Ukrainian refugees burst into applause upon arrival in Israel
March 9, 2022 by Josh Hasten - JNS
IAȘI, ROMANIA—Daria Garn was exhausted. After five gruelling days travelling from war-torn Kyiv, Ukraine, through Moldova with her two young sons, she had finally arrived at the Romania International Airport in Iași, where she was waiting to board a flight to Israel. Read more
Israel’s Romanian embassy evacuates pediatric cancer patients to Israel
March 9, 2022 by JNS
Israel’s embassy in Romania helped facilitate the evacuation this week of Ukrainian pediatric cancer patients to Israel for treatment. Read more
Russian war on Ukraine places Israel in delicate position
March 8, 2022 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
Israel could expect to see the arrival of a total of 15,000 Ukrainians by the end of the month if it continues to allow entry to refugees fleeing their war-torn country at the current pace, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked told the Cabinet during its weekly Sunday meeting. Read more
La Juive opens tomorrow
March 8, 2022 by J-Wire
The French opera La Juive about a Jewish woman and a Christian man opens at the Sydney Opera House tomorrow evening. Murray Dahm talks to its director Constantine Costi. Read more
First wounded from Ukraine arrive to receive medical treatment in Israel
March 8, 2022 by Zaki Heler
A missile hit the house of the Karaush family in Kiev, with father Max (44), mother Irina (44), and two children Mark (19) and Georgi (10) all at home. Read more
PM Bennett: Israel is ‘A refuge for Jews in distress. This is our purpose’
March 8, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Ministerial Committee on Aliyah and Integration, chaired by Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano Shete, convened Monday to discuss the wave of Jewish refugees coming from Ukraine and possible solutions for their absorption. Read more
World’s new acrobatic gymnastics champion comes from Samaria
March 8, 2022 by TPS
Jonathan Friedman, 19, from the community of Salit in Samaria, won the mixed pairs competition at the 12th Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) Acrobatic Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions in Baku, Azerbaijan, with his teammate Amy Refaeli. Read more
Hebrew University offers emergency aid to students & professors from Ukraine
March 8, 2022 by Tali Aronsky
In a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) and the HU Student Union hoisted the Ukrainian flag on its campus on Mt. Scopus. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Roy Levy – a cricket and baseball legend
March 8, 2022 by Features Desk
Roy was born in 1906 in Sydney, and his sporting interests were cricket and baseball. Read more
Vic Alhadeff debuts as a playwright
March 8, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The screen will be raised at a cinema in Sydney replaced by an open stage where actors will perform a reading of the first play written by Sydney Jewish’s community identity Vic Alhadeff. Read more
Josh Burns’ posters daubed twice in one week
March 7, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
How Ukraine affects the Middle East
March 7, 2022 by Features Desk
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council’s first webinar this year was very topical – “Russia vs Ukraine: Implications for the Middle East”. Read more
IDF to end Holocaust delegations to Poland, chooses Lithuania instead
March 7, 2022 by Yoav Limor - JNS
In a decision that could undermine already strained relations with Warsaw, the Israel Defense Forces will no longer send delegations to Poland to learn about the Holocaust. Instead, officer delegations will visit Lithuania, in a decision that has also drawn criticism. Read more
Bennett: Israel gearing up for ‘significant’ wave of immigration from Ukraine
March 7, 2022 by JNS
Israel is prepared for a “significant” wave of immigration as a result of the war in Ukraine, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday. Read more
Bennett’s mission to Moscow could help Ukraine. But can he stop a new Iran deal?
March 7, 2022 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
After more than a week of being criticized for his lack of outrage about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett sought to reverse the script by undertaking a mission of peace that no one else seemed able to attempt. Read more
Interior Minister Shaked: Israel has absorbed the most Ukrainians per capita Since the Start of the Conflict
March 7, 2022 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked attended a meeting Sunday morning about the state authorities’ preparations for the arrival of new immigrants from Ukraine who are coming to Israel because of the situation there. Read more
Israel’s oldest social services organisation prepares for refugees from Ukraine
March 7, 2022 by J-Wire
Israel’s Aliyah (immigration to Israel) and social organizations are preparing for the thousands of Jewish refugees who are expected to arrive in Israel and make Aliyah in the coming weeks, fleeing Russia’s invasion of their former home. Read more
Is it kosher to enter a church or a mosque?
March 7, 2022 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
UNGA action must now replace divisive Russia-Ukraine talkfest
March 7, 2022 by David Singer
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has given credence to the oft-used statement that “Truth is always the first casualty of war”. Read more
Feintooner
March 7, 2022 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Playing 3-Dementia-nal Chess. Read more
Israel deploying field hospital in Ukraine, humanitarian operations expand
March 6, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
An Israeli medical delegation will leave for Ukraine this week to establish a field hospital “in an effort to strengthen humanitarian aid to the Ukrainian people,” the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Health announced over the weekend. Read more
Bennett’s mysterious meeting with Putin shrouded in secrecy
March 6, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met on Saturday in the Kremlin with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a mysterious meeting in the midst of the Sabbat shrouded in secrecy. Read more
The delegitimization campaigns targeting Israel and Ukraine
March 6, 2022 by Ben Cohen
Attempting to refute the spreading claim that Russian soldiers wounded in Ukraine were receiving only $100 in compensation (the official line is that they receive $28,000), Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t miss the opportunity to return to his latest favourite theme. Read more
Ukrainian refugees, Jewish groups among them, pour across Moldovan border
March 6, 2022 by David Isaac
PALANCA, MOLDOVA – The lead-grey skies suited the grim events on the ground as thousands of Ukrainian refugees streamed across Palanca, a sleepy border outpost in Moldova, as Russian forces stepped up attacks in southern Ukraine on Thursday. Read more
How many Jews may be caught up in the conflict in the Ukraine?
March 6, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Dr Jonathan Boyd, Executive Director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, has gathered some data on the numbers of Jews in Russia and Ukraine. Read more
WJC welcomes measure to combat racism and antisemitism
March 6, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress has applauded the Council of the European Union’s adoption of measures to combat racism and antisemitism. Read more
On the other hand
March 6, 2022 by Michael Kuttner
The first blossoms are appearing on the trees and early signs of spring are evident. Read more
The faces of conflict and hope
March 6, 2022 by J-Wire photo story
Over 300 Jewish olim (immigrants) fleeing Ukraine will arrive in Israel today in a joint operation led by the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, The Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Hayesod-UIA and the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ). Read more
Antisemitism in Australia: CSG releases its report
March 6, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Community Security Groups across Australia have reported 490 antisemitic incidents in Australia during 2021, a 38% increase over 2020 and the highest on record. Read more
Kathy Sharp takes the chair
March 6, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Courage to Care (NSW) has announced that Kathy Sharp has become its new Chairperson. Read more
