Heading home to see her newly-released brother
Mika Shanis will rush back to Israel from Melbourne today to welcome her brother Amit who has just been released by Hamas. Read more
A report for reporters
November 29, 2023 by J-Wire
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has written to the federal president of MEAA, the union covering journalists, following its backing a letter to publishers and networks criticising the coverage of the Israel-Gaza war and claiming “The conflict did not start on October 7, and it is the media’s responsibility to ensure audiences are fully informed.” Read more
Nazi salute to be outlawed to stop ‘glorifying hatred’
November 28, 2023 by J-Wire
The Nazi salute and hate symbols will be outlawed under new counter-terrorism laws. Read more
Israel-Hamas truce in Gaza appears to hold initially
November 24, 2023 by J-Wire
No bombings, artillery strikes or rocket attacks have been reported since Israel and Hamas started a four-day ceasefire in Gaza, the first pause in a 48-day-old war that has devastated the Palestinian enclave. Read more
Farewell to Liel, 12-year-old victim of Hamas
November 19, 2023 by J-Wire
KIBBUTZ REVIVIM: Clothes. Perfume. Sewing materials from school. Read more
Set them free!
November 9, 2023 by J-Wire
Solidarity Vigil Read more
Jessica Fox would be fitting Olympic flagbearer: Meares
Chef de Mission Anna Meares believes Jessiica Fox would make a model Olympic flagbearer but the champion canoeist has downplayed talk she could be chosen to lead Australia into Paris. Read more
Nine Israeli soldiers killed when APC is struck by rocket
The Israel Defence Forces announced early Wednesday morning the deaths of nine additional soldiers in the Gaza Strip, bringing to 11 the number of troops killed in action the previous day. Nine of the 11 were killed when their armored personnel carrier was struck by an anti-tank rocket on Tuesday. Read more
Incoming NZ PM Luxon wants ceasefire in Gaza
November 1, 2023 by J-Wire
Incoming New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon has backed calls for a “humanitarian truce” in Gaza, the position the country supported at the United Nations. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past: Maurice Ashkanasy QC – Melbourne barrister and Jewish community leader
October 31, 2023 by J-Wire
Maurice was born was born Moshe Ashckinasy on 3 October 1901 at Mile End Old Town, London. Read more
Benjamin Netanyahu tells foreign press ‘calls for a cease fire are calls for Israel to surrender to Hamas’
October 31, 2023 by J-Wire
On Monday night, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a press conference in English for the foreign media in which he said that Israel’s war in Gaza is a fight for civilization and against barbarism. Read more
Netanyahu calls Hamas hostage video ‘cruel propaganda’
October 31, 2023 by J-Wire
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned as “cruel psychological propaganda” a video released by Hamas that shows three of the hostages seized by the Islamist movement on October 7. Read more
Six former prime ministers urge end to religious hatred
Six former Australian prime ministers are calling for an end to religious hatred as tensions rise amid Israel’s sustained campaign against Hamas in Gaza. Read more
True colours
It is at times like these when one can discover who is genuine and who is “missing in action”. Read more
Responses to Gutteres
October 26, 2023 by J-Wire
Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan responded to remarks made by UN Secretary General António Guterres during this week’s the UN Security Council session. Read more
Macron suggests anti-IS coalition fight Hamas
October 25, 2023 by J-Wire
French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed that an international coalition fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria widens its scope to include the fight against the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza. Read more
Murdered and missing in Hamas attack include citizens from 41 nations
October 23, 2023 by J-Wire
Citizens from at least 41 countries were murdered or taken hostage by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, according to the latest statistics released by the Israeli government. Read more
‘Too many red lines were crossed: Israeli hospital bans BBC News crew from premises
Citing BBC News’s “biased coverage” of the Gaza war, staff at the Galilee Medical Centre in Nahariya banned a film crew from entering the hospital on Saturday, according to a spokesperson. Read more
Biden and Netanyahu: Video
October 19, 2023 by J-Wire
President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to the media follwing their meeting in Israel yesterday. Read more
‘A disgrace’: minister bristles over protest grilling
October 17, 2023 by J-Wire
NSW’s embattled police minister has labelled a predecessor a disgrace and promised to outlast the state’s opposition leader amid intense scrutiny over anti-Israel protesters. Read more
Melbourne: RALLY TONIGHT
October 13, 2023 by J-Wire
5PM – before Shabbat. Read more
A fallen hero: Israel bids farewell to Amichai Witzen
October 12, 2023 by J-Wire
Thousands of Israelis gathered at Jerusalem’s Mt. Herzl cemetery to pay their last respects to Amichai Israel Witzen. Read more
False claims about Israel-Hamas war mushroom online
October 11, 2023 by J-Wire
The rapid spread of misleading claims and doctored images in the aftermath of a deadly rampage by Hamas gunmen in Israel has put the focus on Elon Musk’s X platform, which has drawn the ire of the European Union. Read more
Anti-Semitic threats made against Melbourne man
October 11, 2023 by J-Wire
An investigation is underway after a man was subjected to anti-Semitic threats from passengers in a car that pulled up next to him on a Melbourne street. Read more
Hamas attacks against Israel ‘abhorrent’: Albanese
October 8, 2023 by J-Wire
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned attacks by Hamas against Israel, describing the conflict as a “very dark 24 hours”. Read more
Iran: “Death to Israel”
October 8, 2023 by J-Wire
World leaders condems the Hamas attack on Israel, with one notable exception. Read more
Oct-03 5:55pm SBS-World Movies: Fill the Void
September 29, 2023 by J-Wire
Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of an Orthodox Hassidic family from Tel Aviv and is about to be married off to a promising young man. Read more
Oct-19 10:30am SBS-World Movies: The Physician
September 26, 2023 by J-Wire
In Persia in the 11th Century, a surgeon’s apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians. Read more
Oct-14 5:35pm SBS-TV: Auschwitz – The Hidden Traces
September 20, 2023 by J-Wire
Auschwitz, in German-occupied Poland, was the largest Nazi concentration camp and extermination complex of the war. Read more
Rambam participants report on their experiences
September 6, 2023 by J-Wire
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) supporters have met up with four returnees from three separate Rambam study visit groups to Israel and the West Bank over the last year. Read more
