Rare First Temple-period document repatriated to Israel

The Israel Antiquities Authority has successfully repatriated a rare First Temple-period document from the United States. Read more

Yair Lapid: ‘No one will dictate our rules of engagement to us’

Israel’s Prime Minister Yair Lapid had forceful words for the Biden administration and rejected any attempt to pressure the IDF into changing its rules of engagement. Read more

US ambassador: Two-state solution needed to ensure Israel remains a Jewish and democratic country

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides on Wednesday said it is his guiding principle to advance a two-state solution with the Palestinians because failure to do so is making it difficult to ensure his “North Star” of “maintaining Israel as both a Jewish and democratic state.” Read more

L’Chaim – To Life: Showcasing Israel to innovative thinkers and influential decision makers

Maurice Klein speaks with Michelle Blum, CEO of the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICC) Australia’s pre-eminent international Chamber of Commerce. Read more

B’nai B’rith international head in Australia

Ahead of B’nai B’rith Australia and New Zealand  Convention in Melbourne. International President Seth Riklin arrived yesterday in Sydney. Read more

President Herzog visits Bergen-Belsen

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has visited the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Read more

NAB hosts Melbourne Jewish day school students

More than 120 uniformed students of Melbourne Jewish day schools visited the offices of National Australia Bank where they were the guests of NAB Private Wealth. Read more

Report: UN refugee agency accepted $50 million from US-designated terrorist group

The U.N. agency responsible for assisting refugees globally has accepted $50 million in donations from a U.S.-designated terror organization, according to a report from a pro-Israel advocacy group. Read more

Holocaust-denier reportedly arrested for hate-speech stunt at Auschwitz

In a post on the platform Gab, Jon Minadeo II, from Petaluma, California, wrote, “Got handcuffed and arrested in Poland today for (((hate speech))) regarding Aushwitz (sic),” reported Newsweek on Tuesday. Read more

Second time in a week, IAF bombs Syrian airport

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) bombed the airport in Allepo on Tuesday night for the second time in a week, Syrian media reported. Read more

Australian Senate hears about “pay for slay”

NSW Senator Hollie Hughes has addressed the federal parliament describing her visit to Ramallah, seat of the Palestinian administration and what shocked her. Read more

Monty favourite performing in Sydney Fringe

Performer Philip de Villiers is a long-standing favourite at Sydney’s Montefiore care homes. Read more

New scholarships offered to Jewish women by JOFA

JOFA Australia, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, seeks to expand the spiritual, ritual and intellectual opportunities for women within the framework of halakha (Jewish law), by advocating meaningful participation for women in family life, synagogues, houses of learning and Jewish communal organisations to the fullest extent possible. Read more

Come From Away: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

I have seen it three times now, and on each occasion, I exit the theatre in awe of what I have just witnessed. Read more

Calling emerging leaders and philanthropists

United Israel Appeal (UIA) Victoria and Australian Jewish Funders (AJF) invite emerging leaders and philanthropists aged 25-40 to join the UIA Philanthropy Fellowship – an in-depth, exclusive learning experience on how to make a philanthropic impact. Read more

Liz Truss takes over British premiership with Conservative Party win

Liz Truss won the vote on Monday to become the leader of Britain’s Conservative Party, a contest that also decided who will replace Boris Johnson as prime minister. Read more

IDF: Al-Jazeera journalist Abu Akleh was probably mistakenly killed by our fire

Al-Jazeera journalist Shirin Abu Akleh was probably mistakenly killed by IDF fire during a counterterrorism operation in the Jenin Refugee Camp on May 11, the IDF announced Monday after it concluded an extensive inquiry into the incident. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Nathan Cohen – continuing the story of the Cohen Family in Tamworth

Nathan, Henry and George’s youngest brother, was born in 1842 in Port Macquarie and educated in Goulburn together with his brothers. Read more

As Israel mourns 50th anniversary of 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre, Fatah celebrates it

Israel is marking the 50^th anniversary of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre with a series of memorial events, while the Fatah, led by Mahmoud Abbas, has chosen to celebrate it. Read more

EU Foreign Affairs Committee blasts UNRWA chief over Palestinian textbooks

Members of the European Union’s Parliament’s influential Foreign Affairs Committee slammed United Nations Relief and Works Agency Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini last week over the content of textbooks used by UNRWA schools. Read more

Major General Hertzi Halevi named IDF’s 23rd Chief of Staff

Major General Herzl (Herzi) Halevi will serve as the IDF’s 23^rd Chief of Staff and will replace Aviv Kochavi at the end of the year, Minister of Defence Benny Gantz announced on Sunday. Read more

Combating anti-Semitism vital says Germany

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier says that the fight against anti-Semitism is fundamental to democracy in Germany. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Crazy Hate and Crazier Love Read more

Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine: Lapid No Guts No Vision

Israel’s Prime Minister and candidate for re-election following the 1 November elections – Yair Lapid – refuses to make any comment on the Saudi Peace Plan published on 8 June calling for the merger of Jordan, Gaza and part of the West Bank into one territorial entity to be called The Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine. Read more

Terrorist killed, 17 arrested in IDF counterterrorism operations

IDF soldiers conducting counterterrorism operations in Judea and Samaria on Sunday night arrested 17 terror suspects and another was killed in a gun battle that ensued between the forces and terrorists during one of the operations. Read more

Four IDF soldiers injured in terror attack

IDF soldiers on patrol near the Arab village of Nebi Salah in the Benyamin area were injured on Sunday night by an explosive charge that went off. Read more

Is circumcision justified?

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Hamas executes five citizens, two for collaborating with Israel

The Hamas-controlled Ministry of the Interior in the Gaza Strip announced Sunday that five residents of the Gaza Strip, including two suspected of collaborating with Israel, were executed. Two of the residents were executed by a firing squad and three were hanged. Read more

A special award for a special man

Zubin Mehta, who was the Music Director for the Israeli Philharmonic for 50 years, was awarded Australia’s highest honour, the AC, by General Governor David Hurley following Mehta’s amazing concert conducting the Australian World Orchestra. Read more

Antisemitism and bullying rife in Sydney schools

The antisemitism displayed in Sydney’s elite Knox Grammar as part of social media group established by students is spreading throughout the city with bullying of Jewish students in two Eastern Suburbs schools. Read more

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