Muslim rioters set fire, vandalize Joseph’s tomb in Shechem

A group of some 100 Muslim rioters attacked Joseph’s Tomb in Shechem (Nablus) on Saturday night causing massive damage to the building, a Jewish site of prayer. Read more

45 Holocaust survivors rescued

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The key lesson from Ukraine for international order

It’s taken the horrors in Ukraine for people to begin to register that a central pillar of world affairs since the Second World War has crumbled. Even now, though, the full implications aren’t acknowledged. Read more

Bennett blames Silman resignation on ‘verbal violence’ from opponents

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett blamed the resignation of former Yamina Party Knesset member Idit Silman and her defection to the opposition on “months of verbal violence” from opponents of the current government coalition. Read more

UAP leader Craig Kelly egged in Melbourne

United Australia Party leader Craig Kelly has been egged in a Melbourne park. Read more

Israel and Bhutan improve their ties in Canberra

The Embassy of Israel in Australia and the ACT Jewish Centre have jointly hosted an informal gathering with representatives from the Royal Bhutanese Embassy, Canberra and the Australia-Bhutanese community. Read more

Failed priests and prophets

There seems to me to be a permanent state of conflict in all religions between religious authority and individual spirituality or mysticism. Read more

Inconvenient revelations

Very often there are news items that upset conventional thinking and as a consequence, they sink without trace. Read more

Kotel Foundation complaint against Women of the Wall activists

The Western Wall Heritage Foundation, the administrator of the holy site, filed a complaint with the police on Thursday against 10 activists of the Women of the Wall alleging assault. Read more

Terror attack in the heart of Tel Aviv – multiple casualties in Dizengoff – two dead

Arab terrorists shot and killed two Israelis and wounded several in the heart of Tel Aviv on Thursday, the fourth deadly terror attack in a major Israeli city in two weeks. Read more

The Duke: A movie review by Alex First

Based on fact, The Duke is the story of a 60-year-old old British man who in 1961 allegedly stole a painting worth £140,000 from the National Gallery in London. Read more

Digital technology to help thos at risk from domestic violence

The Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce, NSW Government and Microsoft held a collaborative workshop exploring the role of digital technology in supporting those at risk and experiencing domestic and family violence. Read more

Allegra Spender: “She has never been a part of my campaign team”

J-Wire asked Wentworth Independent candidate for next month’s elections if she is distancing herself from Blair Palese following her anti-Israel comments? Read more

Watchdog submits 11,687 items on PA incitement to UNHRC Commission of Inquiry on Israel

The Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), which monitors incitement to terrorism and antisemitism spread by and in the Palestinian Authority (PA) submitted 11,687 items to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Commission of Inquiry on Israel’s alleged human rights violations and war crimes. Read more

Israel’s UN envoy: On Passover this year, we think of Ukraine

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Gilad Erdan hosted an early Passover Seder at the UN on Wednesday during which he declared that “this year, when we think of ‘let My people go,’ we will also think of Ukraine.” Read more

Podcast: L’Chaim to Life – Maurice Klein responds to Zoe Daniel signing virulent anti-Israel Open Letter

Maurice Klein responds to the Australian Jewish Association’s Vice President, Alan Freedman, who called out former ABC journalist Zoe Daniel standing as “climate (corporate) independent” in the seat of Goldstein. Read more

March of the Living resumes in person with only eight Holocaust survivors

The International March of the Living will resume in person for the first time in two years but with a reduced capacity, due to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, and only eight Holocaust survivors participating. Read more

How Jews in Ukraine will celebrate Passover

They will be in shelters, private homes, refugee camps, synagogues and military bases. But come what may, when night falls on Passover eve on April 15, the Jews of Ukraine will pause to eat matzah and bitter herbs, drink four cups of wine, recall the miracles of the Exodus and look forward to better times…writes Menachem Posner. Read more

UK sanctions billionaire Moshe Kantor, head of European Jewish Congress

Russian billionaire Moshe Kantor, who heads the European Jewish Congress and other prominent Jewish organizations, was sanctioned by the United Kingdom on Wednesday. Read more

Shabbat Metzora and Shabbat HaGadol: A Special Shabbat

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Israeli artwork ‘Impossible Object’ on way to International Space Station

A unique partnership between an Israeli physicist and an artist has led to a unique work of art, which will be dispatched to the International Space Station. Read more

Iran has accumulated 40 kg of 60% enriched uranium in past year

Defence Minister Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid held a briefing on Wednesday for 80 foreign ambassadors stationed in Israel, against the background of the wave of terrorism, the Iranian threat and the remerging nuclear deal, and other issues on the agenda. Read more

Students take school to court for antisemitism

Allegations of bullying and antisemitism have are behind the reasons why five former students are suing the state of Victoria for negligence by the headmaster and certain staff at Melbourne’s Brighton Secondary College. Read more

Amid tensions, Defence Minister Gantz talks with PA head Abbas

Defence Minister Benny Gantz spoke Tuesday evening with Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, as security tensions are high following a series of terror attacks in Israel that claimed the lives of 11 people. Read more

Antisemitism at UAP rally

A rally took place on the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 29 March 2022 organised by the United Australia Party (UAP). Its advertisement in UAP-yellow labelled it the “Budget Day Rally” to begin at “Parliament House at 11am”, with “Craig Kelly and many other headline speakers.” Nothing out of the ordinary. Read more

Bennett Government loses Knesset majority -could necessitate election

Israel woke up Wednesday morning to a dramatic political development when Member of Knesset (MK) Idit Silman, the chairwoman of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s coalition, announced she was quitting the coalition, thus depriving Bennett of his very slim majority in the Knesset. Read more

A Ramadan intifada?

The Muslim month of Ramadan, which began on Friday night, is already proving to be the challenge that Israeli authorities had anticipated. Palestinians and radicalized Arab Israelis swarming the Old City of Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate on Saturday and Sunday attacked police, who were stationed at the site to keep the peace. Read more

Ambulance: a movie review by Alex First

Just a fairly typical day in the life of a paramedic. Hardly! Read more

Israeli study finds 4th vaccination reduces serious disease

A  study has found that the rate of severe disease among people who received the 4th dose of vaccine against Coronavirus was lower by a factor of about 3 compared to people who only received three vaccine doses. Read more

Hospitalised following the Hadera attack, border policeman taken to soccer game by MDA

About a week and half ago, E, a Border Police officer, was injured in the terror attack in Hadera. Read more

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