Palestinian anger grows over death
May 15, 2022 by AAP
The Palestinian Authority says it would welcome the involvement of international groups in the investigation into the death of a journalist killed while reporting on an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank. Read more
Palestinian terrorist shoots and kills Israeli counter-terrorism officer, volunteer paramedic
May 15, 2022 by Faygie Holt
A member of Israel’s National Counterterrorism Unit Yamam was killed on Friday afternoon after being shot by a Palestinian terrorist in Jenin as part of maneuvers by the Israel Defence Forces in a “complex and delicate” operation. Read more
Another German ‘mess’ has some crying foul and others keeping quiet
May 15, 2022 by Orit Arfa - JNS.org
“Deutschland 2021,” Germany 2021. That was the final, chilling line of German-Jewish rock singer Gil Ofarim, whose personal Instagram testimony about being discriminated against by a Westin hotel in Leipzig because he was wearing a Star of David pendant virally shocked the Jewish world. Read more
UN to allow display of Knesset including references to Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
May 15, 2022 by JNS
Jerusalem: the eternal capital of the Jewish people.* Read more
Nazi weapons site is to be filled with the sounds of Jewish-composed music
May 15, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim - JNS
He and his family escaped the Nazis. His music will now be played where Hitler’s regime tested its weapons. Read more
Neo-Nazi performed Hitler salute at Buchenwald: on trial
May 15, 2022 by JNS
A neo-Nazi in the United Kingdom is on trial for allegedly being part of a banned extremist group that performed a Hitler salute in the Buchenwald concentration camp, reported The Jewish Chronicle. Read more
Auschwitz survivor, 98, wins Simon Wiesenthal Prize for Holocaust education
May 15, 2022 by JNS
A survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp who became a social-media celebrity thanks to her great-grandson was one of four people to win a Simon Wiesenthal Prize. Read more
NSW election debate goes north
May 15, 2022 by Community newsdesk
Following the successful debate in the Eastern Suburbs last week, the NSWJBD, ECAJ and AUJS are to repeat the formula on Sydney’s North Shore later this week. Read more
On the other hand
May 15, 2022 by Michael Kuttner
Lag B’Omer is looming and with it, the annual trek by thousands to Meron which last year witnessed a fatal stampede facilitated by inadequate infrastructure and uncontrollable crowds. Read more
May-29 8.30pm SBS-Viceland: Hitler’s Museum of Lost Art
The search of a flat in Munich in 2012, owned by elderly recluse Cornelius Gurlitt, uncovers one of the most extraordinary stashes of lost art ever discovered. Read more
Girl from the North Country: a theatre review by Alex First
May 15, 2022 by Alex First
Set during the Great Depression, Girl from the North Country is a brilliantly conceived and executed theatrical production, featuring the music and lyrics of Bob Dylan. Read more
May-27 11:00am SBS-Viceland: Difficult People
May 14, 2022 by J-Wire
Julie tries to fit in with a group of high-power, Jewish TV writers, and Billy tries to fit in as his rich boyfriend’s kept man. Read more
May-24 11:30am SBS-Viceland: Difficult People
May 14, 2022 by J-Wire
Billy visits his very Jewish brother for Yom Kippur dinner and Julie attempts to befriend a veteran to prove to Marilyn’s surrogate daughter that she’s charitable. Read more
May-21 5:05pm SBS-World Movies: The Crossing
May 14, 2022 by J-Wire
December, 1942. Following their parent’s arrest for being part of the Norwegian resistance movement during the war, young siblings Gerda and Otto are left on their own. Read more
Swastikas stuck on Beth Weizmann’s windows
May 13, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Two men have been arrested after stickers with Nazi swastikas were stuck to the front of the Beth Weizmann Community Centre in Melbourne’s Caulfield South. Read more
How Western dupes help propagate murderous Palestinian lies
May 13, 2022 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
A Palestinian Arab journalist with Al Jazeera, Shireen Abu Akleh, was shot dead this week in a firefight between Hamas and the Israelis in the West Bank city of Jenin. Read more
What’s the Omer?
May 13, 2022 by Jeremy Jones
Those of us who are loyal to tradition are now into a period of mourning called the Omer. It’s a time of mourning. No weddings or parties (and for those decadent ones among us, no public entertainment, opera, concerts, theatre, or cinema). Read more
Sour notes and tone deaf
May 13, 2022 by Michael Kuttner
This has been a bumper week during which rhetoric and incitement combined to produce toxic results and tone deaf responses. Read more
Naftali Bennett’s International Spokeswoman, Keren Hajioff on the death of Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu-Akleh
May 13, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s International Spokeswoman, Keren Hajioff has made this video statement today regarding the death of Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu-Akleh. Read more
Murray Dahm talks with opera star Daniel Sumegi
May 13, 2022 by Murray Dahm
Daniel Sumegi’s rich, mellifluous bass voice booms across even over a Zoom call. Daniel admitted that he is probably more of a bass-baritone these days although he “still has all the (bass) notes” and he is singing the bass role of Heinrich der Vogler (Henry the Fowler) in Opera Australia’s upcoming production of Wagner’s 1850 masterpiece ‘fantastical romance’ Lohengrin. Read more
Naomi Levin joins the JCCV
May 13, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has appointed Naomi Levin as its Chief Operating Officer, the first in the organisation’s history. Read more
Abbas blames Israel for reporter’s killing
May 13, 2022 by AAP
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says Israeli authorities are “fully responsible” for the killing of a veteran Al Jazeera reporter during clashes in the occupied West Bank and he’s called for an international investigation. Read more
Podcast: Zoe Daniel on L’Chaim to Life
May 13, 2022 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein asks Zoe Daniel (Independent – Goldstein) questions of Jewish community interest about Israel. Read more
PA refuses to cooperate with Israel on investigation of Al Jazeera reporter’s death
May 12, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has officially refused Israel’s offer to conduct a joint investigation into the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, and has again blamed Israel for the incident. Read more
Sydney celebrates Yom Ha’atzmaut
May 12, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
More than 500 people attended the annual communal Yom Ha’atzmaut cocktail reception in Sydney where NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet delivered the keynote address. Read more
Shabbat Emor: Alienation
May 12, 2022 by Jeremy Rosen
Where do parties and candidates stand on matters affecting the Australian Jewish community?
May 12, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry wrote to the leaders of the Liberal Party of Australia, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the Australian Greens Party, as well as candidates for the seats of Wentworth, Goldstein, Macnamara and Kingsford-Smith, ahead of the upcoming federal election seeking their positions on policies and issues of particular interest to the Australian Jewish community. Read more
Israel will share findings on death of Al Jazeera reporter with other countries
May 11, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel will communicate its findings on the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh “in a clear and transparent manner to our American friends, as well as to the Palestinian Authority” and other countries, Defence Minister Benny Gantz announced. Read more
Victoria adopts the IHRA antisemitism definition
May 11, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Premier Daniel Andrews has announced the Victorian government has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Antisemitism. Read more
Lufthansa stopped 100-plus Jews boarding, claims they violated mask requirement
May 11, 2022 by JNS
Jewish groups are demanding answers from Germany’s official airline Lufthansa after more than 100 identifiably Jewish Americans were denied permission to board a flight last week from Frankfurt, Germany, to Budapest, Hungary. Read more
