South African-Israeli soldier captured by Hamas declared dead 

South African-Israeli dual national Daniel Perez, 22, from Yad Binyamin, was killed on Oct. 7 by Hamas terrorists, who are holding his remains in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces revealed on Sunday. Read more

Israeli turns 86 in Hamas captivity in Gaza

Israeli hostage Shlomo Mansour, the oldest of 134 captives still being held by Hamas in Gaza, turned 86 years old on Sunday. Read more

Israel to mark Hamas massacre with annual commemorative day

The Israeli Cabinet voted on Sunday to mark Hamas’s massacre of some 1,200 people with an annual commemoration on the 24th day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei. Read more

Dr Moshe Farchi received apologies for being uninvited to Gold Coast conference

The Executive Director of the Australia & New Zealand Mental Health Association has apologised to Israeli trauma specialist Dr Moshe Farchi and the Australian Jewish community for the decision to disinvite Dr Farchi from the Frontline Mental Health Conference on the Gold Coast earlier this month. Read more

Jonathan Glazer gets another serve

Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors & Descendants could not let Jonathan Glazer’s prepared Oscar speech pass by without its comment. Read more

NZ deputy PM likens previous Ardern government to Nazis

New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has set off a frenzy for likening the previous government’s power-sharing policies with Maori to Nazi ideology. Read more

PM says Israel will not keep civilians trapped in Rafah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not leave civilians trapped in Rafah when its forces begin a long-expected assault on the southern Gaza city where more than a million Palestinians have taken shelter. Read more

JNF takes Holocaust survivors to see Israel’s spring flowers

Over 4,100 Holocaust survivors have embarked on blossom tours across Israel, organised by the KKL-JNF Foundation since the beginning of March. Read more

Israeli cycling team clinches overall victory in Tour de Taiwan

The Israel Premier—Tech cycling team, led by riders Joe Blackmore and Itamar Einhorn, has clinched both stage and overall victories in the prestigious Tour De Taiwan. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: The Court Jewster Read more

Adidas says it will donate $152 million from sales of Kanye West shoes

Adidas has already donated or plans to give some US$152 million to groups countering hate, including antisemitism after it was left with about US$1.3 billion worth of “Yeezy” shoes. Read more

Betrayal, lies, politics and grief

Seven years have passed since criminal charges were brought in Washington, D.C., against the woman who murdered my sunny, lovely, empathetic 15-year-old daughter Malki. The anniversary of the charges being made public was on March 14…writes Arnold Roth. Read more

Israel to attend truce talks, Gaza hunger crisis acute

The main UN aid agency operating in Gaza says acute malnutrition is accelerating in the north of the Palestinian enclave as Israel prepares to send a delegation to Qatar for new ceasefire talks on a hostage deal with Hamas. Read more

On the other hand

For the second time in two months, we have had an “only in Israel” experience while travelling on the train. Read more

Leonardo da Vinci – 500 Years of Genius at The Lume, inside the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

Has there ever been a creative intellect greater than Leonardo da Vinci? I dare say that question could spark animated discussion. Read more

Biden must get Security Council to rescind Resolution 2334

President Biden can stem the outbreak of Jew-hatred worldwide by convincing the Security Council to rescind Resolution 2334 adopted on 23 December 2016 – only after the Obama-Biden administration failed to veto its passage. Read more

Swansong

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Love Lies Bleeding

A movie review by Alex First Read more

The West’s abandonment of the Jews

With every day that passes, it becomes ever clearer that Western civilization is no longer civilized. Read more

Hamas proposes hostage exchange in Gaza ceasefire plan

Hamas has presented a Gaza ceasefire proposal to mediators and the US which includes the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for freedom for Palestinian prisoners, 100 of whom are serving life sentences. Read more

From The River Thames to Sydney Harbour – Hatred

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Broadway bound via Opera Australia

Doron Chester has plans to head to Broadway, but before that, the ex-Moriah student will perform in Opera Australia’s production of West Side Story on Sydney Harbour. Read more

Ring of fire

This tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes has the potential to cause lethal upheavals at any given moment. Read more

Australia resumes UN Gaza funding after security checks

Australia has unfrozen aid to a United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees after security advice, following accusations some staff helped attack Israel. Read more

Why Purim matters

Purim matters so much this year. It tells a never-ending story. We were threatened with destruction. We responded by finding ways to combat the threat.  We did not capitulate. We called out evil as it was. Read more

Dry Bones: Confession

Today’s cartoon: Mr. Shuldig tells a bitter joke! Read more

The problem in Gaza is Hamas, not how to provide aid

After months of pressure from left-wing critics and liberal media outlets that seem to only highlight the suffering of Palestinians since Hamas started a war on Oct. 7, President Joe Biden felt he had to respond with something big. Read more

South African foreign minister: Citizens in IDF to be arrested on return

Naledi Pandor, the foreign minister of South Africa, said at an African National Congress event earlier this week that South Africa will arrest citizens who serve in the Israel Defence Forces upon their return to South Africa. Read more

Shabbat Pekudey: The Messiah

As we come to the end of the book of Exodus and look back at the structure of the book it contains three elements. Read more

Israel engaging Palestinian Authority on aid and governing post-war Gaza

Israel is holding talks with representatives of the Palestinian Authority and Fatah for the distribution of aid in the Gaza Strip and “semi-official” discussions on running Gaza after the war. Read more

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