Behind the scenes: La traviata assistant director Warwick Doddrell
July 15, 2022 by Murray Dahm
Opera Australia assistant director for the La traviata season Warwick Doddrell was first bitten by the theatre bug in the 1990s watching the Essgee Entertainment productions of Gilbert & Sullivan show starring Jon English (The Pirates of Penzance (1994), The Mikado (1995) and H.M.S. Pinafore (1997). Read more
Shabbat Balak: Prophecy
July 14, 2022 by Jeremy Rosen
Three people are called prophets in the Torah Abraham, Miriam, and Moses. Read more
Visiting Biden savours Israel ‘homecoming’
July 14, 2022 by AAP
Israel embraced has US President Joe Biden as an old friend at the start of a high-stakes visit dominated by efforts to bring Israel closer to Saudi Arabia and persuade Gulf allies of the United States to pump more oil. Read more
President Biden visits Yad Vashem: VIDEO
July 14, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Joe Biden has visited Yad Vashem and has laid a wreath at the spot where the ashes of victims are interred. Read more
‘Our brother Joseph’: US President Biden lands in Israel
July 14, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Prime Minister Yair Lapid and the Israeli government welcomed US President Joe Biden in a state ceremony at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Wednesday in the presence of President Isaac Herzog, and additional dignitaries, the first segment of Biden’s visit to the region. Read more
Israel and US announce ‘Strategic High-Level Dialogue on Technology’
July 14, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel and the US announced on Wednesday the beginning of a strategic partnership in the field of advanced technology that “will put Israel shoulder-to-shoulder with its leading ally, the US,” just hours before US President Joe Biden landed at Ben Gurion Airport to begin his in the region. Read more
A booklaunch and a gift for Ukraine
July 14, 2022 by Community newsdesk
Around 120 people attended the launch of Rabbi Chaim Ingram’s fifth book Lattices of Love on Jewish prayer. Read more
Project Rozana launches new maternal-fetal telemedicine program to aid Palestinians
July 14, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australian NGO, Project Rozana has launched a pilot project in the West Bank to provide much-needed health services to over 145,000 women who currently have limited access to health care. Read more
Austen Tayshus talks about his favourite audience – The Jews
July 13, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Austen Tayshus: Skin in the Game, a documentary about Sandy Gutman and his alter ego Austen Tayshus premieres on Sunday on Foxtel. Read more
Secrets: a theatre review from Melbourne by Alex First
July 13, 2022 by Alex First
Just how good are you at keeping secrets? Read more
Drawing the wrong conclusions from a Western Wall outrage
July 13, 2022 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
If anyone was looking to create an incident whose principal aim was to help alienate more Jews from Israel, the attack on bar mitzvah ceremonies being held at the egalitarian prayer area at Jerusalem’s Western Wall (Kotel) certainly fit the bill. Read more
Tina Boger takes the reins as Wolper’s new general manager
July 13, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Wolper Jewish Hospital’s CEO John Tucker is retiring to Brisbane after eight years of at the helm of Australia’s only Jewish hospital. Read more
Biden en route to Israel for Mideast visit
US President Joe Biden is en route to a high-stakes Middle East trip dominated by efforts to persuade Gulf allies to pump more oil and bring Israel and Saudi Arabia closer together. Read more
Aug-4 11:25pm SBS-World Movies: Septembers of Shiraz
July 13, 2022 by J-Wire
This is the story, based on true events, of a secular Jewish family caught up in the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979 – and their heroic journey to overcome and ultimately escape from the deadly tyranny that swept their country and threatened to extinguish their lives at every turn. Read more
Aug-3 11:40pm SBS-World Movies: Berenshtein
July 13, 2022 by J-Wire
Based on the true story of Leonid Berenshtein, the last living commander of a partisan battalion in World War II. He was the man who located and destroyed the V2 missile development facility where Hitler was developing his doomsday weapon. Read more
Aug-3 9:50pm SBS-World Movies: The Catcher Was a Spy
July 13, 2022 by J-Wire
This gripping, stranger-than-fiction espionage thriller brings to life the incredible true story of Moe Berg, a professional baseball player who became a World War II spy. Read more
Jul-31 5:25pm SBS-TV: Harbour from the Holocaust
July 13, 2022 by J-Wire
Harbour from the Holocaust is the story of nearly 20,000 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II, to the Chinese port city of Shanghai. Read more
Demonstrations during Biden’s visit in East Jerusalem banned
July 13, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Several Israeli organizations have expressed rage after the police have banned their planned protests in eastern Jerusalem during US President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel’s capital later this week. Read more
More than 16,000 police officers to secure Biden’s Israel visit
July 12, 2022 by JNS
The Israel Police announced on Sunday the completion of its preparations ahead of Wednesday’s visit to Israel by U.S. President Joe Biden. Read more
25 years on, the Maccabiah bridge victims remembered
July 12, 2022 by J-Wire Staff
Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology Alister Henskens joined Australian ambassador to Israel Paul Griffiths in laying a wreath on Monday to honour the memory of the four Australians killed in the 1997 Maccabiah bridge collapse disaster. Read more
Walt gets to shake Joe’s hand
July 12, 2022 by Community newsdesk
Walt Secord told a Courage to Care event how strongly the impact of a ‘living witnesses’ of the Holocaust helps people understand. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Sir Benjamin Benjamin – a Victorian community pioneer and one of the most notable Australian Jews
July 12, 2022 by Features Desk
Benjamin was born on 2 September 1834 in London, the eldest son of Moses and Catherine. The family emigrated to Melbourne arriving on 29 December 1843.
Majority of Israelis don’t trust Biden administration on critical issues, poll shows
July 12, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The vast majority of Israeli do not trust the Biden administration to take into account Israeli interests during its negotiations with Iran over a renewed nuclear deal or in other critical matters, a new poll shows. Read more
Biden: ‘We’ve rebuilt ties with Palestinians, restored some $500 million in aid to PA’
July 11, 2022 by JNS
The Biden administration has “rebuilt ties” with the Palestinian Authority and restored some $500 million in aid to it “without permitting terrorists to rearm,” U.S. President Joe Biden wrote in an op-ed published on Saturday night in The Washington Post. Read more
What do Jews think of Jesus?
July 11, 2022 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
PLO & Hamas give silent nod to Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine
July 11, 2022 by David Singer
The first meeting in six years between PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Algeria this week saw these two protagonists for leadership of the Palestinian Arabs failing to take the opportunity to condemn a Saudi Arabian proposal to unify Jordan, Gaza and parts of the West Bank into one territorial entity. Read more
Jewish Agency’s Board of Governors elects Doron Almog as new chairman
July 11, 2022 by TPS-IL
The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Board of Governors has elected Maj. Gen. (Res.) Doron Almog as the organization’s new Chairman of the Executive and Mark Wilf as its new Chairman of the Board. Read more
Israel welcomes 1 millionth tourist in 2022, in rebound from COVID-19
July 11, 2022 by TPS-IL
Just over four months since Coronavirus restrictions limiting entry into Israel were lifted on March 1, the one-millionth tourist in 2022 arrived on Sunday, indicating an apparent rebound of the industry heavily battered by the pandemic. Read more
Dear Prime Minister
July 11, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The president of the Zionist Federation of Australia has written to Israel’s prime minister requesting the quelling of the attacks by some members of the orthodox community on worshippers at the egalitarian section of the Kotel. Read more
Israeli leaders discuss Biden’s upcoming visit with local counterparts
July 11, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Jordanian King Abdullah II spoke on the phone Saturday night in honour of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha and ahead of US President Joe Biden’s visit to the region this week. Read more
