US greenlights $3.5 billion Arrow 3 sale to Germany, Israel’s largest arms sale
August 18, 2023 by Pesach Benson
The US government has approved Israel selling its Arrow 3 missile defence system to Germany, Israel’s Defence Ministry announced yesterday. Read more
Israel ‘one of the world’s top cyber powers’
August 18, 2023 by Yaakov Lappin
Israel’s position as a cyber superpower places it in an exclusive club of world powers, despite having a population a little larger than New York City, according to former Israeli defence official Chuck Freilich. Read more
Dry Bones: Action movie news
August 18, 2023 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
“Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.” Read more
Leonard Bernstein Netflix film criticised over ‘Jewface’
August 18, 2023 by JNS
The composer’s family has supported Cooper’s prosthetic nose and said that the late Bernstein would have done the same.
Pull the other one
August 18, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
When someone tells you something that is so patently absurd, the natural response is an old English expression “pull the other one, it has got bells on it.” Read more
The British Mandate
August 18, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
The British Mandate of Palestine was established on July 24th, 1922. Read more
Dry Bones: Biden’s America
August 17, 2023 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
Time to take a look at the latest news about what’s happening in the legal system in the good old U. S. of A. Read more
Tasmania: Holocaust Education and Interpretation Centre given the green light
August 17, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
The Rockliff Liberal Government in Tasmania will soon develop a Holocaust Education and Interpretation Centre (Centre) at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery . Read more
L’Chaim – to Life: Jillian Segal
August 17, 2023 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Jillian Segal, Chair of the General Sir John Monash Foundation, about the goals of the foundation, its awarding of prestigious John Monash scholarships and the role of its leadership Academy. Read more
Tel Aviv University surprises in global entrepreneurship rankings
August 17, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Tel Aviv University has emerged as the top-ranked institution for nurturing entrepreneurs outside the United States, according to a groundbreaking Stanford University study released on Wednesday. Read more
Shabbat Shoftim: Kings and Judges
August 17, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
A Saudi deal would be a gamechanger on judicial reform
August 17, 2023 by Ron Weiser
It would be some sort of irony if President Biden was to provide Prime Minister Netanyahu with a pathway out of his current situation. If that does happen and that is a big if, Biden will have done it for his own domestic political reasons, not for Netanyahu’s, but who would never the less, likely be a significant beneficiary. Read more
Remote but not forgotten
August 17, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Last week 60 Jews from as far afield as Perth and Gold Coast gathered to bring in Shabbat in the Broken Hill Synagogue in the first service since Melbourne’s Ark Congregation’s visit in March 2018. Read more
Monument
August 17, 2023 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Funny You Don’t Look Funny: Judaism and Humour from the Silent Generation to Millennials
August 17, 2023 by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen
Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen reviews a book by Jennifer Caplan Read more
Mary-Louise McLaws b. March 17, 1953 d. August 12 , 2023
August 16, 2023 by Henry Benjamin
Australia has mourned the passing of epidemiologist Mary-Louise McLaws who has succumbed to a brain tumour at the age of 70. Read more
I’ve been mulling over David Miller
August 16, 2023 by Juliet Moses
You may never have heard of him. Read more
Mezuzah scroll in Nahariya hospital replaced with antisemitic note
August 16, 2023 by TPS-IL
During a routine inspection of a mezuzah at Galilee Medical Centre in Nahariya, hospital personnel discovered that sacred parchment had been stolen and replaced with an antisemitic note. Read more
Soccer stars show intolerance the red card
August 16, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
Zionism Victoria has welcomed professional Israeli soccer players Hadas Prawer and Dima Al-Rahmi to Melbourne this week for an event at Beth Weizmann Jewish Community Centre, a visit to the Israel 75 Peace Garden and a soccer clinic for students at the Maharishi School in Reservoir. Read more
Nazi salute, symbols outlawed in Australian first
August 16, 2023 by AAP J-Wire
Tasmania has become the first jurisdiction to ban the Nazi salute, with penalties of up to three months in jail on the cards for first-time offenders. Read more
Guys and Dolls
August 16, 2023 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
Escaped Alone and What If If Only
August 16, 2023 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
A day at the beach courtesy Yad Sarah
August 16, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
In a bid to promote summertime accessibility and mobility, volunteer drivers of Yad Sarah’s fleet of accessible vans have provided over 4,400 rides for wheelchair-bound Israelis through June and July 2023. Read more
Dry Bones: The Saudis want to take over responsibility for management of the Temple Mount?
August 16, 2023 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
The Saudis want to take over responsibility for management of the Temple Mount? Read more
Israeli computational model predicts breast cancer risks
August 16, 2023 by J-Wire
Tel Aviv University researchers have announced the development of a computational model to predict increased genetic risk for breast cancer. Read more
From New Zealand’s Jewish past: Abraham Hort – one of the founders of the New Zealand Jewish Community
August 15, 2023 by J-Wire
Abraham was born in 1790 and was known as Abraham Hort Senior a prominent member of the London Jewish Community. Read more
Antisemitism on campus
August 15, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A nationwide survey of Australian university students has revealed widespread antisemitism on Australian university campuses. Read more
“Disgusting comments” Leibler responds to Adler report
August 15, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that the Australian Jewish Association president David Adler has posted photos of former Q&A host Stan Grant implying that his ‘COMPLEXION SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED’. Read more
Corneas of Israeli terror victim transplanted to two people
August 15, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
The corneas of Israeli terror victim Chen Amir have been transplanted into patients on Sunday, Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital announced yesterday. Read more
Saudis seek to reboot Temple Mount’s status quo with peace deal
August 14, 2023 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
The timing was not accidental when Saudi Arabia announced over the weekend that its ambassador to Jordan will also take on the roles of ambassador to the Palestinian Authority and consul general in eastern Jerusalem. Read more
