Jessica Fox would be fitting Olympic flagbearer: Meares

November 8, 2023 by  

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

November 1, 2023 by  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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

October 30, 2023 by  

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

October 27, 2023 by  

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  

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  

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  

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

October 23, 2023 by  

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  

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  

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  

5PM – before Shabbat. Read more

A fallen hero: Israel bids farewell to Amichai Witzen

October 12, 2023 by  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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

Dry Bones: The mug shot

August 30, 2023 by  

The Trump mug shot is a perfect campaign photo … Read more

Dry Bones: Haredi roadblock

August 22, 2023 by  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s government has weathered the opposition’s anti-reform protests, consisting of blocking major highways, streets and intersections. Read more

King Abdullah & Abbas reject Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine

August 21, 2023 by  

Jordan’s King Abdullah and PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas have broken their 15 months long silence by finally rejecting the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution – first published in Saudi Arabia on 8 June 2022 – that shredded the failed two-state solution pursued by Saudi Arabia and the Arab League since 2002 (Arab Peace Initiative). Read more

Aug-25 3:20pm SBS-World Movies: Into The Arms Of Strangers

August 18, 2023 by  

For nine months prior to World War II, Britain conducted an extraordinary rescue mission, opening its doors to over 10,000 Jewish and other children from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. Read more

Israeli computational model predicts breast cancer risks

August 16, 2023 by  

Tel Aviv University researchers have announced the development of a computational model to predict increased genetic risk for breast cancer. Read more

From New Zealand’s Jewish past: Abraham Hort – one of the founders of the New Zealand Jewish Community

August 15, 2023 by  

Abraham was born in 1790 and was known as Abraham Hort Senior a prominent member of the London Jewish Community. Read more

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