Feb-28 5:40pm SBS-World Movies: The Crossing
February 13, 2022 by J-Wire
December 1942. Following their parents’ arrest for being part of the Norwegian resistance movement during the war, young siblings Gerda and Otto are left on their own. Read more
Feb-27 7:30am Melbourne: Cycling from the heart
February 13, 2022 by J-Wire
Join the Rambam ride to raise awareness for sudden heart failure Read more
Keychain provides a link for schoolchildren
February 13, 2022 by Community newsdesk
Sydney’s Jewish House and JH Kids are promoting the ‘Always Together Program’ to help children’s anxiety around spending time away from their parents as they start or return to school. Read more
Ambassador Amir Maimon
February 11, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Amir Maimon has now presented his credentials to Governor-General David Hurley at Government House in Canberra and is now officially Israel’s ambassador to Australia. Read more
German FM lays wreath for Holocaust dead
February 11, 2022 by AAP
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has laid a wreath at a Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem ahead of talks with Israeli leaders during her first official visit to the region. Read more
Three BBYO teens head for the States
February 11, 2022 by Elana Bowman
Three BBYO (B’nai B’rith Youth Organisation NSW) teens will be travelling to Baltimore USA to attend the BBYO International Convention next week. Read more
Anti-Semitic incidents in UK surge by one-third in 2021
February 11, 2022 by Faygie Holt
Anti-Semitic incidents skyrocketed in the United Kingdom in 2021, rising by 34 percent in just one year and crossing a previously unheard-of threshold of 2,000 incidents, according to an annual report put out by the Community Security Trust. Read more
Sa’ar moves to try to decriminalize recreational cannabis in Israel
February 11, 2022 by JNS
Israel’s Minister of Justice Gideon Sa’ar has proposed new temporary regulations to decriminalize recreational cannabis. Read more
How America is helping Iran get a nuclear arsenal
February 11, 2022 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
As Iran reportedly reaches the brink of obtaining enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon, the Biden administration is now astoundingly colluding with this lethal rogue state against the interests of Israel and America’s allies in the region. Read more
Origins of orthodoxy
February 11, 2022 by Jeremy Rosen
I have just read Jacob Katz: On the Origins of Orthodoxy. It is an important collection of articles by and about the late Professor Katz, transcripts of interviews, as well as a bibliography. Read more
Israeli study: Antibodies perform best after COVID infection, not vaccine
February 11, 2022 by JNS
Over time, the number of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies falls in both previously infected and vaccinated people, but the performance of antibodies improves only after a previous infection and not vaccination. Read more
Shameful yet not unexpected
February 11, 2022 by Michael Kuttner
During a long and eventful history, the Jewish People have encountered myriad shameful situations. Read more
Iran unveils 900-mile-range ballistic missile as nuclear talks resume in Vienna
February 10, 2022 by JNS
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unveiled on Wednesday a new, domestically produced, long-range precision ballistic missile, Tehran’s state media reported. Read more
In Israel, COVID is no longer just a disease of the unvaccinated. Why?
February 10, 2022 by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - JNS.org
If COVID-19 is supposed to be a disease of the unvaccinated, then why are so many vaccinated people in such severe condition in Israel, one of the world’s barometers of how the numbers of those affected add up, as well as a predictor of how the Pfizer vaccine has performed? Read more
NSO Pegasus spyware and the emergence of Israel as a surveillance state
February 10, 2022 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
Recent bombshell revelations that Israel Police have been using powerful NSO Pegasus software to hack the phones of private citizens, journalists and political officials are the latest in a series of controversial movements confirming Israel as an official surveillance state. Read more
Nearly half of French Jews hide religious symbols
February 10, 2022 by Faygie Holt
An increasing number of French Jews believe that antisemitism is widespread in their country, according to a new survey conducted by the American Jewish Committee. Read more
Podcast: Jayne Josem on the Maus that roared
February 10, 2022 by Features Desk
L’Chaim – To Live presents a podcast featuring the CEO of Melbourne’s Jewish Holocaust Centre Jayne Josem. Read more
Keshet Studios, Disney to produce series on woman who sheltered Anne Frank
February 10, 2022 by JNS
Keshet Studios will produce a limited series for Disney+ about Miep Gies, the Dutch woman who sheltered Anne Frank and her family during World War II. Read more
Relations between Australia’s Catholics and Jews
February 10, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The 24th Annual Conversation of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry focussed on the progress in relations between Catholics and Jews in Australia, and globally, over the past 30 years. Read more
Shabbat Tetzaveh: Who needs Priests?
February 10, 2022 by Jeremy Rosen
The Torah goes into intricate detail in the Books of Exodus and Leviticus about the priests, their role in the Tabernacle ceremonials, their benefits and tithes, and their special rules of behaviour. This week, the Torah talks about the Priests’ clothes and oracles. Read more
Australian Association for Jewish Studies – Annual Conference 14-15 February
February 9, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australian Association for Jewish Studies will hold its 2022 conference at Deakin University’s City Campus in Collins St, Melbourne on Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 February, and online. Read more
Lipstadt defends record, vows to fight anti-Semitism ‘without fear or favour’
February 9, 2022 by JNS
The Biden administration’s nominee Deborah Lipstadt to lead the U.S. State Department’s office that monitors and combats anti-Semitism appeared in the Senate on Tuesday for her confirmation. Read more
‘Maus’: Parental control, whitewashing led to book ban
February 9, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim - JNS
Yet again, those who wanted to learn about Maus had to leapfrog obstacles. Read more
The Power of the Dog – a second Oscar for Emile Sherman?
February 9, 2022 by Henry Benjamin
A western shot in New Zealand with a British actor playing the top role as a rancher has been nominated for 12 awards at this year’s Oscars. Read more
Music as a medium for antisemitism
February 9, 2022 by Julie Nathan
Exposing and countering racist hate on the internet is predominantly focused on social media sites, both mainstream and extremist, which post racist text and images. However, one area has not received much attention – racist music. Read more
FM Lapid calls for interrogation of former minister over Pegasus scandal
February 8, 2022 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
Foreign Minister and co-Prime Minister Yair Lapid has made it clear who should take the brunt of the blame for the use of the Pegasus spyware to track Israeli citizens by Israel’s police– the previous Likud government and former Minister of Public Security from the Likud Party Amir Ohana in particular. Read more
Government approves appointment of Israel’s Attorney General
February 8, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Israeli Cabinet has approved the appointment of attorney Gali Baharav-Miara as Israel’s next Attorney General, the first woman to hold the important position. Read more
Australian and Israeli health leaders discuss COVID on zoom
February 8, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Senior Australian and Israeli government health officials met yesterday on zoom continuing what has been an essential dialogue on pandemic recovery. Read more
Chickpea seeds headed to International Space Station greenhouse
February 8, 2022 by JNS
Israeli chickpea seeds will be among the supplies and equipment sent to the International Space Station (ISS) later this month for a series of experiments aimed at controlling the growth of crops via technology. Read more
Holocaust survivors up in arms over planned auction of Nazi memorabilia…in Israel
Holocaust survivors and those involved in efforts to maintain the memory of the Shoah are up in arms over plans to put some 20 Nazi artifacts up for auction next week. Read more
