Israeli-Polish foreign ministers discuss resuming educational Holocaust visits
February 8, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and his Polish counterpart, Zbigniew Rau, have discussed ways to improve bilateral ties, particularly resuming educational Holocaust visits for Israeli students, in a phone call on Tuesday. Read more
JBD to host Premier, Opposition Leader
February 8, 2023 by J-Wire
For the first time in NSW’s history, the Premier and Opposition Leader will address two Town Hall meetings hosted by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBD) and other faith groups later this month ahead of next month’s State election. Read more
Rabbi Zalman to take over at Maroubra
February 8, 2023 by J-Wire
Maroubra Synagogue has announced that Rabbi Zalman Goldstein has been appointed the new spiritual leader of the congregation. Read more
Leifer trial: latest
February 8, 2023 by J-Wire
Former ultra-Orthodox Jewish school principal Malka Leifer allegedly raped a former student and told her it would help her for her wedding night. Read more
Trial begins for ex-Orthodox principal Malka Leifer
February 8, 2023 by AAP
The trial has begun for former ultra-Orthodox Jewish school principal Malka Leifer, who is accused of sexually abusing three ex-students.
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Israel sends search-and-rescue delegation to Turkey
February 7, 2023 by Yaakov Lappin
The Israel Defence Forces dispatched a significant search-and-rescue group to earthquake-stricken southeastern Turkey on Monday. Read more
There are no two sides here
No, there are no “two sides”. And no, it’s not the “occupation”. And no, it’s not that “they don’t have a political outlook”…writes Ben-Dror Yemini. Read more
Hamas message to Islamic Jihad: ‘Interested in continuation of calm in Gaza Strip’
February 7, 2023 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
An official in the Gaza Strip told TPS Monday, “It is widely believed that Hamas will not respond by shooting at Israel from within the Gaza Strip, following the killing of the seven terrorists in the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp near Jericho, Monday morning.” Read more
Stormy weather overshadows Israel’s ‘New Year of Trees’
February 7, 2023 by Pesach Benson
An advancing winter storm forced Israelis to cancel Tu B’Shevat celebrations or move them indoors on Monday. Read more
Shouldn’t personal choice play a part in my religious observance?
February 7, 2023 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Tina Haim-Wentcher – Internationally-acclaimed Sculptor
February 7, 2023 by Features Desk
Tina was born on 17 December 1887 in Constantinople (Istanbul), the daughter of Jewish parents David Haim, a Serbian-born merchant, and his wife Rebecca, who was born in Italy. Read more
Israeli raid on Palestinian camp kills at leave five
February 6, 2023 by AAP
Israeli forces have killed a number of armed fighters during a raid on a refugee camp near the occupied West Bank city of Jericho aimed at capturing suspected Hamas militants. Read more
A packed house at the Sydney Jewish Museum for IHRD
February 6, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Close to 300 members of the Sydney Jewish community commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day. A J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
A helping hand for a Jewish education
February 6, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish Education Foundation has been responsible for the enrolment of 28 pupils in Victorian Jewish day schools for whom the cost would have been prohibitive. Read more
South Africa Rugby drops invitation to Israeli team
February 6, 2023 by JNS
South Africa Rugby has withdrawn an invitation for the Tel Aviv Heat to participate in a tournament slated to begin next month. Read more
Ehud Barak compares judicial-reform compromise to appeasement of Nazis
February 6, 2023 by JNS
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Friday likened efforts by President Isaac Herzog to mediate between the coalition and opposition over the government’s proposed judicial reform to the West’s appeasement of Nazi Germany. Read more
Netanyahu slams ‘explicit threat’ by protest leader to murder him
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night harshly criticised what he said was a “growing wave” of threats directed at himself and other officials, after a leader of the anti-government protests appeared to call for his assassination. Read more
Feintooner
February 6, 2023 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Sore Losers for undemocratic democracy Read more
Abdullah & Bibi keep moving on Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine
February 6, 2023 by J-Wire
Jordan’s King Abdullah and Israel’s Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu continue their march forward to implementing the Saudi-based Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine Solution (Saudi Solution). Read more
Silent for 80 years, music from war camps plays again
February 5, 2023 by AAP
The musical notes were scrawled on bits of toilet paper, tissue and card, sitting silent in a bundle for decades. Read more
Meet Mai Gutman
February 5, 2023 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Mai chats with Henry Greener. Read more
On the other hand
February 5, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
Last week I reported that Israel has had the driest start to the winter season in 60 years and prayers for rain were to be recited. Read more
UN chooses to turn a blind eye’ to Palestinian incitement and support for terror
February 5, 2023 by JNS
The Israeli government has expressed its dismay with a statement released on Feb. 3 by the U.N. high commissioner on human rights that sought to quell what he termed the “illogic of escalation” in “Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory.” Read more
Getting away with it: Germany’s Documenta art festival
February 5, 2023 by Ben Cohen
Of the many stories involving antisemitism that dominated the headlines last year, probably the most disturbing involved the serial controversies over antisemitic displays at Germany’s prestigious Documenta festival of contemporary art. Read more
Mary Poppins: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
February 5, 2023 by Alex First
In a word, Mary Poppins is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Read more
Jewish graves vandalised in Maitland
February 3, 2023 by Henry Benjamin
Ten gravestones in the Jewish cemetery in the NSW town of Maitland have been daubed with swastikas and splashed with white paint. Read more
The Whale: a movie review by Alex First
February 3, 2023 by Alex First
The Whale is the film that excites me more than any other since lockdown. Read more
Israel’s attorney general warns Netanyahu not to interfere in judicial reform
February 3, 2023 by JNS
Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that he should not involve himself in his government’s judicial reform proposals due to a conflict of interests. Read more
The entrenchment of Western Jew-hatred
February 3, 2023 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
In Britain’s House of Commons this week, MP Kim Johnson launched an attack on the “fascist Israeli government” and its “apartheid” policies. Read more
New Year for trees
February 3, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
This week we celebrate Tu BiShvat, the New Year for trees. TuBishvat as we celebrate it today, is a post-biblical creation of the great sixteenth-century mystic Isaac Luria of Safed and is concerned with life and nature. Read more
