EToro to blast off with superannuation app Spaceship
September 26, 2024 by AAP
Israel-based social trading and investment platform eToro has acquired the Mike Cannon-Brookes-backed Australian superannuation app Spaceship in a deal worth up to $80 million. Read more
Our cup Runnicled over
September 26, 2024 by Fraser Beath McEwing
A music review by Fraser Beath McEwing Read more
Shabbat Nitzavim & Vayeylech
September 26, 2024 by Jeremy Rosen
SECRETS Read more
Australia backs Israel-Lebanon 21-day ceasefire plan
Australia has called on Israel and Lebanon to endorse a temporary ceasefire to allow a lasting peace to be negotiated as rocket attacks kill hundreds. Read more
Lebanon ceasefire deal makes progress: France at UN
September 26, 2024 by Reuters
France says efforts will continue in coming hours to clinch a deal on a proposal for a 21-day ceasefire in the Lebanon conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. Read more
Israel’s quandary: Can it afford to win in the face of international opprobrium?
September 25, 2024 by Caroline Glick - JNS
The life of Israel is a split screen. Read more
IDF fighting Hezbollah terrorists, not Lebanon, Netanyahu reiterates
September 25, 2024 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Lebanese citizens to rise up against Hezbollah on Tuesday while warning that the military will not hesitate to strike any infrastructure used by the terror group. Read more
In General Assembly speech, UN head takes shots at Israel
September 25, 2024 by Mike Wagenheim - JNS
António Guterres, the United Nations secretary-general, opened the U.N. General Assembly’s high-level debate week by repeatedly criticizing the Jewish state. Read more
As goes Hezbollah ….
September 25, 2024 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
As Israel pounds Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, it appears that Israel’s actions on the northern front will change the situation in the Middle East. Read more
Fragile creatures: A memoir of love and pain
September 25, 2024 by Anne Sarzin
A book review by Anne Sarzin Read more
For first time, Hezbollah fires ballistic missile at Tel Aviv
September 25, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Residents of Tel Aviv scrambled to bomb shelters on Wednesday morning when Hezbollah fired a ballistic missile at the city. Read more
Review: Alex Edelman: “Just For Us” – The most Jewish comedy special since Jackie Mason
September 24, 2024 by Rob Klein
A confession: Until last week, when he won an Emmy Award, I had never heard of Alex Edelman. Read more
Operation Northern Arrows: Israeli fighter jets hit over 1,600 Hezbollah targets in 24 hours
September 24, 2024 by Joshua Marks - JNS
The Israeli Air Force struck over 1,600 Hezbollah targets in Southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley over the past 24 hours as part of “Operation Northern Arrows.” Read more
No, Israel’s war against Hamas not floundering
September 24, 2024 by Richard Kemp
The Times’ Middle East Editor Richard Spencer describes Israel’s military campaign against Hamas in Gaza as floundering, with little conviction behind it. Read more
Israel strikes 1,600 Hezbollah targets, declares ‘special emergency situation’
September 24, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Israel continued striking Hezbollah positions in Lebanon while the Iran-backed terror group fired volleys of rockets at Haifa, Nahariya the Galilee and Jezreel Valley overnight and Tuesday morning. Read more
Neo-Nazi tattoo duo accused over swastika graffiti
A pair accused of graffitiing dozens of swastikas on the grounds of a major university have appeared in court with tattoos linked to white supremacist ideology. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past
September 24, 2024 by Ruth Thomas
Hephzibah Menuhin – American-Australian pianist, writer, and passionate supporter of women’s and children’s rights. Read more
Swords of Iron Memorial
September 24, 2024 by Natalie Gattengo
President Isaac Herzog and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion have unveiled the Swords of Iron Memorial monument in Jerusalem. Read more
Feintooner
September 24, 2024 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: The road to peace runs through Hezblastollah Read more
Deep-sea corals contaminated with human drugs, researchers warn
September 24, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Israeli scientists on Monday revealed the presence of pharmaceutical compounds, including antibiotics and laxatives, in corals collected from the Gulf of Eilat. The findings challenge assumptions that deeper marine environments are insulated from human pollution. Read more
Magen David Adom’s first-of-its-kind intensive care bus in Israel, equipped with 7 beds and 10 seats
September 24, 2024 by Zaki Heler
Due to the security situation in northern Israel, a special operation has been conducted by Magen David Adom teams, transferring nine premature infants from Carmel Medical Centre to protected hospitals in Haifa and Hadera. Read more
Haifa Day Dinner in Melbourne
September 24, 2024 by David Marlow
Over 150 leaders and volunteers from the Indian and Jewish communities joined together for dinner on Monday night to commemorate Haifa Day. Read more
Adler, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and “As a Jew…”
September 24, 2024 by Julie Szego
On the weekend, I was planning to write about Israel’s pinpoint pager and walkie-talkie attacks on Hezbollah, whose leader, Hassan Nasrallah, describes the Jewish state as a “cancerous gland” in the Middle East. But I was thrown off course by Louise Adler’s op-ed headlined, “These are the things I’ve learnt you can’t ask about Israel.” Read more
Palestine: 124 Nations display their Jew-hating credentials
September 23, 2024 by David Singer
124 of the 193 member nations of the United Nations have publicly recorded their hatred of Jews – banding together to demand: Read more
Israel strikes Central Gaza school taken over by Hamas
September 23, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Israeli aircraft struck a Hamas command and control centre in a building formerly used as a school in central Gaza, the Israel Defence Forces said on Monday. Read more
Israel targets Hezbollah terror network hidden in civilian areas, warns of new strikes
September 23, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Israel warned residents of southern Lebanon to flee homes used by Hezbollah to store weapons while releasing a video of a strike on a home containing a cruise missile on Monday. Read more
AUJS condemns universities amid senate inquiry on antisemitism
September 23, 2024 by Rob Klein
The Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) has launched a scathing attack on the University of Sydney and the Australian National University (ANU) following Senate hearings into the proposed Commission of Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities Bill 2024. Read more
Australia gives $10m in humanitarian aid for Gaza
September 23, 2024 by AAP
Australia will provide $10 million in aid for Gaza as a near year-long war has largely levelled the strip and resulted in a humanitarian crisis. Read more
Israeli forces shut down Al Jazeera Ramallah bureau, citing ties to terror
September 22, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Israeli soldiers entered the Ramallah offices of Al Jazeera and shut down the bureau over its support for Palestinian terror in the middle of a live broadcast on Sunday, the first time security forces have acted against the Qatari network in the Palestinian Authority. Read more
White Bird to launch JIFF
September 22, 2024 by J-Wire News Service
From the best-selling author of Wonder, the book that sparked a movement to “choose kind,” comes the inspirational next chapter – White Bird now a film starring Helen Mirren as a Holocaust survivor and chosen this year’s Jewish International Film Festival. Read more