Chutney’s musical solidarity with Israel

Sydney-based Jewish band Chutney has released its debut album’s first single in solidarity with Israel. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…Elite degrees of lower education. Read more

240,000 Israelis living in limbo after Oct. 7

Around 240,000 Israelis from devastated communities near Gaza and towns near Lebanon under fire have been forced to evacuate to date. Read more

Israeli hostage in Gaza killed in captivity

Sahar Baruch, a 25-year-old Israeli who was taken hostage on October 7, has died in captivity, Kibbutz Be’eri announced on Saturday of its former resident. Read more

Israeli operations in Gaza continue as Hamas fires from schools, mosque

Israel Defence Forces troops continued to operate deep inside the Gaza Strip on Saturday as fighter jets struck Hamas assets across the Palestinian enclave. Read more

A Bat Mitzvah at 99

There’s a new initiative at Sydney’s The Great Synagogue, ’12 Over 12’ – a program devised for 12 women over the age of 12 to finally celebrate a Bat Mitzvah. Read more

‘Keep fighting’: school students’ promise for Palestine

Students say they will not let up with their demands as hundreds skipped school in support of Palestine and an end to the conflict in Gaza. Read more

105 not out

Rabbi Shalom Coleman has celebrated his 105th birthday surrounded by fellow Perth rabbis, community members, and family. Read more

IDF destroys tunnel shafts, eliminates terrorists as intense battles rage in Gaza

The Israel Defence Forces destroyed tunnel shafts, a key part of Hamas’s underground infrastructure in Gaza, and killed significant numbers of terrorists on Thursday, as battles raged across Khan Yunis, Shejaiya and Jabalia throughout the day. Read more

Israel: UN chief’s tenure ‘danger to world peace’

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Wednesday accused U.N. chief Antonio Guterres of supporting Hamas and called his tenure a global threat. Read more

NZ leadership concerned with political language used in Israel-Hamas war statements

The New Zealand Jewish Council and the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand are dismayed at the use of inflammatory and Holocaust-related language in the political arena in New Zealand. Read more

About miracles

I am wary of miracles. Not that amazing, unpredictable, and seemingly miraculous things do not happen all the time. Read more

Chanukah – Lights of Hope

Two months on from the 7^th of October terrorist attack, the ECAJ, Lights of Hope and Moriah College held a Chanukah event, commemorating the atrocity and bringing in the holiday as a community. Read more

“I don’t care if it offends Jews”

The first Victorian to be charged with performing a Nazi salute in public says he continues to perform the banned gesture every day. Read more

Penny Wong plans to visit Israel within weeks

Penny Wong will make a visit to the Middle East within weeks, following a bipartisan delegation travelling to Israel. Read more

Henry Greener presents The NO EXCUSE for Sexual Violence Vigil on video

The NO EXCUSE for Sexual Violence Vigil at Hopetoun Gardens was an emotional gathering dedicated especially to raising awareness of the shocking, brutal treatment of women by horrific Hamas terrorists on October 7th. Read more

Will sexual violence become a recurring form of Palestinian terror?

In the wake of Israeli officials’ graphic testimony at the United Nations of widespread rape and mutilation of women’s bodies by Hamas terrorists during the attacks of October 7, and the continuing revelations of further atrocities, one women’s rights activist fears that sexual violence will become a recurring theme of Palestinian terror. Read more

Right-wing terror threats to go under the microscope

Right-wing extremism in Australia will go under the spotlight in a new inquiry. Read more

Uphill battles

Israel’s fight against Islamic terror is being fought on two main fronts. Read more

Israel to open Kerem Shalom to inspect aid trucks

Israel will open the Kerem Shalom Crossing to inspect humanitarian aid trucks soon. Read more

Anti-tank missile kills Israeli farmer near Lebanese border

An Israeli farmer was killed on Thursday when an anti-tank missile hit a vehicle in the Upper Galilee community of Mattat near the Lebanese border. Read more

The Long Pigs

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Shabbat Vayeyshev: The female condition

This week, we have another narrative of a sexual nature concerning Tamar, the daughter-in-law of Jacob’s son Judah, the future leader of the Children of  Israel (Genesis Chapter 38). Read more

Nova Festival exhibition – a memorial to those who lost their lives

President Isaac Herzog spoke at the opening ceremony of the “6:29” exhibition in memory of those murdered at the Nova Festival on October 7. Read more

IDF Commando Brigade raids Hamas stronghold of Khan Yunis in south Gaza

The Israel Defence Forces’ 98th Division, which includes the Commando Brigade and other special forces, launched a raid of Khan Yunis, Hamas’s stronghold in southern Gaza, IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari announced on Wednesday evening, adding that Hamas was surprised by the raid. Read more

Netanyahu: Israeli troops surround Hamas senior leader Sinwar’s home

The Israel Defence Forces has surrounded the residence of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on Wednesday night. Read more

Investigations on hate speech in Sydney dropped

The Daily Mail has reported that Muslim clerics found to be delivering hate sermons will not be prosecuted. Read more

IDF finds massive weapons cache near Gaza clinic, school

Israeli forces have located a massive stockpile of weapons near a clinic and school in the Gaza Strip, the IDF said on Wednesday, describing it as “one of the largest found” since the start of the ground invasion on Oct. 27. Read more

Neighbours ‘stunned’ after ex-SS soldier found living in sleepy English suburb

A British newspaper has revealed the hidden past of a 97-year-old gardening enthusiast living in a quiet Nottingham suburb, once a member of Hitler’s notorious Waffen SS Galizien. Read more

Dry Bones: Passing the torch

Living in historic times… Read more

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