Malaysia stripped of Para Swimming Championships
January 28, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Malaysia has been stripped of the right to host the 2019 World Para Swimming Championship following failing to guarantee Israeli Para swimmers’ participation. Read more
Hebrew University to open tech centres in Chicago, China and Paraguay
January 27, 2019 by JNS
The Hebrew University in Jerusalem announced this week that it will open three tech centres in Chicago; Asunción, Paraguay; and Shenzhen, China. Read more
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
This Sunday 27 January, the world commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 74th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Read more
Israeli paralympian hopefuls not welcomed in Malaysia: Maccabi speaks out
January 27, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Maccabi Australia has called for the Australian government to object to Malaysia’s decision to bar Israeli swimmers in competing in a Paralympic qualifying event. Read more
On the other hand
January 27, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
We have just celebrated Tu B’Shevat – the Jewish festival devoted to planting trees and ecological awareness. Right on cue, the first buds are appearing and some trees are already blossoming. Read more
Baby clothes made for hidden Jewish child during WWII donated to Yad Vashem
January 27, 2019 by Simmy Allen
Arie Reinhold has donated baby clothes made and worn by him during the Holocaust to Yad Vashem. Included in this mini-collection is a series of letters written by the Dutch women who hid and cared for him during the Holocaust. Read more
WJC condemns desecration of Jewish Monument in Thessaloniki, two days before International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress stands with the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece, an affiliate of the WJC, in categorically condemning the despicable vandalism of the Jewish Monument on the campus of the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki. The very same monument was vandalized last July. Read more
As its popularity is challenged, Hamas keeps watchful eye over its Palestinian rival in Gaza
January 27, 2019 by Yaakov Lappin
Tensions between Israel and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip have sparked a number of armed conflicts and smaller scale flare-ups in the last decade. Yet within Gaza there is a web of internal tensions and simmering rivalries between Palestinian factions. So far, these have not posed a threat to Hamas’s iron grip on its enclave, but as its popularity is questioned, that might change one day. Read more
Behind Europe’s antisemitism ‘perception gap’
January 27, 2019 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
A comprehensive survey of European attitudes to antisemitism released last week by the European Union displays what its authors call a “perception gap.” In this context, the term means that Jews in Europe regard the problem of antisemitism as far more immediate, pressing and urgent than do their non-Jewish fellow citizens. Read more
2019 Australia Day Awards
January 26, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
J-Wire extends congratulations to all members of the Jewish community who have been honoured today by their country…including an award which has coupled a wife to her husband in sharing the country’s highest honour, the AC, and an award whose recipient now resides in Israel. Read more
Israel’s foes finally admit that rocks can kill
January 25, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
As far as the mainstream media is usually concerned, when rocks are thrown in the Middle East, it’s nothing to get too worked up about. Read more
Abbas, Malaysia and the UN – perfect partners
January 25, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
It is said that marriages are made in heaven. However, when it comes to Abbas, Malaysia and the United Nations we can confidently claim that their partnerships were forged in hell. Read more
When the Law is Petty
January 25, 2019 by Jeremy Rosen
Halacha is often translated as Jewish Law. But that is inadequate and misleading. Nowadays we usually use the word law, as in, say, Roman Law, American Law or Civil Law to mean Jurisprudence. Read more
Glen Eira College dumps Hebrew
January 25, 2019 by David Marlow
Glen Eira College (GEC) in Melbourne’s inner south has dropped Hebrew, despite having a significant Jewish student population. Read more
Twitter joins World Jewish Congress to raise Holocaust awareness with viral #WeRemember Campaign
January 25, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Twitter is teaming up with the World Jewish Congress (WJC) to raise awareness about the danger of genocide and all forms of antisemitism, hatred, and xenophobia, by taking a central role in the WJC’s #WeRemember campaign and bringing Holocaust education to a new digital frontier. Read more
Syria’s ambassador warns of bombing Ben-Gurion Airport if Israeli airstrikes continue
Syria’s ambassador to the United Nations said on Tuesday that if Israel does not stop attacking military sites in his country, Syria would target Ben-Gurion International Airport. Read more
Parental PTSD affects health behaviour and ageing among offspring of Holocaust survivors
January 24, 2019 by Elana Oberlander
A new study on intergenerational transmission of trauma has found evidence that Holocaust survivors suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and their adult offspring exhibit more unhealthy behaviour patterns and age less successfully in comparison to survivors with no signs of PTSD or parents who did not experience the Holocaust and their offspring. Read more
Yad Vashem and Facebook Israel announce joint Holocaust remembrance project
January 24, 2019 by Simmy Allen
Yad Vashem and Facebook Israel have joined together in a project to promote Holocaust commemoration on social media. Read more
Time to tell the truth about the Palestinian issue
January 24, 2019 by Alan Dershowitz
The front page of the New York Times Sunday Review featured one of the most biased, one-sided, historically inaccurate, ignorant and bigoted articles ever published by that venerable newspaper. Read more
Marching with devil worshipers
January 24, 2019 by Alan Dershowitz
Those women and men who marched in the Woman’s March under the leadership of Linda Sarsour and Tamika Mallory colluded with evil. Read more
Aiia laid to rest
January 24, 2019 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken with Saeed Maasarwe, the father of Aiia Maasarwe, the Israeli student murdered in Melbourne last week. Read more
T-shirt with ‘At Least I’m Not Jewish’ taken off website
A shirt reading “At Least I’m Not Jewish” has been pulled from the personalized online gift company Zazzle.com in response to complaints. Read more
Israeli doctor saved Abbas’s life this summer, says report
A report in Israeli news revealed that when Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas was close to death this summer, Israel sent a specialist to Ramallah who helped save his life. Read more
Mishpacha
January 24, 2019 by Jonah Solomons
Follow the adventures of a Jewish family some of whom you might recognise… Read more
An Australia Day vision 2019 – The Australian National Dialogue of Christians, Muslims & Jews
January 23, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
An Australia Day message from the three Abrahamic faiths. Read more
Australian Paralympic organisation wants swimmers from all nations to participate in Malaysian event
January 23, 2019 by Elana Bowman
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been accused of “rabid antisemitism” by the Israeli Foreign Ministry after he said his country would not host any more sports events involving competitors from the Jewish state. Read more
WJC President Lauder welcomes Austria Chancellor Kurz’s firm stance against antisemitism in meeting with Malaysian PM
January 23, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has thanked Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz for his remarks to visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Mahatir Mohamad condemning antisemitism and anti-Israel behaviour in Malaysia. Read more
Israel stops transfer of Qatari funds to Gaza amid renewed conflict on the border
Israel halted a previously approved US$15 million transfer to the Gaza-controlled Hamas terrorist group from Qatar on Tuesday amid renewed violent tension along the Gaza-Israel border. Read more
Pompeo: Peace plan to be released after Israeli elections
January 23, 2019 by JNS
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that the highly anticipated Trump administration’s peace plan for the Israelis and Palestinians—commonly referred to as the “deal of the century”—is expected to be released after the April 9 Israeli elections. Read more
Israel reopens Hermon ski resort after Iranian missile soars over Golan Heights
January 23, 2019 by JNS
The popular Hermon ski resort in the northern Golan Heights will open again for visitors after being closed due to the launch of an Iranian rocket over the area and Israel’s subsequent military response. Read more