Rivlin: “I learned that without the ability to listen – there is no ability to learn. Without the ability to learn – there is no ability to repair.”
July 6, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The bust of Israel’s tenth president, Reuven Rivlin, has been installed in the Avenue of the Presidents in the gardens of Beit HaNasi ahead of the end of his term of office this week. Read more
Israel launches probe into Mount Meron disaster
July 6, 2021 by JNS
The state commission of inquiry into the April 30 Mount Meron tragedy, which saw 45 people killed and 150 injured in a stampede during the Lag B’Omer festival at the site, began its work on Sunday. Read more
In first phone call, Bennett thanks Putin for Russia’s role in ‘regional stability’
July 6, 2021 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for the role that his country is playing in maintaining regional stability, his office said in a statement. Read more
Feintooner
July 5, 2021 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Fire-Fighting Nation. Read more
JCCV appalled by online auction
July 5, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has reacted strongly to a report in the Herald Sun of an antique shop in the Melbourne suburb of Mt Evelyn offering Nazi memorabilia. Read more
Why does a bride wear a veil at her wedding?
July 5, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi… Read more
Bennett and the Religious Zionist elite
July 5, 2021 by Caroline Glick - JNS
The biggest media story in Israel last week was the fall of the town of Evyatar in Samaria. Read more
Israel hits Hamas targets in Gaza in response to ongoing arson attacks
July 5, 2021 by JNS
Israeli warplanes struck Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early on Saturday morning in response to the launch of airborne incendiary devices into Israeli territory, the Israeli military reported. Read more
After 21 years, Israel honours South Lebanon Army troops
July 5, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Twenty-one years after the IDF withdrew from the security zone in south Lebanon and after the South Lebanon Army (SLA) disbanded, the state of Israel inaugurated a memorial dedicated to the soldiers of the SLA. Read more
Israel signals end to EU-funded unauthorised building in West Bank
July 5, 2021 by David Singer
Israel’s decision to evict all 53 Jewish families from the unauthorised settlement of Evyatar in the West Bank this week should send a clear signal to the European Union (EU) that its days of financing and facilitating the building of unauthorised Arab structures in Area C of the West Bank are over. Read more
Israel sends aid to fight ‘worst forest fire in history of Cyprus’
July 5, 2021 by JNS
Israel dispatched two firefighting planes and flame-retardant material to Cyprus on Sunday, to help the island nation extinguish what the director of its forestry called the “worst forest fire in the history” of the country, according to local media. Read more
After latest legislation on stolen Jewish property, it’s time to cut ties with Poland’s government
July 4, 2021 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
Poland is awash in antisemitism, and it is the government in Warsaw that is setting the hateful tone amid the worst breakdown in Polish-Jewish relations since the fall of Communism more than 30 years ago. Read more
Rumsfeld remembered for leading war on terror and his admiration for Israel
July 4, 2021 by Dmitriy Shapiro
Despite much of the criticism of Donald Rumsfeld for his handling of the Iraq War, the late former defence secretary’s associates praised him for his decisions during an unstable time for American security. Read more
On the other hand
July 4, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
It looks as though international travel and tourism are going to take quite a time to return to pre-pandemic levels. Read more
NSW Labor welcomes listing of Goulburn Jewish cemetery on State’s Heritage Register
July 4, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Labor has welcomed the listing of the Goulburn Jewish cemetery on the State’s Heritage Register recommended by the Heritage Council of NSW. Read more
Terrorist Killed during attack on Israeli community in Samaria
July 4, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
An Arab terrorist has been shot and killed by Israeli forces on Saturday during an attack on the Israeli community of Aish Kodesh in Samaria. Read more
Torah reading: Shabbat Pinhas
July 2, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
Our reading this week starts with God praising Pinhas for his dramatic action in killing Zimri and his mistress the Midianite princess Cozbi, as they defied Moses and the rest of the community. Read more
An inside look at the Israeli rescue effort in Surfside
July 2, 2021 by Yaakov Lappin
A rescue delegation from the Israel Defence Forces Home Front Command is using visual intelligence techniques and information received from families of the victims to precisely map out the wreckage of a condo that crashed in a Miami suburb last week. Read more
Donald Rumsfeld’s legacy: a warning against American retreat
July 2, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
With ironic timing, the death of Donald Rumsfeld this week has occurred when American foreign policy is lurching in precisely the opposite direction to everything he stood for. Read more
For first time since April, Israel records over 300 daily COVID-19 cases
July 2, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s health system yesterday registered 307 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the country in the past 24 hours, the highest count of cases since the beginning of April. Read more
Missing links
July 2, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
Great excitement has broken out following the discovery in Israel of prehistoric bones identified as Homo Nesher Ramla, a hitherto unknown species of human. Read more
Mandlebaum House weathers the COVID storm
July 2, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Addressing the AGM of Mandelbaum House this week, Chairman, Associate Professor David Levy noted that “although the last year had been tough, the college can be very proud of its achievements”. Read more
Women Rabbis, again!
July 2, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
What is it about Chief Rabbis? Perfectly nice, intelligent human beings, yet when they get to be Chief Rabbis their spines turn to jelly. Read more
US expert Emanuele Ottolenghi explains Hezbollah’s criminal networks
July 2, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The latest Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) webinar guest was Dr Emanuele Ottolenghi, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, whose areas of expertise include Iran and Hezbollah. His topic was “Hezbollah and the Toxic Terror Crime Convergence”. Read more
Hamas source: Optimism about imminent prisoner exchange with Israel
July 2, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
“Hamas is determined to advance a prisoner deal soon, based on proposals known to Israel,” a Hamas source said in a conversation with TPS on Thursday. Read more
Israeli scientists develop two atoms thick tech – world’s thinnest
July 1, 2021 by TPS-IL
Researchers from Tel Aviv University have engineered the world’s tiniest technology, with a thickness of only two atoms. Read more
Analysis shows half of Gazans killed during Operation Guardian of the Walls were terrorists
July 1, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
An analysis of the names of Gazans killed during the IDF’s Operation Guardian of the Walls has found that about half of them were terrorist operatives, a new report by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) shows. Read more
Hamas and Israeli teams in Cairo for negotiations on long-term ceasefire
July 1, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo on Wednesday for a series of meetings and discussions on issues regarding the rehabilitation of the Gaza Strip after Operation Guardian of the Walls, and to examine the possibility of an exchange of prisoners and captives with Israel. Read more
Tour de France’s Israeli team tested by crashes, maintains optimism
July 1, 2021 by JNS
Days before the start of the annual Tour de France, cycling’s most prestigious race, the Israeli national team’s star rider and four-time winner of the event, Chris Froome, was enthusiastic and optimistic. Read more
IDF using advanced tech to locate victims in Surfside
July 1, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The IDF rescue team working and the site of the building collapse at Surfside, Florida, has brought in reinforcements who are using advanced technologies to locate the victims buried under the rubble. Read more
