Herzog: ‘On a menorah with eight candles, there is room for us all’

On the first day of Hanukkah, Israeli President Isaac Herzog urged Jewish unity, stressing that “on a menorah with eight candles, there is room for us all. Read more

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This week’s cartoon: Very Cross Words Read more

Neo-Nazi guilty of Nine guard beating

Neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell is facing jail time after a magistrate found he was itching for a fight when he injured a Nine Network security guard. Read more

Holocaust education: an award for Lauren

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From Australia’s Jewish Past: Moses Morris Moss – wine and liquor business identity and model citizen

Moses was born in 1819 in London and arrived in Australia in 1840, setting up home in Launceston, where he opened a business as a general merchant. Read more

From next week, jail, fines await neo-Nazis in Victoria

From December 29, Victorians who display the Nazi swastika – could face a year in prison and a $22,000 fine. Read more

NY Times slammed over ‘swastika’ puzzle

The New York Times is facing criticism after printing a crossword puzzle some say is shaped like a swastika the day before the first night of Chanukah. Read more

On the other hand

Last week we visited our youngest son in Kiryat Tivon, which is 15 km southeast of Haifa. Read more

Students find 2,000 year-old candle

Three fourth-grade students “wandering around” Kibbutz Parod in northern Israel have discovered a 2,000-year-old candle made of clay, according to t0 the Israeli Antiquities Authority. Read more

Star-studded online event to honour Holocaust survivors and share their stories

A virtual celebration featuring Holocaust survivors, including those recently evacuated from Ukraine, as well as celebrities, will take place on Dec. 20, organised by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference). Read more

Mark Coure sends a Chanukah message

From the NSW Minister for Multiculturalism Mark Coure: Read more

Unilever settles dispute with Ben & Jerry’s over Israeli sales

Unilever plc announced on Thursday that its legal battle with the independent board of its wholly-owned autonomous subsidiary Ben & Jerry’s, over the brand’s sale of ice cream in Israel, has been resolved. Read more

Celebrating Israel: Photogallery

Photos from the NCJWA NSW recent Celebrating Israel 2022 event in Sydney. Read more

A message from Peter Dutton

The Leader of the Opposition writes: “On behalf of the Coalition, I wish Australia’s 100,000-strong Jewish community a very Happy Chanukah. Read more

Bibi forced to move early on Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine plan

Bibi Netanyahu’s time for confirmation as Israel’s next Prime Minister runs out on 21 December after six weeks of the tail wagging the dog – parties with few Knesset members using their small but strategic numbers to try to extract concessions from Netanyahu for their support – that Netanyahu has obviously been resisting. Read more

Jan-2 9:40pm SBS-World Movies: Golden Voices

Victor and Raya Frenkel were the golden voices of film dubbing in the Soviet Union. Read more

How the White House attempt to counter Jew-hatred undermines itself

The Biden administration has announced the establishment of an interagency group that will coordinate U.S. government efforts “to counter antisemitism.” Read more

Everyone knows ‘Ma’oz Tzur,’ except they don’t

The lights are kindled, the shamash is returned to its place, and the family breaks into song: It is a rousing, march-like melody that is the aural equivalent of the menorah’s light—energy, joy and hope in the depth of winter, a promise of rebirth…writes Sarah Ogince. Read more

Netanyahu on coalition partners: ‘They are joining me, I’m not joining them’

Israeli-Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Thursday to ensure that all members of his prospective government will act responsibly, saying that the buck stops with him because his political partners are joining him and not vice versa. Read more

BDS versus modern art

“BDS appears here as contemporary art’s foil. BDS undermines contemporaneity’s claims of autonomy and emancipatory effects, fixes its meanings in ways that might make artists bristle, and leaves it only with refusal: either refuse to be a perpetrator or refuse the request made by Palestinian civil society. At this juncture, the latter option should already be unthinkable.” Read more

Chanukah then and now

If we were to go back two thousand one hundred and ninety years ago, to the time of Antiochus IV and the Maccabee Revolt, we would find a state of the world and Jewish affairs in many ways similar to today. Read more

Moulin Rouge! The Musical: A Sydney theatre review by Alex First

Polished performances, magnificent mashups, elegant and evocative sets, colourful and creative costumes, and charismatic choreography are the highlights of Moulin Rouge! The Musical. A striking spectacle. Read more

Netanyahu ‘to pursue Saudi ties’

Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the United States to reaffirm its commitment to Saudi Arabia and pledged to pursue formal Israeli ties with the Middle Eastern country for a “quantum leap” in peace, Al Arabiya English reports. Read more

Lumen accipe et imperti

This Latin motto of my old college, literally translated as “receive the light and pass it on”, is very relevant as we get ready to celebrate Chanukah, the Festival of Lights. Read more

Palestinian fugitive trying to calm Jenin is no longer wanted by Israel

Fathi Hazem, a former colonel in the Palestinian Authority security services wanted by Israel for inspiring terror groups, is now actively helping the PA disarm those terror groups with Israel’s blessings, reports the Tazpit Press Service. Read more

Henry Greener chats with Rabbi Effie Block

Rabbi Effy Block talks to Henry about the Chanukah events he will be co-ordinating under the auspices of Melbourne’s Elwood Shule and Chabad StKilda. Read more

First in course

Congratulations to those younger members of the NSW Jewish community who received recognition by the Premier Domenic Perrottet as being First in Course in this year’s HSC examinations. Read more

L’Chaim to Life: Sock boy Benjy Orwin Podcast

Maurice Klein speaks with Benjy Orwin, who at eight years old, decided he wanted to make a difference and help people in need. Read more

Budding composer makes it to the Opera House

Budding Sydney composer Sam Weiss – just 28 years old – was among the composers whose works were performed at a spectacular concert held in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall last night. Read more

Iran booted from UN women’s commission in ‘unmistakable message’

Iran was ousted from the U.N.’s Commission on the Status of Women on Wednesday after the world body’s 54-member Economic and Social Council adopted a U.S.-initiated resolution to take that step. Read more

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