Blog – The JNF Educators Tour: Galilee
We all start our day in our own preferred way and today proved no different. Read more
Compartment No 6: a movie review by Alex First
July 11, 2022 by Alex First
We’re in Moscow in 1996. Read more
Maccabiah: Australia’s flagbearers announced
July 10, 2022 by J-Wire News Service
Sydney’s Johnny Pillemar and Lauren Ehrlich have named as Australia’s flag bearers when the team marches into Jerusalem’s Teddy stadium on Thursday for the opening ceremony. Read more
Blog- The JNF Educators Tour: Lower Galilee
Israel… how can you possibly begin to explain Israel in words. Words are so limited; the feelings, emotions, thoughts that come to mind when I am is Israel is overwhelming (in the best possible way). Read more
James Caan, best known for role of Sonny in ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 82
July 10, 2022 by Alan Zeitlin
Santino (“Sonny”) Corleone was a hot head whose life ended in a hail of bullets. Read more
Banning anti-Zionism: Feasible? Desirable?
July 10, 2022 by Ben Cohen
One of the main differences between the American and European systems of democratic government is the absence, on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, of a First Amendment-style guarantee of free speech. Read more
‘True friend of Israel’: Assassination of Japan’s Shinzo Abe
July 10, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s leadership expressed shock and sorrow following the assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was considered a close friend of Israel. Read more
On the other hand
July 10, 2022 by Michael Kuttner
The long hot days of summer have arrived which means that parents must organize themselves in order to keep their children busy and happy. Read more
South Australia adopts the IHRA definition of antisemitism
July 8, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
As the elected representative peak body for Jewish South Australia, the Jewish Community Council of South Australia is pleased that the Legislative Council of South Australia recognised the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism on 7 July 2022. Read more
Sundown: a movie review by Alex First
July 8, 2022 by Alex First
An intelligent, slow-burn movie in which little appears to happen for a long time and much remains unsaid, thereafter the shocks come. Read more
Stacey Alleaume magnificent in classic Traviata triumph
July 8, 2022 by Victor Grynberg
If Giuseppe Verdi is indeed the greatest opera composer (which I certainly think he is ) then among his many great compositions La Traviata must surely be close to the very top…writes Victor Grynberg. Read more
Kopul Rosen and The Eichmann trial
July 8, 2022 by Jeremy Rosen
A few weeks ago, I mentioned the Netflix film “The Trial of Adolph Eichmann” and a brief clip of my late father Kopul Rosen speaking in a BBC panel that appeared in it. Read more
An open letter to President Biden on his planned visit to eastern Jerusalem
July 8, 2022 by Danny Danon
Dear Mr President,
It is with the respect that I write to you today to express my deepest concerns over reports of your proposed visit to symbolic Palestinian Authority institutions in eastern Jerusalem during your forthcoming trip to Israel this month. Read more
The fall of Boris Johnson
July 8, 2022 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Boris Johnson’s decision to quit as prime minister of the United Kingdom followed unprecedented scenes in the British parliament this week, as he clung on to power despite the resignation of more than 50 of his ministers in an attempt to force him out. Read more
Palestinian-Israeli leaders meet ahead of Biden visit
July 8, 2022 by AAP
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israel’s Defence Minister Benny Gantz have met in the occupied West Bank to discuss security coordination ahead of US President Joe Biden’s visit to the region. Read more
Crusades resurrected
July 8, 2022 by Michael Kuttner
Between 1095 and 1291 the Catholic Church sponsored and blessed crusades to the Holy Land that were intended to recover Jerusalem and its surrounding area from Islamic rule. Read more
PA prime minister claims Israel experimenting on bodies of dead terrorists
July 8, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh has claimed that Israel is “increasing the pain of the bereaved children by detaining the corpses of terrorist fathers killed in clashes with Israeli forces claiming these corpses are being used in the laboratories of medical schools in Israeli universities in flagrant violation of human rights, values, principles and scientific ethics.” Read more
JCCV training councils how to work effectively with Jewish community
July 7, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has been training staff at Glen Eira, Port Phillip and Stonnington councils to help them work more closely and effectively with Jewish residents. Read more
Abbas and Haniyeh did not want to meet, say observers
July 7, 2022 by David Isaac
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas’s political bureau, shook hands in Algeria on Tuesday, but according to analysts, they would have preferred not to. Read more
Jul-24 2pm Sydney: A chance to meet that special person
July 7, 2022 by J-Wire
Debbie Katz never tires of her volunteer work as a Shadchan…a Jewish matchmaker. Read more
A chance to meet that special person
July 7, 2022 by Community newsdesk
Debbie Katz never tires of her volunteer work as a Shadchan…a Jewish matchmaker. Read more
Polish priest posthumously recognized as Righteous Among the Nations
July 7, 2022 by TPS-IL
Holocaust survivor and decorated retired US Naval Officer Andrew Jampoler, was rescued during WWII along with his mother and cousin, gathered with his extended family this week at Yad Vashem, to honour Father Józef Czapran, a Catholic priest from Poland, who saved them during the Holocaust. Read more
L’Chaim to Life podcast: Marc Zell – Licking Ben and Jerry’s and the BDS
July 7, 2022 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with Marc Zell, American-Israeli lawyer for Avi Zinger, owner of Ben and Jerry’s Israel. Read more
Shabbat Korach: What were they thinking?
July 7, 2022 by Jeremy Rosen
When I try to put myself into the minds of the Children of Israel in the Wilderness, I simply cannot understand their mentality (but then sometimes I don’t even understand myself). Why are they constantly complaining about everything? Read more
Inquisition documentation discovered, digitalized
July 7, 2022 by J-Wire News Service
Nearly 500 years after the Portuguese Inquisition began, rare documentation of its proceedings and victims has been discovered in the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People at Jerusalem’s National Library of Israel and digitized for the first time. Read more
A hat trick of monumental architectural designs in Jerusalem
Pristine white trousers and a crisply ironed linen shirt may not seem like the appropriate work attire at a construction site. But architect Etan Kimmel of Kimmel Eshkolot Architects in Tel Aviv looks at ease. Read more
A Little Lunch Music: a music review by Alan Slade
July 7, 2022 by Alan Slade
“A Little Lunch Music” is a series of 6 concerts in Sydney’s iconic Recital Hall, whose interior is modelled on Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and which is acknowledged to have among the best acoustics in the world. Read more
UN’s point man on religious freedom has released his plan for combating anti-Semitism
July 7, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim - JNS
U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Ahmed Shaheed presented a historic report in 2019 on global anti-Semitism as a human rights concern. Read more
Thor: Love and Thunder – a movie review by Alex First
July 6, 2022 by Alex First
Liquorice of all sorts, Thor: Love and Thunder has some fun moments, but lacks substance. Read more
Technion receives first MRI research machine
July 6, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Technion has received its first human MRI research scanner made by Siemens. Read more
