From Australia’s Jewish Past: Ida Cohen – a legend of Tamworth
July 13, 2021 by Community newsdesk
Ida Cohen was born in Tamworth, New South Wales, in 1867. Read more
Israel to withhold $182 million from Palestinian Authority to offset terror stipends
July 13, 2021 by JNS
Israel’s Security Cabinet voted on Sunday to withhold 597 million shekels ($182 million) from the tax revenues it collects for the Palestinian Authority, in accordance with a terror finance law passed in 2018. Read more
New study reveals 912% increase in antisemitic content on TikTok
Antisemitic content on TikTok has rapidly increased this year, a new study has revealed, with an alarming 912% increase. Read more
Henry Greener chats with Yair Miller
July 13, 2021 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Federal CEO of UIA Yair Miller tells Henry Greener of the work UIA does for the people of Israel. Read more
President Herzog speaks with Turkish President Erdogan, first such conversation in years
July 13, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog spoke yesterday by phone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the first conversation between the Turkish leader and an Israeli official in years. Read more
Labor leader in talks with the ZFA
July 12, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Zionist Federation of Australia held a constructive discussion with federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese yesterday. Read more
Inscription dating to biblical judges era and relates to Book of Judges found in Israel
July 12, 2021 by TPS-IL
For the first time in history, an inscription dating from the time of the biblical Judges some 3,100 years ago and relating to the Book of Judges has been recovered from excavations at Khirbat er-Ra‘i, near Qiryat Gat…a joint project involving Sydney’s Macquarie University. Read more
PM Bennett: more vaccines in Israel next month
July 12, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
A new shipment of Pfizer-developed Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines will arrive in Israel at the beginning of August, just as the supply in the country was about to run out, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said. Read more
SpaceIL secures crucial funding for launch of 2nd lunar probe
July 12, 2021 by TPS-IL
SpaceIL has obtained crucial financing toward the launch of the “Beresheet 2” Spacecraft in 2024, the association announced Sunday. Read more
Visit of senior US official to PA – preparing for resumption of negotiations with Israel?
July 12, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
Palestinian and Arab sources have reported in recent days on accelerated diplomatic activity in preparation for the resumption of the diplomatic process between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Israeli government, mediated by Egypt and Jordan. Read more
Feintooner
July 12, 2021 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Cyrus Accords according to Iranian dissidents. Read more
Abdullah-Biden meeting will not help resolve Jewish-Arab conflict
July 12, 2021 by David Singer
The meeting between Jordan’s King Abdullah and President Biden at the White House on 19 July seems set to achieve absolutely nothing towards resolving the 100 years-old conflict between Jews and Arabs. Read more
Was the Holocaust the destruction of the third temple?
July 12, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi… Read more
Smoothing things over? President Herzog speaks with Jordan’s King Abdullah
July 11, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke by phone with the King of Jordan, Abdullah II, who called on Saturday to congratulate him on his inauguration this week. Read more
On the other hand
July 11, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
This week we welcome Israel’s incoming President, Yitzhak Herzog, and say thanks to outgoing President, Reuven Rivlin. Read more
Walt Secord’s fiancee sends vaccination message to Russian-speakers
July 11, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
At the beginning of the current COVID lock-down, NSW Shadow Minister for Police and Counter-Terrorism Walt Secord enlisted his Moscow-born fiancée, Julia Levitina to record a message in Russian to urge the community to get vaccinated. Read more
Police thwart weapons smuggling worth millions from Lebanon to Israel
July 11, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
A police Special Forces unit thwarted the smuggling of 43 weapons from Lebanon into Israel, the largest weapons smuggling attempt in recent years, worth about NIS 2,700,000 (A$1.1m), the police stated Saturday night. Read more
Jonathan Coleman, a good friend of Jewish House
July 11, 2021 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney’s Jewish House CEO Rabbi Mendel Kastel is personally saddened by the news of the death of TV star Jonathan Coleman. Read more
US, Israel appear moving to bolster Jordan amid concerns over economic, social stability
July 10, 2021 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
The United State and Israel appear to be moving to bolster relations with Jordan as part of an effort to shore up Jordan’s King Abdullah amid concerns over his country’s stability. Read more
The cost of Israel’s partisan games on security
July 10, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Like so much of what happens in the Knesset, the aftermath of a recent vote on a law that would prevent a possible flood of Palestinian immigrants into Israel was not a very edifying spectacle. Read more
US suspends Abraham Fund; UAE urges Israel not to cancel pipeline
The Biden administration has suspended the Abraham Fund, which was established with the signing of the Abraham Accords in the fall of 2020, U.S. and Israeli sources told the business daily Globes. Read more
Shabbat Matot Masei
The Book of Numbers draws to a close with themes of tribes, journeys, and possessions, with the fight for survival, cities of refuge and vows, thrown in for good measure. Read more
Are we Khazars?
July 9, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
Arthur Koestler was another brilliant, but deeply disturbed Jewish intellectual to emerge from twentieth-century Hungary (no need to mention all the others). Read more
A $33,000 fix for Bondi’s Scout Hall
July 9, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Member for Vaucluse Gabrielle Upton MP today announced that Bondi Scout Hall in Bondi has been granted $33,000 for an upgrade under the NSW Government’s COVID-19 stimulus program. Read more
Ahead of Tisha B’Av – one of most magnificent Second Temple-Era buildings discovered in Jerusalem open to public
July 9, 2021 by TPS-IL
Impressive new sections of one of the most magnificent public buildings uncovered from the Second Temple period in Jerusalem was opened to public visits, days before Israel will mark Tisha B’Av, the day of mourning for the destruction of the two Temples. Read more
For the first time in two weeks, Israeli dies of COVID-19
July 9, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
An 86-year-old Israeli man, a resident of Kiryat Bialik in the north, hospitalized a week ago in a critical condition with Coronavirus (COVID-19), died Wednesday night at Rambam Hospital in Haifa. Read more
Harsh Israeli criticism over US’ condemnation of IDF’s demolition of terrorist’s home
July 9, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israeli lawmakers had harsh words for the US Embassy in Jerusalem after it condemned the IDF’s demolition of the home of terrorist Muntasar Shalabi, who murdered Israeli yeshiva student Yehuda Guetta in Samara at the beginning of May. Read more
US Congress approves budget for reopening of Consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem
July 9, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
The US Congress’ Budget Committee approved the budget for the implementation of the Biden administration’s plan to reopen the US Consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem. Read more
Which promised land?
July 9, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
The Fourth of July anniversary this week has turned out to be a somewhat more auspicious time for soul searching among many Jews than has been the case in past years. Read more
Zoom event with Rabbanit Devorah Evron and The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Australia
July 9, 2021 by Community newsdesk
The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Australia (JOFA) will host Rabbanit Devorah Evron for an upcoming event on ZOOM. Read more
