Israeli field hospital in Ukraine installed, 230 tons of aid sent to refugees

The Israeli field hospital in Ukraine was installed over the weekend after equipment was transferred via Poland, the latest phase of Israel’s help to the war victims in Ukraine. Read more

Hundreds of thousands attend funeral of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis attended the funeral of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky on Sunday in Bnei Brak, one of the largest funerals in the country’s history. Read more

Ukrainian president pleads for military aid in speech to Knesset: ‘I want to point out that indifference kills’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the members of Israel’s Knesset and other Israeli government officials Sunday evening, asking them why Israel is not doing more to aid his country militarily. Read more

Guterres dawdles as Russia-Ukraine war impacts other UN members

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ continuing failure to take any concrete action to help end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has now seen that conflict threatening to seriously impact many of the other 191 member States of the UN. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Abraham Tobias Boas – a rabbinical and wider community leader of his time

Abraham was born on 25 November 1842 in Amsterdam.  He was the son of a Rabbi, Tobias Eliesar Boas and his mother Eva Salomon-Levi. Read more

Qld columnist panned after Nazi analogy

The Anti-Defamation Commission has called for an end to careless public Nazi comparisons after a News Corp columnist likened Queensland public servants to German wartime propagandist Joseph Goebbels. Read more

The first NSW Jewish legislator: Sir Saul Samuel topic of a talk in parliament

On Wednesday. NSW Parliament presents one of its regular talks dealing with the history of the precinct. Read more

Job opportunity – Sydney

JNF NSW has an opportunity for a Marketing Coordinator Read more

Biden’s unconscionable empowerment of both Russia and Iran

In his address to the U.S. Congress this week, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky told U.S. President Joe Biden in a plea for American air defences against Russian bombardment from the sky: “You are the leader of your great nation. I wish you to be the leader of the world.” Read more

US ambassador to Israel calls settlement growth ‘infuriating,’ backs a divided Jerusalem

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides joined Americans for Peace Now (APN) in a webinar on Tuesday to discuss his new job and what his vision is for the region. “I’m centre-left,” he said. “I’m left generally, but I put in the ‘centre’ just to make myself feel better.” Read more

Post-Purim reality checks

The festivities are over, the fancy costumes and masks are put away for another year and it is time to take note of the real world again. Read more

Apple picks Moshe

Moshe Shenfeld, a computer science PhD candidate at Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Rachel and Selim Benin School of Engineering and Computer Science has been selected as an Apple Scholar in AI/Machine Learning for 2022. Read more

Hadassah at the Polish border

Reporting from the Polish border with Ukraine this week, Hadassah’s Dr Shaul Beyth, one of Israel’s most experienced orthopaedic surgeons, observed the Ukrainian refugees fleeing the conflict. Read more

Dutch couple honoured as Righteous Among the Nations

The Embassy of Israel, Yad Vashem and the Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies have honoured Mrs Pietertje Bakker and Mr Hendrik Bakker as Righteous Among the Nations with the presentation of a certicate and medallion by Ambassador Amir Maimon to Mrs. Catharina Wogandt, daughter of Hendrik and Pietertje Bakker. Read more

Masada video a hit in America

A Purim video produced by Sydney’s Masada College staff has been shared on the American publication “Jewish Humur Central”. Read more

Emanuel says no to bullying

Today is National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence and Sydney’s Emanuel School’s staff and Year 12 students make their point. A J-Wire photostory. Read more

Labor’s visa policy

Labor Senator Kristina Keneally, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs, Immigration and Citizenship, and Julian Hill MP, the Federal Member for Bruce go to Zoom to announce Labor’s policy for visas. Read more

Israel transfers six mega-generators to Lviv in Ukraine

Israel’s Deputy Ambassador to Ukraine Yoav Bistritzky handed over to Lviv’s deputy mayor Andrey Moskalenko six mega-generators that will ensure a regular supply of electricity to hospitals and vital civilian infrastructure in the city. Read more

JCCV reinstates person-to-person events

The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has delivered their first Jewish Immersion Day program person-to-person since the beginning of the pandemic. Read more

“Israel’s Ukraine policy: ‘Right side of history’ vs national interest”

History has no right side and it does not evolve according to moral imperatives. Read more

Leifer could apply for judge-only trial

A former ultra-orthodox school principal charged with child abuse offences is considering whether to apply for her case to be heard in a judge-only trial. Read more

Emirates Airline announces daily flight service between Dubai and Tel Aviv

Emirates Airline announced the launch of a daily flight service connecting Dubai and Tel Aviv starting on June 23, reported Globes on Tuesday. Read more

Physicians for Holocaust survivors provide medical care to Ukrainian refugees

LeMa’anam, an association of doctors who treat Holocaust survivors voluntarily, has sent a large delegation of medical and humanitarian aid to refugees in Moldova. Read more

Chabad in Kishinev provides Purim cheer for Ukrainian refugees

The narrow alleyway leading to the Chabad House in Kishinev, Moldova, was blocked by a truck; the beautiful, 130-year-old synagogue is undergoing a comprehensive overhaul. Workers are pouring concrete. Read more

Ukraine’s battle for survival offers multiple lessons for Israel

As Russia pushes further into Ukraine and threatens its capital Kyiv—and as Russian President Vladimir Putin appears unfazed and undeterred by Western nations willing to sanction Russia through economic means, but afraid to fight militarily to save innocent Ukrainian civilians—the question arises: What could the world have done to deter Putin? And what does this mean for the State of Israel? Read more

Tsav: Eat together

There are four obligations on Purim. To read the Megillah of Esther, to give charity to the poor and gifts to our friends, and to have a celebratory meal, a seudah. Read more

Big fresh ideas for sustainable Jewish Education – Report Released

Following the findings of the NOUS Report, which surveyed parents across independent and government schools to understand current attitudes towards academic excellence and religious education, the NSW Education Review Committee has been deliberating effective solutions for the complexity of education provisions and funding. Read more

New Deltacron variant discovered in Israel

The Deltacron, a new, hybrid Coronavirus (COVID-19) variant was recently discovered in Israel, as the fifth wave of infections refuses to subside. Read more

Israel continues Russia-Ukraine diplomacy efforts

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid spoke with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Tuesday, the latest in a series of conversations between Israeli and Russia and Ukraine officials in an attempt to mediate between the two sides. Read more

The plight of trapped women

Marking Yom HaAguna, the international day highlighting the plight of “trapped women” commemorated annually on the Fast of Esther, the Yad La’isha Legal Aid Centre, part of the Ohr Torah Stone network, confirmed that they had released 49 women from unwanted marriages over the past year in Israel. Read more

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