35 Haredi men begin a unique 18-month hi-tech training and apprenticeship program
June 18, 2020 by Lydia Weitzman
Ravtech, a unique training/apprenticeship model that has been successfully integrating Haredi men into hi-tech since 2013, has just opened its eighth cohort in Jerusalem sponsored by JNF Australia. Read more
Assad must pay a price’: Israel welcomes US sanctions on Syria’s Assad and wife
June 18, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi welcomed the US’ newly imposed sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma that went into effect as part of the Caesar Act. Read more
Gathering Fragments
June 18, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Farkas Sisters, Ruth Geva and Leorah Kroyanker grew up in Jerusalem and witnessed some of the most pivotal moments in the history of the city and of Israel as a young nation. Read more
Jul-11 5:30pm SBS-TV: True Evil – The Making of a Nazi – Eichman
June 18, 2020 by J-Wire
The capture of Adolf Eichmann by Mossad in Argentina is one of the most dramatic of all Nazi-hunting stories. Read more
Jul-5 5:30pm SBS-TV: True Evil – The Making of a Nazi – Speer
June 18, 2020 by J-Wire
Speer is the Nazi leader who escaped the noose and spent the rest of his life trading off his Nazi celebrity status. Read more
Big Boys Do Cry: Jewish Care launches new postcards for Men’s Health Week
June 18, 2020 by Kirsten Young
Jewish Care Victoria’s Healthy Communities team have this week released a new series of mental health awareness postcards to coincide with Men’s Health Week (June 15 – 21). Read more
Meet Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation
June 18, 2020 by Michael Kroger
In 1348, the Black Death killed between 30 to 50% of the entire population of Britain. In one of the greatest health crisis to affect the world since then who was selected as the person to lead the global effort to fight COVID-19? Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Read more
Daniel Cainer’s Jewish Chronicles on your screen
June 18, 2020 by Geoff Sirmai
Following his recent return to Australia and hit show performance at Limmud, U.K.’s Daniel Cainer is back again (‘virtually’) – by public demand. Read more
The debate over the future of the territories
Why is the future of the West Bank (also known as Judea and Samaria) such a critical issue for Israel? Why does it engender debate, even strong debate, influencing even the language adopted for describing it? Read more
AFL rabbi
June 18, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Earlier this year Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann was selected to be an AFL multicultural community ambassador and as part of this role, he works with other community and faith leaders to strengthen community cohesion and togetherness through the AFL. Read more
Top foreign-policy adviser says Biden would keep ‘all’ US sanctions on Iran ‘in place’
June 18, 2020 by JNS
If elected president in November, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden would have all U.S. sanctions on Iran stay in place, including the ones enacted under U.S. President Donald Trump, according to the presumptive Democratic nominee’s top foreign-policy adviser. Read more
UK investigates links between London accounting firm and Palestinian terror group
June 18, 2020 by JNS
The United Kingdom has launched an investigation into ties between the international accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), headquartered in London, and the Palestinian terror group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Read more
Israel extends emergency coronavirus regulations for 45 days
June 18, 2020 by JNS
Israel’s Knesset voted on Tuesday to extend emergency regulations aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19. Read more
Boris Johnson: Israel’s sovereignty plan breaches international law
June 18, 2020 by JNS
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s plan to apply Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley, and parts of Judea and Samaria, constitutes a violation of international law. Read more
A cuddly robot to reduce pain
June 17, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
B&H says thank you
June 17, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
B&H is a huge world famous photographic/video/audio store in Manhattan run by ultra-orthodox Jews. Not only do they close on Shabbat and Yom Tovim, but they also suspend their website which sells its wares around the world. Read more
All lives matter – protesting the protesters
June 17, 2020 by Rabbi Chaim Ingram
Dear Rabbi. Last week you called out the protest demonstrations in Australia, arising from the brutal killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, as “irresponsible”. Read more
How Has COVID-19 Impacted Our Global Family?
June 17, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
UIA Australia will host a once-off Keren Hayesod-UIA online event on Sunday 28 June. Read more
An unwelcome sight in Maroubra
June 17, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A Jewish mother strolling with her newly-born baby in the centre of the Sydney suburb of Maroubra was shocked by the sight of a woman sitting on a bench sporting a swastika painted on her face. Read more
Will Israel’s West Bank move torpedo normalization with the Arab world?
June 17, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Finally, someone has come up with a coherent argument against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to extend Israeli law to West Bank settlements. Read more
Palestinian official threatens religious war if Israel proceeds with sovereignty plans
June 17, 2020 by JNS
Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Malki “continues to demonize Israel with the libel that Israel plans ‘to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque and build the alleged Temple,’ a new report reveals. Read more
Justice for Malki?
June 16, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
The Associated Press has reported the Trump administration is considering withdrawing aid to Jordan in order to secure the extradition of Ahlam Aref Ahmad Al-Tamimi wanted by the U.S. on a charge of conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction against American nationals. Read more
Masa journey fair online
June 16, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
The Israel Programs office at the Zionist Federation of Australia hosts an annual Masa Israel Journey fair to showcase the various Israel programs on offer for young adults ranging from school leavers looking for gap year experiences to young professionals (up to the age of 30) wanting to intern, volunteer, teach or study in Israel. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the event is now going virtual. Read more
Experts: Israeli sovereignty not expected to cause massive violence or backlash
June 16, 2020 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
As reports and discussions rev up concerning Israel’s plan to apply sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria, as well as the Jordan Valley, concern is being increasingly raised by detractors of the plan over fears concerning potential fallout, including frayed relations with international and regional allies, an end to prospects of a two-state solution, as well as the potential of Palestinian and even larger Arab violence. Read more
Greenblatt: Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria not illegal, land not ‘Palestinian’
June 16, 2020 by JNS
Former White House Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt wrote on Monday that the U.S. government does not believe that the extension of Israeli sovereignty in parts of Judea and Samaria would be illegal and that it is, in fact, permitted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” plan. Read more
Music video glorifying terrorist murderers aired on official Palestinian TV
A music video aired on official Palestinian Authority television in June included images of terrorists, including Dalal Mughrabi, who together with others murdered 37 Israelis, among them 12 children, in 1978, according to an Israel-based media watchdog. Read more
In unprecedented Hebrew op-ed, UAE official warns against Israeli sovereignty moves
United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the United States Yousef Al Otaiba warned Israelis on Friday that the increasingly warm ties between the Jewish state and certain Arab countries would be harmed significantly if Jerusalem goes ahead with the application of sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria. Read more
Bubbies Know Best
June 16, 2020 by Brad Pomerance
Jewish grandmothers joined in a Zoom panel with African-American counterparts to discuss the post-George Floyd USA. Read more
Government approves plans to establish Ramat Trump in Golan Heights
June 15, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Israeli government on Sunday approved plans for the establishment of Ramat Trump (Trump’s Heights) in the Golan Heights, named after the US’ 45th President Donald Trump. Read more
Resistance
June 15, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
This is yet another Holocaust movie but its main characters are known to many of us. Marcel Marceau the greatest mime of the last century and Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lyon. Read more
