The UN’s antisemitism problem won’t be solved by ignoring it

For decades, supporters of Israel have debated what to do about the United Nations. Read more

Reporter killed during IDF counterterrorism operation: IDF investigating

Israeli forces conducted a counterterrorism operation in the Jenin Refugee Camp early Wednesday morning and encountered massive resistance from the terrorists, including heavy gunfire and the use of explosive charges. Read more

Turkish flight aborts takeoff from Israel following threatening messages to passengers

A flight from Ben Gurion Airport to Turkey was grounded and delayed on Tuesday after many passengers received threatening messages on their phones. Read more

Tonight: Goldstein and Macnamara on centre stage

Tonight L’Chaim – to Life’s Maurice Klein and Morry Frenkel will ask the candidates from the seats of Goldstein and Macnamara questions of Jewish community interest about Israel. Read more

​’UN credibility at stake’: UN’s Palestine investigator accepts PLO award, watchdog protests

Outgoing UN investigator on Palestine Michael Lynk violated United Nations neutrality rules by accepting an award from Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas, the human rights group UN Watch charged, calling on US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to demand that Lynk return it. Read more

Hebrew University collabarating with Australia

The Zelman Cowen Academic Initiatives has launched a call for applications for scientific projects (including medical science), with a preference for projects that involved Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel-Australian collaboration. Read more

‘Landmark’ laws to ban Nazi symbol in Vic

Victoria is poised to become the first Australian state or territory to ban the public display of the Nazi swastika in a “thunderous blow” to white supremacists. Read more

Israeli government approves country’s first climate bill

Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation has approved the country’s first climate protection bill, which aims to shift the country towards a zero-emissions economy by 2050. Read more

As Knesset’s summer session dawns, uncertainty clouds coalition’s future

Israel’s Knesset on Monday embarked on its summer session, ending a politically charged recess marked by turmoil in the ruling party, as Yamina Knesset member Idit Silman stepped down as coalition chair and MK Amichai Chikli was ousted from the party’s ranks. Read more

Israelis to Biden: Don’t visit Israel

“Thanks, but no thanks” – this is the response of a Zionist activist organization to reports that US President Joe Biden will visit eastern Jerusalem as a political statement during his visit to Israel in June. Read more

State of hate incidents in Australia

Hate incidents occur against many individuals and communities on the basis of race, ethnic/national origin, religion, gender, sexuality, disability, and other attributes. Read more

La Traviata: an opera review by Alex First

Soprano Stacey Alleaume is almost ethereal in a scintillating performance as Violetta Valery in Giuseppe Verdi’s fraught, emotion-charged, love story La Traviata (which translates to The Fallen Woman). Read more

Bennett coalition survives no-confidence votes

Israel’s coalition government led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett survived two different no-confidence motions in the Knesset on Monday. The votes were held on the first official day back in session after the Passover break ended. Read more

From war in Ukraine to university in Israel

Fleeing war in their homeland, Ukraine’s top teenage math geniuses have landed in Israel, and the high school students are now starting a specially-created program at Bar-Ilan University’s International School. Read more

‘That’s not how you defeat terrorism’: govt. returns bodies of Hadera terrorists

The Israeli government returned the bodies of the two Islamist terrorists who shot and killed two Israelis in the city of Hadera on March 27, provoking anger on the right. Read more

The Big Debate

It was billed as a debate, but the meeting of Independent candidate Allegra Spender, Liberal MP Dave Sharma and Labor MP Matt Thistlewaite took the form as a forum as each speaker fielded questions from moderator Peter Wertheim. Read more

This is how Sinwar paves his way to centrestage – at the expense of a confused Israel

Yahya al-Sinwar, who barely won a second term in office, is cementing his control over the Gaza Strip, at the expense of Israeli civilians as well as the Palestinian Authority, by increasing the terrorism committed within Israel against innocent civilians. Read more

Ehud Olmert to visit digitally

New Israel Fund Australia will host a streaming event with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert next week. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon….Russian Apologetics. Read more

Is what leads some women to want a larger role in Judaism is merely a type of copy-cat feminism?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Gertrud Bodenwieser – founder of the Bodenwieser Ballet

Her ballet company was described as “the first truly influential modern dance company in Australia”. Read more

Jordan/West Bank reunification key to peace in Jerusalem

Separating Jews and Arabs in former Palestine– first decreed by the League of Nations 100 years ago under article 25 of the Mandate for Palestine and subsequently endorsed by the United Nations in its 1947 Partition Plan – has become even more urgent following: Read more

Two terrorists from fatal Elad attack captured alive

The two Arab terrorists who carried out the massacre in Elad on Thursday night were captured alive Sunday morning by Israel’s security forces. Read more

Thousands attend funerals for three men killed in terror attack in Israeli city of Elad

Israel is mourning three victims of a deadly terror attack on Thursday night on Yom Ha’azmaut—Israel’s Independence Day—in the city of Elad. Read more

Dutch government rejects Amnesty’s apartheid report

The government of the Netherlands rejected Amnesty International’s report on Feb. 1 accusing Israel of apartheid. Read more

The apology that Russia won’t make

Did Russian President Vladimir Putin really apologize to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for the atrocious remarks on the Holocaust uttered by his Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov? Read more

On the other hand

From tragedy and mourning to joy and celebration – that is the age-old experience of the Jewish People during three millennia of history. Read more

Katherine Deves keeps her promise to visit the Sydney Jewish Museum

The Liberal candidate for Warringah, Katherine Deves accepted an invitation from The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies and The Executive Council of Australian Jewry to visit The Sydney Jewish Museum following her paralleling lobbying prevention transgender participation in women’s sport to opposing the Holocaust. Read more

Terrorists from Elad still at large, victims hospitalized in critical condition

The two Arab terrorists who carried out the terror attack on Thursday evening at the city of Elad are still at large, and Israel’s security forces are focusing their manhunt on the wooded areas near the city. Read more

Why Russia has once again turned on the Jews

Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, caused outrage earlier this week after he was asked on Italian TV how Russia could claim to be “de-Nazifying” Ukraine when its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is Jewish. Read more

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