Netanyahu to Lapid: ‘Are you declaring war on your brothers?’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted opposition leader Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) during a Knesset debate on Monday over the latter’s call for a “war” to unseat the government. Read more

Anti-Israel post leads to legal showdown

Jewish commodities trader Ronnie Sternberg has accused pro-Palestine activists of using AVOs to stifle open discussion. Read more

Peter Dutton: Am Yisrael Chai

Opposition leader Peter Dutton sends a Chanukah message to the Australian Jewish community. Read more

By any other name: Her voice will be heard – Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin

Holiday reading: Jewish claimant to Shakespeare’s plays Read more

Iraqi militias give up ‘resistance’ against Israel, Lebanon moves against Palestinian terror bases

The Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reports that Iran-backed Shi’ite militias in Iraq are ceasing hostile activities against Israel. Read more

‘The Palestinian cause was liquidated on October 7th’ says Syrian activist in Jerusalem

Rawan Osman has come a long way from Lebanon, where she grew up hating Jews, to arriving in Jerusalem to speak at an event Friends of Zion Museum  on Sunday night. Read more

Erin Molan meets President Herzog

President Isaac and First Lady Michal Herzog have met with Australian journalist Erin Molan. Read more

Hope for cancer patients: Israeli-European team unveils innovative dual-drug nanoparticle therapy

Israeli and European researchers have unveiled a new approach to treating cancerous tumours by using biodegradable nanoparticles to simultaneously deliver two drugs to amplify their effects. Read more

Friday night with the Murdochs

A packed Central Synagogue in Sydney where Rabbi Levi Wolff publicly thanked media giant Rupert Murdoch for his support for Israel and the Jewish community. Read more

Netanyahu had no plans to attend Auschwitz liberation memorial

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu never planned to attend next month’s 80th year anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp in Poland, the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem said on Sunday. Read more

Fighting with fire

I’ve attended many pro-Israel rallies over the years and have been a speaker at most of them – but my first experience of a ‘counter rally’, where pro-Pally protesters turn up to disrupt, was in 2018. Read more

Moriah College students excel in HSC 

Moriah College’s Class of 2024 has delivered exceptional results in the Higher School Certificate (HSC), underscoring the school’s academic rigour and commitment to holistic student development. Read more

Emanuel School celebrates exceptional 2024 HSC results

Sydney’s Emanuel School is celebrating the outstanding achievements of its Class of 2024 in the Higher School Certificate (HSC). Read more

Rare historical photos of Chanukah celebrations in Israel

As part of its ongoing commitment to preserving history, the JNF archive offers these striking black-and-white images, providing a unique glimpse into the holiday traditions of Jewish communities throughout the Land of Israel in the mid-20th century. Read more

SmartAid events: Photogallery

SmartAid’s Shachar Zahavi visited Sydney recently and attended events hosted by Jackie Vidor, Simone Abel and Alethea Gold. Were you there? Read more

Meet SmartAid’s Shachar Zahavi

Today Alethea Gold is on a shopping spree, but not for Chanukah or Christmas gifts. She is shopping for wheelchairs. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Vatican naïveté scene Read more

Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution refuses to implode

The Saudi-based Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS) to end 100 years of conflict between Arabs and Jews refuses to implode – despite the best efforts of the United Nations and world media to ignore HKOPS existence since its publication on 8 June 2022. Read more

Haifa airport takes off again after months-long war closure

After months of being closed by war, Haifa International Airport resumed domestic and international flights on Sunday. Read more

Down’s Syndrome cognitive development extends into adulthood, study shows

An Israeli study has demonstrated that people with Down’s Syndrome continue to have cognitive growth into adulthood, overturning widespread belief that their intellectual growth plateaus during the teen years. Read more

Welcome to ‘Paddystine’

The other day, during a discussion with a colleague about the wave of pro-Hamas, antisemitic hysteria sweeping the Republic of Ireland, I unthinkingly quipped that the people of Eire should rename themselves “Paddystinians.” Read more

On the other hand

Following the devastation of forests and plant life in the north of Israel caused by Hezbollah, the Jewish National Fund is now dedicating enormous resources to rehabilitation. Read more

Sweden ends UNRWA funding amid controversy over Hamas ties and October 7 atrocities

Sweden has officially ceased its financial support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), Aid Minister Benjamin Dousa announced during an interview with TV4 on Friday. Read more

A history of Chanukah

We like to think that Chanukah was the great victory of Judah, the son of Mattityahu the Priest ( who initiated the resistance ) against the mighty Syrian or Seleucid Greeks over two thousand years ago. Read more

Police probe anti-Semitic banner on steps of Victorian parliament

Police are working to identify a group of alleged neo-Nazis who displayed an offensive banner outside a state parliament. Read more

Security upgrades made easy for places of worship

Places of public worship in NSW will be able to upgrade their security without the need for lengthy planning approvals to offer worshippers better protections. Read more

Pope labels Gaza airstrikes ‘cruelty – not war’

In an address to Catholic cardinals, Pope Francis has condemned Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, saying children are being bombed, labelling it ‘cruelty – not war’. Read more

Israel investigating how Houthi missile evaded air defences

Israeli security authorities are investigating how a Houthi missile fired from Yemen hit Jaffa in the early hours of Saturday morning, lightly injuring 23 people. Read more

The walls around Israel’s enemies keep falling

The current negotiations for the release of the hostages, whether finalized or still in progress, are quite significant, akin to the sudden fall of the Bashar Assad regime and the collapse of Hamas and Hezbollah, as they are another wall falling within the fierce and determined front aimed at the destruction of the State of Israel. Read more

The diplomatic crisis between Israel and Ireland

Among Western countries that have expressed hostility to Israel, Ireland has long stood out as the most vicious. Read more

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