On the other hand

Climate change may be generating soaring temperatures this northern hemisphere summer but in Israel, there are other factors at work. Read more

Blinken appears to blame IDF for Death of Al Jazeera journalist, demands ‘accountability’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken appears to be placing the blame for the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shirin Abu Akleh on the IDF and has demanded “accountability from Israel.” Read more

Just outside Warsaw Ghetto, Ukrainian refugee children strive for a sense of normalcy

It was the summer of 2006, during the Second Lebanon War. Ilana Baird, a refugee from the Soviet Union, fled Haifa with her family and relocated to Jerusalem, where she was finishing her rabbinical studies. Read more

Israeli TV’s shallow, irresponsible stunt

We are accustomed to the concept of wars being waged in the name of religion. There’s less acknowledgment of the war being waged upon religion and on the religious mindset by Western secularists. Read more

Israel’s UN ambassador urges Security Council to put its microscope away

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations had a blunt message for the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday. Read more

Bob Katter invokes the Holocaust in defending the Manly 7

Independent Queensland MP Bob Katter has defended the seven Manly rugby league players who refused to play in a strip displaying colours od the LGBT rainbow flag on religious and personal grounds. Read more

Israeli rabbinic court: Woman must compensate husband for money spent on lover

In an unusual ruling, the Haifa Rabbinic Court ruled that a woman must compensate her husband for the money that she spent on her lover, Israeli media reported on Thursday. Read more

Villain on screen, kind-hearted in reality, British actor dies at 80

British Jewish actor David Warner died on Sunday at the age of 80 from “a cancer-related illness,” his family confirmed to the BBC. Read more

Universalism

The three weeks from the Seventeenth of Tammuz until the Ninth of Av, have for thousands of years been a period of mourning for the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, twice. First by Babylonia in 586 BCE and then by Rome in 70 CE. This period will culminate after the Ninth of Av which this year will be the 7th of August ( actually starting the night before). Read more

Unsolicited Male: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

A boss oversteps the mark and the consequences are devastating in Ron Elisha’s incendiary Unsolicited Male. Read more

St Kilda Shule hosts interfaith friends

St Kilda Shule hosted a special Interfaith gathering followed by a Kiddush after last week’s Shabbat prayer service. Read more

When later is already too late

Far too frequently, especially in Jewish lives, postponing difficult decisions can have dire consequences.  Read more

Jewish Agency vows to continue operations in Russia, as court hears case against it

A Moscow court held a preliminary hearing on Thursday in the case concerning the association operated by The Jewish Agency for Israel in Russia. It was determined that a trial will take place on August 19. The association will then present its arguments. Read more

‘Echo the darkest days of antisemitism’: Israel slams official’s call to oust Israel from UN

“Echo the darkest days of anti-Semitism” – this is how Israel responded to remarks made by Miloon Kothari, a member of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Commission of Inquiry, who said that “the Jewish Lobby” controls the media and questioned Israel’s right to exist in the UN. Read more

Israel sends thousands of instant meals to refugees in Ukraine

Israel has shipped 25,000 instant meals to Kharkiv as part of continuing Israeli humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. Read more

Israel, Jordan, PLO pave way for Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s meeting with King Abdullah on 27 July could see negotiations being announced shortly between Israel and Jordan to create a single territorial entity encompassing Jordan Gaza and parts of the West Bank. Read more

South African foreign minister wants Israel designated an apartheid state

South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, says that Israel should be designated an “apartheid state”. Read more

Father of Israeli held captive by Hamas pleads to UN Security Council for son’s freedom

Sha’aban al-Said called on the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday to rescue his son Hisham, held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip since 2015. Read more

Haredi Jews denied entry to Jordan

A group of Haredi tourists denied entry into Jordan on Tuesday claimed that they were humiliated by the Jordanian border guards, who demanded that they cut off their sidelocks. Read more

Yahoo and Apple to expand R&D centres in Israel

Apple is expanding its operations in Israel, including establishing a development centre in Jerusalem. Read more

L’Chaim to Life: Rabbi Ari Rubin – RARA Jews in Far North Queensland

Maurice Klein speaks with Rabbi Ari Rubin, who is one-half of the fabulous adventure documentary Outback Rabbis, the “lost Jews” of the wilderness with the mission, travelling the country and outback in the RARA (Rural And Regional Australia) Tank in search to leave no Jew behind. Read more

Ruach Tzionit off to a quiet start

Yamina, the party previously led by former Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennet and currently led by Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, has merged with the Derech Eretz (the way of the land) Party, which is led by current Minister of Communications Yoaz Hendel. Read more

Claims teacher lied to antisemitic probe

A Melbourne school teacher being sued by five former students for racial discrimination has been accused of lying to an investigation into antisemitic bullying. Read more

Arabs vandalize archeological site of Samaria’s ancient capital

Arab vandals caused extensive damage to the Ancient Samaria heritage site in Tel Sebastia over the weekend, setting fire to parts of it and scrawling graffiti in Arabic on the ancient building stones. Read more

320 Holocaust Survivors immigrate to Israel from Ukraine since beginning of the war

About 320 Holocaust Survivors have emigrated from Ukraine to Israel in the past five months since Russia invaded the country, part of the thousands of Jews who have fled the war-torn country to find a new home in the Jewish state. Read more

Israel should act cautiously amid Jewish Agency row with Russia, analysts advise

Russia-Israel tensions have intensified in recent days as Moscow appears primed to force the “dissolution” of the Jewish Agency for Israel operations in the country. Read more

Bennett’s bad precedent and the curse of Israel’s small parties

Ever since the Knesset elections on April 9, 2019, foes of Likud Party chairman Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu—the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history and currently the head of the opposition—have been blaming him for the political quagmire that is sending the public back to the ballot box this fall for the fifth time in three-and-a-half years. Read more

Lydia Litvyak: World’s first female fighter ace

On Aug. 1, 1943 (29 Tammuz 5703), during the throes of World War II, a Jewish fighter pilot was shot down over Ukraine. She was Lydia Litvyak, Russia’s—and the world’s—first female fighter ace. ..writes Stephen Bryen. Read more

Rare Roman ‘goddess coin’ discovered off Carmel coast

A rare 1,850-year-old bronze coin bearing the image of the Roman moon goddess Luna and the Cancer zodiac sign has been recovered from the seabed off the Carmel coast in northern Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) reported on Monday. Read more

Israel Go: the program to help gap year students go to Israel

The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) in partnership with UIA-Keren Hayesod has launched the second year of a two-year pilot program – Israel Go. Read more

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