Project Rozana gives comfort to the family of slain Israeli
October 31, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Gary Samowitz is the project manager for Project Rozana which has awarded a medical fellowship to a Palestinian doctor in the name of Aiia Maasarwe who was brutally murdered in Melbourne earlier this year. Read more
St Kilda Shule to host multi-faith social music initiative
October 31, 2019 by Community newsdesk
St Kilda Shule CEO Rabbi Ronnie Figdor and his wife have been following the progress of an Israeli social music initiative, Koolulam, for the last 18 months which has brought Israelis together to sing for a one-off event. Read more
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October 31, 2019 by J-Wire
A young Palestinian freedom fighter agrees to work as an informant after he’s tricked into an admission of guilt by association in the wake of an Israeli soldier’s killing. Read more
Nov-17 5:25pm SBS-TV: Hitler’s Railways
October 31, 2019 by J-Wire
Chris Tarrant takes a journey through WWII as he finds out how the most horrendous and coldly calculated genocide in human history was made possible by the railways. Read more
Police on a Jewish beat
October 31, 2019 by Community Editor
Members of the NSW Police band visited Sydney’s Central Synagogue ahead of last week’s Friday night Police Remembrance Shabbat. Read more
Israel lauds new US sanctions on Iran, Hezbollah as ‘proper way to fight Iranian aggression’
October 31, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel welcomed the US’ announcement that it was levelling new sanctions against Hezbollah and Iranian entities linked to terrorism, saying it was “the proper way to fight Iranian aggression.”
IDF soldier convicted of illegally firing at rioter on Gaza border
October 31, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
An IDF soldier was convicted earlier this week of illegally shooting at and killing a Gazan rioter during the weekly violent riots on the border with Israel. Read more
Strike closes Israeli missions including embassies worldwide
October 31, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs have posted on their Facebook that all missions worldwide have closed their doors due to a dispute with the Ministry of Finance. Read more
Navigating fine line between Torah observance and Israeli military service, politics aside
October 31, 2019 by Josh Hasten - JNS
This past week an organization called “Forum of Reserve Rabbis,” a group of rabbis who serve as reserve soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces, released a new 50-page booklet roughly titled in English, “And he was a holy apprentice: Modesty laws for soldiers.” Read more
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, backed by Iran, seeks rocket-launchers in West Bank
October 31, 2019 by Yaakov Lappin
Since Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005, Palestinian terror factions have turned Gaza into a major rocket production zone, and they’re trying to replicate some of those activities in the West Bank, so far without success. Read more
Does Jewish morality require Israel to leave the West Bank?
October 31, 2019 by Evelyn Gordon - JNS
Zionism seems like a binary proposition: You’re either for or against the existence of a Jewish state. Read more
The cost of censorship on Facebook
October 31, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
There’s little question that for most observers of the debate about the future of social media, Borat got the best of Zuckerberg. Read more
If Israeli prime minister, Gantz promises to ‘embrace all streams of Judaism’
October 31, 2019 by JNS
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz has said that if he succeeds in becoming Israeli’s next premier, he will “embrace all streams of Judaism.” Read more
Nikki Haley ridicules Sanders’ Idea to transfer funds from Israel to Gaza as ‘unreal’
October 30, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Nikki Haley criticized Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for suggesting that the US redirect funds from Israel to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, saying he “outdid himself” with his radical ideas. Read more
The Other Story: screening at the Jewish International Film Festival
October 30, 2019 by Toni Susskind
The Other Story is an Israeli movie from director and co-writer Avi Nesher. It is a fascinating movie that juxtaposes relationships in the religious orthodox community, against secular relationships in modern-day Israel. Read more
Belgium’s first female PM is married to an Australian
Belgium’s first female prime minister, Sophie Wilmès, is Jewish.
Belgium’s carnival of hatred is still going strong
October 30, 2019 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
A few years ago, I was paying for some items at a large department store in the Netherlands when I was startled by the sight of a doll behind the cashier’s desk that appeared, at first glance, to be a grotesque racial caricature of a small black child wearing an elfin costume. Read more
Attorney for Netanyahu: What if the prime minister never received a bribe?
October 30, 2019 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
This week, a recording of a conversation between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the owner of Israel’s Yediot Achronot newspaper, Arnon Mozes, was released to the press. Read more
Balfour Declaration and Mandate for Palestine still keys to peace
October 30, 2019 by David Singer
The Balfour Declaration (“Declaration) issued on 2 November 1917 and the Mandate for Palestine (“Mandate”) issued on 24 July 1922 still remain the keys to resolving the Jewish-Arab conflict. Read more
Eddie Jaku nominated for the NSW Senior of the Year award.
October 30, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
After enduring years of unimaginable horror, 99-year-old Holocaust survivor, public speaker and self-proclaimed ‘happiest man on earth’, Eddie Jaku, vowed to smile every day. Read more
Cocktail reception for former Australian political leaders in Israel
October 30, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The highest calibre delegation of Australian political alumni ever to visit Israel was honoured on Tuesday evening at a cocktail reception hosted by the Zionist Federation of Australia and the Israel-Australia Chamber of Commerce. Read more
Former politicians meet Israel’s president ahead of his visit to Australia
October 30, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Reuven Rivlin has welcomed a delegation of leading Australian political figures, past and present and headed by former prime minister John Howard, to the president’s home, Beit HaNasi. Read more
They shattered the glass ceiling
October 29, 2019 by Community Editor
Three outstanding women sat on a panel at the Sydney Jewish Museum quizzed by another woman who has reached the top of the tree in her field of endeavor. Read more
Would I lie to you! The beginning at the Jewish International Film Festival
October 29, 2019 by Toni Susskind
Would I lie to you! The beginning, or La verite si je mens! Les Debuts, is one of the many films playing at this year’s Jewish International Film Festival this year. Read more
Sanders says portion of Israel’s military aid should go ‘right now’ to Gaza
October 29, 2019 by Jackson Richman - JNS
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, has stated on Monday that a portion of the U.S. military assistance to Israel should go towards humanitarian relief in the Gaza Strip. Read more
Examining hate and hope one year after Pittsburgh’s deadly Tree of Life shooting
The mass shooting at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh took place exactly a year ago this past Sunday, on Oct. 27, 2018, and the tragedy remains a lesson about combating hate and bigotry against world Jewry. Read more
With ball in Gantz’s court, he’s shooting for support wherever he can find it
October 29, 2019 by Dov Lipman - JNS
Benny Gantz and the Blue and White Party are hard at work trying to find other parties to join his coalition to give him the 61 mandates needed to form a government. Read more
‘Washington Post’ calls dead ISIS leader al-Baghdadi an ‘austere religious scholar’
On Oct. 27, 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Read more
Theodor Herzl Award for Angela Merkel
October 29, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has honoured Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Angela Merkel with the 2019 WJC Theodor Herzl Award, which recognises outstanding individuals who work to promote Herzl’s ideals for a safer, more tolerant world for the Jewish people. Read more
Australian former ministers meet Netanyahu and Gantz
October 28, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A delegation of former ministers has met up with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more
