Knesset members shocked to learn families of Israeli abductees denied mental health care
March 5, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza told shocked members of the Knesset Health Committee on Monday that they have been denied access to mental health services despite dealing with depression, dysfunction and physical exhaustion, while other family members said they felt neglected. Read more
Hamas presses on with Gaza truce talks without Israel
March 5, 2024 by AAP
Hamas and Egyptian mediators are pressing on with talks in Cairo on securing a ceasefire in Gaza, despite Israel’s decision not to send a delegation, as Washington pressed again for a truce, the release of hostages and a plan to alleviate the humanitarian catastrophe. Read more
J-AIR: New board, new plans
March 5, 2024 by J-Wire News Service
Jewish community radio J-AIR, 88FM, is planning a new future in an ever-changing media environment. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Harold De Vahl Rubin
March 5, 2024 by Features Desk
Harold De Vahl Rubin – grazier, philanthropist, and eccentric and colourful art collector Read more
International court referral has ‘no credibility’: PM
March 5, 2024 by AAP
The prime minister has dismissed a referral to the International Criminal Court that accused members of federal parliament of supporting alleged war crimes in the Middle East. Read more
UN team says rape likely occurred during Hamas Oct 7 attack
March 5, 2024 by AAP
A team of United Nations experts reported that there were “reasonable grounds to believe” sexual violence, including rape and gang rape, occurred at several locations during the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas militants. Read more
Cancelled Israeli comedians find a new home
March 5, 2024 by J-Wire News Service
Shahar Hason and Yohay Sponder are Israeli comedians who found themselves stageless when Sydney’s Chauvel cancelled their performance. Read more
Christian lawmakers at Israel’s ‘Ground Zero’ call to dismantle UNRWA
March 4, 2024 by Etgar Lefkovits
A group of 20 parliamentarians from around the world on Sunday visited an Israeli agricultural community on the border with Gaza hard hit in the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre and called on their governments to defund and dismantle the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees because of its ties to Palestinian terrorism. Read more
Where is the ‘humanitarian aid’ for the hostages?
March 4, 2024 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
The day after President Joe Biden announced that the United States would begin airdrops of humanitarian aid to Gaza, U.S. military planes parachuted pallets of food and water over the beach in the southwest of the Strip. Read more
Israeli embassy told not to handle Gantz’s unauthorised DC visit
The Israeli embassy in Washington has been instructed not to handle a visit to the U.S. capital by War Cabinet member Benny Gantz. Read more
1,500 to attend ‘We Will Dance Again’: a Nova tribute
March 4, 2024 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Tomorrow night, Zionism Victoria will memorialise those who lost their lives at a dance event in Israel with a dance event in Melbourne. Read more
Feintooner
March 4, 2024 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: U.S. Gaza War strategy: Divide and Conquer Read more
UN can arrest Jew-hatred worldwide by rescinding Resolution 2334
March 4, 2024 by David Singer
The Security Council can arrest the rising tide of Jew-hatred currently occurring around the world since Gaza’s invasion of Israel on 7 October 2023: By rescinding Resolution 2334. Read more
Milked
March 4, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Invited Israeli trauma expert uninvited by Gold Coast conference
March 4, 2024 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Dr Moshe Farchi travelled from Israel to attend the Frontline Mental Health Conference at the Gold Coast only to learn that he had been uninvited and his hotel room cancelled. Read more
ECAJ-UCA dialogue – reflections and new beginnings
March 4, 2024 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The biannual dialogue meeting between the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) and the Uniting Church of Australia (UCA) took on new impetus last week. Read more
Hugs for Sderot kids returning to school five months after Hamas attack
March 4, 2024 by Pesach Benson
The city of Sderot reopened its schools on Sunday for the first time since Hamas’s October 7 attacks as life in the Israeli communities near Gaza took another step towards returning to normalcy. Read more
Israel to revise lyrics amid Eurovision controversy over references to October 7 attacks
March 4, 2024 by TPS
Amid a controversy with the organisers of the Eurovision song competition, Israel agreed to modify the lyrics of two possible songs that referred to Hamas’s October 7 massacre. Read more
JCCV suspends relations with Muslim counterpart
March 3, 2024 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has announced that it has suspended relations with the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV), as a result of malicious public statements made by the ICV President Adel Salman and Vice President Mohamed Mohideen. Read more
Full Monday planned at UN with focus on US vetoes of ceasefire, UNRWA
March 3, 2024 by Mike Wagenheim - JNS
The hyperfocus of the United Nations on the Israel-Hamas war will be on full display on Monday. Read more
An ideology of violence
March 3, 2024 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
When all is said and done, antisemitism is fundamentally an ideology of violence. Read more
L’Chaim – To Life: Senator James Paterson – PODCAST
March 3, 2024 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Senator James Paterson, Liberal senator for Victoria and Shadow minister for Cyber Security about a commitment by the Albanese Government to support Australian communities affected by the Hamas attacks on Israel and the on-going conflict. Read more
Hamas broke the ceasefire on Oct. 7; Now its supporters want another one
March 3, 2024 by Bruce S. Ticker
They demand a cease-fire in Manhattan, in South Holland, in London. What they do not guarantee is whether Hamas will honour a cease-fire – a cease-fire with no conditions.
On the other hand
March 3, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
The first round of municipal elections in Israel has just concluded. Read more
Ruthless! The Musical
March 3, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Gaza truce in balance as Hamas seeks plan to end war
Mediators are expected to reconvene in Cairo soon and search for a formula acceptable to Israel and Hamas for a lasting ceasefire in Gaza, as pressure mounts for a pause in fighting by Ramadan. Read more
Yentl
March 3, 2024 by Alex First
A Kadimah Yiddish Theatre review by Alex First Read more
Israel agrees ceasefire framework, now up to Hamas: US
Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it, a day before talks to reach an agreement were to resume in Egypt. Read more
‘Antisemitism has no place in society,’ says Prince William
March 1, 2024 by JNS
Prince William, the heir to the British throne, said Thursday that antisemitism has no place in society and that he and his wife, Catherine, are worried about its rise in the United Kingdom. Read more
The terror of the right
March 1, 2024 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
There’s a fixed belief in progressive circles that if only Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, were to be removed from office, there would be at least a sporting chance of peace in the Middle East. Read more
