Spike in racism compels national strategy

Spikes in anti-Asian sentiment and discrimination against Indigenous, Jewish and Muslim groups since the COVID-19 outbreak have triggered moves for a new national framework to combat racism. Read more

Australian teachers take firsthand look at Israeli education innovations

Over 70 Australian teachers visiting Israel recently gained an exceptional closeup on innovative Israeli education methods, thanks to a special Australian-Israeli connection. Read more

Athletes at Maccabiah Games asked to join Jewish bone-marrow bank

Athletes participating in the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel from July 12 to July 26 are being offered the opportunity to donate to the world’s largest Jewish bone-marrow donor registry during their stay in the Jewish state, reported Ynet. Read more

Closed IDF base guards world’s largest Torah collection

Hundreds of Torah scrolls, some more than 700 years old, are housed at a surprising location—a closed IDF base. Read more

Catching the bus while Jewish

Another day, another stabbing. Read more

The strategic fallout of Biden’s failure

Arguably, the moment U.S. President Joe Biden’s trip to Israel crashed and burned was on Friday morning during his remarks at Augusta Victoria Hospital on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Read more

Technion researchers develop concept for novel rechargeable silicon battery

A team of researchers from the Technion‒Israel Institute of Technology has developed a proof-of-concept for a novel rechargeable silicon (Si) battery, as well as its design and architecture that enables Si to be reversibly discharged and charged. Read more

L’Chaim – To Life: Nomi Kaltmann – empowering orthodox women

Morry Frenkel speaks with Nomi Kaltmann, founder and inaugural president of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Australia, about the aims of the organisation and how it is empowering Orthodox women. Read more

Emanuel School students to appear on Shaun Micallef’s Brain Eisteddfod

Four Emanuel School students will make their debut primetime TV appearance next Wednesday as contestants on Shaun Micallef’s Brain Eisteddfod. Read more

Where the Crawdads Sing: a movie review by Alex First

A young woman whose life has been a series of letdowns faces the possibility of the death penalty after being charged with the first-degree murder of her former lover. Read more

It ain’t necessarily so

If you were to believe the unbelievable hype surrounding the visit to Israel of President Joe Biden, you would think that the messianic age had finally arrived. Read more

Israeli officials angered by Russia’s move to ban Jewish Agency activities

Senior Israeli officials reacted with anger to reports that Russia was moving to shut down the Jewish Agency’s activities in the country, an apparent penal action against the Jewish state. Read more

Mental health and Jewish law

The Rabbinical Council of Victoria this week held a professional development session on Mental Health and Jewish Law. Read more

11 activists arrested, 5 of 6 new points in Judea and Samaria removed by police

Efforts by Israeli activists to establish new communities in Judea and Samaria focused on a new point in the Kiryat Araba area after the other five points were removed overnight by the police. Read more

Roger Waters talks of ‘apartheid’ Israel, bashes Golda Meir on online student forum

Former Pink Floyd member and vocal Israel critic Roger Waters bashed Israel, the “settler-colonialists, Zionist movement”, and even Golda Meir during an online program to support pro-Palestinian students at McGill University in Canada. Read more

It’s great to be back: Ron Weiser writes from Israel

First thing to note – covid is everywhere, but nobody seems to care. Read more

Now it’s official: IDF uses drones in strikes

The IDF uses drones for attacks and not only for reconnaissance, the military censorship cleared for publication, essentially revealing a well-known secret. Read more

Shabbat Pinchas: Women’s Rights

Halfway through this week’s reading comes the episode of the daughters of Zelofchad.  Read more

Lapid meets with “courageous” men who stopped terrorist stabbing attack

Prime Minister Yair Lapid has met with Haim Naim and photographer Meshi Ben Ami, the civilians who neutralised the terrorist in yesterday’s stabbing attack in Jerusalem. Read more

Ritual bath used by Jerusalem’s elite on eve of Second Temple destruction uncovered

A salvage excavation near the Temple Mount by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Institute of Archaeology has unearthed a unique Mikveh, a ritual bath, dating back to the end of the Second Temple period, which ended in 70 CE with the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem by the Roman legions. Read more

Scopus success as two students receive Premier’s VCE Awards

Mount Scopus College has announced that two of its students have been awarded Premier’s VCE Awards. Read more

The Opera House bares all with Mahler: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

There was more than music to celebrate the return of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra to the Sydney Opera House concert hall last night. Read more

Caligula (Burning House) at Theatre Works, as reviewed by Alex First

There will be blood. That expression well sums up the tyrannical reign of Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known as Caligula. He was the third Roman emperor, who ruled from the years 37 to 41, before he was assassinated. Read more

From Israel with goals

Soccer A-League club Perth Glory has confirmed that commanding Israeli striker Ben Azubel has signed a two-year contract with the club. Read more

What constitutes a ‘last resort’?

In an interview last week at the White House with Israeli Channel 12’s Yonit Levi, U.S. President Joe Biden reiterated his administration’s desire to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran from which his predecessor, Donald Trump, withdrew in 2018. Read more

In Argentina and Bulgaria, recalling two deadly terrorist attacks

Thousands of people attended a memorial event in Argentina on Monday dedicated to the 85 people killed during the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires. Read more

Abomination: a book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

This book begins in 1999 and is set in Melbourne. Read more

Aug-08 6:40am SBS World Movies: Between Worlds

25-year-old Oliel lies severely injured and unconscious in hospital after a terror attack in Jerusalem. Read more

Aug-11 5:20pm SBS World Movies: Into the Arms of Strangers

For nine months prior to World War II, Britain conducted an extraordinary rescue mission, opening its doors to over 10,000 Jewish and other children from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. Read more

Competitive Lifesaving, Makes Debut at Maccabiah Games

Surf lifesaving competitions will make a first appearance in Israel at the 2022 Maccabiah Games as an exhibition sport at Poleg Beach, Netanya, at the Maccabiah Village but Australia is not fielding competitors. Read more

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