Religious Freedom Review gives concern

Aleph Melbourne is deeply concerned with the announcement that all public submissions to the Ruddock Religious Freedom Review will be kept secret. Read more

Israeli lawmakers approve preliminary bill on death penalty for terrorists

Israeli lawmakers yesterday approved a preliminary piece of legislation easing the threshold for military courts to carry out executions of convicted terrorists. Read more

Win or lose, Iranians want regime change

For the first time in nearly a decade, one dares to believe that the Islamist clerics who have ruled Iran since 1979 will not be in power by the time the 40th anniversary of their revolution rolls around in 2019…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more

Ringo goes where Lorde fears to tread

Former Beatles legend Sir Ringo Starr has announced that he will perform in Israel next June as part of his 2018 European tour. Read more

Nikki Haley says Palestinians could lose US aid if they reject negotiations with Israel

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said the U.S. could cut off aid to the Palestinians if they continue to reject peace talks with Israel. Read more

Kluwgant v Weinberg

Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant is the plaintiff in a defamation action against Philip Weinberg filed in Victoria’s Supreme Court last month. Read more

Lorde’s PR rabbi

Until last month, if I had heard of the singer, Lorde, it was only at its most peripheral. I couldn’t — and still can’t — identify a single one of her songs, but then I am not the 21-year-old’s target audience…writes Jenni Frazer. Read more

Likud unanimously calls for Judea and Samaria communities to be absorbed into Israel

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud political party has voted unanimously to absorb Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria into Israel. Read more

Anti-Semitic incidents in US surged 67% from January-September 2017, ADL says

The number of antisemitic incidents in the U.S. between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30, 2017, increased by 67 percent when compared with the same period in 2016, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) annual report on antisemitism. Read more

Palestinian teen seen slapping Israeli soldier in viral video is charged with assault

Ahed Tamimi, the 17-year-old Palestinian who was arrested for slapping and kicking an Israeli soldier, was indicted on Monday in a military court.  Read more

2017 record tourism year for Israel – the report card

2017 was a record year for incoming tourism, with about 3.6 million tourists and NIS 20 billion revenue from incoming tourism alone. Read more

New elite military unit ready to defend Israel from Gaza terror threat

A new elite IDF infantry unit is about to take up its position along Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip.  Read more

Will mass protests divert Iran’s attention inward and away from fighting Israel?…asks Adam Abrams

Thousands of protesters took to the streets this weekend in cities throughout Iran to demonstrate against the Islamic Republic’s strained economy, corrupt regime and costly military expansion throughout the region, in what has been characterised as the country’s largest wave of anti-government protests since the “Green Revolution” erupted in 2009 following a controversial presidential election. Read more

Australia joins UN Human Rights Council

Australia has taken up our seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, the world’s peak body responsible for human rights. Read more

Did you make the Rich List? Ask the rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple answers what makes you rich… Read more

2,700 year old find in Jerusalem

A  significant discovery has been made during archaeological works in the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem. Read more

As 2018 begins, Israel’s population reaches 8.79 million

Israel’s population reached approximately 8.79 million on the last day of 2017, according to the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics. Read more

#NoWayToTreatAChild: a cynical campaign to manipulate Palestinian children

In a video that has gone viral, a young Palestinian approaches two Israeli soldiers. She hits, prods and slaps them. She is trying to provoke a reaction that will be caught on camera and show the ugly violence of the Israeli army. The soldiers respond with professionalism and restraint, and ignore her attack….writes Daniel Laufer/JNS.org. Read more

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach condemns Lorde

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach,  described on his web page as “America’s Rabbi”, has placed a full-page ad in The Washington Post, condemning New Zealand’s pop icon Lorde who followed the BDS line by cancelling her June concert in Tel Aviv. Read more

Debating BDS with Harvard’s Cornel West

Zionism was the national liberation movement of the Jewish people, not a colonial enterprise. Nor is Israel in any way like South Africa, where a minority of whites ruled over a majority of Blacks, who were denied the most fundamental human rights. In Israel, Arabs, Druze and Christians have equal rights and serve in high positions in government, business, the arts and academia…writes Alan M. Dershowitz. Read more

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