Why the images of Hamas prisoners sparked outrage

I was poised to go on a live broadcast of WION, an English-language Indian television network, last week to discuss the war against Hamas. Read more

Barak calls for Netanyahu’s ouster despite war raging

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak recently laid out his plans to oust the current premier, Benjamin Netanyahu, despite Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Read more

Dry Bones: Happy Chanukah

The holiday in 2023 seems more meaningful. Read more

What river? What sea?

Some may wonder what students understand when they chant the antisemitic slogan “From the river to the sea.” Read more

Israel recovers bodies of two hostages

Israeli soldiers recovered the bodies of two hostages in Gaza and brought them back to Israel. Read more

Polish ultranationalist MP extinguishes Chanukah candle

An ultranationalist MP in the Polish parliament has used a fire extinguisher to put out a candle on a menorah that was lit for Chanukah. Read more

Israelis mobilise to bring the Light of Chanukah to the troops

As Israel enters the third month of its war against Hamas, fundraising efforts to provide Israeli soldiers on the frontlines with the means to celebrate Chanukah have multiplied. Read more

Australia votes in favour of Gaza ceasefire at UN: Community response

Australia has voted in favour of a UN resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, hours after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called for a “sustainable ceasefire” with his Canadian and New Zealand counterparts. Read more

Jerusalem: ‘No UN chief has done more to secure the survival of a terrorist organization’

Israel’s government sharply criticized U.N. chief António Guterres on Monday, with a Prime Minister’s Office spokesman telling the press, “I don’t think any U.N. secretary-general in history has gone so far to secure the survival of a terrorist organization.” Read more

Sole survivor of family celebrates bar mitzvah two months after massacre

Two months after his parents and two sisters were brutally murdered in their home by Hamas terrorists during the Oct. 7 massacre at Kibbutz Nahal Oz, Ariel Zohar celebrated his bar mitzvah on Thursday. Read more

Dry Bones: Season’s greetings

Will the wave of antisemitism be confronted in 2024? Read more

IDF slays dozens of terrorists in Gaza Strip

The IDF continued to push deeper into the Gaza Strip on day 66 of “Swords of Iron”—the military operation to eliminate the threat of Hamas after the Oct. 7 massacre in the northwestern Negev. Read more

Maccabi World Union unveils memorial to victims of Oct. 7

Maccabi World Union unveiled a memorial to the 1,200 victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre at the Kfar Maccabiah Hotel and Sports Club complex in Ramat Gan. Read more

Walt Secord slams keffiyeh protest

Entertainers Australia-wide have put their names to a protest tomorrow, replicating the keffiyeh wearing on stage, which sparked a bitter dispute between the Sydney Theatre Company and three foundation directors. Read more

Steven Spielberg to document stories of Israeli survivors of Hamas massacre

The Shoah Foundation of the University of Southern California, founded by Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg, has begun collecting the testimonies of Israeli survivors of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacres. Read more

Gaza responses cause division in arts community

A third director of the Sydney Theatre Company Foundation has quit in the wake of pro-Palestine protests by actors. Read more

Immigrants from the former USSR in the medical professions employed by Israel’s hospitals

In June, over 100 participants in the “Masa “medical track passed the Ministry of Health licensing exams and are certified to practice medicine in Israel with a pass rate of over 90%. Read more

How many light are kindled during Chanukah?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Indigenous Friends of Israel slams The Greens

Indigenous Friends of Israel founders Norman and Barbara Miller condemn the ignorance, racism, and antisemitism of the Greens MPs in the Australian Senate in recent weeks and of the Greens’ mayoral candidate for Brisbane, Jonathan Sriranganathan. Read more

Stronger together: UIA and ZFA Leadership Solidarity Mission to Israel

UIA Australia President Esther Frenkiel and Zionist Federation of Australia President Jeremy Leibler, together with a delegation of Australian Jewish leaders, recently embarked on a whirlwind four-day solidarity mission to Israel. Read more

Mount Scopus College: “Wonderful VCE results”

The results of over 75% of Melbourne’s Mount Scopus College Year 12 were in the top 20% of the state. Read more

Israeli families absent loved ones mark a sombre Chanukah

“We always celebrated Chanukah as a family,” Eyal Waldman, 63, from Tel Aviv, explained to the Tazpit Press Service. “We went skiing in Courchevel [in France]. Now, wherever we go, at every celebration and every family event, Danielle will be missing.” Read more

Security Council rebuffs Guterres bid to fix his Gaza mistakes

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has failed in his bid to get the Security Council to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza that would have helped paper over some appalling decisions by Guterres both before and after October 7. Read more

Dry Bones: The Miracle

We are celebrating our Festival of Freedom as we fight a war for our survival. Read more

A matter of interpretation: blood libel in Melbourne

A well-known Melbourne comedian/TV star and a former Greens mayor of a Melbourne municipality have shocked Zionism Victoria by posting on social media that the IDF is preparing mass executions in Gaza. Read more

L’Chaim – to Life: Rabbi James Kennard – Reflecting on 17 years at Melbourne’s Mount Scopus Memorial College

Morry Frenkel speaks with Rabbi James Kennard, Principal of Melbourne’s Mount Scopus Memorial College, about his 17 years in that position, the changes in education over time and the challenges that technology – particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI) – bring for educators. Read more

Celebrating Israel

The Annual Celebrating Israel 2023 was held at Sydney’s Central Synagogue recently and has been produced by Dalia Ayalon Sinclair since 2005. Read more

From the Prime Minister

To the Jewish people of Australia — and around the world — Chag Urim Sameach…writes Anthony Albanese. Read more

From the Leader of the Opposition

An atmosphere of sadness and unease will hang over this year’s Chanukah celebrations…writes PeterDutton. Read more

On the other hand

In the year 165 BCE, the Temple in Jerusalem was rededicated after its liberation and cleansing by the Maccabees. Read more

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