The story of William Cooper
February 23, 2020 by Community newsdesk
At Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue, Abe Schwarz together with a descendant of William Cooper will present the compelling story of an Aboriginal leader who fought for oppressed Jews. Read more
First Jewish school for Canberra
February 23, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The first Jewish school for the Australian Capital Territory and region has opened its doors this week. Read more
Peter Weiss gives $4 million for lung research
February 23, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Renowned Sydney businessman and philanthropist Peter Weiss is advancing medical knowledge of lung disease with $4 million of funding for critical research to the University of Sydney. Read more
The President and the Premier
February 21, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin was driven directly from Sydney airport to a meeting with Premier of New South Wales Gladys Berejiklian. Read more
Rivlin arrives in Australia
February 21, 2020 by J-Wire Staff
Touchdown! Wonderful to have Reuven Ruvi Rivlin – ראובן רובי ריבלין in Australia. Looking forward to a busy State Visit, strengthening ties with Australia and the Australian people….a message on the Israeli Embassy’s Facebook page. Read more
Triguboff Institute involved in new hi-tech incubator
February 21, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s Innovation Authority has announced the establishment of three new hi-tech incubators in the northern Negev, Yeruham, and Carmiel. Read more
Coronavirus and racism
February 21, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Assembly of Rabbis and Cantors and The Union for Progressive Judaism of Australia, New Zealand and Asia look with continuing concern about the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak and reports of accompanying racism.
The Auschwitz bombing debate continues…
Jewish Names
February 21, 2020 by Jeremy Rosen
We Jews are hyper-sensitive. Recently, several people have told me how embarrassed they are that Jewish names are so prominent in the current spate of legal cases involving sexual abuse. Read more
11 Israelis from the Diamond Princess in Japan heading for quarantine at home
February 21, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Government of Israel has given the Sheba Medical Centre the mission to host and care for 11 Israelis returning from the Diamond Princess in Japan. Read more
Sanitizing Soros through guilt by association
February 21, 2020 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
The law professor Alan Dershowitz has thrown a legal hand-grenade into America’s political civil war by claiming to have evidence that former President Barack Obama “personally asked” the FBI to investigate someone “on behalf” of Obama’s “close ally,” billionaire financier George Soros. Read more
Anti-Semitism can be fought only with policy action, not lip service
February 21, 2020 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
Anti-Semitism turns truly dangerous when it becomes the organizing principle of a society. This occurred during the past century under Nazism and communism, and it is occurring again today. Read more
Rivlin briefed on Leifer extradition but no meeting as yet with alleged victims
February 21, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ahead of President Rivlin’s visit to Australia, the Director-General of Beit HaNasi Harel Tubi wrote to Israel’s ambassador to Australia Mark Sofer telling him that the “president “takes the matter of Malka Leifer’s extradition very seriously”…but Dassi Erlich, Nicole Meyer and Elly Sapper have responded to the president. Read more
We Are on the List Again
February 21, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
As any student of Jewish history soon learns certain events keep repeating themselves in every generation. Read more
Calling all WIZO supporters
February 21, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
IDF’s pioneering all-women tank crews to provide protection of Israel’s south
February 20, 2020 by Yaakov Lappin
The all-female tank crews that the Israel Defence Forces will create this coming year will have the mission of defending the Egyptian and Jordanian border against intrusion by terror squads. Read more
Challengers Gantz and Lapid attack Netanyahu-Trump relationship
February 20, 2020 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
Blue and White Party leaders Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid are establishing their diplomatic credentials in the immediate run-up to Israel’s March 2 election with an insult to a U.S. administration that has arguably provided Israel with more diplomatic gains than any previous administration. Read more
Rivlin visit to forge new and lasting connections
February 20, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Scott Morrison sees the seven-day visit starting tomorrow to Australia by Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin as strengthening ties between the two countries. Read more
Newly elected Sinn Féin member apologizes for anti-Israel tweets
A newly elected member of the Irish Parliament has apologized for past antisemitic tweets. Read more
Netanyahu challenges Gantz to a debate before elections
February 20, 2020 by JNS
With Israel’s March 2 general elections just around the corner, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday challenged his main rival, Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz, to a live debate. Read more
Israeli killed in Victorian air crash
February 20, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
One of the four people killed in a mid-air collision between two planes in Victoria yesterday has been named as Israeli 31-yr-old Ido Segev. Read more
Israel eases restrictions on Gaza, citing ‘relative quiet’
February 20, 2020 by JNS
Israel announced on Tuesday that following several days of “relative quiet” from the Gaza Strip, it was easing restrictions on the coastal territory. Read more
PA TV Journalist caught fabricating altercation with Israeli soldier on live-TV
February 19, 2020 by TPS
An Arab journalist working for Palestinian Authority (PA) television was caught lying on a live PA TV broadcast in what was portrayed as an altercation with an Israeli soldier, a recording of the video made public by the Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) shows. Read more
Ex-Aussie’s daughters hit the target in Israel
February 19, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Shira and Alma Ifergan have taken out Gold and Silver medals in their first Israeli National Youth Archery Championships. Read more
Coronavirus, COVID -19, Prof Barry Schoub, world expert virologist explains
February 19, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Barry David Schoub MB BCh, MMed , MD, DSc, FRC Path, FCPath, FRSSAf, MASSAf , Emeritus Professor of Virology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and, founding Director of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, of South Africa, was, amongst many awards, invested with the Order of Mapungubwe (silver), the country’s highest civilian award, for services to science, nationally and internationally. Read more
Retailer of Nazi memorabilia forced out of his shop
February 19, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Anarchists Worldwide have reported on their visit to a shop in the outskirts of Melbourne which unashamedly sold Nazi memorabilia and how their actions quit the premises permanently. Read more
La Traviata for $4
February 19, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
More than 400,000 people have been to Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour since it launched in 2012 and to celebrate this milestone Opera Australia is offering 400 tickets for just $4 each to its 2020 production of La Traviata. Read more
Catholic Church symbolism again becomes an issue near death grounds of Auschwitz
February 19, 2020 by Judy Lash Balint - JNS.org
The protest outside the church at Birkenau during last month’s commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp should not have come as a surprise. Read more
Mahmoud Abbas’s map of lies
February 19, 2020 by Danny Danon
When Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas spoke before the U.N. Security Council last week to denounce U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan, he brought with him a peculiar prop: a graphic with a series of maps titled “The Palestinians [sic] Historic Compromise,” which purport to show how “Historic Palestine” has “disappeared” over the course of the 20th century. Read more
Winds of Mideast change worth remembering at the ballot box
February 19, 2020 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
The significance of two events that have been upstaged this week by the Hebrew media’s incessant coronavirus coverage cannot be overemphasized—particularly with the fast approach of the March 2 Knesset elections. Read more
