The President’s Twitter chat
September 26, 2016 by Agencies
Watch how Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin handles his open first Twitter chat….. Read more
WJC President Lauder honors Elie Wiesel at high-profile UNESCO-sponsored tribute to heroes fighting violent extremism
September 25, 2016 by Agencies
WJC President Lauder honours Elie Wiesel at high-profile UNESCO-sponsored tribute to heroes fighting violent extremism. Read more
President Rivlin to host Q&A on Twitter #AskRivlin
September 23, 2016 by Agencies
For the first time, President Reuven Rivlin will hold a questions and answers session on Twitter via his Hebrew (@rubirivlin), and English (@PresidentRuvi)Twitter accounts, using both text and video. Read more
Ban Ki-moon sends a letter to Peres
September 21, 2016 by Agencies
UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon has sent a letter to Ninth President Shimon Peres wishing him a speedy recovery and a long life. Read more
Limmud FSU is key to bridging Australia’s Jewish and Russian-speaking Jewish Communities
Israeli Minister of Environmental Protection Zeev Elkin told Limmud FSU Australia that the organisation is playing a critical role in connecting the Russian-speaking Jewish community to the larger Australian Jewish community at the first-ever Limmud FSU Australia festival in Sydney this past weekend. Read more
Israel is not isolated Netanyahu tells WJC
September 14, 2016 by Agencies
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told a delegation of World Jewish Congress (WJC) leaders that despite the perception that Israel is isolated, there had been a dramatic expansion of relations with countries recently, including in the Arab world, something that would have been inconceivable just five years ago. Read more
President Rivlin hosts delegation of senior WJC leadership
September 13, 2016 by Agencies
President Reuven Rivlin has hosted a delegation of the senior leadership of the World Jewish Congress (WJC). Read more
‘Nowhere in the world was terror of 9/11 understood better than in Israel’…Lauder
September 12, 2016 by Agencies
The US embassy in Israel has commemorated in Jerusalem the 15th anniversary of 9/11 . Read more
Four Australian Jewish women to participate U.S. project
September 2, 2016 by Agencies
Four Jewish mothers from Australia will participate in the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP) Leadership Conference in Maryland later this month. Read more
Intel launches 7th-generation Israeli technology
Intel Corp. introduced its 7th generation Core processors developed by the company’s Israeli branch in Haifa. Read more
800 nominations received for next year’s Maccabiah Game
August 26, 2016 by Agencies
Momentum is building towards Australia’s 2017 Maccabiah Games campaign, with over 800 nominations received by Maccabi Australia from athletes and officials hoping to be on the plane to Israel next year. Read more
Israeli defence minister: Israel won’t allow Hamas to arm itself
August 24, 2016 by Agencies
A day after the Israel Defence Forces bombed a number of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket attack on the southern Israeli town of Sderot, Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned that the Jewish state cannot allow the Hamas terror group to arm itself. Read more
New Zealand Jewish Council calls for success for Islam Awareness Week
August 22, 2016 by Agencies
President of NZJC Stephen Goodman has sent a message to the Federation of Islamic Association of New Zealand at the beginning of the Islam Awareness Week. Read more
An Ancient Jewish “Stone Age”? Excavations in a Cave in Galilee Reveal a 2,000 Year-Old Stone Vessel Production Centre
August 22, 2016 by Agencies
Archaeological excavations conducted in Galilee in early August, under the direction of Dr. Yonatan Adler of Ariel University, have unearthed a 2,000 year-old cave which functioned as a quarry and industrial workshop for the production of stone vessels. Read more
Israeli startups win Global Innovation Awards in China
August 15, 2016 by Agencies
Two Israeli startups have won first and second place at the Global Innovation Awards 2016 in Beijing. Read more
A well-known luxury hotel in Berlin has denied claims that it deliberately omitted Israel in its phone directory due to concerns of its Arab guests
August 12, 2016 by Agencies
French Jewish filmmaker Claude Lanzmann, who directed the Holocaust documentary “Shoah”, wrote an op-ed in the French newspaper ‘Le Figaro’ and the German daily ‘Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung’ in which claimed that the Kempinski Hotel Bristol had intentionally left Israel off a list of international dialing codes. Read more
Holocaust savior Wallenberg executed in Soviet jail, former KGB chief’s diaries say
August 11, 2016 by Agencies
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who courageously saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from deportation to the German death camps, was executed in a Soviet prison, according to the diaries of Ivan Serov, a former director of the Soviet spy agency KGB. Read more
Second Gaza humanitarian aid worker arrested for helping Hamas
A Palestinian man working with the United Nations in the Gaza Strip has been arrested by the Israeli Shin Bet security force and accused of using his position to aid Hamas military activities. Read more
Olympic chiefs slam Lebanese team over clash with Israelis
August 9, 2016 by Agencies
The International Olympic Committee on Sunday issued a stern warning to the head of the Lebanese delegation to the games over his refusal to share a bus to the opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro with the Israeli team. Read more
For first time, Israeli university offers degree in winemaking
August 9, 2016 by Agencies
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem plans to introduce a degree in winemaking in the coming academic year. Read more
Shimon Peres at 93
August 3, 2016 by Agencies
Israel’s Ninth President Shimon Peres has turned 93…and received a surprise birthday celebration in front of hundreds of soldiers and officers of the Military Intelligence Research Division. Read more
Saudis: Israel visit doesn’t reflect government stance
The Saudi government distanced itself on Wednesday from a recent visit to Israel by a delegation of Saudi citizens, which included a former military general. Read more
U.S. army officer who helped liberate 2500 Jews…including five living in Sydney
July 26, 2016 by Agencies
A U.S. officer who helped liberate 2,500 Jews during the Holocaust has died at the age of 99…and other news items from JNS.org. Read more
Genome of 6,000-year-old barley grains sequenced for first time
July 24, 2016 by Agencies
An international team of researchers has succeeded for the first time in sequencing the genome of Chalcolithic barley grains found the Masada. Read more
WJC criticises official statements of Polish officials
July 22, 2016 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has strongly criticised statements made by high-ranking Polish officials regarding the involvement of Poles in the brutal murder of Jews during and after World War II. Read more
Israel Innovation Centre
July 22, 2016 by Agencies
Former President of Israel Shimon Peres has launched the establishment of the Israeli Innovation Centre. Read more
World Jewish Congress harshly condemned the Nice terror attack
July 15, 2016 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder harshly condemned the terror attack that killed at least 73 people in Nice, France. Read more
Sydney to join fashionistas on 1st-of-its-kind delegation to Israel
Nikki Vernon of Sydney, along with 34 other Jewish fashion industry mavens from around the world, was selected to join the journey of a lifetime and see Israel beyond the headlines while connecting with Israel’s fashion leaders later this month. Read more
The Netanyahu family at Yoni’s grave
July 13, 2016 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara, and the boys Yair and Avner Netanyahu went the Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, to attended a memorial ceremony for the Prime Minister’s brother, Lt.-Col. Yoni Netanyahu to mark 40 years [on the Hebrew calendar] since he fell while commanding the IDF General Staff Reconnaissance Unit during the operation to free the hostages at Entebbe. Read more
Entebbe revisited
July 5, 2016 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has visited the airport in Entebbe in Uganda where his brother Yoni was killed leading an Israeli special forces unit on a mission to liberate hostages captured on a hijacked Air France plane forty years ago today. Read more
