MDA opens Israel’s national missile-resistant underground blood bank

Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s emergency medical service, inaugurated on Monday the world’s first subterranean, and shielded national blood services centre in Ramla, Israel, planned to withstand missile attacks during a war. Read more

IDF soldier with special needs to receive President’s Award of Excellence on Israel’s 74th Independence Day

An IDF soldier with disabilities who enlisted through a special program will make history this week on Israel’s Independence Day when he becomes the first soldier with special needs to be honoured by the president for his outstanding contribution to the IDF. Read more

My Israel passport is back!

My Israel Passport, JNF’s educational sticker book craze that took Australia by storm in 2021 has landed in 2022, sending primary students on a new adventure through the wonders of Israel. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: On Mothers’ Day, a toast to mothers from times gone by

J-Wire salutes these women who played their part in shaping the Australia in which we live today. Read more

Innovative technology solutions to prevent domestic and family violence

The Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce New South Wales (AICC) in partnership with Microsoft and Mission Australia,  are creating innovative technology solutions to prevent domestic and family violence (DFV) in Australia. Read more

The Heartbreak Choir: a theatre review by Alex First

A delightful, poignant, funny, uplifting play with music, The Heartbreak Choir charms its way into our hearts. Read more

‘Unforgivable and scandalous’: Israel summons Russian ambassador after Lavrov says ‘Hitler had Jewish blood’

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is facing heavy criticism after again claiming that Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, was acting like a Nazi, and that “Hitler had Jewish blood. Read more

No one to talk to in Washington

Last Tuesday, Israel Hayom reported that there is a growing sense among Israeli and U.S. officials that the Biden administration will not reach a nuclear accord with Iran. Read more

Sinwar threatens ‘war’ over Israel Police activity on the Temple Mount

The leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, said on Saturday that a war would erupt unless Israel ceased enforcing the law at the Al Aqsa mosque, and accused Knesset member Mansour Abbas of treachery for joining Israel’s coalition government. Read more

Remembering Israel’s unknown fallen soldiers

On the eve of Remembrance Day for Israel’s Fallen Soldiers, the country unites. Read more

NSW Maccabi’s Colour Run

On Sunday, 150 people headed to Sydney’s Rushcutters Bay Park for the Maccabi NSW Colour Run. Read more

2,300-year-old clay candle uncovered at Samaritan high priesthood compound in Samaria

Conservation work being carried out at the Mount Gerizim site in Samaria led to the uncovering of an ancient pottery candle, estimated to date to the Hellenistic period in the second century BCE. Read more

More to say on the Melbourne University Students Union motion

The Jewish Community Council of Victoria condemns the antisemitic motion passed by the University of Melbourne Student Union which describes Israel as a “colonialist” and “racist”. Read more

Sharma,Spender, Thistlewaite: The debate

Three candidates chasing votes in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs will debate each other this coming weekend. Read more

Ramadan goes out with a bang

Tens of thousands took to the streets of Tehran and other Iranian cities and villages on the last Friday of Ramadan to participate in the Islamic Republic’s annual Quds [Jerusalem] Day rallies. Read more

Is Israel a Jewish State?

As Yom Atzma’ut approaches, ask the rabbi. Read more

Jordan, Arab League and UN fuel Jew-hatred on Temple Mount

Jordan, the Arab League and the UN’s failure to condemn the virulent Jew-hatred on public display during Ramadan at Islam’s third holiest religious site – the Al-Aksa Mosque – located on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem – is despicable. Read more

The Jewish Comedy Showcase is back…and a double pass is up for the taking

The Jewish Comedy Showcase is back with a stellar line-up of the best Jewish comedians at Sydney’s The Comedy Store. Read more

The Jewish Comedy Showcase is back…and a double pass is up for the taking

The Jewish Comedy Showcase is back with a stellar line-up of the best Jewish comedians at Sydney’s The Comedy Store. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…Split Reaction. Read more

Neo-Nazi slogans deface ACT Senate candidate’s signs

Signs for Independent ACT candidate for the senate Kim Rubenstein have been defaced with antisemitic slogans. Read more

Leaders condemn the Council of the University of Melbourne Student Union

Jewish organisations have slammed the Council of the University of Melbourne Student Union for voting for a motion that was strongly anti-Israel and pro-BDS as reported on J-Wire on Friday. Read more

After treating 6,000 patients, Israeli hospital in Ukraine closes

Israel’s “Shining Star” field hospital in the city of Mostyska in western Ukraine ended its operations after six weeks of providing medical care to refugees in the country and treating more than 6,000 cases. Read more

A new light  . . . .  A Green light

While antisemitism and racism appear to be on the rise there appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel. In this case it is a green light. Read more

Matador la experienca, at Melbourne’s Meat Market reviewed by Alex First

Matador la experienca has taken the best of Matador and stepped it up a notch to create a totally electrifying and immersive showcase of talent. Read more

Solzhenitsyn Was Right

Aleksander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), was one of the most impressive Russians of the past century. Read more

Israeli murdered in Samaria attack, terrorists captured

Arab terrorists shot and killed an Israeli man at the entrance to the city of Ariel in Samaria on Friday, and the two were captured less than 24 hours later by Israeli security forces. Read more

Jordan demands total control, reduced Jewish presence on Temple Mount

Jordan fears it is losing its recognized status as the official custodian of Jerusalem’s holy Muslim sites, including the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site, as Palestinians incited by Hamas, other terror groups and the Palestinian Authority continuously held riots during the Muslim month of Ramadan. Read more

Can the United Nations survive the war in Ukraine?

A recent letter delivered to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres by 200 former senior U.N. officials included a bleak warning regarding the consequences should diplomacy fail to end Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Read more

A talk with God about the Holocaust

For some, the issue never fades from memory. Menachem Rosensaft was born in 1948 in Bergen-Belsen, a Nazi concentration camp turned into a displaced persons camp after the war. Read more

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