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Premier Chris Minns visits Woollahra
Friday, November 22, 2024 at 5:59 pm
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns visited Emanuel Synagogue in Sydney’s Woollahra this morning, meeting with synagogue leaders following a spate of antisemitic incidents that recently occurred nearby in Woollahra. Read more
New Zealand proscribes Hezbollah and the Houtis as terrorist entities
Friday, November 22, 2024 at 5:52 pm
The New Zealand government announced that both The Houthis and Hezbollah have been designated as terrorist entities in New Zealand. Read more
Australia legally obliged to act on Israel war warrants
Friday, November 22, 2024 at 5:44 pm
Australia can’t choose what world court rulings it will adhere to, an expert says, after arrest warrants were issued for Israel’s PM and ex-defence minister. Read more
Shaked visa denial sparks outrage
Friday, November 22, 2024 at 11:09 am
Former Israeli interior and justice minister Ayelet Shaked has been denied a visa to visit Australia on the grounds that she could “vilify” Australians or “incite discord.” Read more
Wong backs court’s independence over Israeli PM warrant
Friday, November 22, 2024 at 10:43 am
Australia is defending an international court after it issued warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant. Read more
Stop The Hate Mate campaign launched at NSW Parliament House
Friday, November 22, 2024 at 10:15 am
The Stop The Hate Mate campaign was launched at New South Wales Parliament House, marking a united effort to combat hate speech and foster harmony within the community. Read more
‘A dark day for justice’: Israelis react to Netanyahu, Gallant arrest warrants
Friday, November 22, 2024 at 10:02 am
Israel officials across the political spectrum reacted with anger and outrage after the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued unprecedented arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday. Read more
Nazi salute convictions overturned in key test for laws
Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 5:31 pm
Two men accused of displaying Nazi salutes at the 2022 Australia Cup final have been found not guilty on appeal, while a third remains convicted over the crime. Read more
Avril Alba appointed Head of Languages and Cultures at the University of Sydney
Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 5:18 pm
The University of Sydney has appointed Avril Alba as the new Head of the School of Languages and Cultures (SLC) and Professor in Holocaust Studies and Jewish Civilisation, effective 7 January 2025. Read more
Israeli researcher Ze’ev Erlich, 71, killed in battle in ancient fortress in Lebanon
Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 5:07 pm
Ze’ev (Jabo) Hanoch Erlich, a 71-year-old renowned Israeli researcher, was killed on Wednesday while accompanying IDF soldiers in southern Lebanon. Read more
168 Gaza aid trucks looted as criminal gangs challenge Hamas, 20 executed
Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 4:38 pm
Gaza’s Hamas-run Interior Ministry executed at least 20 Palestinians for looting trucks with humanitarian aid in recent clashes with criminal gangs, The Press Service of Israel has learned. Read more
El Al reports 260% rise in 3rd quarter profits amid war
Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 4:17 pm
El Al, Israel’s national carrier, reported a 260% increase in third-quarter profits on Wednesday as most international airlines suspended flights because of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon. Read more
Court orders Palestinian Authority to pay millions to victims of suicide bombing attack
Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 3:07 pm
In a precedent-setting ruling, an Israeli court on Tuesday ordered the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization to pay tens of millions of shekels in compensation to victims of a 2001 suicide bombing and their families. Read more
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Jessica Fox adds World Cup canoe title to stellar year
Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 3:08 pm
Paris Olympics star Jessica Fox has won again, taking out the overall World Cup canoe title by winning the final round in Spain. Read more
‘This medal was bigger than me’
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 6:29 pm
“Once I finished the competition, I realized that this medal was bigger than me,” Tom Reuveny, who won the men’s windsurfing competition at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, told JNS on Monday. Read more
With the pressure off, Fox turns Australian cheerleader
Monday, August 5, 2024 at 2:34 pm
Jessica Fox will spend the rest of the Paris Olympics cheering on her Australian teammates after winning two gold medals. Read more
Fox’s triple gold medal hunt in Paris ends
Monday, August 5, 2024 at 9:03 am
Jessica Fox has been bundled out in the heats of the kayak cross, ending her hopes of a third gold medal in Paris, but her sister Noemie is through to quarters. Read more
Features and Articles
The pope’s embrace of evil discourse
With just a few words, Pope Francis has plunged relations between Jews and Catholics into their worst crisis for decades and undone years of delicate rapprochement. Read more
While the world’s attention has been focused on the American election, a far less publicized but still significant election for the Chief Rabbinate took place in Israel. Read more
This is the dilemma faced by Jews since time immemorial when faced by threats whether physical or verbal. Read more
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Jewish liberals should follow ‘Morning Joe’ and drop the ‘resistance’
Maybe he isn’t Hitler after all. That’s the upshot of the announcement by political talk-show hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough after they journeyed to Mar-a-Lago this past weekend for a chat with President-elect Donald Trump. Read more
The harrowing tale of a former Hamas hostage
“There are always noises or smells that take you back there. I just wait until it passes,” Ofir Engel told JNS on Wednesday. Read more
Elise Stefanik’s UN debut can’t come soon enough
Whether the Biden administration is planning a last hurrah for the Jewish state at the United Nations—a lame-duck good riddance, à la Barack Obama, in the form of an abstention in a hostile Security Council vote—remains to be seen. Read more
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Israel’s oldest citizen turns 110
Friday, November 22, 2024 at 6:17 pm
Israel’s most senior citizen marked her 110th birthday this week with a heartfelt celebration organized by the staff at Netanya’s Laniado Hospital. Read more
Friday, November 22, 2024 at 4:54 pm
The 20th anniversary of NCJWA’s Celebrating Israel annual event will mark ”The Vote” in 1947. Read more
Rabbi Glasman awarded Sir John Monash Award
Friday, November 22, 2024 at 4:30 pm
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has recognised the exemplary achievements and contributions to the Jewish community of St Kilda Hebrew Congregation’s Rabbi Yaakov Glasman at its 86th Annual General Meeting this week. Read more
Celebrating Rabbi Pinchus Feldman’s 80th birthday
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 5:13 pm
A special gathering of some of Sydney’s Jewish community was held on Thursday November 7 to honour Rabbi Pinchus Feldman, the head Shliach (emissary) to Sydney and New South Wales, as he celebrated his 80th birthday at Chabad Double Bay. Read more
Melbourne Jewish community unites to walk against violence
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 4:58 pm
Later this month, more than a dozen community organisations will join together at Caulfield Park to send a clear message that our Jewish community stands united against violence against women. Read more
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Seven-year-old Zachary’s mission to support the wounded
Seven-year-old Zachary Berman, a Year 1 student at Mount Sinai College in Maroubra, Australia, is turning personal challenges into a mission of compassion. Read more
Idan Raichel hit song performed by 900 Emanuel voices
Sydney’s Emanuel School has produced a special rendition of Idan Raichel’s hit song – Shevet Achim Ve’achayot, a Tribe of Brothers and Sisters. Read more
Emanuel’s strong performance in HSC
Sydney’s Emanuel School’s Class of 2023 students achieved strong results with many notable achievements. Read more
Mount Scopus College: “Wonderful VCE results”
The results of over 75% of Melbourne’s Mount Scopus College Year 12 were in the top 20% of the state. Read more
Sharni Briner, the Melbourne Coordinator for Diller Teen Fellows, attended a gathering in Chicago representing the Australian Jewish community. Read more
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Nov-21 7:30pm SBS World Movies: The Last Vermeer
While Joseph Piller, a Dutch Jew, was fighting in the Resistance during the Second World War, the debonair art connoisseur Han van Meegeren was selling Dutch art to Hermann Goring and other Nazis. Read more
Apr-25 11:45pm SBS-TV: Auschwitz – One Day
This documentary tells the story of a typical day in 1944 in the ‘death factory’ at Auschwitz from the viewpoint of victims – but it also allows insights into the mindset of the perpetrators. Read more