Kyev’s chief rabbi visits Julian Leeser

The Chief Rabbi of Kyiv, Rabbi Yonatan Markovich, has affixed a mezuzah to the Parliament House doorway of Shadow Attorney General Julian Leeser’s office. Read more

Bursting bubbles

There is a popular computer game called “bubble shooters” in which the aim is to burst as many bubbles as possible and amass points. Read more

Israel slams South Africa parliament decision to downgrade ties

Israel on Wednesday slammed as “disgraceful” the South African parliament’s decision to downgrade Jerusalem’s embassy in Pretoria to a liaison office. Read more

Hamas gunman wounds three in Tel Aviv attack

A Palestinian gunman has opened fire in Tel Aviv, wounding three people before being killed by police in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has labelled a “terror attack” amid rising unrest in the West Bank. Read more

Malka Leifer’s former student accused of ‘blatant lies’

A woman alleging former ultra-Orthodox Jewish school principal Malka Leifer sexually abused her has been accused of telling “blatant lies” to a jury. Read more

L’Chaim to Life: Ron Finkel

Morry Frenkel speaks with Ron Finkel, founder and chair of Project Rozana, an organisation dedicated to improving the relationship between Israelis and Palestinians through collaborative healthcare projects. Read more

Palestinian police fire tear gas at militant fun

Palestinian security forces have fired tear gas canisters and flash grenades at angry Palestinian protesters during a funeral for a militant in the occupied West Bank. Read more

Four Israelis inherit corneas of brothers killed in terror attack

The corneas of two Israeli brothers killed in Samaria a week ago Sunday were transplanted into the eyes of four Israelis at Beilinson Medical Center in Petach Tikvah on Wednesday. Read more

Fiddler On The Roof star Chaim Topol dead at 87

Israeli actor Chaim Topol, best known for his role as Tevye in the 1971 classic musical Fiddler On The Roof, has died aged 87 in Israel, a statement from the president’s office has announced. Read more

A concert of colour: A music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

Young’s reflected lights, Saint-Saens’ kaleidoscopic second piano concerto and Mussorgsky’s art gallery stroll, resulted in a visually provocative program last night from the SSO under the baton of 39-year-old Estonian Mihhail Gerts. Read more

Shabbat Ki Tisa: What does God look like?

The dominant theme of the Torah this Shabbat is the episode of the Golden Calf. Read more

Leifer: Prosecution closes Crown’s case – urges guilty verdict

Using pretend love and concern, former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer groomed and sexually abused three young students for her own gratification, jurors have been told. Read more

Celebrating Israel’s 75th at UIA QLD Campaign opening event

UIA QLD is counting down until its 2023 Campaign Opening Event with guest speaker Ayelet Shaked – Israel’s Former Minister of Justice and Interior – on Sunday, 26 March, in Brisbane. Read more

‘You can ask me 3000 times’: Teal won’t pick sides

A potential key player in who forms NSW’s next government has firmly defended not committing herself to Labor or the coalition ahead of the state election. Read more

Orthodox principal Leifer ‘took advantage’ of teens

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish school principal Malka Leifer used her position of power to sexually exploit her teenage students, taking advantage of their vulnerability, a jury has been told. Read more

UIA campaign events draw 5000 attendees

UIA Australia has hosted almost 5000 attendees across its 2023 Campaign events in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in support of the People of Israel. Read more

‘Why do we need judicial reform?’ An architect behind the proposal explains

Professor Moshe Koppel, one of the architects of the Netanyahu government’s judicial reform program, spoke to JNS last week about why the reform is needed and what it’s really about. Read more

Her master’s voice

A dramatic police rescue operation reunited an abducted dog with its Israel Defence Forces combat veteran owner following a middle-of-the-night raid in the eastern Jerusalem area of Silwan. Read more

At the Adelaide Festival with Alan Slade

Most Jewish Australians will have heard of William Cooper (1860? – 1941), the Aboriginal political activist who, in 1938, led a delegation of the Australian Aboriginal League to the German Consulate in Melbourne to deliver a petition condemning the “cruel persecution of the Jewish people by the Nazi government of Germany”. Read more

A presidential get-together

For the first time in recent years, leaders from across the Victorian community gathered for the Jewish Community Council of Victoria’s Council of Presidents. Read more

Mar-20 7:30pm Melbourne: Community Conversations

A conversation on Pesach. Read more

Mar-30 5pm Melbourne: The Voice

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IDF kills murderer of Yaniv brothers in Purim Day operation

Israel Defence Forces troops have killed the terrorist who 10 days ago shot dead at point-blank range brothers Hallel Menachem and Yagel Yaakov Yaniv near the Arab village of Huwara. Read more

Israeli president’s judicial reform compromise gathers momentum

Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s efforts to mediate a compromise on judicial reform have gathered momentum in recent days, possibly leading towards an end to political acrimony and anti-government demonstrations. Read more

What’s worse: Threats by Smotrich or Amnesty International?

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich does not appear to be ready for prime time. Read more

Herzog: ‘We are closer than ever to agreement on judicial reforms’

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday told a gathering of some 100 municipal officials that a compromise judicial reform proposal was nearly complete and called on lawmakers to find common ground. Read more

Lapid, Gantz reject any talks on judicial reforms unless legislation halted

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid and National Unity Party chief Benny Gantz rejected any negotiations over the government’s judicial reform proposal on Monday unless the accompanying legislative process grinds to a complete halt. Read more

Taking on the Russian Titans: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

Twenty-six-year-old Albanian-born pianist Marie-Ange Nguci might well have bounded onto the Recital Hall stage wearing boxing gear last night because there was no way she could avoid stepping into the ring with four heavy-weight Russian composers all threatening to knock her out. Read more

At the Adelaide Festival

Cédric Tiberghien, the French classical pianist, started learning to play the piano at age 5, which may explain his masterful rendition of Mozart’s Sonata K331 in the concert he gave in the magnificent Adelaide Town Hall as part of the Adelaide Festival. Read more

Monash University adopts IHRA definition

Melbourne’s Monash University has become the latest Australian university to adopt the IHRA working definition of antisemitism. Read more

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