Why Trump’s peace plan doesn’t matter
January 18, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Earlier this week, Israeli television broadcast a report about the details of the Middle East peace plan that the Trump administration is planning to unveil at some point in the future…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more
A presidential falafel for Dugo
January 18, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Dugo, along with 60,000 Jews, was on the death march from Auschwitz at the age of 14. Exhausted and starving, he marched for miles dreaming of the ‘bilkelach’ rolls he would eat in Israel. Read more
NZ Israel Institute slams racist Malaysian ban on Israeli Paralympic athletes
January 18, 2019 by David Cumin
Israel Institute of New Zealand director Dr David Cumin is calling on the International Paralympic Committee to move an upcoming Paralympic event out of Malaysia following a decision, by the Malaysian Government, not to allow Israeli athletes to enter the country to participate in the event. Read more
Will we ever learn?
January 18, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
It seems that no matter how many times we are faced with life-threatening situations many people never seem to draw the logical conclusions….writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
Leifer proceedings expected to last until mid-year
January 18, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A further hearing in the extradition case involving Malka Leifer facing 74 charges of child sexual abuse in Melbourne was held in a closed-door court in Israel yesterday. Read more
Israeli child sexual abuse scandal: ZFA speaks out
January 18, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The belated response by one of the most senior and influential rabbinic figures in the National-Religious community in Israel to a growing sexual abuse scandal has been condemned by the Zionist Federation of Australia as inadequate, irresponsible and unacceptable. Read more
Israeli murdered in Melbourne
January 17, 2019 by David Marlow
An Israeli Arab student has been found murdered outside the Polaris shopping centre close to La Trobe University in Bundoora, Melbourne. Read more
Atomic chief: Iran could enrich uranium to 20 percent within four days
January 17, 2019 by JNS
Iran’s atomic energy chief said on Tuesday that the regime has the capability to enrich uranium up to 20 per cent within four days. Read more
Trump plan for Israel-Jordan-Egypt negotiations hits brick wall
January 17, 2019 by David Singer
President Trump’s self-styled deal of the century aimed at resolving the 100 years-old Arab-Jewish conflict has now been postponed beyond February for a further unspecified period of months – signalling Jordan and Egypt are still refusing to step up and negotiate with Israel on Trump’s plan. Read more
Mishpacha
January 17, 2019 by Jonah Solomons
Follow the adventures of a Jewish family some of whom you might recognise… Read more
Danube dive project completes first phase
January 17, 2019 by Lydia Weitzman
Following three intensive days of activities, the ZAKA Divers Unit delegation has completed the first phase of its mission to locate and retrieve Holocaust victims’ bones from the River Danube in Budapest. Read more
Reclaiming service: Planting the seeds of Jewish values
January 17, 2019 by Rabbi Benji Levy
In our fast-paced interconnected world, it can be so hard to do a good deed in a truly selfless way…writes Rabbi Benji Levy/JNS. Read more
Netanyahu: Iran’s failed satellite launch is a missile test in disguise
January 16, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Iran was lying to the world and disguising its ballistic missile development project as a failed satellite program, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu charged. Read more
A desperate Abbas celebrates in New York as Palestinians take helm of major UN bloc of nations
January 16, 2019 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
Mahmoud Abbas is in New York City to witness the Palestinian Mission as it takes over leadership of the G77 bloc. Read more
A call for Scomo to host Paralympian swimmers
January 16, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Michael Danby, Federal Labor Member for Melbourne Ports, has condemned Malaysia’s decision to ban Israeli swimmers from the Paralympic Qualifiers in Malaysia and called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to host the Paralympics swimmers in Australia. Read more
Gandel Philanthropy grant continues to foster Jewish connections
January 16, 2019 by Stacy Hayman
Gandel Philanthropy has announced a significant grant to the Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA), continuing their longstanding support of the Taglit-Birthright Israel program, which the ZFA manages in Australia. Read more
Maccabi Junior Carnival up and running
January 16, 2019 by Elana Bowman
The 37th Maccabi Junior Carnival was launched yesterday with a cruise around Sydney harbour giving the participants a chance to get to know each other. Read more
David Marlow joins AJHS
January 16, 2019 by Community newsdesk
David Marlow has been appointed the new Honorary Secretary of the Australian Jewish Historical Society Vic (AJHS).
WJC mourns fatally stabbed Gdansk mayor
January 16, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress mourns the tragic death of Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz who succumbed to a brutal stabbing inflicted at a public charity concert in the northern Polish city. Read more
President Rivlin visits “Save a Child’s Heart”
January 16, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has visited children from developing countries being treated for heart conditions at Wolfson Medical Centre in Holon by ‘Save a Child’s Heart’. Read more
The Kid Who Would Be King – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
January 15, 2019 by Roz Tarszisz
As a child, I loved T.H. White’s The Once and Future King even though I was confused by the concept of Merlin the Wizard travelling backwards through time and getting younger as he went forward. Read more
Israeli pop star turns down Eurovision performance: rehearsals on Shabbat
One of Israel’s most popular singers, Omer Adam, has rejected an offer to perform at the international singing competition Eurovision because rehearsals for the finale will be held on Shabbat. Read more
75 years after the mass shooting of Jews at the banks of the River Danube, Budapest, ZAKA divers attempt to retrieve their bones
January 15, 2019 by Lydia Weitzman
Nearly 75 years after tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews were shot at the banks of the River Danube in Budapest in 1944, ZAKA Search and Rescue divers are about to begin searching the river in an attempt to retrieve their bones for a full Jewish burial. Read more
Hamas, Pro-Palestinian orgs side with Malaysia’s boycott of Israeli para-swimmers
January 14, 2019 by TPS
The Malaysian government announced last week that it would deny Israeli para-swimmers visas for the 2019 World Para Swimmers (WPS) Championship slated to take place in Kuching in July, prompting the International Paralympic Committee to intervene. Read more
Women in the military? Ask the rabbi
January 14, 2019 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Q. Is there a Jewish view as to women in the military? Read more
Aussie science interns get a career head start in the Arava
January 14, 2019 by Community newsdesk
The Australia Arava Partnership (AAP) has selected two Melbourne science graduates to participate in a unique science internship at the world-class Research & Development Centre in the Central Arava in Israel. Read more
Netanyahu confirms: Israel bombed Iranian targets in Syria
January 13, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday confirmed reports that Israel has been striking Iranian targets inside Syria. Read more
Tunnel number 5
January 13, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
IDF forces operating on Israel’s border with Lebanon on Saturday exposed a Hezbollah cross-border tunnel running into Israeli territory, the IDF revealed on Sunday. Read more
Yeshiva youths freed
January 13, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Rishon Lezion Magistrates Court ordered the release of four of the five Israeli youth who have been rounded up by security forces in recent weeks in connection with the suspected killing of an Arab woman in October. Read more
BJE in Israel
January 13, 2019 by Community newsdesk
76 students from Sydney made up the largest contingent ever to tour Israel under the auspices of the Board of Jewish Education. A J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
