Aug-29 4pm Zoom: Sanctum Reading of the Names
August 25, 2021 by J-Wire
Join online this annual commemoration to honour Holocaust survivors and victims, whose families have placed a plaque in their memory in the Sydney Jewish Museum’s Sanctum of Remembrance. Read more
Sanctum Reading of the Names
August 25, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Join online this annual commemoration to honour Holocaust survivors and victims, whose families have placed a plaque in their memory in the Sydney Jewish Museum’s Sanctum of Remembrance. Read more
US and UK demanding oversight of PA security forces following human rights violations
August 25, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
The Palestinian Authority (PA) arrested on Saturday 28 social activists, heads of organizations, and intellectuals, who took part in a protest rally in Manara Square in Ramallah against the PA following the death of political activist Nizar Banat, who died while being interrogated by the PA’s security forces. Read more
PM Bennett flies to Washington to meet President Biden
August 25, 2021 by J-Wire
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett left on his first diplomatic visit to Washington yesterday. Read more
NCJWA announces new diverse board at AGM
August 25, 2021 by Community newsdesk
National Council of Jewish Women Australia (NCJWA) has re-elected Melinda Jones as president at its recent AGM. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: The Samuel Moses family in Van Diemen’s Land
August 24, 2021 by Features Desk
Samuel Jacob Moses was born in 1807 and his wife, Rosetta Blanche Moses born in 1820, arrived in Sydney in early November 1840, and within a couple of months, the Londoners sailed to Hobart with their three children, arriving on 17 February 1841. Read more
Israel passes 1 M COVID-19 cases mark
August 24, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Yesterday, Israel passed the dubious landmark of one million Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases documented since the outbreak in the country, as the number of new daily cases continued to spike. Read more
IAF bombs Hamas targets in response to arson attacks
August 24, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighters bombed several Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday night in response to arson balloons attacks on Israel’s south earlier today. Read more
Nazis, COVID protests and antisemitism
August 24, 2021 by Julie Nathan
Racism in the 21st century has focussed on opposing non-white immigration into white-majority countries and calls to expel those not of European ethnicity. Read more
Israel sends 33 athletes to Tokyo Paralympic Games
August 24, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel has sent a delegation of 33 athletes in 11 sports to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Games, including eight swimmers, seven rowers, tennis players, a goalball team, and a power-lifter. Read more
Has Biden anything to offer Bennett but more trouble?
August 24, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
In theory, the planned meeting this week between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and President Joe Biden ought to be exactly what both men need. Read more
‘There is more to Polish restitution law than Lapid portrays’
August 24, 2021 by Agencies
The question on everyone’s mind in Poland in recent days was what prompted Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to react in such a critical manner to their government’s decision to put a statute of limitations on property claims that date back more than 30 years?…writes Ariel Bulshtein. Read more
Israeli officials: Palestinian incendiary devices started fires in border communities
Nine fires broke out on Monday near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip that Israeli investigators believe were started by incendiary balloons launched from the Hamas-controlled enclave, reported Ynet. Read more
Iranian ayatollah: ‘Jews are the greatest problem of Islam and humanity’
August 24, 2021 by JNS
According to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s representative in Iran’s Southern Khorasan Province, the Jews are humanity’s greatest problem. Read more
Adolf Hitler placards at Gold Coast-Tweed border protests “sickening”
August 24, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Labor frontbencher Walt Secord was sickened by the images of a protestor carrying two posters purporting to be Adolf Hitler images at a Tweed-Gold Coast cross-border anti-lock down rally on the weekend. Read more
Joe Biden’s catastrophic judgment
August 23, 2021 by Caroline Glick - JNS
The Taliban’s seizure of control over Afghanistan will loom large over Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s visit with U.S. President Joe Biden this Thursday, and its implications are dire. Read more
Dani Dayan appointed as Chairman of Yad Vashem
August 23, 2021 by Simmy Allen
Biden and Bennett need to jointly adopt or dump Trump Peace Plan
August 23, 2021 by David Singer
President Biden and Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett need to jointly decide on whether to adopt or dump President Trump’s Peace Plan (Trump’s Plan) during their White House meeting on 26 August. Read more
How can a Jewish State allow sculptures to be put on display when the Second Commandment bans making the form of anything?
August 23, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi.
Hebrew Uni clinical results show tricor (fenofibrate) effective in treating severe COVID-19 patients
August 23, 2021 by Tali Aronsky
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has infected over 165 million people worldwide causing nearly 3.5 million deaths. Read more
School year will start on schedule in Israel, despite high COVID-19 stats
August 23, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The school year in Israel will open on Wednesday, September 1, the Corona Cabinet decided Sunday night, amid the country’s fourth Coronavirus (COVID-19) wave. Read more
Fighting antisemitism should not be Israel’s primary concern
August 23, 2021 by Efraim Inbar
Antisemitism is a phenomenon at least two thousand years old. Read more
Feintooner
August 23, 2021 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon….Beggars can’t be choosers. Read more
Podcast: Morry Frenkel talks with Senator Sarah Henderson on the Burnside fallout, rising antisemitism and the ABC
L’Chaim -To Life has focused once again on the world’s oldest hatred: antisemitism. Morry Frenkel interviews Senator Sarah Henderson (Liberal Victoria) on the fallout from the Burnside Nazi Israel tweet, the National socialist Network, the ABC, and online antisemitism. Read more
Why Israel’s Kashrut Reform Bill matters for the Diaspora
In mid-July, Israel’s Minister of Religious Affairs proposed a bill that would introduce a reform to the country’s kashrut industry…writes Rabbi David Stav. Read more
On the other hand
August 22, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
Having done very well at the recent Olympic Games, Israel is now eagerly looking forward to the forthcoming Paralympics. Read more
COVID-19 abating in Israel? Decrease in number of serious cases
August 22, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Israeli health system expressed cautious optimism over the weekend after the fast climb in the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in serious condition slowed down, apparently, the result of the third booster shot being administered to Israelis aged 40 and above. Read more
A drug to combat COVID: a webinar
August 22, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
A drug to combat COVID: a webinar
August 22, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Palestinian consulate pressure, differences on Iran loom over Bennett-Biden meeting
August 22, 2021 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
On Aug. 26, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will walk the red carpet into the White House, where he will meet U.S. President Joe Biden. The two will exchange pleasantries and then they will get right down to business. One major issue the two leaders will discuss is, not surprisingly, Iran. Another major issue is the establishment of a Palestinian consulate in Jerusalem. And therein lies the problem. Read more
