Remembering Lilly

This is a really sad day for us who have been working with Lilly for a very long time – she was a such strong person – you were never unsure of whose presence you were in when you were with Lilly…writes Valerie Rubel. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…Not even remotely true. Read more

Me and Jackie

I only met Jackie Mason once. Read more

Henry Greener chats with Bruce Hill

Journalist, Past ABC radio host, media consultant and writer Bruce Hill has a very interesting story about his student days at Victoria University, Wellington, which lead him to convert to Judaism! Read more

Why must I put “Jewish” on my census form?

Two questions from those not keen to put their Jewish religious affiliation on their census forms.  And the answers to why they should. Read more

In Conversation with Rabbanit Evron

The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Australia (JOFA) hosted Rabbanit Devorah Evron on Zoom. Read more

$750,000 in grants NSW multicultural communities

More than 150 multicultural community organisations will share in almost $750,000 in emergency funding for grassroots projects to support vulnerable members of the community impacted by the current COVID-19 outbreak. Read more

Defence Minister: Iran 10 weeks away from weapons-grade materials needed for nuclear bomb

Israel’s Minister of Defence Benny Gantz and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yair Lapid briefed on Wednesday ambassadors whose countries are members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and revealed that Saeed Ara Jani, the head of the Iranian UAV command, is personally responsible for the terror attacks in the Gulf of Oman, including the one last week that killed a British and Romanian national. Read more

Changes in lung tissue indicate preparation for supporting the growth of disseminated breast cancer cells

A new study from Tel Aviv University discovered changes in healthy lung tissue which indicate preparation to receive metastases. Read more

Will Israel’s politicized Supreme Court stick to law on Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah squatters?

In what can be seen as an eyebrow-raising moment, Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday noted that the Jewish owners of properties under dispute in the Shimon HaTzadik neighbourhood of Jerusalem, which is often erroneously mixed up with the adjacent Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, are within their legal rights to evict the illegal Palestinian squatters, but is pushing to find a solution that allows them to remain in the homes. Read more

New report slams social-media giants for ‘failing to act on antisemitism’

A new report by the Centre to Counter Digital Hate (CCDH) revealed that five major social-media companies failed to act upon 84 percent of antisemitic posts on their websites, despite promising to double down on antisemitism. Read more

How three Israeli filmmakers wound up becoming the story in Africa

Three Israeli documentary filmmakers arrived home safely from Nigeria at the end of last week, after what they described as 20 “hellish days” detained under inhumane conditions by the government’s Department of State Services (DSS) security agency. Read more

ECAJ calls for Jewish Emergency Management Plan vaccination message to be shared

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has asked all of its affiliate and constituent bodies to share a video urging members of our community to get vaccinated. Read more

Ben & Jerry’s: Australia pollies air their views

Senator Eric Abetz, Chair of the Parliamentary Friends of Israel, and Senator Kimberley Kitching, Deputy Chair have criticised Ben and Jerry’s decision not to renew their license agreement with the Israeli franchisee who sells their ice cream in the “Occupied Palestinian Territories” in the West Bank. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past: Henry Spiro – a leader of the times

Henry was born in Posen, Prussia in 1839 travelled to Queensland in 1861 at 22 years of age and settled in Toowoomba in 1863 and took up a partnership with Samuel Benjamin and opened a merchant store in the centre of town where they built a modern two–story brick building. Read more

Why Victoria’s Jewish community must act to preserve its world-class school system

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Raisi’s presidency a ‘metaphor’ for Iran’s regional escalation

Iran’s new president Ebrahim Raisi will be sworn in on Thursday, and he is already making his mark. Read more

Israeli Foreign Ministry: EU sending representative to Raisi’s swearing-in ‘puzzling’

Israel is less than enthusiastic about the European Union’s decision to send a high-level representative to attend the swearing-in of Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday Read more

German court to try 100-year-old former Nazi guard

A German court has set a date to try a 100-year-old former Nazi SS guard who served at a concentration camp outside of Berlin during World War II, a spokeswoman for the Neuruppin state court said on Monday. Read more

Israel to Security Council: urgently condemn, act against Iran for maritime attacks

Israel’s Ambassador to the US and the United Nations Gilad Erdan dispatched a letter of complaint to the Security Council in the wake of the serious incident in which Iran attacked an Israeli-managed ship with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in the Gulf of Oman last week. Read more

In last-ditch attempt to avoid lockdown, govt. decides on additional COVID-19 restrictions

The ministerial committee on fighting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) decided on a list of new restrictionsת in an attempt to stem the skyrocketing new daily COVID-19 cases and in a last-ditch attempt to prevent a countrywide lockdown, Israel’s fourth. Read more

Video: Archaeological evidence of earthquake that occurred during Kingdom of Judah, mentioned in the bible – uncovered in Jerusalem

Archaeological excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the City of David National Park revealed a layer of destruction, including a row of shattered vessels that were smashed as the building’s walls collapsed, apparent evidence of an earthquake that occurred during the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and that is mentioned in the Bible. Read more

The inevitable inequitable application of proposed laws

Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling ice cream in Jewish communities in the West Bank has caused ripples – and may be a breach of US laws that prohibit discriminatory boycotts. Read more

20 years after deadly attack, survivors of Sbarro bombing dedicate Shaare Zedek delivery room as ‘Symbol of Life’

Exactly 20 years ago this month, one of the most devastating terror attacks to strike Jerusalem occurred when a suicide bomber detonated himself at the Sbarro Pizzeria in the city’s downtown commercial zone. Read more

Residents of Sheikh Jarrah: ‘Evacuation postponed for decades, surprised by Israeli Court’s proposal’

The Arab residents of the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in Jerusalem expressed great satisfaction following the compromise proposal offered by the High Court of Justice regarding their illegal dwellings in Israeli-owned property. Read more

PM Bennett to Iran: ‘Impossible to sit peacefully in Tehran and ignite the Middle East. That is over’

“The Iranians need to understand that it is impossible to sit peacefully in Tehran and from there ignite the entire Middle East. That is over,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett stated in response to the most recent Iranian attack in the Gulf of Oman. Read more

US, UK say Iran behind oil tanker attack; Iran denies involvement

The United States and the United Kingdom joined Israel on Sunday in blaming Iran for a fatal drone attack on an Israeli-managed oil tanker in the Arabian Sea on Thursday, AP reported. Read more

Israel vs. Facebook: Knesset bill seeks to rein in social-media censorship

Knesset member Galit Distel-Atbaryan of the Likud Party, who says Facebook targeted her for her right-wing views, introduced a law in June to give citizens recourse should they find themselves out of favour with the social networks. Read more

Elon Gold dishes on Jackie Mason, COVID-19 and why Jews are so nervous

Elon Gold, known as one of the best living Jewish comedians, spoke with great reverence of a Jewish comedy legend who died on July 24 at the age of 93…write Alan Zeitlin. Read more

UN-paid teachers celebrate deaths of Israelis, support terrorism, new report shows

More than 100 employees of a United Nations’ aid agency have posted content on social media that spreads hatred against Israel and Israelis, encourages antisemitism, and supports terrorism, a new report by the UN Watch shows. Read more

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