From Australia’s Jewish Past: Maximilian Hirsch – a leading light in the colony’s free-trade movement
January 10, 2023 by Features Desk
Max was born in Cologne in the German state of Prussia on 21 September 1852. Read more
Motherlod_^e: a theatre review by Alex First
January 10, 2023 by Alex First
Sixty-five minutes of glorious mayhem. Read more
Jerusalem unveils mural of solidarity with Iranian women
January 10, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Jerusalem unveiled a mural of solidarity with the women of Iran on Sunday afternoon opposite a shopping mall. Read more
Israeli Study Finds Nutrition More Effective Than Steroids for Treating Crohn’s Disease
January 10, 2023 by Pesach Benson
A 15-year study by Israeli researchers found that nutrition is a more effective treatment for children with Crohn’s disease than the steroids commonly used. Read more
On the other hand
January 10, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the world. Read more
KKL-JNF host educators from Australia and South Africa
January 10, 2023 by Natalie Gattengo
Aiming to empower the future generation of leaders, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael – Jewish National Fund is hosting principals and teachers from Australia and South Africa. Read more
Fellowships to honour the memory of Aiia
January 10, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
The memory of Aiia Maasarwe, a young Palestinian Israeli woman tragically murdered in Melbourne in January 2019, will be honoured with the awarding of two fellowships for Palestinian physicians to train in Israeli hospitals. Read more
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On: a film review by Alex First
January 10, 2023 by Alex First
Marcel is an extraordinary, original work with Best Animated Feature at the Oscars written all over it. Read more
1938 “Jews Unwanted” sign fetches $550
January 9, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The president of the Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies says the sale of Nazi memorabilia “impacts the sense of safety and security of all Queenslanders.
UAE first Arab state to include Holocaust education in school curricula
January 9, 2023 by JNS
The United Arab Emirates Embassy in Washington, D.C., confirmed on Jan. 5 that Holocaust education will be incorporated into the Gulf state’s curricula. Read more
Israel approves punitive measures against PA over ‘disgraceful’ UN vote
January 9, 2023 by JNS
Israel’s Security Cabinet on Thursday approved several punitive measures against the Palestinian Authority in response to what it described as Ramallah’s ongoing “political and legal war” against the Jewish state. Read more
Netanyahu: Claims judicial reform will end Israel’s democracy are ‘baseless’
January 9, 2023 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected as “baseless” claims by critics that his government’s proposed judicial reforms would mark the end of the country’s democracy and vowed to implement the plan “responsibly.” Read more
Penalising Palestinian lawfare
January 9, 2023 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office announced on Friday plans to impose sanctions on the Palestinian Authority for its latest act of lawfare aggression against the Jewish state. Read more
Jordan PLO & Hamas revise Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine Plan
January 9, 2023 by David Singer
The Saudi-based Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine plan (Saudi Plan) – initially published in Al Arabiya News on 8 June 2022 – has been revised in a later document. Read more
Israeli police to investigate celebrations for release of longest-serving terror prisoner
January 9, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir ordered the Israeli Police on Sunday to investigate celebrations for the release of Arab-Israeli Karim Younis, one of the longest-serving security prisoners jailed for terror. Read more
Living in an Upside-Down World: Finding Meaning in Complex Times
January 9, 2023 by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen
Jeffrey Cohen reviews Rabbi Ralph Genende’s book. Read more
How does Israel interpret the Russian-Iranian alliance?
January 8, 2023 by Ben Cohen
It is perhaps a measure of Israel’s elevated stature in the world that its newly elected right-wing government is under scrutiny not just for its domestic policies and its approach to the Palestinians but its foreign policy as well. Read more
Israel’s UN envoy mocks meeting over Ben-Gvir’s ‘uneventful’ Temple Mount visit
January 8, 2023 by Mike Wagenheim - JNS
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations said he was “overjoyed” when he heard that the U.N. Security Council was holding an emergency meeting Thursday over the “quiet, orderly, uneventful” visit of an Israeli government minister to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. Read more
What killed the two-state solution? Cheers and cash for terrorists
January 8, 2023 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
In his initial phone conversation with new Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen to congratulate him and the rest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on taking office, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken conveyed two contradictory messages. Read more
Mozart’s evil hero Don Giovanni brilliantly portrayed writes Victor Grynberg
January 8, 2023 by Victor Grynberg
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) is often described as one of the big three of classical composition, along with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. Read more
Thousands protest Israel’s justice moves
January 8, 2023 by AAP
Thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government that opponents say threaten democracy and freedoms. Read more
French-Israeli bass-baritone Yuri Kissin interviewed by Murray Dahm
January 8, 2023 by Murray Dahm
Yuri Kissin began his singing career in a most unusual way – he was a stand-up comedian and doing a sketch that parodied ‘opera singing.’ Read more
What is wrong in Israel
January 8, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
Corruption is an evocative word. Its original usage in Latin was something spoiled or ruined, mainly comestibles but in Christianity, the human flesh. Read more
The Israeli canary in the West’s cultural coal mine
January 8, 2023 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Those scratching their heads over the way Western liberals have lost all connection with reason over issues of race, gender and Western “colonialism” might usefully look at the reaction to Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount last week. Read more
Collective and compulsive convulsions
January 8, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
One did not need to possess a crystal ball or read tea leaves in order to predict that 2023 would commence with Israel being targeted by the usual motley collection of serial international hypocrites. Read more
Possible High Court ruling on Interior Minister could topple Israeli government
January 8, 2023 by Pesach Benson
In a marathon six-hour hearing on Thursday whose outcome could potentially topple Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government, Israel’s High Court of Justice heard arguments for and against the controversial appointment of Aryeh Deri to several senior government positions. Read more
Netanyahu’s gambit: going ‘all in’ on peace accord with Saudi Arabia
January 8, 2023 by Tamir Morag
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is setting an ambitious diplomatic goal for his new term in office: signing a peace accord with Saudi Arabia. Read more
Madagascar The Musical: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
January 6, 2023 by Alex First
A musical for the littlies – I speak of preschoolers and primary school age children – Madagascar The Musical is based on the successful animated motion picture. Read more
Is Israel really threatened by Ben-Gvir’s Temple Mount gambit?
January 5, 2023 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
For those convinced that naming Itamar Ben-Gvir Israel’s minister of national security was tantamount to putting a ticking time bomb in the cabinet, his latest move was proof that they’d been right. Read more
Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich: Israel’s power couple
Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, the outgoing chief of the Israel Defence Forces general staff, probably never thought he would need to call the incoming prime minister over a political matter in his last month of service…writes Ksenia Svetlova. Read more
