Feeding crocodiles

Winston Churchill knew a thing or two about nations that tried to appease those plotting their eventual demise. Read more

Israel has it approaches its 75th anniversary

As we approach the 75^th anniversary of the State of Israel’s reestablishment, there will be much reflection on the national rebirth of the Jewish people. Read more

Sydney embraces a new way of commemorating the Shoah

Zikaron BaSalon (Hebrew for “Remembrances in the Living Room”) is a grassroots initiative based in Israel that since 2011 has brought together more than 2 million people in more than 65 countries to talk with survivors or their descendants in intimate, home-based gatherings, in person and online. Read more

Gal Gadot, Sacha Baron Cohen, Harvey Keitel remember Holocaust victims

To commemorate Yom HaShoah, Gal Gadot held an intimate gathering at her home in LA, inviting holocaust survivor Celina Biniaz to share her testimony, with Gal’s family and friends including Sacha Baron Cohen, his wife Isla Fisher, Harvey Keitel, and Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins also in attendance. Read more

Wish Ambulance’s special mission

Magen David Adom’s Wish Ambulance team came together for a special and very emotional mission: To assist Aharon Shechter, a 92-year-old Holocaust Survivor from Petach Tikva, who had been invited to the Knesset by Knesset Chairperson MK Amir Ohana – and then to Yad Vashem. Read more

Music that imposed itself: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

Turley’s Mirage, Elgar’s cello concerto and Shostakovich’s 10^th symphony provided a rich blend of styles at the Opera House last night. Read more

JNF Sticker Book Collection set to take off on Yom Ha’atzmaut

It’s Israel’s 75th birthday, and what better way for children to celebrate than with the launch of JNF Australia’s My Israel Passport sticker book? Read more

Shabbat Tazria & Metzorah: Healthy in body and mind

The chapters of the Torah that we are reading now are concerned with health and what happens when our bodies do not function effectively or normally. Read more

35th March of the Living honours Jewish heroism in the Holocaust

This year’s March of the Living, the annual tribute to the 6 million held at the site of the former German death camp Auschwitz in Poland, is being conducted under the theme of “Honoring Jewish heroism in the Holocaust.” Read more

March of the Living provides a powerful opportunity for Jewish unity

There are no words to describe a trip to the extermination camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Read more

Lindsey Graham: Normalization with Saudi Arabia possible by 2024

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Monday that a normalisation agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia was achievable within a year, but warned that the window of opportunity was closing. Read more

PA chief Abbas, senior Hamas officials in Saudi Arabia

Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on Tuesday. Read more

‘You chose life. You believed in good. You helped others,’ Netanyahu tells survivors

A Hungarian Jew whose whole family was killed in the Holocaust was sent to various concentration camps. Read more

Hebrew U. researchers develop new method to prevent mosquito bites

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have developed a safe new method of preventing mosquito bites using a skin coating from naturally occurring cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). Read more

Shoah Commemoration in Sydney

Commemoration of the Shoah this year has been marked by three highly successful and emotive events. Read more

Randwick stoush over flying Israeli flag

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has formally congratulated Randwick City Council for standing firm on its decision to fly the Israeli flag for Yom Ha’atzmaut – in the face of moves to rescind the decision. Read more

Holocaust memorial siren activated by survivor and her soldier granddaughter

Every Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli life stops to commemorate the six million Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust with a national minute of silence. Read more

The ‘Jerusalem Axis’: How Iran boosts support for Hamas in Lebanon

Hamas is tightening its terror coordination with Iran, Hezbollah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Lebanon, raising new challenges for Israel. Read more

No antisemitism here

It happened in Berlin, of all places. On behalf of those poor Palestinians, they chanted, “Death to the Jews,” “Death to Israel”, and “Tel Aviv, the answer will come.” Read more

Men plead not guilty over alleged soccer Nazi salutes

Three men have pleaded not guilty to hate crimes after allegedly giving Nazi salutes at last year’s Australia Cup soccer final in Sydney’s west. Read more

May-16 Sydney 7pm and 9:30pm: The Great alive with the sound of music

Australia’s highest-profile piano quartet will perform together for the very first time, uniting SSO’s Concertmaster Andrew Haveron, ACO Principal Violist Stefanie Farrands, QSO Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici and international concert pianist Konstantin Shamray when Sydney’s The Great Synagogue  presents its second concert of the year. Read more

The Great alive with the sound of music

Australia’s highest-profile piano quartet will perform together for the very first time, uniting SSO’s Concertmaster Andrew Haveron, ACO Principal Violist Stefanie Farrands, QSO Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici and international concert pianist Konstantin Shamray when Sydney’s The Great Synagogue  presents its second concert of the year. Read more

On the other hand

Without a doubt last week in Israel was horrendously traumatic. Read more

Apr-30 Sydney 1:45pm: Jewish Speed Dating

This event is open to 40-50-year-olds only. Read more

We are custodians of this memory: 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

In April 1943, on the eve of the Jewish holiday of Passover, the Germans occupying the Polish capital surrounded the Warsaw Ghetto – the Jewish quarter they had created – in preparation for its final liquidation…writes Prof. Piotr Gliński. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Newman Hirsh Rosenthal  – educator, historian and writer

Newman, the eldest of three children, was born on 8 August 1898 in Ballarat, Victoria to orthodox and traditional parents Mark – a pawnbroker and salesman – and Sarah.  Read more

JNF’s archives shows Holocaust memorials in Israel from 1948

On the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael – Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) selected some special visual moments from its archives to share with the public. Read more

Judith Sohlberg was 8-years old when she saved lives in Nazi concentration camp

Near the end of World War II, Judith Sohlberg was just eight years-old when she and her family were in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp — and her father wanted her to do something odd by camp standards. Read more

May the memories of the victims of the terrible Holocaust, be preserved and bound in our nation’s heart, from generation to generation, forevermore

President Isaac Herzog spoke last night at the State Opening Ceremony for Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day 2023 at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Read more

Julian Leeser congratulates senators’ promotion to the frontbench

Following his decision to leave the opposition front bench, former Shadow Attorney General Julian Leeser has congratulated the new members announced by leader Peter Dutton this morning. Read more

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