Russia accuses Israel of ‘unconstructive and biased’ stance on Ukraine war

The position Israel has demonstrated in recent months in regards to the war in Ukraine “is not helpful” and the issue of the Jewish Agency’s activities in Russia belongs only to the legal level and is not a diplomatic issue, Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. Read more

“Legend in the Jewish world” addresses AIJAC

David Harris, the outgoing CEO of the American Jewish Committee, has visited Sydney as a guest of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council. Read more

Jewish Care helping out

Due to an increase in emergency presentations, delays in ambulance patient transfers and a scale-back in elective surgery COVID is creating havoc and Melbourne’s Jewish Care is offering a helping hand. Read more

Melbourne-Tel Aviv-Tel Aviv El Al flights on the cards

Subject to Saudi approval to fly across its country, 15-hour direct flights between Melbourne and Tel Aviv are set to be announced by El Al. Read more

Mark Dreyfus swearing in: J-Wire photo story

Attorney General Mark Dreyfus swearing in as Member for Isaacs for the 47th Parliament. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Sir Archie Reuben Louis Michaelis – Businessman, Politician and Jewish Leader

Archie was born on 19 December 1889 in St Kilda, Melbourne. Read more

Wrap-up on the wrap-down: Israel comes up big on much more than medals

The road to the Maccabiah is long and challenging for athletes in individual and team sports. Read more

Melbourne’s Netzer on the move

A two-year search for a moadon (clubhouse) culminated this week with Netzer Melbourne moving into new premises, which they’re calling Hashoresh, at the Beth Weizmann Jewish Community Centre. Read more

An insight into the community

Around 150 students from Siena College in Melbourne’s Camberwell were given a firsthand insight into the Jewish community on Monday when they took part in the Jakob Frenkiel Connecting Cultures Program run by Zionism Victoria. Read more

Maccabiah 55+ soccer player suffers heart attack during match

The quick intervention of a Magen David Adom team, a life-threatening heart attack suffered by an Australian 55+ soccer player at the 21st Maccabiah Games, was brought under control. Read more

How Mahmoud Abbas is moving to consolidate his dictatorial dominance over the PA

Over the last three and a half years, Palestinian Authority (PA) head Mahmoud Abbas has made decisions and implemented fundamental changes in the Palestinian political system, essentially leading it toward a dictatorship. Read more

Rabba Wendy Amsellem to be hosted by JOFA

The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Australia is to host another in-person event in Melbourne with Rabba Wendy Amsellem. Read more

Graduates of NSWJBD program hear Ronni Kahn

More than a dozen participants in the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ (JBD) 2022 We Are All Sydney (WAAS) community leadership program came together at the Sydney Jewish Museum last week for their graduation ceremony. Read more

JNF NSW successful Blue Sunday

Over 180 young volunteers gave their time to participate in JNF NSW’s Blue Sunday telethon. Read more

Should an adopted child say Kaddish for their adoptive father or mother?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…The past as prologue. Read more

Judaism deserves as much respect as Islam

It turns out that some stunts in the era of clickbait journalism really do go too far. Read more

Prestigious world-class ATP 250 tennis tournament returns to Israel after 26 years

In great news for Israel’s sports and tennis fans, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) announced its new tournament in the ATP 250 category:  The Tel Aviv Watergen Open 2022 will take place in Israel this fall, more than 26 years after the country hosted a major tennis competition. Read more

Lapid threatening ‘effect on relations’ if Jewish Agency operations in Russia banned

Prime Minister Yair Lapid chaired on Sunday a discussion on the activity of the Jewish Agency in Russia after Vladimir Putin’s administration commenced operations to ban the Agency’s activities in the country, threatening that “closing the Jewish Agency offices would be a serious event that would affect relations.” Read more

Report: IRGC missile engineer assassinated in Iran

Said Samardar Mutalag, a missile engineer working for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) died in recent days in the city of Shiraz in Iran, several reports say, the latest Iranian scientist tied to the country’s weapons program to die of mysterious circumstances. Read more

Hamas TV children’s show: ‘Defend Jerusalem until ‘our last drop of blood’ mmmm

A children’s show aired this month on Al-Aqsa TV in the Gaza Strip, including incitement to violence against Jews. Read more

Maccabiah and Israel: A sporting event of ‘a Jewish nature’

Bringing more than 10,000 Jewish athletes from 80 countries to compete in 42 sporting events all around Israel for the Maccabiah games is an impressive feat. Read more

The urgent need for proper Jewish leadership

Diaspora Jews worry about how to deal with the current tsunami of anti-Semitism that is washing through the world. Read more

Mr. Putin goes to Tehran

Despite spending five months baiting Ukraine’s leaders as “neo-Nazis,” among them the country’s Jewish President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin didn’t bat an eyelid as he embraced a genuine Nazi sympathiser and Holocaust denier in the shape of Iran’s “Supreme Leader,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Read more

Shechem: two terrorists killed during IDF counterterrorism Op

At least two terrorists were killed and several others were injured early Sunday morning in Shechem (Nablus) during a gun battle with Israeli forces who were operating in the city to capture wanted terrorists. Read more

Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine to end Mandate for Palestine saga

The creation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine –the merger of Jordan, Gaza and part of the West Bank into one single territorial entity comprising about 80% of the territory of the Mandate for Palestine (Mandate) – will be a fitting end to the Mandate saga which began on 24 July 1922 with the unanimous approval of its terms by all 51 Members of the League of Nations. Read more

Maccabiah: a reunion for Wendy and Trevor after 52 years

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Trades Unions

In my rebellious youth, I always supported Trades Unions. The record of how the world, in general, has treated workers is not a good one. Read more

Glasshouses in Budapest and Port Macquarie

A fascinating connection exists between The Glasshouse in Port Macquarie and The Glass House in Budapest through Glasshouse through the Courage to Care exhibition currently being held in the mid-northern NSW town. Read more

On the other hand

Europe and the UK may be melting in a summer heat wave but their hopelessly fossilised policies concerning Israel remain frozen in some type of time warp. Read more

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