Shabbat Re’eh: Adding or Subtracting
August 10, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
Indigenous Friends of Israel say the Albanese government has thrown Israel under a bus
August 10, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Indigenous Friends of Israel (IFI) co-founders Norman and Barbara Miller has condemned “the decision by the Albanese government to throw Israel under a bus by calling its holiest sites including the Temple Mount and Western Wall ‘occupied territories.’ Read more
Pauline Rockman leaves the Melbourne Holocaust Museum board after 30 years
August 10, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Melbourne Holocaust Museum (MHM) long-term co-President and visionary leader Pauline Rockman has stepped down from her role at the museum after 30 years. Read more
More relief for the homeless
August 10, 2023 by Community newsdesk
Sydney’s Jewish House and MyBond have joined forces to address homelessness and assist survivors of domestic violence. Read more
Asteroid City
August 10, 2023 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex First Read more
Labor policy shift troubles Victorian Liberal Friends of Israel
August 10, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Victorian Liberal Friends of Israel say that reports today that the Albanese Government will adopt divisive, inflammatory rhetoric on Israeli-Palestinian affairs are deeply troubling. Read more
Dry Bones: The Magician
August 9, 2023 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
When I was a kid (those many years ago), jugglers, tumblers, contortionists and acrobats astounded and amazed us with acts in what was then called vaudeville. Read more
Inspired by Hebrew, scholar helps revive dying aboriginal Australian languages
August 9, 2023 by Avi Kumar
Amid the COVID pandemic in 2020, Ghil’ad Zuckermann drove to Cardabia Station in a remote part of Western Australia. The coast reminded the Tel Aviv-born scholar of the shorelines of Eilat. Read more
Jewish Care and a tale of success
August 9, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
Jewish Care will celebrate its 175th anniversary on 19 November 2023 and is the oldest continually running philanthropic organisation in Melbourne. Read more
Amazing opportunity for Jewish university students to learn & earn
August 9, 2023 by Community newsdesk
Chunky Move’s 4/4
August 9, 2023 by Alex First
A Melbourne dance performance reviewed by Alex First Read more
Austen’s back with Charles Waterstreet as his warm-up
August 9, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Comedian Austen Tayshus returns to Bondi in October and November after his sell-out season in 2019, described as “comedy at its best”. Read more
Israel sending more emergency relief workers to aid Greece during wildfires outbreak
August 8, 2023 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
In response to a direct request for aid from the Greek President, Israel is instigating “Operation Wings of Fire” to aid the country as it suffers from a rash of wildfires. Read more
Love With No Remorse
August 8, 2023 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre reviewed by Alex First Read more
From New Zealand’s Jewish past: Merchant, auctioneer, shipping agent and community leader
August 8, 2023 by Features Desk
David Nathan, one of two Jews listed in the 1841 New Zealand Census, was born in London in 1816 and was the third son of Nathan Lion Nathan and his wife Sarah. Read more
Australia to strengthen objection to Israeli settlements
August 8, 2023 by AAP J-Wire
Australia will strengthen its objections to the Israeli government’s planned settlement expansion and is “gravely concerned” by activities that hinder the prospect of peace in the region. Read more
Israel formalizes ties with South Pacific island country of Niue
August 7, 2023 by JNS
Israel last week established diplomatic ties with the South Pacific island nation of Niue. Read more
Jamie Foxx apologizes for ‘they killed Jesus’ post
August 7, 2023 by JNS
American performer Jamie Foxx apologized on Saturday for a social media post that was seen as anti-Semitic. Read more
JCCV commends bravery of boys facing a knife in bus
August 7, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A man brandishing a knife confronted a group of Jewish students from Melbourne’s Leibler Yavneh College while they were aboard a public bus. Read more
Temporary injunction against Netanyahu impeachment law
August 7, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Israel’s High Court of Justice on Sunday issued a temporary injunction against the Knesset’s “Recusal Law”, which restricts the ways in which a sitting prime minister can be removed from office. Read more
Time for MBS to come clean on Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine
August 7, 2023 by David Singer
The possibility of Israel and Saudi Arabia doing a peace deal rests on the shoulders of one man – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS). Read more
The Jewish festival of love in Sydney
August 7, 2023 by Community newsdesk
Is the Messiah simply a nice dream or will it really happen?
August 7, 2023 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
Zionism Victoria takes ABC to task: headline “misleading and biased”
August 7, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
Zionism Victoria has written to ABC News to protest its online coverage of Saturday night’s fatal shooting of 42-year-old patrolman Chen Amir in Tel Aviv. Read more
Israel Rambam Study visit returnees describe “electricity of the past”
August 7, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) recently heard from three recent returnees from two separate AIJAC Rambam study visits to Israel: Senator Andrew McLachlan, The Australian Opinion Editor Nicholas Jensen, and columnist and media strategist Gemma Tognini. Read more
kerosene/SIRENS
August 6, 2023 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
On the other hand
August 6, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
This past Shabbat, we had an inspiring and uplifting experience that put all the negativity currently being spread into a positive perspective. Read more
One killed in Palestinian terror attack in downtown Tel Aviv
August 6, 2023 by Pesach Benson
An Israeli security guard was killed in a Palestinian terror attack in downtown Tel Aviv on Saturday. Read more
Israel detains two settlers after Palestinian killed
Two Israelis have been arrested after a Palestinian teen was shot dead in the occupied West Bank in an attack by Israeli civilians on a local village, Israeli police say. Read more
Ahead of new Netflix show, Gal Gadot shares thoughts on her career
August 4, 2023 by JNS
Gal Gadot’s first Hollywood audition was for the role of a James Bond girl in “Quantum of Solace,” alongside Daniel Craig. Read more
