Centenary celebrations for the People of Israel at UIA Victoria 2020 Gala
February 29, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
UIA Victoria hosted 1,800 Melbourne supporters at its 2020 Gala Event this week with Guest of Honour, President Reuven Rivlin and renowned Israeli musical artist, Idan Raichel. Read more
Israeli researchers make breakthrough in development of coronavirus vaccine
February 28, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israeli researchers at MIGAL Institute have developed an effective vaccine against avian Coronavirus Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV) and are adapting it to create a human vaccine against Coronavirus (COVID-19), which is rapidly spreading around the globe. Read more
Creator of Amazon series ‘Hunters’ defends show from Auschwitz Memorial criticism
February 28, 2020 by JNS
David Weil, creator and executive producer of the new Amazon Prime series “Hunters,” has defended the show following criticism by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial over its untrue depictions of the Holocaust. Read more
From Aalst to America: The post-modern, anti-Jewish reconfiguration of the West
February 28, 2020 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
The annual parade in Aalst, Belgium, last Sunday turned into a carnival of monstrous Jew-hatred. Participants portrayed Jews as insects topped with fur shtreimel hats and peyot (sidelocks). Read more
Israel gets ready to deal with Coronavirus
February 28, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu has visited MDA’s National Operations Center in Kiryat Ono, where a joint call centre for Magen David Adom and the Ministry of Health was established on Saturday night specifically to deal with the Coronavirus. Read more
Walt Secord reveals deeply personal visit to Israel: spouses reunites with Refusenik family members
February 28, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair and Shadow Treasurer Walt Secord has given a deeply personal speech to the NSW Parliament about his recent visit to Israel – where his spouse was reunited with her former Soviet Refusenik family members. Read more
Vilem Flusser
February 28, 2020 by Jeremy Rosen
I met the Jewish Czech philosopher, Vilem Flusser, at a conference on Contemporary Judaism and Zionism convened by Chief Rabbi Immanuel Jackobovits in London in 1980. He stood out in a gathering of rabbis and academics. Despite the differences in our backgrounds, age, and religious commitment, I felt a very strong bond with him. His eyes sparkled with delight in challenging accepted ideas. Like me, he was a maverick. Read more
The Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast held in Australia for the first time
February 28, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Over 200 people gathered over two days in Canberra’s Old Parliament House (with some sessions in the current Parliament House) to both pray for Jerusalem, Israel and the Jewish People – and to discuss issues affecting Israel including aliyah; 100 years since the San Remo Conference and its implications; anti-Zionism/antisemitism; innovation and trade and more. Read more
Lottery time plus reality check
February 28, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
Taking a lottery ticket without knowing whether you will be a winner or loser seems eerily similar to our forthcoming third round of elections. Read more
Malka Leifer: hearings 64 and 65
February 28, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The long legal battle to secure the extradition of Malka Leifer from Israel to Melbourne to face 74 charges of child sexual abuse has moved forward with the defence lawyers cross-examine three psychiatrists who have furnished a report stating that the former principal is fit to attend court. Read more
Sanders and Bloomberg boost hopes for Netanyahu election win
February 28, 2020 by David Singer
Democratic Party contenders for the American Presidency – Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg – have unwittingly given Israel’s Prime Minister – Bibi Netanyahu – an unexpected boost to becoming Israel’s next Prime Minister on 2 March. Read more
UIA NSW 2020 General Division Gala Event & Centenary Celebration
UIA NSW hosted over 2000 Sydney supporters at its 2020 General Division Gala Event & Centenary Celebration on 23 February, with Guest of Honour President Reuven Rivlin and Israeli musical artist Idan Raichel….J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
Polish diplomats tried save 8-10,000 Jews from deportation
February 27, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Polish diplomats based in Bern, Switzerland during World War II attempted to save between 8,000 and 10,000 Jews from Nazi deportation by providing them with fake Latin American documents, new research undertaken by the Warsaw-based Pilecki Institute has revealed. Read more
Firies say thanks
February 27, 2020 by Community Editor
A Rural Fire Service unit from Mittagong has visited Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen to say thank you to for the hundreds of men and women who volunteered at the kitchen to prepare meals and care packages for exhausted Fire Service units around the state during the horrendous bush fires. Read more
Netanyahu: ‘We’re only two seats away from a strong right-wing government’
Jut days away from Israel’s third general election in under 12 months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was optimistic on Wednesday as he addressed a conference of regional council leaders. Read more
Israel becomes first country to advise against all travel abroad over coronavirus
February 27, 2020 by JNS
Israel’s Ministry of Healthy urged Israelis on Wednesday to reconsider travelling abroad entirely as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus outbreak. Read more
Dutch railway employees sing antisemitic ‘sports’ song over loudspeaker system
February 27, 2020 by JNS
Employees of the Dutch national railway company Nederlandse Spoorwegen sang an antisemitic soccer chant on Feb. 22 over an inter-city train’s public announcement system. Read more
Israeli Arabs reject becoming citizens of Palestinian state, as suggested in Mideast peace plan
February 27, 2020 by Ariel Ben Solomon - JNS.org
Israeli Arab citizens flatly reject the idea floated in the recently released U.S. “Peace to Prosperity” plan that envisions the possibility that borders would be redrawn and some Arab cities and villages could become part of a future Palestinian state. Read more
Why Israel’s electoral stalemate isn’t a disaster
February 27, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Think Israelis are excited by the prospect of going to the polls for the third time in a year to elect a new Knesset? Think again. Read more
In Paris, 250 European leaders, conference attendees to confront antisemitism in full force
February 27, 2020 by Eliana Rudee - JNS.org
Some 250 participants and European leaders gathered in Paris at the European Jewish Association’s (EJA) annual policy conference this week under the topic “Jews in Europe: United for a Better Future.” Read more
Cocktails at the Monte
February 27, 2020 by Community newsdesk
Sydney’s Montefiore’s NSW Seniors’ Festival calendar includes concerts and activities at all our campuses, as well as a cocktail party at Randwick where residents, board members and management had the opportunity to meet and mingle over Pimms cocktails and canapés. Read more
See a totally different side of Israel
February 27, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A nine-day trip to Israel in July to meet with local social justice and human rights activists anchors the New Israel Fund Australia’s Naomi ChazanFellowship. Read more
Rampant madness prevails
February 27, 2020 by Isi Leibler
When waking in the morning, we need to pinch ourselves to be certain that our current position is not a dream: Read more
Impressions from, Ravel, Mendelssohn, Debussy – and the Sydney Town Hall: a music review from Fraser Beath McEwing
February 27, 2020 by Fraser Beath McEwing
The first concert in the SSO Masters Series for 2020 ushered in the beginning of a two-year stint in ye auld and venerated Sydney Town Hall while the Opera House concert hall is up for a rebore. Read more
President Rivlin discusses coronovirus and Australia-Israel travel
February 27, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin spoke from Canberra to Israel’s Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz and with the deputy minister of health Yaakov Litzman after his meeting with Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Read more
Rivlin promises to take up the Leifer case
February 26, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s President Reven Rivlin has visited Canberra meeting Governor-General David Hurley, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, leader of the opposition Anthony Albanese and many MPs. Read more
Is this funny?
February 26, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) has been shocked and horrified by a doctored image published by Honi Soit, the student-run newspaper at the University of Sydney. Read more
Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Socialism vs. Capitalism Read more
President meets the Navy
February 26, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
During his visit to Sydney, Israel’s President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin visited the Garden Island Naval Base in Sydney, from where many rescue operations were launched during the recent bushfires. Read more
Shayari’s Ari Wenig returns to Melbourne for one night concert
February 26, 2020 by Community newsdesk
The hometown visit of a Melbourne boy performing in his new band has found its natural partner, joining forces with ZFA’s Habayit – the home of Hebrew language and Israeli culture. Read more
