Manhunt for Jerusalem terrorist continues on Sukkot
October 12, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s combined security forces continued on Monday, during the Sukkot holiday, the manhunt for the terrorist who carried out the deadly shooting attack at Shuafat checkpoint on Saturday night which left IDF soldier Sergeant Noa Lazar dead and a security guard in serious condition. Read more
A Simchat Torah alphabet
October 12, 2022 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Can anyone supply a Simchat Torah alphabet? Ask the rabbi. Read more
Alex First reviews Romeo and Juliet performed by the Australian Ballet
October 12, 2022 by Alex First
After a 19-year hiatus, the emotion-charged, highly acclaimed production of Romeo and Juliet by choreographer John Cranko takes centre stage at Arts Centre Melbourne. Read more
Nov-2 11:20pm SBS World Movies: The Counterfeiters
October 12, 2022 by J-Wire
Salomon ‘Sally’ Sorowitsch is an expert Jewish counterfeiter, enjoying the good life until he’s sent to the Mauthausen concentration camp. Read more
Nov-3 8:30pm SBS World Movies: Waiting for Anya
October 12, 2022 by J-Wire
Based on the book by world-renowned author Michael Morpurgo, Waiting For Anya tells the powerful and true story of a young shepherd and a reclusive widow who work together to smuggle Jewish children across the southern border of France into Spain during the horrors of World War Two. Read more
Nov-3 10:30pm SBS-World Movies: Into the Arms of Strangers
October 12, 2022 by J-Wire
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
Lebanon, Israel agree maritime border deal
October 12, 2022 by AAP J-Wire
Lebanon and Israel have reached a historic agreement demarcating a disputed maritime border between them, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid says. Read more
Palestinian gunmen kill Israeli soldier
October 12, 2022 by AAP
Palestinian gunmen have killed an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military says, and a local armed group has claimed responsibility for the roadside ambush. Read more
IDF soldier dies of wounds following Jerusalem attack
October 9, 2022 by JNS
A female Israeli soldier died of her wounds following a shooting attack on Saturday night at the Shuafat checkpoint in eastern Jerusalem. Read more
Should Israel lead the fight against anti-Semitism?
October 9, 2022 by Ben Cohen
The just-published Annual Assessment of the Jerusalem-based Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) makes for sobering reading when it comes to the section of anti-Semitism. Read more
Radar finds Jewish graves in Goulburn
October 9, 2022 by Henry Benjamin
Records show that thirty people were buried between 1844 and 1943 at the Goulburn Jewish Cemetery, but only eleven remain today as being marked by headstones and some broken masonry. Read more
Feintooner
October 9, 2022 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Breaking down British religious barriers Read more
Oct-23 Sydney: Jewish speed dating event
October 9, 2022 by J-Wire
Sydney’s Dover Heights Shule will be the venue for Debbie Katz’s next speed dating event. Read more
Jewish speed dating event
October 9, 2022 by Community newsdesk
Sydney’s Dover Heights Shule will be the venue for Debbie Katz’s next speed dating event. Read more
SuccahFest
October 9, 2022 by Community newsdesk
There is no more ‘Adamama-ish’ Festival than the harvest festival of Succot. Read more
On the other hand
October 9, 2022 by Michael Kuttner
We are in the midst of the annual High Holydays marathon. Read more
A 25-years old tradition
October 7, 2022 by J-Wire News Service
Two Australian financial legends have carried out the tradition of opening the ark at Neilah, the closing service for Yom Kippur at Sydney’s Central Synagogue, for around 25 years. Read more
US$2.35m for Project Rozana
October 7, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Hundreds of Palestinian and Israeli nurses will be trained together as part of a new project administered and deployed through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and funded by the MEPPA Partnership for Peace Fund . Read more
Manon: a ballet review by Alan Slade
October 7, 2022 by Alan Slade
The scandalous tale of Manon Lescaut was first published in Paris in 1731, written by L’Abbe Prevost and banned until republished 22 years later with a warning. Read more
Ballad of Mauthausen: Choral performance of love across cultures
October 7, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A magnificent song cycle about love between two cultures against the background of a Nazi concentration camp will be performed in Sydney. Read more
Twenty-seven new mental health scholarships
October 7, 2022 by Community newsdesk
The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance has awarded 27 scholarships to Jewish women in four Australian states to complete mental health training via Maaglei Nefesh, an Israeli-based mental health organisation run by Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig. Read more
The Meeting: a theatre review by Alex First
October 7, 2022 by Alex First
A secret imaginary rendezvous between two towering but polar opposite African American leaders plays out in The Meeting. Read more
A pogrom against Maori politician
October 7, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The New Zealand Jewish Council is dismayed by the president of the Māori Party John Tamihere’s reported comments that “This is a pogrom” in relation to an NZ Herald investigation into the use of funds by charities associated with him. Read more
Ban for second fascist-salute soccer fan
A second Sydney United 58 fan caught performing “a fascist salute or similar gesture” during the Australia Cup final has been hit with a lifetime ban by Football Australia. Read more
Sucology
October 7, 2022 by Jeremy Rosen
The Festival of Succot doubles up as the Festival of Ecology. Read more
An evening of Truth & Lies
Sydney’s JewishCare has hosted an evening of divulging international truth and lies about refugees, at which former Federal judge Marcus Einfeld shared many controversial situations. Read more
Send a message against racism – join the Harmony Walk
October 7, 2022 by J-Wire
Four Sydney Councils – Randwick, Waverley, Bayside & Woollahra will join Multicultural NSW in supporting the anti-racist Harmony walk being held on 16 October. Read more
Send a message against racism – join the Harmony Walk
October 7, 2022 by Community newsdesk
Four Sydney Councils – Randwick, Waverley, Bayside & Woollahra will join Multicultural NSW in supporting the anti-racist Harmony walk being held on 16 October. Read more
Fight for the common good
October 7, 2022 by J-Wire
Prime Minister Yair Lapid yesterday addressed the memorial ceremony for IDF soldiers who fell in the Yom Kippur War. Read more
Escalation? PM Lapid rejects Lebanon’s amendments to maritime border agreement
October 7, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Prime Minister Yair Lapid has rejected Lebanon’s amendments and new demands of the maritime border agreement with Lebanon, possibly setting the stage for Hezbollah’s attack on Israel. Read more
