NCJWA training series “Identifying and responding to prejudice, discrimination and hate”
February 25, 2022 by Community newsdesk
The National Council of Jewish Women in Australia has developed a three-part training series for Jewish Australian women to build knowledge and skills around identifying and responding to prejudice, discrimination and hate, to interrogate current experiences of antisemitism in Australia and online, and to understand how sexism and misogyny manifest for Jewish women. Read more
Death
February 25, 2022 by Jeremy Rosen
Last week’s article about Organ Donation got me thinking about death and to what extent it matters and to whom. And the invasion of Ukraine made me wonder what is worth dying for. Read more
Israel’s UN envoy: If human rights orgs cared about human rights they would look to PA and Hamas
February 24, 2022 by TPS
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held a special debate on the Middle East on Wednesday, during which the Palestinian Ambassador accused Israel of being an “apartheid” numerous times, and Israel’s envoy responded by accusing the Palestinian Authority of hypocrisy and of human rights abuses. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Samuel Burmister – From Sport to Entertainment
February 24, 2022 by Features Desk
Samuel, known as Sam, was born in Estonia in 1897 and participated in the 1912 Olympics for Russia as a wrestler Read more
Shabbat Vayakhel & Shekalim: Amazons and the Oral Law
February 24, 2022 by Jeremy Rosen
There are many ways of looking at the Bible, as history, theology, literature, and archeology. Read more
Qantas CEO and NRL star pay tribute to Holocaust Survivor Lotte Weiss
February 24, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Qantas boss Alan Joyce and dual international rugby star Timana Tahu were the guest speakers at the recent Memorial evening for Holocaust survivor Lotte Weiss – on the first anniversary of her passing in February 2021. Read more
L’Chaim – To Life: Eddie Tamir
February 24, 2022 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein catches up with JIFF- Jewish International Film Festival artistic director, Eddie Tamir for a rundown on JIFF 2022 commencing 2nd March- 3rd April with 55 premiere movies from 20 countries, along with lots of live entertainment. Read more
Australian Jewish groups and Indigenous politics: “thin and more of a veneer without depth”
February 24, 2022 by Features Desk
The annual Earle Hoffman Oration was delivered in Canberra by one of the late founders of the city’s Jewish community family, human rights lawyer George Newhouse. Read more
Feb-27 8pm AEST Zoom: All you need to know about Israel Apartheid Week
February 24, 2022 by J-Wire
A very powerful Zoom event which Rolene Marks, World WIZO Head of Public Diplomacy and Hasbara will present. Read more
All you need to know about Israel Apartheid Week
February 24, 2022 by Community newsdesk
A very powerful Zoom event which Rolene Marks, World WIZO Head of Public Diplomacy and Hasbara will present. Read more
David Emanuel: a fighter to the end
Well-loved David Emanuel was capped nine times as a Wallaby representing Australia in Rugby Union. On Monday, he passed away in Sydney at the age of 87 after a nine-month-long battle with cancer. Read more
Israel counts 10,000 COVID-19 dead
February 23, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel passed a grim milestone on Tuesday when it counted 10,001 Israelis who died of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country a bit over two years ago. Read more
Ukraine’s Jewish community on edge as Russia invades country
February 23, 2022 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recognition on Feb. 21 of two “breakaway” states in eastern Ukraine and his subsequent dispatch of “peacekeepers” there—considered by Western nations to be an official invasion of the country—has left its citizens and particularly the Jewish communities on edge. Throughout Ukraine, Jewish leaders are watching closely, and many have made contingency plans in the event the situation worsens. Read more
IDF shells targets in Syria, state media reports
February 23, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The IDF shelled targets Quneitra area in Syria on Tuesday night, the country reported. Read more
Jewish communities send well wishes to Queen after positive COVID test
Members of the Jewish community in the United Kingdom have wished Queen Elizabeth a speedy recovery after Buckingham Palace revealed that she tested positive for COVID-19. Read more
Israeli birth rate on decline, government data shows
With 4,709 fewer births recorded in 2020, Israel’s birth rate declined 2.6 percent over the previous year, according to data released from the Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday. Read more
Assessing Israel’s vow to prevent a nuclear Iran
February 23, 2022 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
Aside from the concrete threat that Iran’s military activities pose to the Jewish state, the Israeli government has two major problems with what is emerging from Vienna as an imminent return of world powers to the nuclear deal with the mullah-led regime in Tehran. Read more
Netanyahu: Israel must ‘speak out’ against Iran deal
February 23, 2022 by JNS
Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday that the nuclear agreement being finalized between world powers and Iran in Vienna would give Iran a path to a nuclear weapon and urged Israeli decision-makers to actively campaign against it. Read more
Rabbi in Ukraine assists Jewish residents who want to leave for Israel
“After a tense Shabbat, tonight was relatively quiet, and I hope this is a sign of things to come, despite the fact that gunfire has already resumed,” said Aryeh Schwartz, a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi in Donetsk, Ukraine. Read more
Feintooner
February 23, 2022 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…The Piecemaker [Putin grows a Stalinesque moustache] Read more
After relocating envoy to Lviv, Israel calls on its citizens to leave Ukraine immediately
February 23, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid spoke on Tuesday with Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky and embassy staff who recently arrived at the city of Lviv, after leaving Kyiv overnight. Read more
Abramovich partners with Yad Vashem
February 23, 2022 by Simmy Allen
Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem and Roman Abramovich announced today a new long-term strategic partnership aimed at strengthening Yad Vashem’s endeavours in the areas of Holocaust research and remembrance. Read more
Bennett basher Kati Piasecki joins Knesset as Meretz MK
February 23, 2022 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
The Meretz party’s Kati Piasecki will soon become a member of the Knesset. She will replace Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi who was appointed Israel’s new consular general in Shanghai. Read more
Controversial conversion-reform bill passes major hurdle
Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation gave a green light on Sunday for the highly controversial conversion bill spearheaded by Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana. Read more
75 new immigrants arrive in Israel from Ukraine
February 22, 2022 by JNS
“Everyone is just talking about the war,” said Yana Koblenko from Ukraine, who arrived in Israel on Sunday with a plane of 74 other new immigrants. “Until the last minute, I was worried the flight would be cancelled.” Read more
59% of Israelis hide their Jewish identity while abroad, new anti-semitism survey shows
Some 28% of Israeli Jews ages 18-29 are either “very much” or “extremely” afraid for their personal safety as a Jew travelling abroad, and 59% of Israelis hide their Jewish identity while out of the country, according to a new survey released on Monday by the Ruderman Family Foundation. Read more
3,200-year-old shipwrecked cargo off Israel’s coast evidences significant trading links in Mediterranean basin
February 22, 2022 by TPS
The Late Bronze Age of the Mediterranean Sea basin is known as an era characterized by complex supra-regional relations and diplomacy, with trade and exchange of gifts being common practices. Read more
Banning of the swastika in NSW a step closer
February 22, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Shadow Minister for Police and Counter-Terrorism and deputy chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel Walt Secord has welcomed the report of the parliamentary inquiry into his bill which bans the display of Nazi symbols – saying the legislation moved a step closer to becoming law in NSW. Read more
Shield Dome, advanced maritime version of Iron Dome Defence System, tests successfully
February 22, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The IDF and Israel’s defence industries have successfully completed a complex series of experiments with the “Shield Dome,” defence system, the Ministry of Defence announced Monday. Read more
YID! to perform at WOMAD in Adelaide
February 22, 2022 by Features Desk
This amazing band is to take its unique brand of music to Adelaide next month for its second appearance at the WOMADelaide 2022 festival. Read more
