A steep decline in measures of national resilience six months into the war

A continuing study from Tel Aviv University and the Tel Hai Academic College tracked the resilience of Israelis for six months, at four points in time following the outbreak of the war. Read more

Gruenfeld’s Gambit: Israeli chess master wins deaf world title

In a triumph for Israeli chess, Yehuda Gruenfeld clinched the title of World Champion for the Deaf in Belgrade on Sunday. Read more

Defiant senator suspended from Labor over Palestine

Senator Fatima Payman has been suspended from the Labor Party caucus after vowing to continue crossing the floor in support of Palestinian statehood. Read more

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Crossbow attacker killed near Israeli embassy in Serbia

An attacker who fired a crossbow at a police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade has been shot dead in what President Aleksandar Vucic called a terrorist attack against Serbia. Read more

On the other hand

It is amazing how many times we encounter a connection with New Zealand. Read more

The driver of Western Jew-hatred

Jew-hatred in the Diaspora is out of control and escalating. Read more

En route to the Tour: Oct 7 survivors join Israeli cycling team in Florence

Two survivors of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre took off in a private jet from Tel Aviv for Italy on Wednesday to meet up with the Israeli team competing in the world’s most prestigious cycling race. Read more

Letter to FDR from Einstein warning of Nazi atomic bomb to sell for millions

Christie’s auction house anticipates an explosive sale price for a two-page letter from 1939 that laid the foundation for the Allied victory in World War II. Read more

Shlomo Ben Yosef (1913-1937)

Once again, we find ourselves torn between negotiation or warfare. Read more

Judicial inquiry into university antisemitism bill gets its second reading

Since the horrific Hamas terrorist attack on 7 October 2023, Shadow Minister for Education, Sarah Henderson, has led the charge in holding the Albanese government and universities to account for the dramatic increase in antisemitism at Australian universities.   Read more

Polarized society raised probability of October 7 attack

Seventy-two per cent of Israelis believe internal divisions over judicial reform increased the likelihood of Hamas’s October 7 attack, according to a survey released on Thursday. Read more

Myopia

An affliction is running rampant and has developed an uncanny resistance to any sort of countermeasures. Read more

Ministers back benching senator for pro-Palestine vote

The most effective way to stand against the “awful situation” in the Middle East is in unison, cabinet minister Katy Gallagher says as she defends Labor’s policy of not allowing members to cross the floor. Read more

Students face expulsion over uni Palestine encampments

University of Melbourne students say they face expulsion after taking part in campus pro-Palestine encampments. Read more

Israel releases photos of doctor in Islamic Jihad uniform following aid group’s denials

The Israel Defence Forces released photos of Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket specialist Fadi al-Wadiya wearing the terror group’s uniform after Doctors Without Borders confirmed he was a staffer but denied he was a terrorist. Wadiya was killed in an airstrike in northern Gaza on Tuesday while bicycling to work. Read more

Shabbat Shelach Lecha – Mental Fortitude

The reading this week is mainly concerned with the 12 men sent by Moses to tour the land of Israel prior to the invasion. Read more

Former Jerusalem mufti indicted for inciting terror

Israeli prosecutors filed an indictment in the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday against the former Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, for inciting terror in remarks praising terrorists. Read more

Allegra meets Nova survivors

Wentworth Independent MP, Allegra Spender met with Remo, Mazal and Millet, three survivors of the October 7 attack on the Nova Music Festival. Read more

The University of Sydney deal with protestors: the community responds

Six organisations have penned a Joint Statement on the University of Sydney’s agreement with pro-Palestine protestors. Read more

Parents of Paris antisemitic gang-rape victim speak out

The parents of the 12-year-old girl, identified only as “A,” who was gang raped in a Paris suburb on June 15, recently spoke with the French daily Le Parisien “to bear witness to the ordeal experienced by their eldest daughter.” Read more

Dry Bones: High Court decision

Jewish unity in a time of war… Read more

BDS rears its ugly head at the City of Sydney Council

The City of Sydney has voted to adopt a BDS against suppliers involved in “human rights abuses in Palestine”. Read more

SJM equips students to deal with antisemitism

Each year, 35,000 students visit the Sydney Jewish Museum to learn about the impact of the Holocaust by meeting survivors and taking part in a series of specialist workshops. Read more

New Israeli MRI technique offers hope for early pancreatic cancer detection

Pancreatic cancer is notorious for its late detection and high mortality rate, but a new Israeli approach to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that illuminates pancreatic tumours offers hope for earlier diagnoses and treatment. Read more

Lightscape

A Melbourne spectacle at the Royal Botanic Gardens, reviewed by Alex First Read more

Did Islamic Jihad rocket specialist also work for Doctors Without Borders?

Doctors Without Borders said on Tuesday that a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket specialist killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza had worked for the humanitarian aid group. Read more

US envoy to the UN blasts Israel in Security Council speech

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Tuesday called out the expansion of Jewish neighbourhoods in Judea and Samaria as “an obstacle to the achievement of a two-state solution—the end state we all want to see.” Read more

No intention to expel senator after Palestine defection

Labor Senator Fatima Payman will likely avoid being expelled from the party after she breached protocol by crossing the floor during a vote on Palestine. Read more

Israeli High Court orders state to conscript yeshiva students

Israel’s High Court of Justice unanimously ordered the state to begin drafting yeshiva students into army service on Tuesday in a verdict that could potentially topple the governing coalition. Read more

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