South Australia calls for the recognition of the Palestinian state

A dumped Labor backbencher has put a resolution to the South Australian parliament has Canberra to recognise the Palestinian state which was passed in the lower house last week. Read more

Cutting their hair for cancer

For the second year in a row, a group of students at Emanuel School gathered to cut at least 20cm of their hair to help beat cancer. Read more

Supreme Court will likely uphold most of travel ban

The Supreme Court’s decision to hear arguments in October regarding President Trump’s second travel ban, may not itself tell us much about the likely outcome of the case.  But the High Court’s decision to allow parts of the ban to go forward now – even before hearing the arguments—strongly suggests that there are a majority of Justices who will uphold the most important parts of the ban. Read more

Dinner with the PM cancelled following the Western Wall decision

In light of yesterday’s decisions by the Government of Israel suspending egalitarian prayers at the Kotel, the Board of Governors of The Jewish Agency for Israel hastened  its entire agenda for the remaining two days of its meetings in Jerusalem, in order to address the ramifications of these decisions. The scheduled dinner with the participation of the Prime Minister has been cancelled. Read more

South Head Synagogue: the rabbi is back in his pulpit

Rabbi Benzion Milecki remains as the spiritual head of Sydney’s South Head Synagogue after the Supreme Court of NSW ruled that his termination was void. Read more

Can a Jew be excommunicated?…ask the rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple answers this and other questions. Read more

Feintooner: Abbas meets Kushner

This week’s cartoon from Feintooner. Read more

Trump, Kushner, Greenblatt flirt with phantom Palestinian Authority

President Trump has made a poor start in attempting to broker an end to the Jewish-Arab conflict by initially engaging with the “Palestinian Authority” – an entity that no longer legally exists…writes David Singer. Read more

NZ Jewry outraged

The New Zealand Jewish Council is saddened and outraged by the desecration of ANZAC graves at Beersheba Cemetery in Israel. Read more

Will Palestinian energy feud spark surge in violence against Israel?

The long-running feud between Hamas and Fatah has led to a deepening crisis in the Gaza Strip, as a cut in the electricity supplied to the coastal territory is stoking fears of a surge in violence, both between the Palestinian factions and against Israel…writes Sean Savage/JNS.org. Read more

Welcome to the Shi’a corridor…writes Ben Cohen

If you haven’t encountered the term “Shi’a corridor” yet, chances are that you will in the coming weeks, particularly if the ongoing confrontation between the U.S. and Iran in Syria intensifies. Read more

Ignore at your peril…writes Michael Kuttner

There are many occasions in life when ignoring the obvious can have dire consequences at some later time. Read more

South Head: rabbi’s termination void

A judge in the Supreme Court in Sydney has ruled the termination of Rabbi Benzion Milecki’s contract by the administrator of the South Head Synagogue is void. Read more

Israel: Confronting Fake News, One Camera at a Time

While today’s widespread use of the term fake news can be traced to Donald Trump’s first press conference as President-elect, Israel has long had to grapple with the phenomenon of media outlets bending the truth for political gain. Read more

Show your funny side

2017 Melbourne Jewish Comedy Festival (MJCF) expression of interest are now open till June 30 2017. Read more

“50 Years of Aggression”: ABC Abandons Objectivity

Australian ABC Radio National’s Counterpoint program broadcast on June 19 featured an interview with Professor Amin Saikal, the Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University. Read more

The Australian World Orchestra returns

The Australian World Orchestra (AWO) has announced two major performance events for their 2017 season, with internationally renowned conductor Simone Young returning to lead musicians from the AWO and the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) in a spectacular one-off performance of Olivier Messiaen’s orchestral masterpiece Turangalîla-Symphonie at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall. Read more

Off the air…but only temporarily

Melbourne’s Jewish radio J-AIR is to temporarily suspend its live broadcasting from the 5pm on Friday. Read more

Adviser to four US presidents to speak in Sydney

An adviser to no fewer than four US presidents will speak in Sydney next month. Read more

The Turnbull Government should support US extradition request

The US, Australia’s most important ally, is seeking the extradition of the convicted Hamas terrorist Ahlam al-Tamimi from Jordan. Read more

NCJWA NSW AGM: Photo gallery

Did you attend the NCJWA NSW’s AGM?  Check out the photo gallery. Read more

Visas for foreign entrepreneurs at 12 innovation Landing Pads

As part of the Innovation Visas program, entrepreneurs may reside in Israel for a period of up to 24 months, during which time he/she may submit a request to the Israel Innovation Authority’s “Tnufa” support program. Read more

The Israeli Film Festival in Wollongong’s special cause

From Wollongong, Chloe Saxby was diagnosed with Vanishing White Matter disease (VWM) a genetic, degenerative, terminal disease that affects mostly children, in 2012 when she was three and a half. Read more

Jeremy Corbyn didn’t win, so British Jews shouldn’t give up on Labour

For me, the main takeaway from the British election June 8 was that Jeremy Corbyn, the far-left leader of the opposition Labour party, didn’t win it…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more

An extraordinary 900-year-old collection of women’s jewellery

So just how did 900-year-old rings, bracelets, earrings and hairpins come to be in the kitchen of a Crusader fortress tower in Modiʻin? The question may not be one of those in the local student’s next history exam, but it certainly occupies them as they participate in an archaeological excavation close to home. Read more

New board for NCJWA NSW

The National Council for Jewish Women of Australia NSW branch has elected a new board at its AGM. Read more

The bird sanctuary in the heart of a city

The  Bird-watching Centre in Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park’s Rosh Tzippor Forest is  now reality thanks to JNF Australia and one of its major donors. Read more

Memories of the Six Day War

Former Coogee Synagogue and Mount Sinai College board member Harry Schnapp has reflected on his involvement in the Six-Day War at the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum. Read more

Anatomy of a terrorist attack

23-yr-old border policewoman Hadas Malka was stabbed on duty in Jerusalem. Mohammed Abed al-Rahman was the Magen David Adom paramedic who stubbornly fought for her life…in vain. Read more

After London mosque attack, Jewish groups express solidarity with Muslims

Several British Jewish groups expressed solidarity with the U.K.’s Muslim community following an attack outside London’s Finsbury Park Mosque Monday, where a van ploughed into a crowd of Muslim worshipers as they left prayer services just after midnight. Read more

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