Jewish partnership helping our community to thrive
August 12, 2021 by Community newsdesk
Sydney community organisations, JewishCare & Jewish House, have formed a landmark partnership with the launch of Jobs Open! – a joint initiative designed to connect local employers and job-seekers together to create mutually beneficial workplace opportunities. Read more
Green light for Hakoah
August 11, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Land and Environment Court of New South Wales has delivered a judgment endorsing the agreement confirming final Development Consent conditions for the $60m+ redevelopment of White City delivering of the new state of the art Hakoah Club, community centre and sporting facilities. Read more
The WA Bar president responds to Mark Leibler
August 11, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Yesterday J-Wire published a letter from prominent Melbourne lawyer Mark Leibler to the president of the WA Bar Association who had criticised Senator Sara Henderson for a letter she penned to the Victorian Bar Association following Julian Burnside’s tweet stating Israel’s “treatment of the Palestinians looks horribly like the German treatment of the Jews” during World War II. Read more
Linoy home in Israel
August 11, 2021 by TPS
Israeli Gold Medallist Linoy Ashram is back in Israel with a welcoming crowd to greet her at Ben-Gurion Airport. She won Gold for Rhythm Gymnastics. Read more
Sixth in in the 20km walk in the Olympics with more than 40 others yet to finish
August 11, 2021 by Elana Bowman
Jemima Montag is on her second day of hotel quarantine in Brisbane and cannot wait to reunite with her family in Melbourne after an amazing result in the 20km walk in the Tokyo Olympics. Read more
Scholarship opportunities available from the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Australia
August 11, 2021 by Community Editor
JOFA Australia, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, seeks to expand the spiritual, ritual, intellectual and political opportunities for women within the framework of halakha (Jewish law), by advocating meaningful participation and equality for women in family life, synagogues, houses of learning and Jewish communal organisations to the full extent possible. Read more
Samaria family on hike in Galilee finds 1,500-year-old coin
August 11, 2021 by TPS
An exciting moment was recorded on Tuesday at the Korazim National Park, in the north near the Sea of Galilee, when the Yitzhaki family from Har Bracha in Samaria found an ancient coin during a visit to the site. Read more
The bombing of Sbarro’s and why Oslo failed
August 11, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Next month, Americans will mark the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Iranian aggression and Israel’s fragile coalition
August 11, 2021 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
At the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addressed the country’s security situation. Read more
Israel to send two firefighting planes to battle raging wildfires in Greece
August 11, 2021 by JNS
Israel will dispatch two firefighting aircraft to Greece to help combat wildfires Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described on Monday as “a natural disaster of unprecedented proportions.” Read more
CHOL – South African Community History On-Line
August 11, 2021 by Community Editor
The last of three Zoom sessions exploring various approaches used to recreate Southern African Jewish communities online. Read more
Paul Bassat shares his remarkable journey at The Moriah Foundation Circle online event
August 11, 2021 by Community newsdesk
The Moriah Foundation Circle has hosted Paul Bassat, co-founder & investor at Square Peg Capital during an online event, Empowering the Exceptional, with parents, Foundation Circle Members and Foundation Members. Read more
Israeli expert Ehud Ya’ari: Iran not interested in reviving nuclear deal
August 11, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Iran is likely no longer interested in restoring a nuclear deal with the United States and other members of the P5+1, according to Ehud Ya’ari, long-time journalist, commentator and Fellow at the Washington Institute, who discussed this and many other topics as part of a recent AIJAC Online Live webinar. Read more
North Shore Temple Emanuel’s plans for the High Holidays at home
August 11, 2021 by Community newsdesk
Sydney’s North Shore Temple Emanuel (NSTE) High Holy Day services are to be conducted communally despite members being unable to leave their homes due to lockdown. Read more
Gantz says Lebanon crisis is “devastating”
August 11, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s Minister of Defence Benny Gantz toured IDF Northern Command has conducted a situation assessment with the senior commanders following which he was then briefed in the northern town of Shlomi. Read more
Jewish Care CEO wins the LASA Victorian Individual of the Year Award
August 11, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Jewish Care Victoria’s Chief Executive Officer, Bill Appleby has been awarded the Victorian & Tasmanian Individual of the Year Award in the prestigious LASA (Leading Aged Services Australia) Excellence in Age Services Awards. Read more
Israel begins work to make Cave of the Patriarchs accessible to disabled
August 11, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
After years of legal battles and delays, Israel’s Ministry of Defence has commenced with construction to make the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron accessible to the disabled. Read more
Dassi Erlich’s medical records to be handed over the defence
August 10, 2021 by J-Wire News Service
The Australian has reported that Malka Leifer’s defence will receive alleged victim Dassi Erlich’s medical records. Read more
Mark Leibler’s response to the President of the WA Bar Association
August 10, 2021 by J-Wire News Service
Melbourne community identity Mark Leibler has written to Martin Cuerden, the President of the West Australian Bar Association, in response to his letter to Senator Sarah Henderson who suggested that Julian Burnside should “face professional consequences” for tweeting that Israel’s “treatment of the Palestinians looks horribly like the German treatment of the Jews” during World War II. Read more
For the first time since February, Israel records over 5,000 daily COVID-19 cases
August 10, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel set another dubious record during its fourth wave of Coronavirus (COVID-19) when the number of new daily cases was recorded at 5,140, passing the 5,000 cases mark for the first time since the beginning of February. Read more
Two decades after Sbarro suicide bombing, survivors’ scars are still healing
Twenty years ago, a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Sbarro restaurant at the corner of King George Street and Jaffa Road in the centre of Jerusalem…writes Sharon Altshul. Read more
No easy fix for Israel’s gold-medal civil marriage dilemma
August 10, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
It was an epic Olympic Games for Israel. Read more
‘Fauda’ star has another smash hit on Netflix with ‘Hit & Run’
Revenge is a dish best served Israeli. Read more
Saudi Arabia sentences 69 Hamas members to prison for up to 21 years
August 10, 2021 by JNS
A Saudi court sentenced 69 Palestinians and Jordanians to as much as 21 years in prison on Sunday. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Judah Solomon – Convict to Businessman
August 10, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Judah arrived in Hobart in 1820 from England, together with his brother Joseph, as convicts for “receiving stolen goods”. Read more
Happy 100th, Gerda
August 10, 2021 by Community newsdesk
Gerda Buckwalter, a long-standing stalwart of the Sydney Jewish community celebrates her 100th birthday on Wednesday. Read more
Do It Yourself Rosh Hashanah this year with a little help from your friends
August 10, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
CommunityConnect is a project devised by the Rabbinical Council of NSW to reproduced the spirit of Rosh Hashanah normally experienced in shul within COVID-bound Jewish homes. Read more
Australia’s good work in the Negev
August 10, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Triguboff Switch Centre in the Negev launched its first summer camp for 50 youngsters from the Bedouin villages of Rahat, Lakia, Hora, and Kuseife, whose parents are employed in the Idan Hanegev Industrial Zone. Read more
Israeli government unveils intricate return to school amid COVID-19 plan
August 9, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Minister of Education Yifat Shasha-Bitton and Minister of Health Nitzan Horowitz submitted to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett who approved the outline formulated for Israel’s return to school amid the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the spiking number of infections in Israel. Read more
Iran lauds Hezbollah, Hamas attacks on ‘Zionist enemy’
August 9, 2021 by JNS
The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRCG) praised the head of the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah on Saturday for its might in the face of the “Zionist enemy.” Read more
