JCCV suspends relations with Muslim counterpart
March 3, 2024 by David Marlow
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The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has announced that it has suspended relations with the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV), as a result of malicious public statements made by the ICV President Adel Salman and Vice President Mohamed Mohideen. Read more
Here we go again
March 1, 2024 by Jeremy Rosen
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Anti-Judaism was always driven by two agents, religion and politics. Read more
Jewish, Muslim women denounce world silence on Hamas’s sexual attacks
January 22, 2024 by Pesach Benson
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A Jewish beauty queen from Israel and a Muslim doctor from Britain denounced Hamas’s sexual violence and the silence of feminist groups at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Read more
Open letter about Oscars calls out diversity initiative exclusion of Jews
New rules by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—known for presenting the annual Oscar awards in Hollywood, Calif.—go into effect this year to qualify for the Best Picture category. Read more
South African Jews—a community under threat?
December 27, 2023 by JNS
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Jews have been an integral part of the fabric of society in South Africa since the seventeenth century when some arrived with the early Dutch settlers…writes Rolene Marks. Read more
South Africa threatens to prosecute citizens fighting for IDF
The South African government has threatened to prosecute citizens fighting for the Israel Defense Forces against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, according to a Monday report by Agence France Presse. Read more
Jews and Muslims should feel safe: Jewish MPs
Australian Jews and Muslims should not be used as “political footballs” and their communities should feel safe and supported, Jewish MPs from Labor and the Liberal Party say. Read more
PM accuses Dutton of weaponising antisemitism
Anthony Albanese has accused Opposition Leader Peter Dutton of seeking to weaponise antisemitism, urging greater social cohesion as the Israel-Gaza conflict continues. Read more
Antisemitic conspiracy theory mars debate about the Voice
July 18, 2023 by Julie Nathan
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Conspiracy theories about ‘the Jews’ are ancient, pervasive and often genocidal in what they advocate. Read more
Today’s French Revolution
July 14, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
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In July 1789, the Paris Bastille was stormed by rampaging mobs, and the established order of autocratic rule was swiftly swept away. Read more
West seeks Russia ‘Final Solution’: Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United States has assembled a coalition of European countries to solve “the Russian question” in the same way that Adolf Hitler had sought a “final solution” to eradicate Europe’s Jews. Read more
Hiberno-Yiddish – The language of Irish Jews
January 15, 2023 by Avi Kumar
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Hiberno-Yiddish or Irish-Yiddish is the historical dialect spoken by Irish Jews. Read more
A pogrom against Maori politician
October 7, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The New Zealand Jewish Council is dismayed by the president of the Māori Party John Tamihere’s reported comments that “This is a pogrom” in relation to an NZ Herald investigation into the use of funds by charities associated with him. Read more
Austen Tayshus talks about his favourite audience – The Jews
July 13, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Austen Tayshus: Skin in the Game, a documentary about Sandy Gutman and his alter ego Austen Tayshus premieres on Sunday on Foxtel. Read more
What do Jews think of Jesus?
July 11, 2022 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
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Nearly half of French Jews hide religious symbols
February 10, 2022 by Faygie Holt
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An increasing number of French Jews believe that antisemitism is widespread in their country, according to a new survey conducted by the American Jewish Committee. Read more
Ukraine’s Jewish community in danger as Russian troops, supplies mass at border
February 1, 2022 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
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A possibly imminent invasion by Russian troops into Ukrainian territory has the world on edge as leaders and experts try to guess Russian President Vladimir Putin’s next steps and prevent what could become the largest military action in Europe since World War II. Read more
How Europe’s Jews understand their Jewish lives
February 1, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) has published a major new study of European Jewish identity, providing an updated profile of how the more than one million Jews living in the EU and UK today understand and live their Jewish lives. Read more
Heard again: Cries of ‘Death to the Jews!’ in a Polish city
November 21, 2021 by Ben Cohen
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In her recent co-authored book Philo-Semitic Violence: Poland’s Jewish Past in New Polish Narratives, the Warsaw-based literary scholar Elzbieta Janicka recounts an episode from Poland’s past that sheds a great deal of light on Poland’s present…writes Ben Cohen. Read more
Iranian ayatollah: ‘Jews are the greatest problem of Islam and humanity’
According to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s representative in Iran’s Southern Khorasan Province, the Jews are humanity’s greatest problem. Read more
The Igbo Jews
August 13, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
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In 1960 Nigeria gained independence from the United Kingdom. As with many new African states, the borders of the country did not reflect earlier ethnic, cultural, religious, or political realities. Read more
Just when you think you have heard it all
February 2, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
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It seems there is no limit when it comes to covering news about Israel and Jews. This week in particular has served up yet more examples of the absurdities we face…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
Do the Jews control the World?
January 24, 2018 by Alan Dershowitz
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Our secret is out. The Jews control the world! We own the media. Politicians do our bidding. Wall Street is a Jewish shtetle. Hollywood moguls make secret deals in Yiddish. Jewish professors propagandise their students to support Israel. Jewish puppet masters pull the strings and their compliant puppets simply follow…writes Alan Dershowitz. Read more
From Statelessness to Power: Israel and the reversal of antisemitism
November 5, 2017 by Professor Bill Rubinstein
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In recent years the State of Israel has become an object of deep affection for many of the Western world’s conservatives, especially in the United States…writes Bill Rubinstein. Read more
Year zero: the Palestinians and the Balfour Declaration
October 29, 2017 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
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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
Harvey Weinstein’s disgrace produces another nasty caricature
October 14, 2017 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
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Walking through central London last week, and with a spare half hour on my hands, I decided to pay a quick visit to the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. Inside, I spent most of my time intently studying a painting that I could not recall having seen before: “The Philosopher,” a 1645 canvas by the Italian painter Salvator Rosa…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more
The Jews of Greece- Οι Εβραίοι της Ελλάδας
October 10, 2017 by Community Editor
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The Sydney Jewish Museum will launch its new temporary exhibition, The Jews of Greece later this month. Read more
Far-right AfD party’s rise highlights a ‘fine line’ for German Jews and Israel
October 4, 2017 by Alina Dain Sharon-JNS.org
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The rise of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the country’s recent election has been described as a “political earthquake,” while Jewish leaders’ immediate reaction was to express concern about AfD’s views. But what are the broader implications of the party’s electoral showing for German Jews and for Israel?…writes Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org. Read more
Shira’s Journey – The Jews of Greece
April 9, 2017 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
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“Shira’s Journey” is a screenplay by Carol Freeman Gordon, with Photos by Emmanuel Santos…a video story. Read more
Palestine – Netanyahu sends clear message to Trump, Putin, May and UN
March 16, 2017 by David Singer
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Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has had a busy week meeting with UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson in Jerusalem, President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and then back to Jerusalem for a five-hour meeting with President Trump’s Special Representative for International Negotiations – Jason Greenblatt…writes David Singer. Read more