Jewish International Film Festival 2022
January 26, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
From hotly anticipated world premieres to captivating true tales and enthralling features from award-winning filmmakers, the Jewish International Film Festival makes its triumphant return to the silver screens of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra from 25 February – 4 April. Read more
2022 Australia Day Awards
January 25, 2022 by J-Wire Staff
The 2022 awards see work with climate change being acknowledged and a wife and husband team making the list.
Kesser Torah’s principal salutes students and staff
January 25, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Kesser Torah College;’s principal Roy Steinman has recognised the efforts of both students and staff in the HSC. Read more
Moriah proud of the achievements of Class of 2021
January 25, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
With 68% of the HSC cohort achieving a place on the honour roll, 17 students on the All-Rounders List, four state rankings, and more than 56% of the group receiving an ATAR over 90 (top 10% of the state), Sydney’s Moriah College has ranked 18th in the State, and one of only two non-selective co-educational schools in the top 20. Read more
‘Israel, Diaspora must join forces in battle against antisemitism’
January 25, 2022 by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - JNS.org
Israel has a “moral obligation” to assist Diaspora communities faced with rising antisemitism both online and in the public sphere, according to Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai. Read more
Israeli ministries meet to plan possible airlift of Ukrainian Jews if Russia attacks
January 25, 2022 by JNS
Top Israeli government officials and leaders of Jewish organisations held a meeting on Sunday to discuss the possibility of evacuating Jews from Ukraine if Russia invades. Read more
Israeli medical discovery could help stop spread of pancreatic cancer cells in liver
January 25, 2022 by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - JNS.org
A team of researchers from Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre has discovered how pancreatic cancer cells spread in the liver, which could be the key to developing treatments to slow it down and prolong patients’ lives.
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China overtakes US as Israel’s largest source of imports
China became Israel’s largest source of imports in 2021 with $10.7 billion, overcoming the previous top spot held by the United States, revealed Israel’s National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. Read more
Israeli figure-skating duo chase ‘impossible dream’ to Beijing
January 24, 2022 by JNS
A lot of hopes are riding on the skates of Hailey Kops and Evgeni Krasnopolski…writes Abigail Klein Leichman. Read more
Shas Chairman MK Aryeh Deri resigns from Knesset ahead of plea bargain
January 24, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Member of Knesset Aryeh Deri, chairman of the Shas party, submitted his letter of resignation to Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy on Sunday, after he signed a plea agreement last month according to which he will confess to tax offences, pay NIS 180,000, and leave the Knesset. Read more
Online Hate Prevention Institute reaches the 10-year mark
January 24, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israeli Cabinet approves $9.2 million increase to Yad Vashem budget
January 24, 2022 by JNS
Israel’s Cabinet on Sunday approved a proposal to increase the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum’s budget by 29 million shekels ($9.2 million), according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office. Read more
Fund head criticises Anne Frank case probe
The head of a foundation set up by Anne Frank’s father has criticised an investigation into her betrayal to the Nazis that named a Jewish notary as a leading suspect, saying it’s “full of errors” and offers no proof, a Swiss newspaper reports. Read more
Government approves commission of inquiry into submarine purchase affair
January 24, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s government voted on Sunday in favour of the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the purchase of submarines for the Navy, which was allegedly entangled with corruption. Read more
Is gambling income generated for education questionable?
January 24, 2022 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
HSC: Emanuel exceeds expectations
January 24, 2022 by Michelle Favero
Sydney’s Emanuel School’s Class of 2021 exceeded expectations under the shadow of the COVID pandemic. Read more
Killing Katie: Confessions of a Book Club – a theatre review by Hila Tsor
January 24, 2022 by Hila Tsor
Killing Katie: Confessions of a Book Club begins through the narrative voice of Linda (Bron Lim) who meets up with her fitness obsessed friend Sam Andrews (Georgina Symes) to talk about the past, and present. Read more
The International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
January 24, 2022 by Simmy Allen
Yad Vashem will mark the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust through a range of events both in-person and online. Read more
Israel’s first Winter Paralympics athlete is an alpine skier
January 24, 2022 by JNS
Downhill skier Sheina Vaspi, 20, will be Israel’s sole competitor at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing from March 4 to March 13. Read more
Feintooner
January 24, 2022 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon. Reality and its discontents. Read more
UN, Jordan, Egypt, PLO & Hamas need to return to 5 June 1967
January 24, 2022 by David Singer
The United Nations (UN), Jordan, Egypt, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Hamas need to focus on the current reality that the two-state solution called for in UN Security Council Resolution 2334 is impossible to achieve: Creating a second Arab State in 5% of former Palestine – in addition to Jordan – which presently exercises sovereignty in 78% of former Palestine. Read more
Expert: Israel at peak of omicron wave
January 23, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel is at the peak of infections in the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant wave or a few days away from it, and in the coming week, it will witness a decrease in the cases, Professor Eran Segal, a computational biologist at the Weizmann Institute of Science and an expert on COVID-19 in Israel, estimates. Read more
Survivors and community leaders team up to remember the Holocaust
January 23, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Members of the newly-formed Australian Holocaust Museum Alliance are coming together to commemorate International Holocaust Day in their second annual online event. Read more
Sydney Festival: a chance to hear from the Israeli choreographer
January 23, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
New Israel Fund Australia will host a conversation with acclaimed Israel prize-winning choreographer and contemporary dancer Ohad Naharin. Read more
On the other hand
January 23, 2022 by Michael Kuttner
Will it or won’t it? That is the question currently exercising the attention of many Israelis. Read more
2021: The most antisemitic year of the last decade, more than ten incidents every day
January 23, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Fight Against Antisemitism on the 27th of January, the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency have published their annual antisemitism report of 2021, and the statistics are not encouraging. Read more
Retired Israeli general a settler critic
January 21, 2022 by Associated Press
Retired general Yair Golan spent a significant part of his military career serving in the occupied West Bank, protecting Jewish settlements. Today, he is one of their most vocal critics. Read more
It’s not rocket science
January 21, 2022 by Michael Kuttner
Quote: It’s not rocket science. It’s really about common sense (or lack of it). Read more
‘F***ing Jews … I’ve come to die’
January 21, 2022 by JNS
The British terrorist who held four Jews hostage at gunpoint on Saturday at a Texas synagogue told his brother that he had been planning the event for two years and that he came to America to “go down as a martyr.” Read more
UN approves Israeli resolution combating Holocaust denial
January 21, 2022 by J-Wire
The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday adopted an Israeli-sponsored resolution that condemns denial and distortion of the Holocaust. Read more
