Raoul Wallenberg Day
January 20, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Around 100 members of the Melbourne Jewish community and friends gathered at the St. Kilda Town Hall on Sunday to institute the inaugural Wallenberg Day, in memory of the heroic deeds of Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest during World War II. Read more
What I Wish I Had Known: Resisting the Urge to Live
January 19, 2023 by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen
Jeffrey Cohen reviews Dasia Black’s book. Read more
Babylon: a movie review by Alex First
January 19, 2023 by Alex First
Sodom and Gomorrah might be a more appropriate title for a film all about excess and depravity. Read more
West seeks Russia ‘Final Solution’: Lavrov
January 19, 2023 by J-Wire
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United States has assembled a coalition of European countries to solve “the Russian question” in the same way that Adolf Hitler had sought a “final solution” to eradicate Europe’s Jews. Read more
Shabbat Vaeyra: Hard Hearts
January 19, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
Moses and Aaron are locked in a power struggle with Pharaoh, who seemingly holds all the cards. Read more
Police raids over neo-Nazi signs in Qld
January 19, 2023 by AAP
Queensland police have raided three properties and seized racist and neo-Nazi banners after offensive imagery was displayed across southeast Queensland. Read more
Vale Senator Jim Molan
January 19, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
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Supreme Court disqualifies Deri from Israel’s government
January 19, 2023 by Pesach Benson
The Israeli Supreme Court disqualified Aryeh Deri from participating in the government, setting the stage for a political crisis that could potentially topple Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition. Read more
WA to ban display of Nazi symbols
January 19, 2023 by AAP
The West Australian government plans to criminalise the display and possession of Nazi symbols, with some exceptions. Read more
Nazi salute performed at Elwood Beach in Melbourne
January 18, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The president of The Jewish Community Council of Victoria Daniel Aghion and federal Labor MP Josh Burns have spoken out against a group of neo-Nazis performing a Nazi salute at popular Elwood beach. Read more
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising photos
January 18, 2023 by JNS
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews revealed on Monday new-found images of the Nazis mercilessly putting down the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Revolt. Read more
Leaders of Egypt, Jordan, PA meeting to discuss Israeli government
January 18, 2023 by JNS
Jordanian King Abdullah and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas visited Cairo on Tuesday for a meeting with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Read more
Netanyahu: Israeli held by Hamas in 2014 in Gaza is alive
January 18, 2023 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Tuesday that Hamas captive Avera Mengistu is alive, a day after the Palestinian terrorist group released a video purportedly of him. Read more
Israeli robot learning to smell
January 18, 2023 by Pesach Benson
An Israeli technological breakthrough is enabling researchers to teach robots to detect and identify odours. Read more
Legends in Concert: A musical review by Alex First
January 18, 2023 by Alex First
Energy and enthusiasm are the hallmarks of a slick tribute show to some of the greatest musical artists the world has seen. Read more
Feb-07 8:30pm SBS-TV: U.S. and the Holocaust Part 3
January 18, 2023 by J-Wire
The first reports of the killings reach the United States. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Frances Barkman – a most selfless teacher and Jewish welfare worker
January 17, 2023 by Features Desk
Frances was born in in Kyev Russia in March 1885. Her father was a teacher of Hebrew. Read more
Egyptian summit seeks to shore up support for ‘deteriorating’ Palestinian Authority
January 17, 2023 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
Egypt is hosting a meeting of Palestinian Authority and Jordanian officials on Monday, seemingly to coordinate policy in light of political developments in Israel and escalating situation in Judea and Samaria. Read more
Hidden treasure turns up to be a bomb
January 17, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Tabor Yodla says it’s “a miracle” that nobody was hurt when he and a friend discovered a World War I-era bomb near his house on Sunday. Read more
Renee Geyer dead at 69
January 17, 2023 by AAP J-Wire
Australian singer and ARIA Hall of Famer Renee Geyer has died from complications following hip surgery aged 69. Read more
Can a Jew be an existentialist?
January 16, 2023 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
Netanyahu: Israel cannot be swept away by ‘inflammatory’ slogans
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended his government’s judicial reform plan and called on opposition leaders to stop threatening “civil war” and speaking of “the destruction of the state.” Read more
No lectures from Bob Carr
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has said he won’t take lectures from former Labor premiers about damaging revelations he wore a Nazi uniform to his 21st birthday party. Read more
UN continues obscene silence on Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine
January 16, 2023 by David Singer
My latest article revealing that Jordan, the Palestine Liberation Organisation and Hamas have seemingly agreed to the creation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine – trashing the failed two-State solution proposed by the UN since 2016 – has brought no response from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Read more
Boys on a daubing spree
January 15, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Two boys aged 13 and 14 have been issued with Cannabis Cautions by police after cars and buildings were vandalised in the Sydney suburb of Waverley. Read more
Crossbench MP to refer Perrottet to police
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottett will be referred to police after a minor party questioned whether he breached the law by not declaring his Nazi costume incident when he joined the Liberal party. Read more
Perrottet putting Nazi mistake behind him
January 15, 2023 by AAP
Dominic Perrottet has sought to draw a line in the sand over the Nazi costume controversy, saying he is looking to the future. Read more
Holocaust documentary asks why Lithuania honours villains as heroes
January 15, 2023 by Alan Zeitlin
Grant Gochin had seen documentation of Jonas Noreika’s signature ordering the construction of a ghetto to confine Lithuanian Jews who would be brutally shot to death. Read more
Hiberno-Yiddish – The language of Irish Jews
January 15, 2023 by Avi Kumar
Hiberno-Yiddish or Irish-Yiddish is the historical dialect spoken by Irish Jews. Read more
M3gan: a film review by Alex First
January 15, 2023 by Alex First
When the most advanced “toy” in history goes rogue, lives are at stake in the engaging horror sci-fi thriller M3gan. Read more
