Israel to assist firefighting efforts in Greece
July 20, 2023 by Etgar Lefkovits
Israel has sent two firefighting aircraft to Greece to help combat raging wildfires there, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office announced on Wednesday. Read more
Masada’s Living Historians program
July 20, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
In a moving and insightful experience, Sydney’s Masada College Year 10 students had the privilege of participating in the Living Historians Program, a unique initiative offered by the College. Read more
Please can we get our antiquities back?
Wanted: Ancient ceramic oil lamps from Israel. Last seen on loan to the White House and suspected to be at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Read more
Prehistoric humans in Hula Valley travelled long distances for high-quality flint
July 20, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Israeli researchers have discovered that early humans living in the Hula Valley travelled long distances for high-quality flint, challenging previously-held assumptions about prehistoric man. Read more
Henry Greener chats with Rabbi Menachem Aron
July 20, 2023 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Chabad of RARA Director Rabbi Menachem Aron and his crew of volunteers meet the needs of people living in rural and regional Australia without any Jewish facilities or infrastructure. Read more
Unity on the Gold Coast
July 20, 2023 by Ron Weiser
Against the background of increasingly heated internal opposition, the direction of the Israeli government is becoming clearer. Read more
Israel’s President Herzog outlines Israel’s shared values with US in speech before the Congress
July 20, 2023 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
The President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, yesterday addressed a special joint session of the US Congress in Washington with both the House of Representatives and the Senate attending. Read more
L’Chaim to Life: Ronit Fraid – JNF celebrating Israel, and securing our future
July 20, 2023 by Community newsdesk
Podcast: Maurice Klein speaks with Ronit Fraid, President of JNF Victoria. Read more
Food for thought – a letter from America
July 20, 2023 by Bruce S. Ticker
In The Philadelphia Inquirer’s food section, a Palestinian chef opened up a whole new front…quite an unappetising one…in the propaganda wars over Israel. Read more
Oppenheimer
July 20, 2023 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex First Read more
Into the fray: D-Y-S-T-O-P-I-A!!
July 19, 2023 by Martin Sherman
The opponents of the proposed judicial reform are not defending liberal democracy, but promoting Orwellian dystopia. Read more
Over 3,600 terror attacks in first half of 2023
July 19, 2023 by TPS
The escalation in Palestinian terrorism that started over a year ago shows no signs of abating, data from Rescuers Without Borders (Hatzalah Judea and Samaria) published on Tuesday indicates. Read more
Herzog meets with Blinken after White House visit
July 19, 2023 by JNS
Israeli President Isaac Herzog met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday after visiting President Joe Biden at the White House. Read more
Herzog lauds ‘wonderful meeting’ with Biden
July 19, 2023 by JNS
In an address to foreign reporters, Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who did not take questions, lauded a “wonderful meeting” with U.S. President Joe Biden, whom he called a “huge friend of Israel,” according to the pool report. Read more
Israel reservists step up demos against judicial change
Protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul have intensified with demonstrations across Israel as a retired air force general said 161 of the corps’ reserve officers had vowed to no longer report for duty. Read more
Aug-31 Melbourne 6:30pm: Opening night screening of “Ego – The Michael Gudinski Story”
July 19, 2023 by J-Wire
A Magen David Adom event. Read more
Barbie
July 19, 2023 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex First Read more
Perth’s Carmel School educator selected to embark on empowering learning journey
July 19, 2023 by Community newsdesk
Carmel School’s Teacher of Jewish Studies, Hebrew and Food Technology, Shohan Taub, has secured one of only ten available Australian scholarships for the Torah L’Am course. Read more
London exhibit explores the ‘triumphant’ Jewish history of cricket
Crickets may not be kosher, but the sport played with a bat and ball certainly is … and has a long Jewish history. Read more
Netanyahu gets an invitation to the White House
U.S. President Joe Biden this week hosts Israeli President Isaac Herzog. The purpose of the visit and speech to Congress is to celebrate Israel’s 75th anniversary. However, the absence of a formal invitation to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu until just before the trip added policy dimensions… writes David Wurmser. Read more
Fifty years after carving his house into a cliff, Israeli man faces eviction
July 18, 2023 by Pesach Benson
An Israeli man who literally carved out a home for himself in seaside cliffs faces eviction after having lived there for 50 years. Read more
Opponents of judicial overhaul launch ‘Day of Disruption’ across Israel
July 18, 2023 by TPS
Protesters in Israel today launched another “Day of Disruption” over the judicial reform effort of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Siba Coppelson – mother of two knights and a most remarkable woman
July 18, 2023 by J-Wire
Siba was born in 1870 in England to Abraham Sloman and his wife, who had emigrated to England from Eastern Europe. Read more
Antisemitic conspiracy theory mars debate about the Voice
July 18, 2023 by Julie Nathan
Conspiracy theories about ‘the Jews’ are ancient, pervasive and often genocidal in what they advocate. Read more
The showdown in Israel continues as judicial reform advances
July 17, 2023 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
Israel’s Supreme Court is either under attack or undergoing necessary reform, depending on who you ask. Read more
Biden calls retiring Jesse Jackson, with long history of Jew-hatred, ‘man of God and of the people’
July 17, 2023 by Menachem Wecker
History will remember Jesse Jackson as “a man of God and of the people,” who is “determined, strategic and unafraid of the work to redeem the soul of our nation,” U.S. President Biden stated on July 16. Read more
Israeli president in the US – visit to include address to Congress
July 17, 2023 by Michelle Curran
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog is on an official diplomatic visit to the US. Read more
Feintooner
July 17, 2023 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Stockholm Syndrome. Read more
Bibi-hatred trumps creating Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine
July 17, 2023 by David Singer
One wonders what led Israel’s leading left-wing newspaper Haaretz to publish a bizarre article by Rogel Alpher headlined “I oppose peace with Saudi Arabia” because Alpher fears Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu’s political position will be strengthened if Netanyahu succeeds. Read more
What is an ethical will?
July 17, 2023 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
