Fancy an 11 hour swim? Sam Abeshouse takes the challenge

For the most enthusiastic Jewish sportsperson, you can rarely go past a triathlon. Chickenfeed for Sydney’s Sam Abeshouse who has just swum the channel separating Northern Ireland and Scotland in a gruelling 11 hours and 16 mins. Read more

Between the lines

The definition of reading between the lines is “to understand what someone really means or what is really happening in a situation, even though it is not said openly.” Read more

Netanyahu: New nuclear deal with Iran ‘paves with gold’ path to bomb

Israeli opposition leader and head of the Likud Party Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Wednesday that the nuclear deal currently being negotiated with Tehran would “pave with gold” Iran’s path to nuclear weapons. Read more

US rebuffs Palestinian Authority push for full UN membership

The Palestinian Authority is intent on pursuing full membership of the United Nations, even as the White House urges Ramallah to step back. Read more

Maccabi Haifa reaches Champions League group stage for first time since 2009

Maccabi Haifa FC has reached the Champions League group stage for the first time since 2009. Read more

Abbas’s Holocaust distortion represents a dying past

Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas’s recent despicable comments on the Holocaust may have seemed like just another example of the diplomatic mud-slinging typical of Middle Eastern politics. Read more

Apoplexy greets Israel’s move against terror NGOs

When Israeli security forces raided the offices of several NGOs in Ramallah last week and closed them down, they lifted a stone to reveal a buzzing nest of Israel’s enemies. Read more

Sep-08 10:30am Sydney: Burger Centre party celebration

It’s the Burger Centre’s 31st birthday. Join the party. Read more

Israel is not against an Iran nuclear agreement

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with Israel’s National Security Advisor Eyal Hulata on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., the latest Israeli attempt to influence the signing of a renewed nuclear deal with Iran. Read more

The Choice: A Novel of Love, Faith, and the Talmud – reviewed by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

Maggie Anton has introduced us to a number of stories around Jewish life, beginning with her series on Rashi’s Daughters [3 novels] followed by Rav Hisda’s Daughter [2 novels] and one about personal relationships {Fifty Shades of Talmud]. Read more

Palestinian Authority warned not to interfere in Israeli elections

The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) has issued a “severe” warning to the Palestinian Authority not to interfere in Israel’s upcoming general elections. Read more

Where are now and what lies ahead?

With National Child Protection Week (4 – 10 September) fast approaching, conversations about keeping children safe from harm are particularly pertinent. Jewish Care is proud to support this important community event hosted by @Voicsa. Read more

Aug-30 7:30pm Melbourne: Where are now and what lies ahead?

With National Child Protection Week (4 – 10 September) fast approaching, conversations about keeping children safe from harm are particularly pertinent. Jewish Care is proud to support this important community event hosted by @Voicsa. Read more

Sep-11 5:35pm SBS-TV: Secretsof theImperial War Museum

At IWM’s flagship site in Lambeth Road, team of curators, conservators and contractors are racing to complete an ambitious set of new galleries dedicated to telling the story of the Second World War and the Holocaust in a new way

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Singling out Jewish businesses in the name of Palestine 

In 1930s Germany, lists of Jewish businesses were made, and ‘good Germans’ were encouraged to boycott them. Read more

Shabbat Re’ey: False Messiahs

Amongst the fascinating laws in this week’s Torah is one that is significant in what it says about miracles, signs, and False Messiahs. Read more

Gantz heading to US to resist emerging Iran nuclear deal

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz has announced that he will travel to the United States today for meetings with senior American defence officials, against the backdrop of the emerging deal to revive the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran. Read more

The downfall of Israeli intel in Washington?

Is Israeli intelligence no longer trusted in the corridors of power in Washington, D.C.? Read more

L’Chaim mythbuster on Melbourne University leftism

Podcast: L’Chaim resident myth buster David Schulberg deep dives into the anti-Semitic “Socialist Alternative” hard left on campus. Read more

Does the IRGC terror designation matter if Iran sanctions are lifted?

After months of stalled talks, it seemed as though the Iran nuclear deal was dead, with Israeli diplomats in April putting the odds of a new deal at “slim to none.” Then, last week, White House officials reported movement in the talks, attributing it to Iran’s dropping its demand that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) be removed from the U.S. terror list. Read more

For the first time, IAF Air Defence appoints female battalion commander

Lt. Col. Revital Barzani made history on Tuesday when she became the first-ever female battalion commander in the Israeli Air Force’s (IAF) Aerial Defence Corps. Read more

12 Aussie riders to compete at Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Tel Aviv

The 47^th Junior Track Cycling World Championships began yesterday at the Sylvan Adams National Velodrome in Tel Aviv, the first time that the championships are being held in Israel. Read more

1,200-old rural estate discovered in the Negev

A 1,200-year-old luxurious rural estate, the first of its kind in the Negev, was exposed in the archaeological excavations carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) prior to the expansion of the Bedouin town of Rahat. Read more

Israel warns of regional catastrophe in last-ditch effort to thwart new Iran nuclear deal

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met on Tuesday in Washington with Israeli National Security Advisor Dr Eyal Hulata to “consult on a broad range of global issues and issues of mutual concern,” and chiefly the emerging nuclear deal with Iran that the Biden administration appears to be ready to adopt. Read more

Tel Aviv mayor slammed for cutting Judea and Samaria off Israel’s map

Several leaders from Judea and Samaria expressed rage following reports that Tel Aviv’s Mayor Ron Huldai had given schools in his municipality maps of Israel that did not include Judea and Samaria and showed the Green Line as Israel’s border. Read more

Holocaust survivor Phillip Maisel passes away a week after his 100th birthday

On July 31, Phillip Maisel celebrated his 100th birthday with his twin sister Bella Hirshhorn in Melbourne. Read more

ECAJ president discusses Judaism understanding in Catholic school system

ECAJ President Jillian Segal recently met with the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Reverend Anthony Fisher OP. Read more

The Palestinian Authority’s stealth attempt to take over Judea and Samaria

Diligently following a master plan worked out over 10 years ago, the Palestinian Authority is laying claim to large tracts of Israeli state land through illegal building. Read more

Doron Almog visits 180 new ‘olim’ on first day at Jewish Agency 

Maj. Gen. (res.) Doron Almog began his new position on Sunday as chairman of the executive at the Jewish Agency for Israel. chose to commence his first day in office by meeting with 180 young olim (new immigrants) at Ulpan Etzion in Jerusalem. Read more

Argentina’s president blasted for comparing COVID-19 pandemic to Holocaust

Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez came under fire for drawing similarities between the coronavirus pandemic and the Holocaust. Read more

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