UK BDS group, high-profile authors back Sally Rooney boycotting Israeli publisher

Seventy high-profile writers, poets and playwrights from several continents signed an open letter expressing support for best-selling Irish novelist Sally Rooney, who refuses to sell translation rights of her new book to an Israeli publisher in solidarity with the BDS movement. Read more

World Squash Federation cancels competition in Malaysia after it bans Israel

The World Squash Federation (WSF) announced Monday that the 2021 WSF Men’s World Team Squash Championship, which was scheduled to take place in Kuala Lumpur in December, has been cancelled after Malaysia refused to admit the Israeli team into the country. Read more

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Australia’s first private, women’s-only mental health hospital opens

Cabrini Health has formally opened the Lisa Thurin Women’s Health Centre in Melbourne’s Elsternwick. Read more

US Ambassador Nides arrives in Israel

The new US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides arrived at Ben Gurion airport on Monday to begin his tenure, ending a 10-month period in which there was no official US envoy in Jerusalem. Read more

Defence Minister Benny Gantz speaks on Iranian threat

Israel’s Minister of Defence Benny Gantz on Monday issued a strongly worded statement calling once again on world nations to recognize the growing threat of a nuclear powered Iran. Read more

NSW Police data reveal ISIS and Hezbollah flags displayed in state

Documents obtained this week by the NSW Labor Opposition through Police Budget Estimates reveal the ISIS flag – the black Jihadist flag – had been displayed in NSW on more than 300 occasions and the Hezbollah flag almost 50 times – since 2015 Read more

Israel swallows UN, EU and Arab propaganda on Judea and Samaria

United Nations (UN), European Union (EU) and Arab propaganda has perverted the history of the Arab-Jewish conflict. Read more

Remembering Jews from Arab lands

The Embassy of Israel in Australia has held an event at the ACT Jewish Community Centre to commemorate the heritage of Jews from Arab lands. Read more

Brisbane man flew Nazi flag as ‘a joke’

A man accused of flying the Nazi flag above the Brisbane Synagogue, sparking statewide calls to ban hate symbols, told police it was “just a joke”. Read more

Change at the top for UIA

Lance Rosenberg has retired as the Federal President of the United Israel Appeal following his three-year tenure, handing over the reins to Esther Frenkiel. Read more

Sydney commemorates Yud Tes Kislev

Several Chabad communities joined together to commemorate and celebrate Yud Tes Kislev. Read more

Sydney commemorates Yud Tes Kislev

Several Chabad communities joined together to commemorate and celebrate Yud Tes Kislev. Read more

Jewish Care Victoria to address growing concerns surrounding mental health

The prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns have had a significant impact on the mental health of our entire community. Read more

Australian Olim in the Arava

The inaugural Olim L’Arava day took place recently where the Arava Australia Partnership and the Zionist Federation of Australia’s (ZFA) Israel Office hosted more than 60 Australian Olim in the Arava to experience and taste what the incredibly unique Partnership region has to offer. Read more

Diverse Chanukah treasures revealed

In honour of the eight nights of Chanukah, the National Library of Israel has produced eight clips featuring rare items from the Library’s collections, presented in eight different languages, all with English subtitles. Read more

Hamas begins registration for work permits in Israel

Hamas’ civilian offices in the Gaza Strip have begun the registration process for obtaining work permits in Israel. Read more

Israel ‘very disturbed’ by renewed nuclear talks with Iran, says PM Bennett

The nuclear talks between Iran and the major powers are slated to be renewed in the coming days in Vienna, and Israel “is very disturbed by the willingness to lift the sanctions and allow billions to flow into Iran in exchange for insufficient restrictions in the nuclear sphere,” stated Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Chanukah 2021: Illuminating the darkness and drowning out the noise. Read more

Israel closes borders to foreign nationals due to new COVID variant

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday that while Israel was still assessing the magnitude of the threat posed by the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, shutting the borders to non-citizens was “necessary.” Read more

Israel and the new ‘Old Europe’

The end of the Merkel era raises questions about the foreign policy of the next German government…writes Dr Emmanuel Navon. Read more

Prime Minister Bennett and President Herzog light first Chanukah candles

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lit the first Chanukah candle at the Western Wall in Jerusalem and President Isaac Herzog visits the Cave of the Patriarchs where he also lit the first Chanukah candle. Read more

On the other hand

International focus is on combating and defeating the coronavirus pandemic. Read more

Walt Secord: Chanukah

As deputy chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel and NSW patron of the Labor Israel Action Committee, it is a great pleasure to wish all my friends and family in the NSW Jewish community a very Happy Chanukah. Read more

Why Israel needs a strategy to shape the narrative

A fascinating BBC TV series has explored the way in which Britain’s former Labour prime ministers, Tony Blair and his successor Gordon Brown, revolutionized their party to create the election-winning machine of “New Labour.” Read more

Europe’s Jews have an uncertain future, but a future nonetheless

The continent of Europe ceased to be the centre of Jewish life more than a century ago, when it yielded that status to the increasingly affluent, influential Jewish community in the United States, joined, a bit later on, by the State of Israel. Read more

Study predicts nearly 25 percent of Israelis ultra-Orthodox by 2050

Nearly one-quarter of Israelis will be ultra-Orthodox by 2050, according to a government economic body report, a media report published. Read more

PA minister of education to kids: ‘The entire land is ours’

The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Education posted images on its Facebook page earlier this month showing several maps of “Palestine” that erase the State of Israel. Read more

AIJAC hosts Dr Jonathan Schanzer talking on this year’s Gaza conflict

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council’s (AIJAC’s) most recent webinar featured Dr Jonathan Schanzer, Senior Vice President for Research at the Foundation for the Defence of Democracies, author of – Gaza Conflict 2021: Hamas, Israel and Eleven Days of War. Read more

Chanukah: NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern sends a video message for Chanukah. Read more

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