Sydney rabbi joins the Beersheba commemoration
October 31, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Australian politicians including Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull received a special welcome in Israel when they coincidentally met a Sydney rabbi who made the trip with his wife and son to attend the Beersheba anniversary. Read more
A visit to the egalitarian section of the Kotel
Dozens of Jewish leaders from around the world, members of the Board of Governors of The Jewish Agency for Israel, have visited the egalitarian section of the Western Wall accompanied by Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency Natan Sharansky and Minister Tzachi Hanegbi. Read more
Malcolm faces the press
October 31, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull spoke to media following his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and fielded a question on the extradition of Malka Leifer who faces 74 charges of child sexual abuse while principal at Melbourne’s Adas Israel School. Read more
Herzl’s dream…writes Emily Gian
October 31, 2017 by Emily Gian
I have just returned from over a month in Israel with my family over the Jewish Holidays. In my head, I had been planning to write a piece about some reflections I had relating to Israel, Theordore Herzl and whether the Zionist dream had been fulfilled. Read more
New Zealand Governor General plants a tree in Jerusalem
October 31, 2017 by Ahuva Bar-Lev
In Israel to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Beersheba in which the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) liberated the city from the Turks and Germans, New Zealand Governor General Dame Patricia Lee Reddy took the time to plant a tree at the KKL-JNF Grove of Nations in Jerusalem as a symbol of friendship between her country and Israel. Read more
UN launches ‘unprecedented’ $1.3 billion legal campaign against Israel
October 31, 2017 by Adam Abrams - JNS.org
The United Nations has earmarked some $1.3 billion to fund Palestinian legal campaigns against Israel and to support the creation of an independent Palestinian state, in what experts are calling an unprecedented act singling out the Jewish state at the world body…writes Adam Abrams/JNS.org. Read more
UAE apologises to Israeli judo team, but is it ‘too little and too late?’
October 31, 2017 by Adam Abrams - JNS.org
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) officially apologised to Israel following a handshake snub during last week’s Abu Dhabi Grand Slam judo tournament. The Arab country did not, however, apologise for the tournament’s ban on Israeli symbols….writes Adam Abrams/JNS.org. Read more
Governor-General Patsy Reddy meets Israel’s leaders
October 31, 2017 by Agencies
New Zealand Governor General Patsy Reddy has visited Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin on her visit to mark the 100thanniversary of the WW1 battle for Be’er Sheva. Read more
The Netanyahus welcome the Turnbulls
October 31, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara have welcomed Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy who travelled to Israel in the framework of the event to mark the 100th anniversary of the WWO battle for Be’er Sheva.
Hamas terror tunnel discovered under UN refugee agency’s school in Gaza
October 31, 2017 by Agencies
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) stated Saturday that it had discovered a Hamas terror tunnel located underneath one of the U.N. body’s schools in the Gaza Strip. Read more
A stone for Holocaust families
October 30, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
Visiting Israel for the Anzac centenary commemorations, Peter Wise, Gary Weiss and Johnny Weiss, took the opportunity to dedicate a plaque at Yad Vashem in memory of their families murdered in the Holocaust. Read more
Complaints on the Iranian diplomat and imam’s call for the destruction of Israel
October 30, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The New Zealand Jewish Council have informed the Human Right Commissioner of the address delivered by an Iranian diplomat calling for the destruction of Israel. Read more
In the footsteps of heroes
October 30, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
Among the thousands of visitors to Israel for the centenary commemorations of the Anzac liberation of Beersheba are Aborigine descendants of the original soldiers who took part in the battles. Read more
Q&A in Israel
Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten, Minister for the Environment, Energy, Josh Frydenberg and Dan Tehan separately faced the media in Israel. Here are some of the questions…and their answers. Read more
Shia leaders deny Holocaust and call for destruction of Israel in New Zealand Mosque
October 30, 2017 by Shalom.Kiwi
A disturbing hate-speech-laden video has emerged, from a mosque in Pakuranga, Auckland, which promotes Holocaust denial and calls for the destruction of Israel. Read more
Turnbull says Australia to upgrade co-operation with Israel
October 30, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced that Australia is to upgrade co-operation with Israel on defence and national security while Minister for the Environment and Energy Josh Frydenberg
will chair a roundtable of energy and technology companies when in Israel.
Commemorating the ANZAC liberation of Beersheba
October 30, 2017 by Isi Leibler
Today Australia is indisputably Israel’s best friend in the world – in every respect…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Balfour Declaration falsehoods fuel Jew-hatred and Israel-bashing
October 30, 2017 by David Singer
The centenary of the Balfour Declaration issued on 2 November 1917 is being used to unleash a barrage of falsehoods designed to denigrate the Jewish people and delegitimise the Jewish State of Israel. Read more
What is more important? A synagogue or a cemetery?…ask the rabbi
October 30, 2017 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Which is more important for a new community to establish – a synagogue or a cemetery?…Rabbi Raymond Apple gives the answer. Read more
Feintooner
October 30, 2017 by Feintooner
Feintooner on the Dershowitz cartoon Read more
Year zero: the Palestinians and the Balfour Declaration
October 29, 2017 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
For the Palestinians, the year zero is not 1948, when the state of Israel came into being, but 1917, when Great Britain issued, in the November of that year, the Balfour Declaration—expressing support for the establishment of a “Jewish national home” in Palestine…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more
How Balfour explains why the peace process failed
October 29, 2017 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
It was a minor news story when it broke in the summer of 2016. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas announced he was suing Great Britain over the Balfour Declaration, issued on Nov. 2, 1917…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS.org. Read more
On the other hand…writes Michael Kuttner
October 29, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
One hundred years ago Anzac soldiers helped to liberate the yet unborn Jewish State from Ottoman oppression. Little did they realise what miracles would be forthcoming from the yet to be launched Israel. Read more
Anti-Semitic blogger Brendon O’Connell arrested on arrival to New Zealand
October 29, 2017 by Keren Cook
Brendan Lee O’Connell, 46, was jailed in 2011 in Perth after being found guilty of six racial hatred charges – and has failed to claim political asylum in New Zealand. Read more
Sydney Mount Sinai Appeal: A J-Wire photo gallery
October 29, 2017 by Community Editor
Did you attend the recent Mount Sinai Appeal event?… Read more
WJC welcomes FIFA decision to drop Palestinian push against Israeli soccer teams
October 28, 2017 by Agencies
The World Jewish Congress has welcomed the decision by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Council to decline the Palestinian Football Association’s long-standing push for punitive measures against the Israeli Football Association on the grounds that it is a complex political dispute unrelated to football. Read more
Two big fish and one tiddler: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
October 28, 2017 by Fraser Beath McEwing
The SSO concert in the APT Master Series presented two major works: the Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47 and Mahler’s Symphony No.1 in D major. Read more
Three Summers – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
October 27, 2017 by Roz Tarszisz
Writer and director Ben Elton said recently that despite living in Australia for 30 years he is still regarded as a Pom. While he’s not exactly a new chum, he does bring his British sense of irony and an ability to pinpoint the ridiculous in this very Australian film.
UN Security Council Resolution 2334 criticised in NZ coalition agreement
October 27, 2017 by Shalom.Kiwi
Last week New Zealand’s new Prime Minister-elect, Jacinda Ardern, and New Zealand First leader and Deputy Prime Minister-elect, and likely Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, signed a coalition agreement, which revealed the full extent of the policy wins obtained by New Zealand First in return for enabling the Labour Party to form a government. Read more
Jewish Care Victoria announced as finalist for VicHealth Award
October 27, 2017 by Ayal Tusia
Melbourne’s Jewish Care has been named a finalist in health promotion’s night of nights, the VicHealth Awards. Read more
