President Herzog speaks with Russian President Putin about Jewish Agency crisis

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog spoke on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, following motions by the Russian Ministry of Justice to ban the activities of the Jewish agency in the country. Read more

Bill to ban Nazi symbols in NSW passes Lower House

The NSW Government’s bill to criminalise knowingly displaying a Nazi symbol in public without a reasonable excuse has passed the Lower House unanimously. Read more

Hezbollah head: ‘Be ready for all options’

Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hasan Nasrallah has threatened to attack Israel in September for the fourth time in recent weeks and said that the terror organization “has to be ready for all options.” Read more

The Secret Jewish History of Olivia Newton-John

J-Wire republishes an article by Seth Rogovoy on Olivia Newton-John originally published in forward.com. Read more

The Importance of Being Jewish: a theatre review by Alex First

A romp, The Importance of Being Jewish showcases playwright Rob Selzer’s insight and wit. Read more

The strategic blindness of Israel’s caretaker government

“Operation Breaking Dawn” was a textbook illustration of Israel’s tactical brilliance and prowess on the one hand and strategic blindness on the other. Read more

Gaza fighting changes nothing about Israel’s image struggle

If a ceasefire holds, the latest fighting between Israel and Palestinian terrorists in Gaza won’t have changed much in a conflict that’s already lasted a century. Read more

‘How would Ireland react to Jihadi rockets raining on Dublin’: Israeli envoy slams UN’s hypocricy

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Gilad Erdan assailed the hypocrisy of countries who sought to criticise Israel over Operation Breaking Dawn and called the international community to condemn the Islamic Jihad terror organisation instead. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Esther Kahn – one of Australia’s most successful women composers and the first music therapist in Australia

Esther was born in 1877 in London of German/Jewish descent.  At the age of five, she made her first public appearance in London as a pianist and won a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music – an amazing opportunity for such a young child – but unfortunately, she was not able to take it up as the family moved to Sydney in 1883, just before her sixth birthday. Read more

Israeli-led research develops molecule that makes immunotherapy available to all cancer patients

Researchers at Tel Aviv University and the University of Lisbon have jointly identified and synthesised a small molecule that could be a more accessible and effective alternative to an antibody that is successfully used to treat a range of cancers. Read more

Jerusalem clarifies: we gave nothing to the Islamic Jihad

Israel did not agree to the release of any of the detainees demanded by the Islamic Jihad, neither the administrative detainee nor the one who was arrested last week, a Jerusalem official clarified Monday following the end of Operation Breaking Dawn. Read more

Rabbinical Council discuss what the future might bring

Rav Rimon at Mizrachi last week gave a shiur entitled “What Shabbat will look like in 10 years” to the Rabbinical Council of Victoria. Read more

Astrology and Judaism

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Truce declared by Israel and PIJ

Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group have declared a truce, raising hopes of an end to the most serious flare-up on the Gaza frontier in more than a year. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…The Root of all Evil. Read more

Gazans angered by Islamic Jihad rockets misfiring and exploding inside Strip

Many in the Gaza Strip have expressed anger following about 120 rockets fired by the Islamic Jihad terror organisation at Israel, which fell short in the Strip, some of them killing civilians. Read more

Report: Islamic Jihad rocket kills another two Gazans

A rocket launched by the Islamic Jihad terror organisation toward Israel on Sunday fell short and exploded in the Gaza Strip, killing at least one person, reports from the Strip say. Read more

Archaeological evidence of intensity of Roman assault that led to destruction of Second Temple

New computer-based research by the Israel Antiquities Authority provided evidence for the location of the Roman ballista firing machines that bombarded Jerusalem in the summer of 70 CE and the intensity of the assault that led to the destruction of the Second Temple. Read more

IDF launched Gaza op after detecting Islamic Jihad attack squads approaching border

The Israel Defence Forces on Friday launched a series of preemptive strikes against Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) assets in the Gaza Strip, after detecting attack cells from the organization approaching the shared border, the Israeli military stated. This was followed by a barrage of rockets being fired from Gaza. Read more

UN Special Coordinator expresses ‘deep concern’ over elimination of senior Islamic Jihad terrorist

United Nations (UN) Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland angered Israeli diplomats when he expressed “deep concern” over Israel’s counterterrorism strikes in the Gaza Strip against the Islamic Jihad, including the elimination of a senior terrorist. Read more

Lipstadt slams Ayatollah Khamenei’s tweet about ‘Zionist merchants’

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was denounced by Deborah Lipstadt, the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, on Thursday for tweeting about “Zionist merchants.” Read more

Israel rejects apology of ‘Jewish lobby’ UN official

A U.N. investigator who claimed in a July podcast that the “Jewish lobby” controlled social media apologized for his remarks in an Aug. 4 letter, but the Jewish state says it is not enough. Read more

With al-Zawahiri’s assassination, it’s Groundhog Day for America (again)

If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, both the Biden administration and the European Union are out to lunch. Read more

Anti-Semitism: Back to square one?

Monitoring and analyzing contemporary anti-Semitism, which I do rather frequently, is most of the time a frustrating experience, but no more so than now. Read more

Wennesland in La-La Land ignoring Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine

It is amazing to think that one of the highest ranking United Nations officials dealing with the Palestine question – Tor Wennesland – could address the Security Council on the current situation without telling that august body of a significant new proposal that could finally end this 100-years old unresolved Jewish-Arab conflict. Read more

Grandmother with Jemima on Gold medal-winning walk

When Jemima Montag’s bracelet clinked against her wrist as she claimed 10,000m race walk gold, she could feel her late grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, there with her. Read more

Ambassador visits Hobart

Israel’s ambassador to Australia, Amir Maimon, has visited Hobart, met with community members and toured the historic synagogue. Read more

L’Chaim to Life: Professor Ariel Porat – the dynamic president of Tel Aviv University

Morry Frenkel speaks in this podcast with Professor Ariel Porat, President Tel Aviv University (TAU) about his recent visit to Australia where he had discussions with local universities and members of the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce. Read more

On the other hand

August 1, 2022, was a momentous day for all Israeli citizens aged 75 years and over. Read more

20 Melbourne teens join Diller Teen Fellowship

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