IAF pounds Hezbollah target in Syria – Report
August 18, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighters bombed on Tuesday night a military position in Syria belonging to the Hezbollah terror organization, several sources reported. Read more
Rosh Hashanah at the Emanuel
August 18, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
With Sydney’s ongoing issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, community gatherings in synagogues and churches remain out of reach for many. Read more
Preserving the footprint of Southern African Jewish community life in digital form
August 18, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The rise of the internet has provided unprecedented means for connecting people as well as being a secure repository of information.
Many people with a passion to preserve the history of their Southern African Jewish communities have grasped this opportunity with both hands. How have they done it? People from all over the world are finding out through ‘Community History Online’, a Zoom conference presented in three weekly sessions by the South African Jewish Museum and the UCT Kaplan Centre.
BBYO: up and coming youth organisation
As a new youth organization, only recently restarting in Sydney, BBYO NSW is moving in the right direction and becoming an “up and coming” youth organisation in Sydney. Read more
Gantz decries use of Nazi symbols by Palestinian protesters
August 18, 2021 by JNS
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz on Monday called on the international community and the Palestinian Authority to condemn the use of Holocaust images by Palestinian protesters. Read more
Gantz says Israel reserves ‘right to react forcefully’ against threats
August 18, 2021 by JNS
Israel’s Defence Minister Benny Gantz said during a tour of the Israel Defense Force’s Gaza Division on Tuesday, held jointly with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, that the Jewish state will respond to threats at a time and place of its choosing. Read more
Historian claims founding father Alexander Hamilton had Jewish upbringing
August 18, 2021 by JNS
A historian is claiming that Alexander Hamilton, the country’s first Treasury Secretary who was instrumental in the ratification of the Constitution and whose popularity has risen in recent years due to the musical “Hamilton,” had Jewish ties as a child in the Caribbean. Read more
Hamas congratulates Taliban for ‘victory’ over America in Afghanistan
August 17, 2021 by JNS
The Hamas terror group congratulated the Taliban on Monday as the fundamentalist group returned to power in Afghanistan, pushing out the United States after two decades of fighting. Read more
Australia’s National Socialist Network: a call to proscribe it as a terrorist organisation
August 17, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Three senior members of the Federal Opposition are querying why the National Socialist Network and Combat-18 have not been branded as a terrorist organisation following journalist Nick McKenzie’s expose screened on 60 Minutes and published in The Age and ‘The Sydney Morning Herald. Read more
Three Victorian MPs disappointed by antisemitic posts following Jewish engagement party
August 17, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Leader of the Victorian Opposition Michael O’Brien has joined State Liberal MPs Neil Angus and David Southwick in thanking the leadership of the Jewish community in Melbourne which has been working tirelessly with the Department of Health to contain the spread of a local outbreak, Read more
Darren Bark makes his radio debut
August 17, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The CEO of The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies Darren Bark was interviewed on 2GB this morning by Ray Hadley, discussing the Nazi comments made by Cumberland mayor Steve Christou and the 60 Minutes/The Age and Sydney Morning Herald expose on Nazism in Australia, Read more
Bennett government criticised for not responding to rocket attack
August 17, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his government are facing public criticism after failing to respond to a rocket attack on Israel’s south, after vowing to do so. Read more
The ECAJ condemns Taliban takeover
August 17, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has deplored the forcible take-over of Afghanistan by the Taliban. Read more
Israel offers Turkey emergency aid in wake of devastating floods
August 17, 2021 by Agencies
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz contacted Turkey’s defence attaché to Israel and the Turkish Defense Ministry on Sunday and offered to send a search and rescue delegation to help Turkey cope with the aftermath of devastating floods. Read more
Feintooner
August 17, 2021 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoo0n…Haste Makes Waste. Read more
The party is over
August 17, 2021 by Henry Benjamin
They have different political allegiances, but politicians Josh Burns and David Southwick have joined forces to stabilise the COVID fallout created by an irresponsible small group of Melbourne’s Jewish community. Read more
Meet the first Israeli baby born in United Arab Emirates
The Israeli head of mission in Dubai, Ilan Sztulman, and his wife, Jackie, celebrated the first anniversary of the Abraham Accords normalization agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates with the arrival of their fifth child, Mia Sztulman Starosta Lembert. Read more
PM Bennett visits Israel police and fire and rescue service forward command centre, Defense Minister tries to lease more planes to fight Jerusalem forest fires
August 17, 2021 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has visited the Israel Police and Fire and Rescue Service forward command centre, near the wildfire in the Jerusalem Hills. Read more
Anti-restitution law ignites diplomatic crisis between Israel and Poland
August 17, 2021 by JNS
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned Israel on Sunday that its continued criticism of Poland’s recently passed anti-restitution law could harm ties between the two countries. Read more
Is there a Jewish view to surrogate motherhood?
August 16, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
A party to ignore lockdown
August 16, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has expressed its strong disappointment in and condemns the actions of a small group of people in our community who have not followed COVID restrictions. Read more
Israel to dispatch aid to earthquake-stricken Haiti
August 16, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel will deliver “immediate humanitarian support” to Haiti after it was hit by a powerful earthquake, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced. Read more
Fire Commissioner: worst blaze in Jerusalem area caused by Man
August 16, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The worst blaze to wreak havoc on the forests surrounding Jerusalem in decades was caused by man, firefighting investigators estimate. Read more
IDF forces kill four terrorists in Jenin
August 16, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
IDF Special Forces operating in the Palestinian Authority (PA) city of Jenin in Samaria on Sunday night encountered and killed at least four terrorists. Read more
Israel boosts Biden image whilst blunting UN and EU Jew-bashing
August 16, 2021 by David Singer
The decision by Israel’s new Government approving the possible construction of 863 Arab residential units in Area C of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) is a positive move by Israel as it battles incessant United Nations (UN) and European Union (EU) pressure seeking to deny it the legal right to reconstitute the Jewish National Home there under article 6 of the Mandate for Palestine and article 80 of the UN Charter. Read more
Gaza factions threaten Israel with Monday night ultimatum
August 15, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
The factions in the Gaza Strip will meet on Monday night to decide on their response following what they call “Israel’s evasion of the agreements that led to the end of Operation Guardian of the Walls.” Read more
On the other hand
August 15, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
Experts warn us that the climate is changing and temperatures are rising worldwide. Read more
New Zealand Jewish community looks to the future
August 15, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
New Zealand Jewish leaders representing over 25 organisations gathered in Auckland from around the country recently for a full day of workshops, seminars, and a deep desire for increased collaboration. Read more
Melbourne Jewish community suburbs listed
August 15, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A number of sites in the Melbourne suburbs of Balaclava, Caulfield North and Malvern have been listed as Tier 2 exposure sites for COVID-19. Read more
‘Difficult days yet before us’: PM Bennett appeals to the public, details plan to fight COVID-19
August 15, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett published on Saturday night what he described as a “national plan to fight the Delta wave,” while warning that “difficult days are yet before us.” Read more
