Egypt hosts Israeli-Palestinian talks ahead of Ramadan

Egypt is hosting Israeli and Palestinian officials in the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh in a United States and Jordanian-backed effort to calm a surge of violence in the West Bank ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Read more

Orthodox leader pens article calling for increased acceptance of gay and lesbian Jews

In a groundbreaking call to action to Jewish communal leaders, educators and parents, a new article has been released addressing the religious need for increased tolerance and respect towards gay and lesbian Jews within the Orthodox community. Read more

Same old story

I never cease to be amazed at how certain themes of Jewish history keep on repeating themselves. Read more

Nazis not welcome in Victoria, premier says after clash

Nazis are not welcome in Victoria after white supremacists taunted transgender rights protesters outside state parliament, Daniel Andrews says. Read more

Neo-Nazi crackdown on the cards after Melbourne clash

Extra measures to crack down on neo-Nazism will be explored by the Victorian government after white supremacists taunted transgender rights protesters outside state parliament. Read more

Mar-29 11am Sydney: AFHU Honours Club

 

The Australian Friends of the Hebrew University Honours Club presents guest speaker Professor Peter Gonski. Read more

Israelis rally against judicial overhaul for 11th week

Israelis have packed city streets in nationwide demonstrations now in their 11th week against plans by the hard-right government to curb the Supreme Court’s powers, which critics see as a threat to judicial independence.  Read more

Dershowitz: ‘Judicial reform will not undercut democracy’

U.S. attorney Alan Dershowitz said the Netanyahu government’s judicial reform program does not endanger Israel’s democracy and might even enhance it, speaking on Wednesday during an online debate with Professor Eugene Kontorovich. Read more

Israel’s two-faced allies

America and Britain claim to be allies of Israel. There is no gainsaying the deep links between them of military assistance, intelligence and trade. Israel is an invaluable strategic asset for America and Britain in the Middle East, a crucial bulwark in the defense of the West. Read more

Silly Little Things: A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

Rosie is a 20-something-year-old florist shop owner and party girl for whom life has its challenges. Read more

Don Quixote (The Australian Ballet):  Reviewed by Alex First

I was mesmerised by the performances of the two leads in an intoxicating production of Don Quixote by The Australian Ballet. Read more

Netanyahu draws parallels between Nazis and Iran

Visiting Berlin’s Platform 17 Holocaust Memorial on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew parallels between Nazi Germany and Iranian threats against the Jewish state. Read more

Israeli protests continue after Netanyahu rejects president’s judicial reform compromise

Israel’s political crisis over controversial judicial reforms deepened after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a compromise proposal put forward by President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday evening. Read more

Yair Lapid reluctantly accepts president’s judicial reform plan

Former Prime Minister of Israel and the current leader of the opposition in the Knesset Yair Lapid has explained why he reluctantly accepts the outline for a possible compromise on the government’s controversial judicial reform plan. Read more

Opinionated Pronouncements

At the best of times, Israel is the target of unsolicited verbiage from all and sundry. Read more

Randwick Council to raise Israel’s flag on Independence Day

Liberal Councillor Daniel Rosenfeld has successfully raised a motion that will see Sydney’s Randwick Council fly the Israeli flag on Israel’s Independence Day as part of the worldwide celebrations. Read more

Dealing with your child’s emotional state

Dr Alec Miller is a clinical psychologist, teacher, researcher, author, and treatment developer who will be joining us to discuss Emotion Regulation skills for children. Read more

No signs of White House visit for Israel’s Netanyahu

Eleven weeks into his third stint as Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to be received at the White House, signalling apparent US unhappiness over his right-wing government’s policies. Read more

Prodigious pianist brings Roaring Twenties to the 2020s

When Simon Tedeschi plays the nostalgic notes of Rhapsody in Blue, the virtuoso hears the story of his family in the Roaring Twenties. Read more

Green Day’s American Idiot: A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

Three disaffected young men are at the centre of punk rock band Green Day’s rock opera American Idiot. Read more

Last known member of Nazi-resistance group White Rose dies at 103

There has been a lot of discussion about what Holocaust memory will be like as fewer survivors remain. Less discussed are those who risked their lives to save Jews during World War II. Read more

Mother gives birth to son one month after losing two sons in terror attack

One month after her two sons were killed in a Palestinian terror attack, Jerusalem woman Deborah Paley gave birth to a baby boy on Wednesday morning. Read more

L’Chaim – to Life: Josh Burns

Morry Frenkel speaks with Josh Burns MP, Federal Member of Parliament for Macnamara, about his recent motion in Parliament, in which he strongly criticised the opposition by the Greens to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. Read more

Mar-23 7:30pm Melbourne: Australian Jewish Historical Society AGM

To be addressed by Holocaust historian and author Paul Bartrop. Read more

Netanyahu: Herzog’s judicial reform proposal perpetuates imbalance of power

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a judicial compromise proposal presented on Wednesday night by President Isaac Herzog during an address to the nation earlier in the evening. Read more

Herzog pitches ‘people’s plan’ to resolve growing societal rift

Israeli President Isaac Herzog presented what he termed the “people’s plan,” referring to a compromise judicial-reform proposal that he developed, in a national address on Wednesday night. Read more

Palestinians building neighbourhood for terrorists in Samaria

A luxurious neighbourhood for Palestinian terrorists is being built on a mountain in Samaria. Read more

Shabbat Vayakhel Pekudei: Repetition is Good

It is an interesting phenomenon that the major events of the Torah that play a crucial role in the life of the people from a philosophical point of view are repeated in slightly different ways. Read more

Judicial reform: Override clause passes first Knesset reading

Israel’s coalition took an important step toward realising its judicial reform plan on Tuesday, with a key bill passing the first of three votes needed to become law. Read more

New principal for Moriah College

Moriah College has announced the appointment of Mrs Mira (Miriam) Hasofer as College Principal, commencing January 2024. Read more

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