Rescuing Afghanistan’s last Jew
September 23, 2021 by David Isaac
One of the most extraordinary stories of the Afghan pullout is the rescue of Afghanistan’s last Jew—Zebulon Simantov, who lived in and took care of Kabul’s synagogue. Read more
Aussie classic For Actors’ Fund Benefit
September 23, 2021 by Geoff Sirmai
Lambert House Enterprises have announced KID STAKES will be performed live-streamed on Saturday evening. Read more
A different kind of festival
September 22, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
The ancient festival of Sukkot has three elements to it. There is the Sukah itself, the Arba’ah Minim, the Four Plants, Geshem, the prayers for rain and Simchah, the command to celebrate and be happy, and added later, the rejoicing over the Torah. Read more
Witness reluctant to make Leifer statement
September 21, 2021 by Agencies
An ex-school counsellor did not want to make a statement against former ultra-Orthodox school principal Malka Leifer because she thought she could be pursued for money, a court has heard. Read more
The Battle of Haifa
On 23 September, India and Israel commemorate the decisive Battle of Haifa…writes Ian Dunwoodie. Read more
1973 Yom Kippur War sees Sukkahs on army vehicles
September 20, 2021 by Features Desk
Nearly fifty years after the Yom Kippur War, the National Library of Israel has released a number of rare photos showing how the festival of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) was celebrated during the conflict, even as war raged in the Sinai and the Golan Heights. Read more
NZ Indigenous coalition queries why New Zealand does not have an embassy in Israel
September 20, 2021 by Sheree Trotter
Why Oslo still rules
September 20, 2021 by Caroline Glick - JNS
Faisal Husseini, who held the Palestinian Authority’s Jerusalem portfolio, gave an interview shortly before his death in the summer of 2001 in which exposed the fraud at the heart of the Oslo process. Read more
Israel commemorates 48th anniversary of Yom Kippur War
September 20, 2021 by Agencies
Israeli officials and bereaved families gathered at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl on Sunday to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Read more
Elad Tena appointed new head of Israel National Information System
September 20, 2021 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has announced the appointment of Elad Tena to lead Israel’s National Information System called “Hasbara” in Hebrew, which comes from the word for “explanation.” Read more
Jew-hater joins Prince Harry & Meghan as Icons in TIME Top 100
September 20, 2021 by David Singer
TIME has made a laughing stock of itself – and its credibility – by including 23-year-old rabid-Jew hating Palestinian Arab journalist Mohammed El-Kurd and his twin sister Mana El-Kurd among 16 persons listed as Icons in its 100 most influential people in 2021. Read more
Feintooner
September 20, 2021 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…French Court Fries Justice. Read more
Samaria leader calls to stop Arab ‘Occupation’ of Area C after Germany pledges €100m to fund PA projects
September 20, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Israeli government must take action against the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) encroachment on Israeli-controlled areas in Judea and Samaria before it is too late, a leader from the region warned. Read more
Israeli envoy to Ocasio-Cortez : you are legitimizing ‘heinous’ Hamas attacks
September 20, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s Ambassador to the US and United Nations Gilad Erdan accused Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of legitimizing Hamas’ “attacks against innocent civilians, as well as antisemitic lies,” after she called for an arms boycott on Israel. Read more
On the other hand
September 19, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
By the time you read this the sound of hammering and electric drills will be heard the length and breadth of Israel. Read more
UNRWA: Opportune time to hold UNRWA accountable
September 19, 2021 by David Bedein
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees has faced a difficult week. Read more
Over 3 Million Israelis get 3rd booster shot
September 19, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Over three million Israelis have received a third Pfizer-developed booster shot, a milestone in the country’s ongoing battle against the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Read more
Last two of six escaped terrorists captured in Jenin
September 19, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The last two of the six terrorists who escaped from the Gilboa Prison some two weeks ago were captured by Israeli forces in the Palestinian Authority (PA) of Jenin on Saturday night in a complex and swift operation. Read more
‘There is a Jew hiding behind me—come and kill him’
September 19, 2021 by Ben Cohen
When the former Trump administration announced that it was moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in December 2017, the reaction in the Muslim world and among Muslim communities in the West was predictably furious. Read more
Third sister begins Leifer evidence
September 19, 2021 by Agencies
The third of three sisters who allege they were abused by former ultra-Orthodox school principal Malka Leifer has begun her evidence. Read more
Naftali Bennett makes Time Magazine list of 100 Most Influential People
September 17, 2021 by TPS
After just three months in office, Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has been named to Time Magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Read more
Gilboa escapee Zakaria Zabeidi: we had no plan for after escaping the prison
September 17, 2021 by TPS
Zakaria Zabeidi was one of the six security prisoners who escaped from Gilboa prison before Rosh Hashanah. Read more
Israel’s government functioning
September 17, 2021 by Ron Weiser
Prime Minister Bennett has now been in office for three months and the sky has not fallen. Read more
Yomai Hadin – Days of Judgement
September 17, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
We have, according to Jewish tradition, ten days in which we can hope to alter any Divine decree made about us on Rosh Hashanah. Read more
President Biden’s short road back
On August 14, 2020, I woke up to a barrage of WhatsApp messages. Group conversations I’m in were buzzing. The UAE and Israel had just announced a peace deal. People wanted to know, was this genuine peace? Was it a joke?..writes Robert Gregory.
Questions and answers on Sukkot
September 17, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple shares his thoughts on Sukkoth. Read more
Sep-23 Virtual: NCJWA’s Trivia Night
September 17, 2021 by J-Wire
Succot Trivia Night in NJWA’s virtual Succah on Thursday 23rd September 2021! Read more
NCJWA’s Trivia Night
September 17, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Succot Trivia Night in NJWA’s virtual Succah on Thursday 23rd September 2021! Read more
The earliest known visual travelogue to the Holy Land documents a 14th-century pilgrim’s journey
September 17, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Just in time for Sukkot, one of the three pilgrimage festivals in Judaism, the Israel Museum presents the earliest, most detailed and comprehensive depiction of the holy places in the Land of Israel: A parchment scroll, the work of a medieval Jewish artist-pilgrim from Egypt, whose imagery reflects a wealth of customs and traditions associated with the pilgrimage to holy sites—many of them shared by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Read more
Israeli court orders Hamas to pay $11.8 million to families of three slain teens; families to appeal
September 16, 2021 by Agencies
The Jerusalem District Court ruled on Monday that Hamas must pay 38 million shekels (US$11.8 million) to the families of three Israeli teens murdered by the terrorist group in 2014. Read more
