Save a Child’s Heart treats its 7,000th patient

Save a Child’s Heart marked a major milestone when it cared for Kelvin, a 10-year-old from Kenya, the 7,000th child treated by the Israeli humanitarian organisation since its establishment in 1995. Read more

Barnaby Jones says genocide case against Israel shouldn’t be backed

Former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce is urging the Albanese government not to back legal action accusing Israel of genocide. Read more

Israel says South Africa acting as Hamas’s legal arm

The Israel Foreign Ministry has accused South Africa of acting as the “legal arm of the Hamas terrorist organisation,” as two days of preliminary hearings kicked off at the U.N.’s top court in The Hague. Read more

IDF: two journalists killed in Gaza were senior terrorists

The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) said that two people in Gaza who were killed by its forces and alleged to be journalists were, in fact senior ranking terrorists from Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Read more

In Ramallah meeting, Blinken calls for Palestinian state

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed support for “tangible steps” towards the creation of a Palestinian state in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip during a meeting with Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Wednesday. Read more

Israel faces International Court of Justice

Israel is preparing to defend itself at the top United Nations court against accusations of genocide in Gaza, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly rebuffed for the first time calls by some right-wing ministers to permanently occupy the enclave. Read more

Israel set to face Gaza genocide charges at World Court

Israel is preparing to defend itself at the top United Nations court against accusations of genocide in Gaza, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly rebuffed for the first time calls by some right-wing ministers to permanently occupy the enclave. Read more

The Holdovers

A movie review by Alex First Read more

Mean Girls

 A movie review by Alex First Read more

Netanyahu: ‘Israel has no intention of permanently occupying Gaza’

Israel does not intend to occupy Gaza permanently nor to displace its civilian population, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday. Read more

Russell Crowe to play Nazi Party henchman Hermann Göring in ‘Nuremberg’ film

A new drama will feature two acclaimed actors in a film exploring whether madness or malice drove the Third Reich’s reign of terror. Read more

Open letter about Oscars calls out diversity initiative exclusion of Jews

New rules by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—known for presenting the annual Oscar awards in Hollywood, Calif.—go into effect this year to qualify for the Best Picture category. Read more

UNRWA teachers Telegram channel glorifies Oct. 7 Hamas massacre

A Telegram channel for UNRWA teachers in Gaza with over 3,000 members contains messages glorifying the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7 and encouraging the execution of Israeli hostages, an investigation by Geneva-based human rights NGO UN Watch has found. Read more

Dry Bones: A two-step plan

When it’s over, there will be some changes… Read more

Israeli UN envoy: ‘How morally bankrupt has this body become?’

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, ripped into the U.N. General Assembly during a Tuesday morning meeting while holding up a cake with the face of Kfir Bibas, who will turn one year old in the coming days. Read more

The Australian Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society

Juan Pérez Floristán, gold medallist at the 16th Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition in 2021 in Tel Aviv performed in a recital at the launch of the Australian Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society in Sydney. Read more

Shabbat Vaeyra: Persuasion

This week, we read about the process through which Moses and Aaron try to persuade the pharaoh that he should let the children of Israel go. Read more

“We are coming for you” – message to ECAJ

Nour Mohamed is alleged to have sent an image of the moment before IS beheaded US journalist James Foley to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, followed by a message stating, “We are coming for you.” Read more

Police act on the stolen Woollahra Council’s Israeli flag

Three people have been charged as investigations continue into the theft of an Israeli flag outside Woollahra Council in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. Read more

Grease The Musical

A Melbourne musical reviewed by Alex First Read more

Hostage’s brother: Red Cross worker told family to care more about Gaza

CNN anchor Jake Tapper interviewed Dor Steinbrecher, the brother of hostage Doron Steinbrecher, a nurse and veterinarian from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, who told him that a Red Cross worker had dismissed a concern from their mother for needed medication, rebuking the family that they should be more concerned about Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Read more

Hezbollah’s attack on IAF base was a wake-up call

Hezbollah’s Jan. 6 attack on the Israeli Air Force’s Meron air traffic control base, likely using Iranian-supplied Kornet-EM missiles, marks a significant escalation by the Iran-backed terrorist group.  Read more

Families of hostages: Suspend Gaza aid deliveries for release of loved ones

Families of 132 Israeli hostages being held by Hamas called on Israel to withhold humanitarian aid to leverage the release of their loved ones on Tuesday, while trying to disrupt the arrival of aid trucks at the Kerem Shalom crossing. Read more

Freed South African-Israeli gives searing testimony of Gaza captivity

A South African-Israeli woman freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza after 51 days delivered searing testimony about her experiences there to a Knesset panel on Tuesday. Read more

Dry Bones: Israel on trial

Just another example of antisemitism on the international scene… Read more

Idan Amedi, ‘Fauda’ star, seriously injured in Gaza

The musician and actor Idan Amedi, 35, who plays Sagi in the Netflix series “Fauda,” was reportedly seriously injured while serving as a reservist with the Combat Engineering Corps in Khan Yunis in Gaza. Read more

Victoria Police’s Operation Park

Victoria Police (VicPol) says it is working to reassure the Jewish community that they are committed to “reducing and preventing prejudicially motivated crimes, sparked by overseas tensions in the later months of 2023”. Read more

Circus of Illusion

A magical performance reviewed by Alex First Read more

Pedalling across the Jewish world to raise awareness of the hostages

300 cyclists have signed up for two rides down the coast from Melbourne on Sunday to highlight the plight of the 133 hostages remaining in Gaza. Read more

KKL-JNF honours 20 Israeli women for their bravery on Oct. 7

Dozens of people gathered in Ofakim northeast of Beersheva on Sunday to celebrate 20 Israeli women who put their lives at risk to save others during Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre. Read more

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