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Security overpowers knife-wielding man outside Jewish school in Marseille
Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 3:10 pm
Security forces outside of a Jewish day school in Marseille in southern France stopped an armed, would-be assailant who showed up at the school on Friday before going into a nearby kosher market. Read more
Harris to Netanyahu: America stands against ICC war-crimes probe of Israel
Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 2:58 pm
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, assuring that the United States stands against the International Criminal Court’s war-crimes probe of Israel. Read more
Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 2:16 pm
After his Alitalia flight received permission to fly across Israel on its way to Iraq, Pope Francis radioed a message to Israel’s President Rivlin . Read more
Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 12:55 pm
National LGBTIQ advocacy organisation, just.equal has written to federal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, seeking a commitment that proposed Holocaust museums will present information about all the victims of the Holocaust. Read more
Dan Tehan to discuss trade with counterparts in Israel and Bahrain on zoom
Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 10:55 am
In a first-ever webinar event, the Trade Ministers of Australia, Bahrain and Israel will be interviewed live on the importance of new markets in a post-COVID-19` world. Read more
MDA vaccinates Palestinian workers
Friday, March 5, 2021 at 5:11 pm
As part of the national effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Israel, the government has decided to provide vaccinations to Palestinian workers with permits to work in Israel. Read more
PA denies accusations of cronyism in vaccine rollout
Friday, March 5, 2021 at 4:46 pm
The Palestinian Authority has denied accusations that its vaccine rollout plan was based on cronyism and lacked transparency. Read more
Friday, March 5, 2021 at 3:28 pm
Ze’ev Bashan, a former President of the JNF in Australia has passed away in Israel. Read more
Multiculturalism NSW launches five year plan
Friday, March 5, 2021 at 8:57 am
The Multiculturalism NSW Strategic Plan for 2021-2025 has been launched at NSW Parliament House.
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British university accused of ‘absolute failure’ to address professor’s biased conduct
Friday, March 5, 2021 at 8:25 am
The United Kingdom’s Union of Jewish Students (UJS) and Bristol Jewish Society (J-Soc) have accused Bristol University of an “absolute failure of their duty of care” after the school refused to condemn the anti-Semitic conduct of a sociology professor. Read more
Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 6:21 pm
Both Israeli and Australian leader have made statements on the International Criminal Court’s decision to investigate Israel have ranged from “absurd” to “scandalous”. Read more
ICC opens war-crimes probe; Netanyahu blasts it as ‘anti-Semitic’ and ‘hypocritical’
Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 6:08 pm
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Hague announced on Wednesday her intention to open an investigation into war crimes allegedly committed by Israelis and Palestinians since 2014. Read more
Israel points to Iran for causing oil spill, calling it ‘environmental terrorism’
Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 6:03 pm
Israel’s Environmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel accused Iran on Wednesday of being behind a major oil spill off Israel’s coast from Feb. 1-2. Read more
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Russian Aslan Karatsev has reached the quarter-finals of the Australian tennis open, disposing of fellow Jewish competitor Diego Schwartzman on his way through. Read more
Australia takes big step on road to Maccabiah 21 with team managers and coaches inductions
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 3:47 pm
Features and Articles
History, the Holocaust and hatred in Turkey’s school textbooks
Time and again, the Middle East has taught us that whatever political problems or challenges a given regime may be facing, it always has at its disposal an anti-Semitic explanation for how these came about in the first place. Read more
Will a US-Saudi rift affect Israel?
The Biden administration has distanced itself from Saudi Arabia, imposing sanctions on some Saudi officials over the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but stopped short of penalizing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) himself. Read more
The countdown to Election Day followed by Pesach (Passover) has begun. Read more
New Zealand superannuation fund divests from six Israeli banks
The New Zealand Government superannuation savings vehicle, the NZ Super Fund, is ostensibly joining the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel – a movement deemed racist by many of New Zealand’s traditional allies. Read more
The list of high calibre guests for webinars from the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) continued with the latest presenter, Elliott Abrams, formerly deputy national security advisor in the George W Bush Administration. Read more
The brouhaha over defining Jews as an ethnic minority
A row over anti-Semitism that has erupted in Britain illuminates the problem that bedevils so many in the West over their understanding of what Judaism actually is. Read more
The course of human civilization, if one can use that term, has progressed and continues to, in a series of slow cycles. Read more
Israel Arab human rights group fuels Jew-hatred
Israeli-based Arab human rights organisation – B’Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories – is becoming politically involved in the unresolved 100-years conflict between Jews and Arabs over sovereignty in the territory formerly called Palestine. Read more
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Extraordinary times call for an extraordinary event for UIA NSW Women’s Division 2021 Campaign
Friday, March 5, 2021 at 5:18 pm
UIA NSW Women’s Division has announced an innovative concept for its 2021 Headline Event – an afternoon tea at homes across Sydney, with guest speaker Jordana Cutler on Sunday 14 March. Read more
Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 10:02 am
The Australian Jewish Fertility Network (AJFN) is to host the sixth annual Infertility Awareness Shabbat (IAS) to raise awareness and break the stigma surrounding the infertility journey. Read more
Emanuel School teacher is a Rising Star in 2021
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 2:56 pm
Sydney’s Emanuel School HSIE teacher, Lauren Korotkov, has been selected as a Rising Star by The Educator magazine. Read more
Three Generations of Holocaust Memory – The Life and Legacy of Abe (Abram) Goldberg
Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 3:30 pm
Join March of the Living Australia for an inspiring online Zoom event with three generations of March of The Living attendees; Abe (Abram) Goldberg, his son Charlie, and grandson Daniel, on Thursday 4th March at 7:30PM (AEDT). Read more
International experts to share insights on COVID-19 vaccine ahead of Australian rollout
Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 3:23 pm
Jewish House has partnered with JNF to bring together international & local health experts for an upcoming 90-minute webinar discussing the COVID-19 vaccine rollout later this month. Read more
Young-Gen
Two Australian Jewish day school choirs make international debut
Sydney’s Kesser Torah College and Mt Sinai College school choirs made an international singing debut in last week’s first Boys Town Jerusalem (BTJ) International Virtual Choral Festival. Read more
Melbourne’s Chabad Youth beats COVID
Despite COVID, Melbourne Chabad Youth managed to run over 20 camps this summer. Read more
The Australasian Union of Jewish Students has won awards in three categories at the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) Congress for 2020, in individual and group categories. Read more
Despite a tumultuous and challenging year, Emanuel School’s Year 12 students’ focus and determination have converged to deliver outstanding results. Read more
MASA Israel hosts global Chanukah event online
Masa Israel Journey fellows, alumni and community members from around the world came together to celebrate Masa’s Global Chanukah Event. Read more
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