How a UN agency puts unfiltered Hamas propaganda on the record

A little-known United Nations agency is republishing reports about Gaza’s humanitarian situation based on unfiltered reports produced by a human rights group with links to Hamas, resulting in the terror group’s propaganda being placed on the record in UN documents widely shared with humanitarian relief groups. Read more

Something to please everybody: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

After a thorough Sibelius soaking from the previous Emirates Master Series concert, it was refreshing to return to the more familiar variety of Glinka, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky for last night’s SSO concert. Read more

Shabbat Kedoshim: Morality

Chapter 19 of Leviticus, known as Kedoshim, Be Holy, includes a range of laws that concern ethical standards that were relevant then and today. Read more

L’Chaim to Life

A/Prof Efrat Eilam – Calling anyone who is employed at an Australian university Read more

Israel urged to abandon ‘devastating’ invasion on Rafah

Australia says Israel’s ground invasion in Gaza will have “devastating” impacts on Palestinian civilians, as the foreign minister reiterated the government’s strong objection the military offensive. Read more

Gesher by UIA: A new and exciting way to connect with Our People

UIA NSW has launched a new initiative to strengthen our community further in connecting us with the People of Israel. Read more

ECAJ writes to Penny Wong ahead of UN vote

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has reaffirmed its parallel position with the Australian government in a two-state solution to be reached by direct negotiation between Israel and the Palestinians ahead of the United Nations General Assembly vote on admitting Palestine as a full member. Read more

March of the Living kicks off at Auschwitz

The 36th International March of the Living kicked off on Monday, with thousands traversing the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in memory of the Jews murdered in the Holocaust and in honour of those who survived. Read more

Israeli whose husband was murdered on Oct. 7 gives birth to his son

Ella Chaimi, whose husband was murdered by Hamas during the terror group’s Oct. 7 massacre, has given birth to a healthy baby boy, the Rabin Medical Center’s Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah announced on Tuesday. Read more

Freed Israeli hostage to leave hospital after five months

Five months after being freed from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Elma Avraham is set to be released from hospital, Beersheva’s Soroka Medical Center announced on Tuesday. Read more

Biden’s double game on Hamas should fool no one

When President Joe Biden wants to say the right things about Israel and antisemitism, he knows how to do it. Read more

In seizing Rafah crossing, Israel turns tables on Hamas’s stalling tactics

The decision by Israel’s War Cabinet to order the Israel Defence Forces to seize Rafah Crossing is strategically significant, as it will negatively impact Hamas’s ability to smuggle weapons and people back and forth from neighbouring Sinai. Read more

Israel reopens Kerem Shalom Crossing to humanitarian aid deliveries

Israel reopened the Kerem Shalom border crossing to humanitarian aid deliveries on Wednesday morning for the first time since a deadly rocket barrage on Sunday. Read more

Israelis demonstrate demanding President Biden ‘Let Us Win’ in Gaza

Israelis held a demonstration on Tuesday night in front of the US Embassy’s branch office in Tel Aviv, demanding that President Joe Biden do more to force Hamas to release the Israelis it has held hostage for seven months in Gaza. Read more

Man jailed for planting ‘bomb’ over Palestine dispute

A man has been jailed after placing a half-filled jerry can with metal bolts and a cigarette lighter taped to it outside a property following a dispute over the Israel-Palestine conflict. Read more

Israel documenting hostage stories amidst emotional testimonies

Former hostages released from captivity in Gaza, along with the families of current hostages, shared insights into their harrowing experiences on Monday as the government partially unveiled a project to document their stories. Read more

Courage to Care to reach a further 20,000 Victorian students

In the face of escalating hate speech and discrimination, Courage to Care aims to educate and empower an additional 20,000 students across Victoria. Read more

Do it yourself produce

Shalom’s Adamama has launched a new initiative in Sydney’s Bondi Junction for nature and fresh food lovers. Read more

Israel takes control of Palestinian side of Rafah border crossing

Israel seized control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed on Tuesday morning after launching an overnight ground operation in parts of the southern Gaza city. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

Moritz Gotthelf – Prominent Commercial Businessman and Community Stalwart Read more

ECAJ takes issue with Minister for Education’s take on “intifada” and “from the river to the sea”

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has written to the Minister for Education Jason Clare about his response to a journalist who asked if “intifada” and “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” are antisemitic. Read more

Israeli innovation opens door to more effective personalised cancer treatment

In a breakthrough that would revolutionize personalized cancer treatment approaches, Israeli scientists introduced new technology allowing for direct measurement of the interaction between immune cells and cancer cells in a patient’s biopsy. Read more

Josh Frydenberg to present a documentary on antisemitism

Sky News Australia will premiere a new documentary, Never Again: The Fight Against Antisemitism. Read more

Fewer Jews in the world today than on eve of the Holocaust

Almost half of all of the Jews in the world live in Israel and the current world Jewish population is still lower than it was on the eve of the Holocaust in 1939. Read more

From the Holocaust to Oct. 7, history is repeating itself

As Israel began commemorating on Sunday the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust, Josef Avi Yair Engel, whose father survived the Nazi genocide and whose grandson recently spent 54 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza, told JNS that history is repeating itself. Read more

Johannesburg to host ‘global’ anti-Israel conference

The first “Global Anti-Apartheid Conference on Palestine” will be held at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg on May 10-12. Read more

Dry Bones: Remembrance

A depressing observation. Read more

March of the Living set to kick off at Auschwitz

The 36th International March of the Living was set to take place today, with thousands traversing the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in memory of the Jews murdered in the Holocaust and in honour of those who survived. Read more

Israel marks first post-Oct. 7 Holocaust Remembrance Day

Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day began at sundown on Sunday, with the official state opening ceremony taking place at 8 p.m. in Warsaw Ghetto Square, Yad Vashem, on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem. Read more

US push for Qatar to expel Hamas gathers momentum

American pressure on Qatar to expel the Hamas leadership is mounting as the Gulf state’s mediation of another ceasefire collapsed. Read more

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