16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women marks the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, an annual campaign that calls for an end to violence against women. Read more
Nobel Prize winner submits Netanyahu’s candidacy for Peace Prize
November 25, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Nobel Peace Prize winner Lord David Trimble on Tuesday nominated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince. Read more
COVID fails to cancel Chanukah in Parliament
November 25, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
COVID-19 thinned the numbers for the annual Chanukah function at the NSW Parliament this week but among the few guests invited were Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Leader of the Opposition Jodi Mackay. Read more
Former Mount Scopus captain now president of the Law Institute of Victoria
November 25, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
Tania Wolff was the school captain at Melbourne’s Mount Scopus in 1988 and last week she was endorsed as president of the Law Institute of Victoria. Read more
Can Biden renew foreign aid to Palestinians while still adhering to Taylor Force Act?
November 25, 2020 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
The incoming Biden administration has made clear it intends to renew funding to the Palestinian Authority and reopen the PLO mission in Washington, D.C. In November, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris said in an interview, “We will take immediate steps to restore economic and humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people, address the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, reopen the U.S. consulate in East Jerusalem and work to reopen the PLO mission in Washington.” Read more
Israeli police arrest two with 450-year-old Torah scroll pages
November 24, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israeli police arrested two suspects on Monday found to be in possession of 450-year-old Torah scrolls in their home in Yarka, a Druze town in northern Israel. Read more
ECAJ adds its voice to oppose Netanyahu’s choice to lead Yad Vashem
November 24, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin’s Netanyahu’s choice to become chairman of Yad Vashem has disappointed The Executive Council of Australian Jewry and caused an outcry in Israel. Read more
Biden’s foreign-policy appointments and what they might mean for Israel
November 24, 2020 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
Former U.S. Vice President and President-elect Joe Biden has announced his choices for some of the key positions in his administration when he takes over in January. Read more
Jewish and pro-Israel groups, policy experts react to Biden national security picks
November 24, 2020 by Jackson Richman - JNS
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announced a number of cabinet and national security picks on Monday that offers a view into the direction his administration will pursue regarding foreign policy. Read more
‘Huge Drama:’ Israeli experts excited about publicised Netanyahu meeting in Saudi Arabia
November 24, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israeli reporters with an intimate knowledge of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s close ties with the Arab world defined his publicised meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as a “huge drama” that signifies a serious development in the ties between the two countries. Read more
Netanyahu: no going back to previous Iran nuclear deal
November 23, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
“There can be no going back to the previous nuclear agreement,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, possibly sending a message to President-elect Joe Biden. Read more
Israel unveils NIS 1 billion plan to develop area near Gaza Strip
November 23, 2020 by TPS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened on Sunday the council heads from the area adjacent to the Gaza Strip to update them on details of the over NIS 1 billion plan to “strengthen civilian resilience” in the city of Sderot and the communities in the area. Read more
UAE ambassador and Shadow Foreign Minister Penny Wong address ZFA
November 23, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Maccabi Junior Carnival heading for Melbourne
November 23, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Over the last thirty-five years, Maccabi Junior Carnivals have grown to become an integral part of the Jewish sporting calendar. Read more
A morning soiree with Sarah
November 23, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
One of Sarah Grunstein’s favourite things in pre-pandemic times was to perform soirée recitals in her apartment. Read more
What is the point of religious sacrifices in today’s world
November 23, 2020 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi… Read more
IAF bombs Hamas targets in Gaza in response to rocket attack
November 22, 2020 by TPS
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) on Saturday night numbed Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket attack on the city of Ashkelon earlier in the evening. Read more
Lawyers ditch Malka
November 22, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
With a date set in court to stave off her extradition, alleged child sexual abuser Malka Leifer will not have her long-standing lawyers to represent her following their resignation from the case. Read more
On the other hand
November 22, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
Welcome news on several fronts greeted Israelis this week. Read more
Pompeo to JNS: ‘Trump administration will continue to be a force for good’…an exclusive interview
November 22, 2020 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
Under the stewardship of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the administration in Washington has taken new approaches to American foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East. Read more
Feintooner
November 22, 2020 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Politically Correct. Read more
Conspiracy theories and political insanity
November 22, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
There was a time when conspiracy theories were confined to the fever swamps of American society. Read more
US frees former convicted spy Jonathan Pollard from parole
November 21, 2020 by JNS
Jonathan Pollard, a former intelligence analyst who served three decades in prison for spying for and giving classified information to Israel, has been freed. Read more
A final resting place
November 20, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
During excavations necessitated by the construction of Sydney’s Light Rail project, the skeletal remains of four bodies were unearthed in an area which had been a Jewish cemetery until the turn of the 20th century. Read more
Despite reinstatement into party, Corbyn not welcome back as Labour MP
November 20, 2020 by J-Wire
Despite being reinstated this week by the British Labour Party, former party leader Jeremy Corbyn will not be a Labour member of the British parliament, according to current leader Keir Starmer. Read more
How Nuremberg’s universalism undermined its noble aims
November 20, 2020 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
This weekend marks 75 years since the start of the Nuremberg tribunals, which tried leaders of Nazi Germany for their part in the Holocaust and other war crimes. Read more
Napoleon and Macron
November 20, 2020 by Jeremy Rosen
I have always been fascinated by Napoleon Bonaparte (in French it is Napoléon). Read more
Dec-02 9:30pm AEDT SBS World Movies: The Counterfeiter
November 20, 2020 by J-Wire
Salomon ‘Sally’ Sorowitsch is an expert Jewish counterfeiter enjoying the good life until he’s sent to Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp. Read more
PLO could soon be negotiating with Israel on Trump peace plan
November 20, 2020 by David Singer
The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) could soon be negotiating with Israel on President Trump’s peace plan – after suddenly announcing on 17 November that it would resume its relationship with Israel as existed before 19 May. Read more
Pompeo becomes first US Secretary of State to visit Judea and Samaria
November 20, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made history Thursday when he became the first US top diplomat to make an official visit to Judea and Samaria. Read more
