action
August 26, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Defence Minister Benny Gantz held on Wednesday a briefing for more than 60 foreign ambassadors on the security situation under the title “Challenges and opportunities for Israel and its allies,” during which he underscored Iran’s threat to global peace. Read more
Aug-29 11pm: Facebook+website: Centenary for Maccabi World Union
August 26, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Israel’s president Itzhak Herzog will attend the launch of the Maccabi World Union Centennial Events to be streamed on MWU’s website and Facebook page. Read more
Centenary for Maccabi World Union
August 26, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Israel’s president Itzhak Herzog will attend the launch of the Maccabi World Union Centennial Events to be streamed on MWU’s website and Facebook page. Read more
6.69% of COVID-19 tests return positive, highest in Israel’s 4th wave
August 25, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) statistics in Israel continued to climb and set new negative records, as 6.69% of the 155,351 Corona tests done Tuesday returned positive, the highest rate in Israel’s fourth COVID-19 wave that began in June. Read more
Dr Jamal Rifi sentenced in absentia for his work with Project Rozana
August 25, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney doctor Dr Jamal Rifi is reported to have been sentenced to ten years’ jail for working with Israel through a connection with Melbourne-based Project Rozana. Read more
Moriah fraudster jailed for nine years
August 25, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Moriah College’s former Financial Controller Gus Nosti has been sentenced to a maximum of nine years in jail for stealing $7.4 million from the school between 2004-2019. Read more
Ron Dermer and Noa Tishby to join International Line-up at Virtual Gala for JNF’s 120th Anniversary
August 25, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ron Dermer, Israel’s 18th Ambassador to the US, Noa Tishby, actress and activist, Elon Gold, comedian and actor, and, leading Israeli and Eurovision singer Eden Alene will headline JNF’s Virtual Gala marking the organisation’s 120th anniversary.
