Biden should push for Jordan & Israel to divide Judea & Samaria

President Biden’s proposed visit to the “West Bank” is promising to end up becoming a fruitless trip to an artificially-coined destination supposedly inhabited by a mythical ancient “Palestinian people”. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…Start-up Nation lights up European Nations. Read more

Lithuanian art donor was a Nazi collaborator

Bronius “Bob” Sredersas, the former steelworker who donated his art collection to the City of Wollongong art gallery, was a collaborator working with the Nazis in his native Lithuania. Read more

David Spitzer, AKA ‘Yigal’, one of the last Lehi fighters, passes at 92

David Spitzer witnessed it all – he was a member of the Lehi underground and fought the British occupation before the establishment of the State of Israel and 1948, and accompanied the young country through its next seven decades until he passed away on Saturday, at the age of 92. Read more

Goodbye to the oil weapon

As a kid in the 1970s and 1980s, I remember that the adults around me had a standard explanation for why so many countries around the world kept Israel at arms’ length. Read more

Israelis, get out of Turkey right now!

For well over a week, the Israeli government has been urging Israelis in Turkey to return home as soon as possible. Read more

An award for firefighter Noel – a J-Wire photo story

Sydney volunteer Noel Kessel was last week awarded the National Emergency Medal and Commissioner’s Certificate For Service for his efforts in the NSW Black Summer Bushfires in 2019/20. Read more

IDF rejects latest ‘biased’ inquiry into death of Al Jazeera reporter

The IDF again called on the Palestinian Authority (PA) to conduct a joint investigation into the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and transfer the bullet from which she was shot for an Israeli examination, and rejected the most recent “biased” Al Jazeera inquiry that blamed Israel for her death. Read more

Renovation work in Poland finds 60 Jewish tombstones near old Gestapo building

Dozens of Jewish tombstones were discovered this week in the Polish town of Radzyń Podlaski (also known as Radin), about 35 miles from Lublin, near a building that had been used as headquarters for the Gestapo during the years of World War II and the Holocaust. Read more

IDF bombs Hamas targets in response to rocket attack

The IDF bombed Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday after Gazan terrorists launched a rocket toward Israel. Read more

On the other hand

When the Hebrew Prophet, Isaiah, predicted that one day Israel would be a “light unto the nations” his prophecy must have seemed rather far-fetched. Read more

TAU president to make his first Australian visit

The president of Tel Aviv University Professor Ariel Porat will make his first visit to Australia nex week. Read more

Robespierre and Saadyah

Robespierre  (1758 –1794) was one of the most controversial figures of the French Revolution. Read more

Shabbat Beha’aloteha: Women and Race

Miriam and Aaron complained to Moshe about his wife, calling her Isha Cushit, a woman of Cush ( Numbers Chapter 12 ). Read more

Israeli Education Ministry freezes youth trips to Poland Holocaust sites

The Israeli Education Ministry is freezing youth trips to Holocaust sites in Poland, according to Israeli media reports. Read more

The EU’s Jerusalem charm offensive

People dining this week on the charming terrace at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel were surprised to find at the next table Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission. Read more

105 years after his death, Israeli group begins search for Australian soldier

A group of 30 Israelis has set out on a journey in southern Israel to find the burial place of an Australian soldier killed in battle 105 years earlier as the British Empire tried to gain control of the Middle East from the Ottoman Empire, the Walla news website reported on Wednesday. Read more

What is taking them so long?

I am currently reading a most interesting book which reveals in graphic detail the shameful behaviour of the US Administration in particular and other nations in general prior and subsequent to the election of the Nazis in Germany. Read more

Maj. Gen. (Res.) Doron Almog named next Chair of the Jewish Agency

The Nominating Committee of The Jewish Agency has recommended the nomination of Maj. Gen. (Res.) Doron Almog, 71, as its candidate for the position of Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for the next four years. Read more

Over 100 Jewish, Muslim, Christian medics train together in Israel

United Hatzalah of Israel has held a mass casualty incident training exercise in Ramla, with more than 100 emergency medical service personnel, including 17 ambulance teams and first responders on ambucycles. Read more

JNF makes Israel dream come true

For the past month, JNF’s popular My Israel Passport Stickerbooks have seen primary school children across the country collecting and swapping stickers in order to complete their books and enter the much-anticipated competition to win two airline ticket vouchers to Israel from Sabra Travel in Sydney. Read more

Time to help the helper – JCCV appeal

In the last 12 months, the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has spoken up on behalf of Victorian Jews in many important areas and added the community’s voice to significant debates. Read more

Coalition Votes Against Economic Plan Bennett Campaigned On – and Loses

Israel’s coalition registered another defeat at the Knesset plenum on Wednesday evening when the opposition put forward a segment of the economic plan Prime Minister Naftali Bennett promoted while campaigning, and the coalition lost the vote against it.

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Israel, the United States…and Australia: an analysis

Interestingly, the two most dominant politicians in Australia and Israel in recent times, Scott Morrison and Benjamin Netanyahu, now both find themselves in opposition. Read more

Men at work vests on the Hakoah site at last

The Sydney White City Project Director Robert Woolf has handed over the key to the site to Parkview Constructions, who will build the new Hakoah. Read more

Save a Child’s Heart delayed St Valentine’s Day Gala

This year’s Save a Child’s Heart Valentine’s Gala with sponsor Alex Waislitz of the Waislitz Foundation has been held in Melbourne, having been postponed due to Covid from its traditional Valentine’s date in February. Read more

L’Chaim to Life: Juliet Moses

Morry Frenkel speaks with Juliet Moses, spokesperson for the New Zealand Jewish Council, the representative body of New Zealand’s Jewish community. Read more

Israeli court finds Gaza aid worker guilty

An Israeli court has convicted a Gaza aid worker of several terrorism charges in a high-profile case in which his employer, independent auditors and the Australian government say they have found no evidence of wrongdoing. Read more

Outrage as Bennett orders postponement in demolition of terrorist’s home until after Biden’s visit

The IDF has postponed the demolition of a terrorist’s home by several weeks until after President Joe Biden visits Israel in mid-July so as not to antagonize him or stir up security tensions in the Jenin area. Read more

JewishCare partners with Karitane

Sydney’s JewishCare and Karitane have announced their partnership following meetings with JewishCare CEO Gary Groves and Karitane CEO Grainne O’Loughlin to discuss how best a new maternal health partnership could be developed. Read more

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