Palestinian activist supports Israel’s account of 2010 ‘Mavi Marmara’ incident
A leading pro-Palestinian activist involved in the Mavi Marmara flotilla, which set out to infiltrate Israeli waters on the way to Gaza in May 2010, has now verified Israel’s version of the events that led to several deaths and a major diplomatic impasse between Israel and Turkey. Read more
Israeli food for thought: 33 percent of its eats goes to waste
March 14, 2018 by JNS
A new report presents, for the first time in Israel, a detailed model for the estimation of food loss in the retail and distribution sectors: in retail chains, open markets, local grocery stores and small retailers. Read more
Don’t repeat nuclear history
March 14, 2018 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
It’s not clear what U.S. President Donald Trump thinks he can accomplish when he meets with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in May…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more
Iraqi TV host: ‘Apologise to Jews who were driven out, restore property of those loyal to Iraq’
March 14, 2018 by JNS
TV host Anwar Al-Hamadani went on record as saying “that it is our duty to apologise to our Iraqi Jewish compatriots for the tragedy that befell them” during the 1941 Farhoud massacre of Jews in Baghdad, and “to rectify that historic error,” which he compared to the tragedies that befell the Iraqi Christian, Sabaean and Yazidi communities. Read more
Trump cites Iran-deal wrangles in Tillerson firing, Iran hawk Pompeo in at State
March 14, 2018 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
President Donald Trump fired U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday, while announcing that CIA Director Mike Pompeo would replace Tillerson at the State Department…writes Sean Savage/JNS. Read more
NSW Board of Deputies to launch Jewish Suicide Prevention Strategy
March 14, 2018 by Community Editor
Twenty organisations have come together to devise a suicide prevention strategy within the NSW Jewish community. Read more
Opportunities and Challenges for the Israel-India Relationship
March 14, 2018 by Oved Lobel
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council(AIJAC) has hosted Sadanand Dhume, a Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and occasional Wall Street Journal columnist on South Asia, for a briefing in Sydney on opportunities and challenges in the burgeoning India-Israel relationship. Read more
Women unite with UIA for Israel’s 70th
March 13, 2018 by Jenna Chaitowitz
UIA NSW Women’s Division hosted nearly 500 Sydney Jewish women at its 2018 events at the Four Seasons Hotel and Dunbar House, Watsons Bay to celebrate Israel’s 70th anniversary. Guest speaker Ambassador Belaynesh Zevadia – the first Ethiopian Olah to become an Ambassador representing Israel headlined the events. Read more
UIA NSW Women’s Gala event
March 13, 2018 by Hila Tsor
The United Israel Appeal (UIA) hosted their annual Women’s Division Gala Event in order to commemorate Israel’s 70th birthday as part of their 2018 campaign. Read more
Australian innovators and philanthropists visit SodaStream and other Negev projects
March 13, 2018 by Altea Steinherz
A delegation of 10 Australian entrepreneurs and philanthropists has visited Idan HaNegev, the Negev’s pioneering Jewish-Bedouin cooperative industrial park. Read more
Auckland landmark synagogue for sale
March 13, 2018 by Keren Cook
An Auckland CBD landmark historic building dating from 1885 which played a focus in early Jewish life for almost a century, is now up for sale. Read more
No home for Malka
March 12, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The rabbi who was approved by the Petah Tikvah court to provide his home for home detention for alleged child sexual abuser Malka Leifer has withdrawn his offer. Read more
Israel’s food rescuer to spearhead Vic JNF Blue Box campaign
March 12, 2018 by Hila Tsor
J-Wire talks to Joseph Gitler, founder of Leket Israel, Israel’s largest food rescue organisation. Gitler is coming to Melbourne for the Jewish National Fund (JNF) Pesach Blue Box Campaign as JNF will be partnering with Leket Israel. Read more
Is there a religious problem with gambling?….ask the Rabbi
March 12, 2018 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple says a lottery ticket is OK, but…. Read more
Will Lorde’s concert in Florida be canceled after she boycotted Israel?
March 12, 2018 by Adam Shay - JNS
Florida State Representative Randy Fine called for the cancellation of Lorde’s upcoming concert in Florida, following the cancellation of her appearance in Israel in June 2018. Read more
Palestinian Authority to boycott White House conference on Gaza humanitarian crisis
March 12, 2018 by JNS
The Palestinian Authority has announced its intention to boycott an upcoming conference at the White House to discuss the worsening humanitarian situation in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Read more
U.N. Human Rights Commissioner reports that Jews living in Judea, Samaria, eastern Jerusalem constitutes ‘war crime’
According to a report issued by U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein, the growth of Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria, and eastern Jerusalem constitutes a war crime. Read more
Israel considering withdrawal of bid for seat on U.N. Security Council
March 12, 2018 by Shlomo Cesana-Israel Hayom-JNS.org
Israel is considering whether to withdraw its bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council that it had hoped to secure for the first time this June, with chances of winning considered slim. Read more
From the embassy to an undivided Jerusalem
March 12, 2018 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
(JNS) It turns out that moving the U.S. embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is even more controversial than some of the Trump administration’s critics thought…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more
AIPAC leadership losing the plot…writes Isi Leibler
March 12, 2018 by Isi Leibler
The American Jewish leadership’s downward spiral has accelerated. This can be traced back to its cowardly silence when then-President Barack Obama began treating Israel as a rogue state and applied moral equivalence to Israelis defending themselves and Palestinian terrorists. Read more
Tourism continues to boom in Israel
March 12, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The upward trend continues in February 28% increase in incoming tourism to Israel on last year. Read more
ABC to screen “Fay’s Journey”
March 12, 2018 by J-Wire News Service
What does one make of Jewish musicians coming from Australia to play Klezmer, Yiddish music in small Polish towns where entire Jewish communities were wiped out? Read more
Feintooner
March 12, 2018 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon – Domino theory. Read more
Applications Open for the Fourth Year of Naomi Chazan Fellowship
March 12, 2018 by Community newsdesk
Applications have opened for the fourth year of the New Israel Fund Australia’s flagship program, the year-long Naomi Chazan Fellowship. Read more
J-Wire reader attends Malka Leifer court appearance
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Gift of Life testing in Canberra
March 11, 2018 by J-Wire Staff
The ACT Jewish community was invited to be tested as potential life-saving blood stem cell donors for Jewish blood cancer patients whose family members were not found to be matching.
The testing session on behalf of the Gift of Life was held at the Jewish Community Centre in Canberra.
Moriah students shed their hair to help kids with cancer
March 11, 2018 by Community newsdesk
More than 100 students at Sydney’s Moriah College have volunteered to have their hair cut at school, donating their locks to have wigs made for KIDS WITH CANCER. Read more
Czech president announces speeding up of embassy relocation to Jerusalem
March 11, 2018 by JNS
Czech President Milos Zeman doubled down on his intent to see his country’s embassy in Israel relocate from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, saying that he plans to push the move through. Read more
Israel, Trump and United Nations should boycott Abbas and PLO
March 11, 2018 by David Singer
Israel’s Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu – has used his address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) – to savage the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) policy that rewards Palestinian murderers of Israelis and other innocent civilians with lifetime payments…writes David Singer. Read more
What Is a “Refugee”? The Jews from Morocco versus the Palestinians from Israel
March 11, 2018 by Alan Dershowitz
What Is a “Refugee”? The Jews from Morocco versus the Palestinians from Israel…writes Alan Dershowitz. Read more
