Jewish, but not Israeli, victims to be recognised by Israel
May 8, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Government of Israel has approved a proposal to recognise the obligation of The State of Israel as the State of the Jewish People to commemorate and recognise those Diaspora Jews, not citizens of Israel, murdered in antisemitic attacks in the Diaspora for the sole reason of their being Jewish. Read more
Israeli coalition tensions escalate as Ben-Gvir boycotts cabinet meeting
May 8, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Public Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and the two other ministers from his Otzma Yehudit party boycotted Sunday’s weekly Cabinet meeting, raising tensions within Israel’s governing coalition. Read more
Israeli High Court rules gov’t can delay demolition of illegal Bedouin village
May 8, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled on Sunday that the government may delay the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar, an illegally built Bedouin village near Jerusalem that has been the epicentre of a decades-long legal battle. Read more
Israeli president meets with Arab leaders on sidelines of Charles III’s coronation
May 8, 2023 by TPS-IL
Israeli President Isaac Herzog mingled with an array of national leaders, including those from a string of Arab countries, at a reception at Buckingham Palace on the sidelines of King Charles III’s coronation in London this weekend. Read more
Feintooner
May 8, 2023 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Bridging the divide. Read more
Which makes you a better person, sorrow or joy?
May 8, 2023 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Happy Days (MTC) – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
May 8, 2023 by Alex First
Absurdist and existential, Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days is a play strictly for selective tastes. Read more
Until May-31 Melbourne: Photographic exhibition
May 7, 2023 by J-Wire
Funds raised from photo sales will be donated to the Leo Baeck Centre and Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. Read more
On the other hand
May 7, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
Shabbat observant Jews in the UK and Israel will not be able to tune in to watch live telecasts of the Coronation pageantry from London. Read more
The antisemitism that never went away
May 7, 2023 by Ben Cohen
Antisemitism expresses itself in many forms, but few are as lethal or as persistent as the caricature of the hook-nosed Jew sitting on a pile of cash, looking pleased with himself. Read more
Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir in spat over response to Gaza terror
The latest rocket barrage from the Gaza Strip sparked intra-coalition fighting on Wednesday between the Likud Party and one of its more right-wing partners seeking greater influence over policy in the fight against terror. Read more
The child holocaust survivor who devoted his life to looking after people
May 7, 2023 by Alan Slade
Dr Steve Kalowski’s life has been a triumph of spirit over the adversity and horror into which he had been born. Read more
The Critical Marriage – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
May 7, 2023 by Alex First
A new Australian work, The Critical Marriage by Mark Andrew, is the inside story of a relationship between a couple of intellectual heavyweights. Read more
Biden needs to back Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution
May 7, 2023 by David Singer
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan’s visit to Saudi Arabia this weekend for talks with Saudi leaders – including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – will offer Sullivan an excellent opportunity to discuss with the Crown Prince the Saudi –based Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution published on 8 June 2022. Read more
Yom HaShoah in Wollongong
May 5, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
An innovative Yom Hashoah ceremony was held in Wollongong last week, attracting about 40 members of the local community. Read more
Woeful
May 5, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
After the party is over, the hangover usually kicks in. Read more
Hypocrites
May 5, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
We Jews have always been outliers. Now it seems everyone else wants to catch up with us and claim victimhood, discrimination, abuse, and alienation and the only way to cope is to be mean to everyone else. We are admired and despised, and we are our own worst enemies. Read more
The coronation of King Charles will be more than an amazing spectacle
May 5, 2023 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
On Saturday, Britain’s King Charles III will be crowned in London’s Westminster Abbey. Read more
Frankfurt returns painting to heirs of Jewish collector murdered in the Holocaust
May 5, 2023 by JNS
Fritz von Uhde’s painting “Portray of a Lady” will be restituted to the heirs of Jewish collector Gustav Rüdenberg, according to an agreement with the Städel museum in Frankfurt, Germany, which the New York Department of Financial Services announced on May 4. Read more
Leah Goldin demands son’s remains before Israel returns body of terrorist
The mother of an Israeli soldier whose body is being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip is demanding that the government not return the corpse of Islamic Jihad terrorist Khader Adnan until her son and other captives are returned. Read more
What a strategy for defeating Hamas and Hezbollah looks like
May 5, 2023 by Caroline Glick - JNS
When word broke Tuesday that Khader Adnan—a senior terrorist and serial hunger striker from Iranian-controlled Islamic Jihad—had died in an Israeli prison after 83 days of refusing food, Hamas began shelling Israeli towns and villages in the western Negev. Read more
Julia Gutman awarded the 2023 Archibald Prize
May 5, 2023 by AAP J-Wire
Everyone has an opinion on the Archibald Prize, but anyone who believes the judges picked youth over experience this year should take a little pause. Read more
Driftwood The Musical – reviewed by Alex First
May 5, 2023 by Alex First
Set against the backdrop of the Holocaust, Driftwood The Musical is a deeply moving tale of tribulation and triumph. Read more
NSW says Happy 75th Anniversary, Israel
May 4, 2023 by Henry Benjamin
NSW Premier Chris Minns has announced the establishment of a helpline “to assist students and staff who experienced religious bullying in New South Wales schools. Read more
Israeli forces eliminate Hamas terrorists who murdered Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee
May 4, 2023 by JNS
Israeli forces on Thursday eliminated the Palestinian terrorists who last month murdered three members of the Dee family in the Jordan Valley. Read more
US Security Coordinator submits new report on death of Al Jazeera journalist
The U.S. Security Coordinator has submitted a new report on the killing of an Al Jazeera journalist in Jenin in May 2022, which is said to confirm the USSC’s previous finding that her death was unintentional. Read more
Family hears slain mother’s heartbeat in transplant recipient
May 4, 2023 by Pesach Benson
In an emotional encounter, the family of Leah (Lucy) Dee met on Tuesday for the first time with the woman who received their slain mother’s heart in a transplant at the Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikvah. Read more
Happy birthday, Israel! Diplomatic Corps
May 4, 2023 by Natalie Gattengo
In honour of Israel’s 75th Independence Day, KKL-JNF and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited the entire diplomatic corps in Israel to plant 75 trees, a symbol of growth, development, and the deep connection with the land of Israel, at a special ceremony held yesterday at a KKL-JNF Forest, near Yad Vashem Museum in Jerusalem. Read more
L’Chaim – To Life: Polish Government’s official 80th anniversary commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
May 4, 2023 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with Michael Zylberman, presenter of the 3ZZZ Yiddish hour. Read more
Shabbat Emor: Mourning
May 4, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
The Torah contains no specific rules about death and mourning for ordinary people. Read more
