Hundreds rally against anti-Jewish coverage by BBC following bus incident

As many as 250 Britons stood outside of the headquarters of the publicly funded British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in London on Monday night to demand that it take accountability for anti-Jewish coverage on the network. Read more

Gaza boy, 11, becomes 6,000th child saved by Israeli humanitarian group

Mazen, an 11-year-old boy from the Gaza Strip, this month became the 6,000th child saved by the Israeli humanitarian organization Save a Child’s Heart (SACH), with support from the German foundation Ein Herz für Kinder. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: John (Jack) Moses – a poet and story teller

Jack was born on 26 January 1861 in George Street Sydney, the grandson of John Moses who arrived in Hobart as a Jewish convict to serve a seven-year sentence. Read more

Let’s NOT talk about Corona

Imagine weekly conversations, with a broad range of fascinating speakers, attended by hundreds of people where only one topic is off-limits – the global pandemic. Read more

Olmert goes in to bat for Netanyahu

Former Israeli PM Olmert defended Netanyahu following former US President Donald Trump’s explicit remarks critiquing him: “Trump is pathetic, it’s crazy”. Read more

Prime Minister Bennett heads home from historic UAE visit

Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett has left Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after concluding a historic visit to the country. Read more

UN action on Trump Peace Plan can deter Iran-Israel conflict

The United Nations Security Council needs to urgently adopt former US President Donald Trump’s 2020 Peace Plan to end the Jewish-Arab conflict and call on Israel, Jordan and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) to commence negotiations under Trump’s Plan to deter conflict between Iran and Israel. Read more

On the other hand

Chanukah may have finished for another year but miracles still abound in the Land which witnessed them at the time of the Maccabees. Read more

The Covered Wife: a book review by Jeffrey Cohen

Over the past year or so there seems to have been a fascination in one way or another with Orthodox Judaism. Read more

Courage to Care volunteers win community award

Kathy Sharp and Vicki Israel have received The Kingsford Smith Community Service Award from Matt Thistlethwaite MP, Federal Member for Kingsford Smith. Read more

Second synagogue from Second Temple Period found in Migdal in North

A 2000-year-old synagogue from the Second Temple period was recently discovered in Migdal, a large Jewish settlement from this period, the first time that two synagogues from the Second Temple period have been found in the same locale. Read more

Israel researchers find that increased oxygen helps patients suffering from depression

Depressed patients who received oxygen-enriched air treatment for a month found their symptoms improved, according to a new proof-of-concept study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers. Read more

The generals’ belated awakening

Something is changing in the assessment of the Iranian nuclear threat among Israel’s military brass. Read more

Netanyahu family’s security detail discontinued

The security details of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife and sons will not be extended and will end on Monday, Israeli media reported. Read more

Lisa Kennett – new president for Jewish Care

Lisa Kennett is the new president for Melbourne’s Jewish Care following the two years under the leadership of Susie Ivany. Read more

Dec-16 8pm AEST Zoom: Damon Galgut on zoom with the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival

Acclaimed South African playwright and novelist, Damon Galgut, will be on Zoom in conversation with Joanne Fedler on Thursday. Read more

Damon Galgut on zoom with the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival

Acclaimed South African playwright and novelist, Damon Galgut, will be on Zoom in conversation with Joanne Fedler on Thursday. Read more

Double-edged antisemitism

The Oct. 9, 1982 Palestinian terrorist attack on the Great Synagogue of Rome, in which two-year-old Stefano Gaj Tachè was killed, and the blood of 37 others who were wounded flowed on the stones of the building that should have been the safest refuge for Jews in the Italian capital, was a double slap in the face—not only by the murderers but by those who didn’t lift a finger to defend their victims. Read more

Drawing the borders first: ahead of the Abu Mazen Benny Gantz meeting

Israel’s Minister of Defence Benny Gantz and the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Abu Mazen are expected to soon meet for new negotiations. Read more

Why do I have to wash my already clean hands before eating bread?

Asks the rabbi. Read more

The case for King David

All major Biblical personalities are described as being imperfect beings. Read more

Two Aussies excel in Birthright Israel Excel

For the first time, Australia has been represented in Birthright Israel Excel is a  fellowship that engages talented young Jewish adults interested in making a tangible impact in business, tech, entrepreneurship, the Jewish community and the State of Israel. Read more

Double standard of antisemitism and Islamophobia

One of the most obvious characteristics of antisemitism is the double standards it perpetrates, through which Jews are singled out for harmful assumptions and treatment directed against no other people in the world. Read more

Big Four auditors ditch NGOs listed as terror groups by Israel

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Ernst & Young Global Limited (EY), two of the Big Four accounting firms, have confirmed that they will no longer audit two Palestinian NGOs recently designated as terrorist organizations by Israel. Read more

Who is Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s new foreign minister?

Annalena Baerbock’s career as the first female foreign minister in Germany was introduced to the Jewish community with a Jewish-inspired hiccup. Read more

‘Important interest for Israel’: FM Lapid meets with Egypt’s president El-Sisi in Cairo

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi hosted Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid on Thursday at the Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo for what was described by the Lapid’s office as “a long and warm meeting.” Read more

Verbal violence

Definition: Verbal abuse (also known as verbal aggression, verbal attack, verbal violence, verbal assault, psychic aggression, or psychic violence) is a type of psychological/mental abuse that involves the use of oral language, gestured language, and written language directed to a victim. Read more

Staff member leaves Mount Scopus under a dark cloud

Melbourne’s Mount Scopus College principal Rabbi James Kennard has written to the students’ parents advising them a staff member “no longer works at the College” following complaints from former students about “inappropriate conduct”. Read more

Israel’s Minister of Defence meets his US counterpart

Israel’s Minister of Defence Benny Gantz flew to Washington on Wednesday where he met with his American counterpart, the US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin. Read more

Perth’s Rabbi Dr Shalom Coleman celebrates his 103rd birthday

Perth’s Rabbi Dr Shalom Coleman has celebrated his 103rd birthday. Read more

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