US close to sealing nuclear deal with Iran?

A nuclear deal with Iran “is closer now than it was two weeks ago,” US State Department Spokesman Ned Price told reporters on Monday, “but the outcome of these ongoing discussions still remains uncertain as gaps do remain.” Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Sadie Van-Aalst – Music was her Forte

Sadie was born in London in 1901 and was the eldest daughter and the third of six children of poor Russian immigrants. Read more

Court rules against Ben & Jerry’s, ice cream will be sold in all of Israel

A New York court ruled against Ben & Jerry’s and rejected the company’s attempt to prevent the parent company, Unilever, from selling its ice cream in Judea and Samaria, seemingly the final phase in the company’s attempt to boycott Israel. Read more

Anna K: A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

By their very nature, human relationships are often messy. The vast majority don’t hit the headlines, but public figures are considered “fair game”. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: The Great Purge. Read more

How did Jews get surnames?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Masa careers have no limits for this Australian artist

Avraham Vofsi, originally from Australia, is currently a Masa Career Fellow on Maslool living in Tel Aviv. Read more

Look who’s interfering in the Knesset elections to block a Netanyahu victory

The only thing surprising about Friday night’s Channel 12 revelation that the Palestinian Authority is attempting to influence the outcome of the upcoming Knesset elections was that it was reported as a big scoop. Read more

Renewal of Israel-Turkey ties a ‘win-win’ for both countries and the region, say analysts

After 14 years of strained relations, Israel and Turkey agreed to restore full diplomatic ties. Read more

Russian court delays verdict on closing down Jewish Agency for 30 days

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court, during a hearing over the weekend, postponed by 30 days its verdict on whether to close down the Jewish Agency for Israel’s operations in Russia, according to Russian media. Read more

‘CNN’ gets it partially right about anti-Semitism

Can a documentary on a low-rated network broadcast at a time when few were watching make much of a difference? Maybe not. That’s especially true when you consider that the program aired directly opposite one of the most ballyhooed shows of the year—the premiere of the new “Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon”—on an evening of the week when all cable-news programs get terrible ratings. Read more

Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine – Bibi de Gaulle breaks silence

Former Israeli Prime Minister and now Leader of the Opposition – – Bibi Netanyahu – has stepped up to the plate to answer the following claim made by the author of the 2022 Saudi Peace Plan – Ali Shihabi. Read more

Mahmoud Abbas highlights a German problem

In tabled rankings of international donors to the Palestinians, Germany consistently features among the top five nations. Read more

Israeli researchers develop program to find cancer-related genes using AI

Researchers at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem have created a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence program to recognise cancer-causing mutations. Read more

On the other hand

This summer’s Nefesh B’Nefesh airlifts of North American Olim are well underway. Read more

Liberal leaders meet with peak Jewish organisations

Shadow Attorney General Julian Lesser and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, Sussan Ley, have met with Jewish peak-body Jewish organisations ahead of their trip to Israel and the UAE later in the year. Read more

Jewish teens in Cairns distribute gifts to hospitalised children

Children in Cairns base hospital got a happiness boost when teens from Chabad North Queensland gave them gift bags. Read more

Israel grants another 1,500 work permits to Gazan Arabs

Israel has decided to expand the quota of workers coming to work in the country from the Gaza Strip by an additional 1,500. Read more

Hairspray: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

The spark burns brightly in Hairspray, a delightfully breezy musical with discrimination as its theme. Read more

Sir David Smith KCVO, AO: Official Secretary to five Governors General

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has offered condolences to the family of Sir David Iser Smith. Read more

Ray Chen plays Mendelssohn: a music review by Alan Slade

Ray Chen, the Taiwan-born Australian violinist who came with his parents to Brisbane as an infant, played his 1715 Stradivarius “Joachim” violin in a spectacular rendition of Felix Mendelssohn’s E-minor concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor, New Zealand’s Gemma New, in the Thursday afternoon series in the just-reopened concert hall of Sydney’s Opera House. Read more

Blowin’ in the wind

Readers of a certain vintage will remember this popular song released in 1963 and top of the hit parade for some time. Read more

Abbas takes back comments accusing Israel of committing ‘50 Holocausts’

Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas has taken back comments made in Germany on Tuesday accusing Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” against the Palestinians. Read more

Walt Secord to quit parliament

NSW upper house Labor MP Walt Secord will not contest the March 2023 election after standing down from the opposition’s shadow ministry following bullying allegations. Read more

One Palestinian killed, 30 wounded after Jewish group attacked en route to Joseph’s Tomb

A Palestinian youth was killed and some 30 Palestinians were wounded on Wednesday in Nablus during clashes with Israeli forces that erupted when a Jewish group was attacked on the way to Joseph’s Tomb, Israeli media reported. Read more

Mossad appoints first-ever woman as director of Intelligence Authority

For the first time in history, women occupy some of the most senior roles in Israel’s Mossad, the intelligence agency announced on Thursday. Read more

A special visitor for Save a Child’s Heart

Professor Nachman Ash, Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Health, has visited Save a Child’s Heart in Holon. Read more

Kissinger: Good or Bad?

Whatever you may think of Henry Kissinger, he has been the most influential secular Jew by birth (outside Israel) in world affairs in recent times. Read more

German arrested for Nazi salute to Israeli athletes visiting 1972 Munich massacre memorial

German police on Wednesday announced that a security officer had been detained for giving the Nazi salute in front of a group of Israeli athletes that were visiting a memorial to the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. Read more

FIFA World Cup hospitality website excludes Israel, lists ‘Palestine’ instead

The FIFA World Cup, which is set to take place in Qatar from Nov. 21 through Dec. 18, has a website that offers the public help in purchasing hospitality packages, but Israelis looking for their country were originally given the sole option of “Palestinian Territories, Occupied” rather than “Israel.” Read more

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