Litzman resigns from Knesset as part of plea bargain

Member of Knesset Yaakov Litzman submitted his resignation from the Knesset on Wednesday, part of a plea agreement he signed after he admitted to the breach of trust in the Malka Leifer affair. Read more

Israel sees 600% increase in applications for firearm licenses following wave of terrorism

The number of Israelis applying for firearm licenses has increased by 600% in recent weeks following a wave of terrorist attacks in March in Israeli cities that left 19 people dead. Read more

Arab mob hijacked Al Jazeera journalist’s funeral

An Arab mob that took the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on their shoulders and by foot did so to avoid a funeral “as if a Christian woman died,” while her family had wanted her body taken by hearse to the church for the funeral and not carried through the streets of Jerusalem, Palestinian Media Watch’s (PMW) review of Al-Jazeera and PA TV recordings of the funeral shows. Read more

US ‘remains committed’ to opening consulate for PA residents in Jerusalem

The US “remains committed to opening of a consulate for the residents of the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem,” but “there are a number of steps that have to go into the reopening of any diplomatic facility, and some are “unique sensitivities to this particular facility,” State Department spokesman Ned Price stated. Read more

Proud of his heritage

Liam Arnold-Levy was practising for his bar mitzvah when he decided to wear a kippah to school to show that he was proud of his Jewish heritage. Read more

The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies takes minister on tour

Recently elected NSW Multiculturalism Minister Mark Coure has paid his first visit to Our Big Kitchen and Yeshiva College in Bondi, and Emanuel Synagogue and Emanuel Woollahra Preschool in Woollahra. Read more

Religious Affairs Minister visits Triguboff’s Policy Centre

Israel’s Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana visited the Hartman and Triguboff Institutes’ Centre for Judaism and State Policy last week. Read more

Some familiar, some  unfamiliar: Music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

They were presented in equal quantities at last night’s concert. Read more

He who giveth salvation unto kings

Sydney’s Central Synagogue’s Associate Rabbi David Freedman and his wife Ruth were born in London and emigrated to Sydney in 1988. He has written the following article on the occasion of Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee. Read more

What Jubilee?

As technicians prepare to colour the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge purple tomorrow as part of the Jubilee celebrations marking Queen Elizabeth’s 70 years on the throne, Australia and New Zealand’s Jewish communities will be spectators only. Read more

Chabad rabbi returns to Kharkiv, despite ‘occasional missiles’

Igor Terechov, the mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine, made a visit on Tuesday to the Chabad Choral Synagogue, where he met with Rabbi Moshe Moskovitz, the leader of the synagogue and the Jewish community in Kharkiv, as well as local community members who have been living in the synagogue since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February. Read more

‘Kidnapped Gaza’: silent protest against Hamas’ rule in Gaza simmering beneath the surface

A series of recent events in the Gaza Strip have rekindled protests against Hamas’ rule, but for now, protests are limited to the social networks. Read more

Israel and UAE sign historic free trade agreement, first with Arab country

Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a historic Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Tuesday, Israel’s first free trade zone agreement with an Arab state. Read more

Bennett: ‘Iran is lying to the world again right now’

Ahead of the backdrop of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) pending report on Iran’s nuclear development, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett again accused the Islamic Republic of lying and referred to the “mendacious remarks” made by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week. Read more

Nazi salutes, swastikas at Melbourne school

A Melbourne school principal has been accused of giving speeches endorsing Nazis, calling Jewish people subhuman and failing to protect his students from racial discrimination. Read more

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