Houthis claim deadly drone attack on Israel’s Tel Aviv

An explosion has rumbled through Tel Aviv after a drone strike claimed by Houthi rebels, hours after Israel said it had killed a Hezbollah commander. Read more

French-born Aussie Fox on hunt for rare Olympic feat

She’s beautiful, bilingual and above all the best slalom canoeist in the world and Jessica Fox could become Australia’s biggest star of the Paris Olympics. Read more

Bacterial immune system discovery may transform understanding of human viral defence

Israeli researchers unveiled a novel bacterial immune system that may transform science’s understanding of human immunity how to combat viral infections. Read more

‘We will not reward terrorism with statehood’: Knesset rejects two-state solution

The Knesset on Thursday passed a resolution repudiating Palestinian statehood, even as part of a negotiated peace settlement. Read more

Adrift

All signs point to democratic societies and countries having no idea of what should be done to thwart impending chaos. Read more

Lessons of October 7: Israel boosts fleet of armoured ambulances

As Hamas attacked Israeli communities near the Gaza border on October 7, the lack of armoured ambulances placed emergency responders at great risk trying to reach and evacuate victims. Read more

The acceptable hatred of Jews

There’s something deeply disturbing about the act of prejudice. Read more

Peter Lerner: “I believe the IDF failed on three different levels”

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Sep-16 Sydney: Live at Yours – James Morrison Quartet

Live at Yours are switching venues from The Great Synagogue to the City Recital Hall for a pop-up concert featuring James Morrison. Read more

Aug-8 Sydney: Identifying bone fragments after Oct 7

The Australian Friends of the Hebrew University invites the community to join us for a fascinating and enlightening evening as Hebrew University’s Prof. Gila Kahila Bar-Gal talks with journalist and political commentator Gemma Tognini. Read more

Meta to restore images of hostages after claiming ‘dangerous’ content

Meta has agreed to restore a post removed from the Hostages and Missing Families Forum Instagram account featuring previously unseen images of five female hostages abducted from the Israel Defence Forces’ Nahal Oz base on Oct. 7. Read more

Israeli delegation in Cairo for hostage talks

An Israeli delegation arrived in Cairo on Wednesday to continue indirect ceasefire talks with the Hamas terror group, Egyptian sources told the Associated Press on Wednesday night. Read more

Pro-Israel protesters interrupt UN Security Council meeting, call for freeing hostages

As the United Nations Security Council met about the Israeli-Palestinian file on Wednesday, two women interrupted the proceedings calling for the hostages to be freed from Gaza. Read more

Understanding the importance of J.D. Vance

If there’s one political story that never gets as much attention as it deserves, it’s the choice of a vice-presidential nominee. Read more

Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal gets down to work

In Argentina, to mark the 30th anniversary of the AMIA Jewish centre bombing, Australia’s Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal is meeting up with leaders of worldwide Jewish communities, including the US Antisemitism Envoy Deborah Lipstadt. Read more

L’Chaim to Life

Morry Frenkel speaks with Emeritus Professor Konrad Kwiet, Resident Historian at the Sydney Jewish Museum, about his view that Holocaust and antisemitism education has done nothing to prevent the recent global upsurge in hate crimes and antisemitism. Read more

‘I thought it was a rusty bolt’: 13-year-old boy stumbles upon Roman-era ring

A 13-year-old Israeli boy hiking with his father on Mount Carmel has stumbled across an 1,800-year-old bronze ring engraved with the image of the mythological Roman goddess Minerva. Read more

Shabbat Balak – Listening to Magicians

It seems strange that the whole part of the Torah we read this week should be named after a Midianite/Moabite King, Balak, and devoted to a non-Jewish magician Bilam. Read more

New hope for paralysed patients as Israeli researchers achieve thought-driven speech

An Israeli breakthrough to enable speech through the power of thought offers new hope for those paralyzed by conditions such as ALS, strokes, or brain injuries, to express themselves. Read more

14,000 Hamas terrorists killed or apprehended while airstrikes erode leadership

Nine months into the ground operation in Gaza, half of Hamas’s military leadership has been eliminated along with approximately 14,000 terrorists killed or apprehended, the Israel Defence Forces said in figures released on Tuesday. Read more

The posturing over a problematic, peaceful panel

You may have heard about the furore surrounding a “problematic panel” on the exterior of the new Resettlement Centre in the Waikato, New Zealand. Read more

The Great’s Bat Mitzvah program spreads its wings

The Great Synagogue is offering its  Embracing Bat Mitzvah: Sisterhood and Tradition program to non-members and women across the wider Sydney Jewish community. Read more

Kibbutz Be’eri to receive US$100 million for reconstruction

Kibbutz Be’eri is set to receive nearly $100 million for rebuilding efforts, the largest sum to date allocated to any of the Gaza border communities invaded by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, Ynet reported on Monday. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

Slawa Duldig née Horowitz – inventor, artist, interior designer, and teacher Read more

Israel allows UN to bring in more equipment into Gaza

The United Nations says it will start bringing in more armoured vehicles and personal protection equipment for its humanitarian aid operations in the Gaza Strip after receiving approval from Israeli authorities. Read more

No compromises with Hezbollah, evacuees returning to northern Israeli ghost town urge

Marking nine months away from their homes, evacuated residents of Israel’s northern border communities trekked to the abandoned town of Shlomi to call on the government to make no compromises with Hezbollah. Read more

‘A Divided Kingdom’: The discord within Hamas’s fragmenting leadership

After nine months of war, the Hamas leadership is fragmenting as internal conflicts and airstrikes on key figures take a toll. Read more

Israeli innovation in step length monitoring offers hope for patients with neurological disorders

In an advance for medical monitoring, Israeli researchers have developed an innovative method for more accurate and continuous tracking of step length as a marker for neurological diseases and age-related conditions. Read more

The Great Synagogue’s WOW ‘Women of Worth’ is back

The day-long event at Sydney’s The Great Synagogue promises inspiring speakers, a variety of interactive discussions, and fun activities. Read more

Hostage families call to maintain pressure on Hamas

Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on Sunday morning to demand that the government keep up the military pressure on Hamas. Read more

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