The importance of anti-BDS legislation
October 8, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
International lawyer Eugene Kontorovich will speak on anti-BDS legislation. Read more
American culture
October 8, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
The debacle in Afghanistan has proved how difficult it is to change another country’s culture. Read more
Oboler to attend important forum on the Holocaust remembrance and antisemitism
October 8, 2021 by Henry Benjamin
Angela Merkel to visit Yad Vashem, her sixth visit
October 8, 2021 by Simmy Allen
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre on Sunday. Read more
A surprise birthday celebration for Frank Lowy
October 7, 2021 by Henry Benjamin
European Union implements new strategy to address serious rise in antisemitism
October 7, 2021 by Faygie Holt
Acknowledging that most European Jews do not feel safe in their home countries, the European Commission released a report on Tuesday outlining strategies to combat antisemitism and encourage the growth of Jewish life there. Read more
Concentration-camp guard to stand trial for 3,518 murders between 1942 and 1945
October 7, 2021 by JNS
A former guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp who will stand trial in Germany this month is accused of being complicit in 3,518 murders, reported The Times. Read more
Vandals paint Holocaust-denial messages at site of Auschwitz-Birkenau
October 7, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum condemned recent vandalism that took place at the site of the former Nazi concentration camp. Read more
Herzog at Babi Yar: Leaders must ‘condemn slightest hint of antisemitism’
October 7, 2021 by JNS
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog addressed the international gathering on Wednesday marking 80 years since the Babi Yar massacre in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 29-30, 1941. Read more
At long last, Babi Yar victims to receive the respect they deserve
October 7, 2021 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
The horrors of the Nazi mass extermination camps in the Holocaust are well-known but the “Holocaust by Bullets,” during which Jews were shot one by one, is less known. Read more
Podcast: Michelle Bloom on Ethi-call
October 7, 2021 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Michelle Bloom, The Ethics Centre’s Director of Ethi-call, a unique service providing free, expert and impartial guidance to assist people in finding an ethical and constructive solution if faced with a challenging dilemma. Read more
Israeli study shows chance of myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccine extremely rare
October 7, 2021 by TPS-IL
The chance of contracting myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, after receiving a Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine is extremely rare, new Israeli research reveals. Read more
Herzog meets the Ukrainian community
October 7, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has met members of the Ukrainian Jewish communities. Read more
European-funded organisation trains PA teachers using texts lauding terrorism
October 7, 2021 by TPS-IL
The A.M Qattan Foundation funded by several European countries has trained teachers in the Palestinian Authority while using texts that promote and support terrorism, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported. Read more
Muslim High Court nominee facing accusations of terror support
October 7, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Judge Khaled Kabub, a High Court of Justice nominee, is facing accusations that he met with supporters of terrorism, participated in an event that supported terrorism, and was honoured during it. Read more
Hotel in Leipzig, Germany, rebuffs Jewish singer for wearing Star of David
October 7, 2021 by JNS
Hundreds of people, some draped in Israeli flags, stood outside the Westin in Leipzig, Germany, on Tuesday night to protest an alleged incident of antisemitism at the hotel. Now, at least one major Jewish organization has launched a petition calling for the hotel, part of the Marriott chain, to apologize. Read more
President Herzog’s first state visit
October 6, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Isaac Herzog has met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on his first state visit as the President of the State of Israel. Read more
Can Robots be Jewish? And other pressing questions of Modern Life: a book review by Jeffrey Cohen
October 6, 2021 by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen
Amy Schwartz serves as the opinion and book editor at Moment Magazine. Moment is one of the more independent and thought stimulating magazine in the Jewish world started by Leonid/Leibl Fein over fifty years ago and is still being published today as an independent but also inclusive journal. Read more
Court approves of silent Jewish prayer on Temple Mount
October 6, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
For the first time since Jewish prayer returned to the Temple Mount, following a court approval which gave it legal standing. Read more
Meretz’s pilgrimage to Ramallah
October 6, 2021 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
If anything illustrates the farcical nature of the current makeup of the government in Jerusalem, it’s the parley in Ramallah on Sunday evening between Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and a delegation of Israel’s Meretz Party, headed by Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz. Read more
US$767 million to be distributed to Holocaust survivors across the globe
October 6, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced an important achievement for survivors with first-time pensions being allotted for Holocaust survivors who survived the Leningrad Siege, survivors who were in hiding in France and those who survived persecution in Romania, and who are not currently receiving Shoah related pensions. Read more
Yad Vashem head in Kiev
October 6, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan is in Kiev attending the official memorial ceremony marking 80 years since the Babi Yar massacre. Read more
Israeli Minister to Belgium: ban on Kosher slaughter ‘harms religious freedom in Europe’
October 6, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Nachman Shai dispatched a missive to Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croix warning that a court ruling upholding a ban on kosher slaughter in the country is “an alarming precedent” that “deeply harms religious freedom in Europe.” Read more
B’nai B’rith Bargain Bazaar. For some it is a second-hand shop, for others it is a second home.
Since its inception, Sydney’s B’nai B’rith’s Bargain Bazaar Charity Shop has become an institution…writes Ori Golan. Read more
Israeli study reveals evolutionary reason for women feeling colder than men
October 6, 2021 by TPS-IL
Researchers at Tel Aviv University’s School of Zoology have offered a new evolutionary explanation for the familiar phenomenon of women feeling colder than men, concluding that this is not unique to humans, with many male species of endotherms, birds, and mammals, preferring a cooler temperature than the females. Read more
Video: The commemoration of the Battle of Semakh
October 6, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Battle of Semakh was commemorated last week in Israel with Australia’s ambassador Paul Griffith attending the event. Read more
A welcome for Paul Toole and Bronnie Taylor
October 6, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has thanked the former Deputy Premier of NSW and leader of the NSW Nationals Party, John Barilaro for his service to the state and consideration and support of the Jewish community throughout his time as Deputy Premier and as a Minister. Read more
Knesset’s winter session opens amid raucous showdown
October 6, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Knesset commenced with the Winter Assembly of the 24th Knesset amid a raucous confrontation between Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and the opposition. Read more
2,700 First Temple era private toilet discovered in Jerusalem
October 6, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israeli archaeologists excavating a First Temple-era royal mansion in Armon Hanatziv in Jerusalem have discovered a 2,700-year-old private toilet, testifying to the complex’s luxurious settings. Read more
Honig wins American award for global startup of year
October 6, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australian company Honeylight Enterprises Pty Ltd trading as Greenville has been named 2021 Global Startup of the Year in the 18th annual Stevie® Award. Read more
