Drownings at Israeli beaches nearing last year’s total
July 17, 2023 by JNS
Halfway through the 2023 beach season, the number of drownings in Israel is approaching the total for all of last year, according to the Knesset’s Information and Research Centre. Read more
Three victims being treated following Palestinian shooting attack
July 16, 2023 by TPS
Breaking: Magen David Adom and Israel Defence Force medical workers report three injured in this morning’s shooting attack at the Tekoa Junction in the Gush Etziyon region south of Jerusalem.
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Constantine or Licinius
July 16, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
Of all the Roman emperors, I would say that Constantine, more than any other, was responsible indirectly for the two thousand years of Christian oppression of the Jews. Read more
Torah and bible burning in Stockholm was never going to happen
July 16, 2023 by JNS
Swedish national Ahmed Alloush never planned to go through with the burning of holy Jewish texts and the Christian bible and only wanted to make sure authorities weren’t selectively enforcing laws
Netanyahu feeling good after hospital stay
July 16, 2023 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was kept at Sheba Medical Centre in Ramat Gan overnight on Saturday for observation apparently suffering from dehydration, Netanyahu’s office said in a statement. Read more
On the other hand
July 16, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
Olim from New Zealand, Australia and Britain will be familiar with that quintessential popular food called fish and chips. Read more
Giselle
July 16, 2023 by Alex First
A ballet review by Alex First Read more
The real crisis in the West
July 14, 2023 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Over the past six months, the mass protests in Israel over judicial reform have elicited loud cries in the West that Israel is “in crisis.” Read more
Zelenskyy: Netanyahu didn’t take up my offer to visit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit but the latter didn’t take him up on the offer. Read more
Herzog scores two White House invites, before Netanyahu gets one
July 14, 2023 by J-Wire
Israeli President Isaac Herzog—slated to be in Washington to address a joint session of Congress—has been invited twice to the White House. Read more
Star of “Golda” Helen Mirren meets the Herzogs
July 14, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Isaac Herzog and his wife and First Lady of Israel, Michal, rolled out the red carpet for Academy Award-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren during her visit to Israel for the highly anticipated Jerusalem Film Festival. Read more
Today’s French Revolution
July 14, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
In July 1789, the Paris Bastille was stormed by rampaging mobs, and the established order of autocratic rule was swiftly swept away. Read more
Herzog’s duty is to stand with Israel’s elected government
July 13, 2023 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
When Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrives in Washington next week, he’ll get the kind of red-carpet treatment that is reserved for the friendliest and most important U.S. allies. Read more
Leo Dee urges end to PA funding, Palestinian chance to work in Israel
Rabbi Leo Dee, whose wife and two teenage daughters were killed in a Palestinian terror attack, called on Wednesday for Jerusalem to terminate all funding to the Palestinian Authority and to grant Palestinians the possibility to work in Israel. Read more
The Tales of Hoffmann
An opera review by Murray Dahm Read more
This is living
July 13, 2023 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Israeli firm pulls water from air in Ukraine after dam collapse
July 13, 2023 by TPS
The Israeli company Watergen has deployed its water-from-air generators to the Ukrainian city of Kherson following last month’s dam collapse in nearby Nova Kakhovka. Read more
Aug-05 10:30pm SBS-World Movies: All Eyes Off Me
July 13, 2023 by J-Wire
A party in Tel Aviv, Israel. Read more
Jul-31 7:30pm SBS-World Movies: The Man in the Basement
July 13, 2023 by J-Wire
Jewish family man Simon and his wife Helen decide to sell a basement in their Paris building. Read more
Shabbat Mattot & Massei: Where should you live?
July 13, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
As the children of Israel approach the land of Israel, they had to pass through what is now Transjordan. The domains of Sihon the Emorite and Og of Bashan. Read more
The new, the unfamiliar and the old friend
July 13, 2023 by Fraser Beath McEwing
A music review by Fraser Beath McEwing Read more
Premier heralds new changes to assist the homeless
July 12, 2023 by Henry Benjamin
NSW Premier Chris Minns fronted the media in the back garden of Bondi’s Jewish House care facility. Read more
Israel protests flare over Netanyahu Supreme Court bill
July 12, 2023 by AAP
Thousands of protesters have blockaded Israel’s main airport and highways as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s nationalist-religious coalition presses ahead with a justice bill that has opened deep splits in the country. Read more
Away
July 12, 2023 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First. Read more
Israeli surgeons reattach Arab boy’s head after ‘internal decapitation’
July 12, 2023 by J-Wire
Surgeons at Hadassah Medical Centre-Ein Kerem have reattached a boy’s head after a horrific accident left him internally decapitated. Read more
David Beckham a ‘proud member’ of Jewish community
Former professional soccer player David Beckham, one of the game’s best-known and most accomplished athletes, shared leadership insights and reflected on his Jewish connections in a July 2 address at London’s St. John’s Wood Synagogue. Read more
Acting CEO for the NSWJBD named
July 11, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has announced that Michael Gencher has today been appointed as the Board’s Acting CEO. Read more
Israelis protest judicial overhaul after Knesset advances legislation
July 11, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Opponents of the Israeli government’s judicial overhaul initiative began blocking highways and interchanges across the country on Tuesday after the Knesset overnight voted to advance key legislation. Read more
Israel gives first nod to contested Supreme Court bill
July 11, 2023 by AAP
Israel’s parliament has given initial approval to a bill that limits some Supreme Court power, part of a rebooted judicial overhaul by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that has set off a deep political crisis. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past: John Jacob Cohen – architect, politician and judge
July 11, 2023 by Features Desk
John Cohen was born on 20 December 1859 at Grafton, NSW, the third son of London-born parents Samuel and Rosetta Cohen and one of thirteen children. Read more
