Fancy an 11 hour swim? Sam Abeshouse takes the challenge
August 26, 2022 by Henry Benjamin
For the most enthusiastic Jewish sportsperson, you can rarely go past a triathlon. Chickenfeed for Sydney’s Sam Abeshouse who has just swum the channel separating Northern Ireland and Scotland in a gruelling 11 hours and 16 mins. Read more
Between the lines
August 26, 2022 by Michael Kuttner
The definition of reading between the lines is “to understand what someone really means or what is really happening in a situation, even though it is not said openly.” Read more
Netanyahu: New nuclear deal with Iran ‘paves with gold’ path to bomb
August 26, 2022 by JNS
Israeli opposition leader and head of the Likud Party Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Wednesday that the nuclear deal currently being negotiated with Tehran would “pave with gold” Iran’s path to nuclear weapons. Read more
US rebuffs Palestinian Authority push for full UN membership
The Palestinian Authority is intent on pursuing full membership of the United Nations, even as the White House urges Ramallah to step back. Read more
Maccabi Haifa reaches Champions League group stage for first time since 2009
August 26, 2022 by JNS
Maccabi Haifa FC has reached the Champions League group stage for the first time since 2009. Read more
Abbas’s Holocaust distortion represents a dying past
August 26, 2022 by Eitan Neishlos
Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas’s recent despicable comments on the Holocaust may have seemed like just another example of the diplomatic mud-slinging typical of Middle Eastern politics. Read more
Apoplexy greets Israel’s move against terror NGOs
August 26, 2022 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
When Israeli security forces raided the offices of several NGOs in Ramallah last week and closed them down, they lifted a stone to reveal a buzzing nest of Israel’s enemies. Read more
Sep-08 10:30am Sydney: Burger Centre party celebration
August 26, 2022 by Community newsdesk
It’s the Burger Centre’s 31st birthday. Join the party. Read more
Israel is not against an Iran nuclear agreement
August 25, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with Israel’s National Security Advisor Eyal Hulata on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., the latest Israeli attempt to influence the signing of a renewed nuclear deal with Iran. Read more
The Choice: A Novel of Love, Faith, and the Talmud – reviewed by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen
August 25, 2022 by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen
Maggie Anton has introduced us to a number of stories around Jewish life, beginning with her series on Rashi’s Daughters [3 novels] followed by Rav Hisda’s Daughter [2 novels] and one about personal relationships {Fifty Shades of Talmud]. Read more
Palestinian Authority warned not to interfere in Israeli elections
August 25, 2022 by JNS
The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) has issued a “severe” warning to the Palestinian Authority not to interfere in Israel’s upcoming general elections. Read more
Where are now and what lies ahead?
August 25, 2022 by A J-Wire community service announcement
With National Child Protection Week (4 – 10 September) fast approaching, conversations about keeping children safe from harm are particularly pertinent. Jewish Care is proud to support this important community event hosted by @Voicsa. Read more
Aug-30 7:30pm Melbourne: Where are now and what lies ahead?
August 25, 2022 by A J-Wire community service announcement
With National Child Protection Week (4 – 10 September) fast approaching, conversations about keeping children safe from harm are particularly pertinent. Jewish Care is proud to support this important community event hosted by @Voicsa. Read more
Sep-11 5:35pm SBS-TV: Secretsof theImperial War Museum
August 25, 2022 by J-Wire
At IWM’s flagship site in Lambeth Road, team of curators, conservators and contractors are racing to complete an ambitious set of new galleries dedicated to telling the story of the Second World War and the Holocaust in a new way
Singling out Jewish businesses in the name of Palestine
August 25, 2022 by Bren Carlill
In 1930s Germany, lists of Jewish businesses were made, and ‘good Germans’ were encouraged to boycott them. Read more
Shabbat Re’ey: False Messiahs
August 25, 2022 by Jeremy Rosen
Amongst the fascinating laws in this week’s Torah is one that is significant in what it says about miracles, signs, and False Messiahs. Read more
Gantz heading to US to resist emerging Iran nuclear deal
August 25, 2022 by JNS
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz has announced that he will travel to the United States today for meetings with senior American defence officials, against the backdrop of the emerging deal to revive the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran. Read more
The downfall of Israeli intel in Washington?
August 25, 2022 by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - JNS.org
Is Israeli intelligence no longer trusted in the corridors of power in Washington, D.C.? Read more
L’Chaim mythbuster on Melbourne University leftism
August 25, 2022 by Features Desk
Podcast: L’Chaim resident myth buster David Schulberg deep dives into the anti-Semitic “Socialist Alternative” hard left on campus. Read more
Does the IRGC terror designation matter if Iran sanctions are lifted?
August 24, 2022 by David Isaac
After months of stalled talks, it seemed as though the Iran nuclear deal was dead, with Israeli diplomats in April putting the odds of a new deal at “slim to none.” Then, last week, White House officials reported movement in the talks, attributing it to Iran’s dropping its demand that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) be removed from the U.S. terror list. Read more
For the first time, IAF Air Defence appoints female battalion commander
August 24, 2022 by TPS
Lt. Col. Revital Barzani made history on Tuesday when she became the first-ever female battalion commander in the Israeli Air Force’s (IAF) Aerial Defence Corps. Read more
12 Aussie riders to compete at Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Tel Aviv
August 24, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The 47th Junior Track Cycling World Championships began yesterday at the Sylvan Adams National Velodrome in Tel Aviv, the first time that the championships are being held in Israel. Read more
1,200-old rural estate discovered in the Negev
August 24, 2022 by TPS
A 1,200-year-old luxurious rural estate, the first of its kind in the Negev, was exposed in the archaeological excavations carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) prior to the expansion of the Bedouin town of Rahat. Read more
Israel warns of regional catastrophe in last-ditch effort to thwart new Iran nuclear deal
August 24, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met on Tuesday in Washington with Israeli National Security Advisor Dr Eyal Hulata to “consult on a broad range of global issues and issues of mutual concern,” and chiefly the emerging nuclear deal with Iran that the Biden administration appears to be ready to adopt. Read more
Tel Aviv mayor slammed for cutting Judea and Samaria off Israel’s map
August 24, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Several leaders from Judea and Samaria expressed rage following reports that Tel Aviv’s Mayor Ron Huldai had given schools in his municipality maps of Israel that did not include Judea and Samaria and showed the Green Line as Israel’s border. Read more
Holocaust survivor Phillip Maisel passes away a week after his 100th birthday
August 23, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
On July 31, Phillip Maisel celebrated his 100th birthday with his twin sister Bella Hirshhorn in Melbourne. Read more
ECAJ president discusses Judaism understanding in Catholic school system
August 23, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
ECAJ President Jillian Segal recently met with the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Reverend Anthony Fisher OP. Read more
The Palestinian Authority’s stealth attempt to take over Judea and Samaria
August 23, 2022 by David Isaac
Diligently following a master plan worked out over 10 years ago, the Palestinian Authority is laying claim to large tracts of Israeli state land through illegal building. Read more
Doron Almog visits 180 new ‘olim’ on first day at Jewish Agency
August 23, 2022 by JNS
Maj. Gen. (res.) Doron Almog began his new position on Sunday as chairman of the executive at the Jewish Agency for Israel. chose to commence his first day in office by meeting with 180 young olim (new immigrants) at Ulpan Etzion in Jerusalem. Read more
Argentina’s president blasted for comparing COVID-19 pandemic to Holocaust
August 23, 2022 by JNS
Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez came under fire for drawing similarities between the coronavirus pandemic and the Holocaust. Read more
