Changes for Macnamara dropped
June 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australian Electoral Commission has reversed its proposal to make a substantial change to the Melbourne Electorates of Macnamara and Higgins that would see all of Caulfield North, Caulfield, Caulfield East and parts of Elsternwick and St Kilda East move from Macnamara into Higgins; and parts of Prahran and South Yarra move from Higgins into Macnamara. Read more
New missile for Israel’s defence
Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems unveiled the Sea Breaker weapon system, a 5thgeneration long-range, autonomous, precision-guided missile, which enables significant attack performance against a variety of high-value maritime and land targets. Read more
Walt Secord completes his conversion to Judaism
June 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Labor frontbencher and the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair Walt Secord has recently completed his conversion to Judaism through Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue. Read more
Some Jewish Archibald participants – painters and posers
June 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Following the final episode of Finding the Archibalds on ABC which featured a prize-winning portrait of the late Rabbi Israel Porush, photographer Ben Apfelbaum pointed his lens at other Archibald portraits with a Jewish connection. Read more
Q + A still in the spotlight
June 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has dismissed as “laughable” a response it received from the ABC’s Audience and Consumer Affairs (A&CA) division to a complaint it lodged about the panel on the “Q&A” program which aired on ABC TV Thursday May 27. Read more
Israelis fight despair while aiding survivors, rescuers in Florida calamity
“I saw in the news that you were coming from Israel for us, and I was waiting for you,” says a tearful young woman in Surfside, Florida, to members of the Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit (PCRU) from United Hatzalah of Israel…writes Abigail Klein Leichman. Read more
Former ambassador Gold: World powers must work to prevent Iran’s quest for hegemony
June 30, 2021 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
“Iran will never get a nuclear weapon on my watch.” Read more
“Bias against Israel at the UN must end. Our region needs trust between people.”
June 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Reuven Rivlin met yesterday with UN Secretary-General António Guterres at UN headquarters in New York. Read more
Australia’s Mitch Fifield joins other ambassador to the UN in meeting President Rivlin
June 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Reuven Rivlin has met with a delegation of ambassadors from around the world to the United Nations including Australia’s Ambassador Mitch Fifield. Read more
Josh Frydenberg visits the Ark Centre
June 30, 2021 by Community newsdesk
Israel and UAE sign economic and trade agreement
June 30, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the United Arab Emirate (UAE) Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met in Abu Dhabi yesterday where they signed an economic agreement between the two countries. Read more
From Australia’s Past: Florence Anderson – the first female trade union secretary
June 30, 2021 by J-Wire News Service
Florence was born in 1871 and her claim to fame was becoming the first female trade union secretary in Victoria and the only female trade union secretary in Australia. Read more
Going the distance: Israeli couple in the running for Olympic gold
June 30, 2021 by Agencies
Qualifying for the Olympic Games is every athlete’s dream. Read more
Hamas agrees to new mechanism for receiving Qatari money
June 30, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
A new agreement between Israel and Qatar will enable the entry of Qatari funds into the Gaza Strip as early as this weekend, Arab sources confirmed yesterday. Read more
JewishCare ready to care
June 29, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s JewishCare continues to support the community during these challenging times with family, mental health, financial, aged care and disability services. Read more
Could Palestinian protests lead to the ouster of Mahmoud Abbas?
June 29, 2021 by JNS
As unrest continues in Ramallah and Hebron, questions have arisen surrounding the future of Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas…David Isaac. Read more
Biden administration turns to UNRWA in its rush to rebuild Gaza
June 29, 2021 by JNS
Following the recent war between Israel and Hamas, the Biden administration has put an emphasis on rebuilding the Gaza Strip, promising the terror group won’t benefit. Some experts say Washington’s approach will fail to bear fruit..;.writes David Isaac. Read more
In the face of disaster, the priority is help and prayer, not politics
June 29, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
It has become a trope of American culture that the idea of sending “thoughts and prayers” in response to a catastrophic event has become a term of derision. Read more
Erdan resigns as Israel’s US ambassador, retains role as UN envoy
June 29, 2021 by JNS
Israel’s envoy to the United Nations Gilad Erdan announced on Sunday that he would be resigning from his simultaneous post as ambassador to the United States, pending the appointment of a replacement. Read more
Antisemitism watchdog calls for disciplinary action against Spanish TV host over antisemitic comments
The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) is calling for disciplinary action against a reporter from a television station in Spain who made antisemitic remarks during a broadcast about Israeli athletes. Read more
Diplomatic farewells
June 29, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin met yesterday with US President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington DC, his last diplomatic trip as president before leaving office next month. Read more
The rabbi’s portrait takes the Archibald Prize…watch it on TV
June 29, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The transition of a White Australia to a multicultural saw the style of the famous Archibald Prize change with the times and in 1961, a portrait of the Great Synagogue’s spiritual leader Rabbi Israel Porush winning the country’s most prestigious art award. Read more
Eastern Suburbs COVID outbreak: forum answers questions
June 29, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
More than 35 leaders of the NSW Jewish community attended an online forum focusing on the current COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. Read more
Adalah condemns PA for killing of political opponent
June 29, 2021 by Andrew Issacson -TPS
The Adalah Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel condemned the Palestinian Authority for the killing of Nizar Banat, a prominent political activist and an opponent of the PA, and demanded legal action against all PA security personnel involved in the death. Read more
Row between Israel and Poland over Holocaust property restitution escalates
June 28, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The dispute between Israel and Poland over an amendment to a Polish law that would hinder Holocaust victims’ ability to claim their property in the country escalated Sunday when both countries summoned each other’s ambassadors for a dressing down. Read more
We all bleed the same
June 28, 2021 by Arts Editor
FM Lapid meets Sec. Blinken in Rome, Iran Deal on the table
June 28, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met in Rome yesterday, presumably to discuss the US’ push to renew the nuclear deal with Iran, which could threaten Israel. Read more
A difference of interpretation
June 28, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Recently, a contingent from The Executive Council of Australian Jewry met up with ABC’s managing director David Anderson to discuss coverage of the recent Israel-Palestinian conflict involving Gaza and the one-sided Q + A program that featured it. Read more
IDF warns Gaza parents against terror summer camps
June 28, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Commander of the IDF’s Unit for the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) Major General Ghasan Alyan addressed the residents of the Gaza Strip and warned them against the “true face” of the camps run by the Hamas and Islamic terror groups. Read more
Is God dead?
June 28, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
