PA no different, Chikli says after Abbas calls Hamas ‘sons of dogs’

Mahmoud Abbas “cannot claim to be any different from Hamas” as long as he rewards terrorists for their attacks, Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister for Amichai Chikli said on Thursday after the Palestinian Authority chief called the Islamist terrorist group “Sons of dogs.” Read more

Torrential downpour curtails annual March of the Living in Poland 

Oświęcim, Poland—Thousands of people, including scores of elderly Holocaust survivors, braved a torrential downpour on Thursday which cut short the annual March of the Living at Auschwitz in Poland , in tribute to the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. Read more

Who’s side?

There’s no question that the challenges we Jews are facing at this moment, internally and externally, are enormous and scary. Read more

Palestinian officials vote to create a vice presidency

The Palestinian Authority has announced the creation of a vice presidency under 89-year-old leader Mahmoud Abbas, who has not specified a successor. Read more

Impervious and Incurable

Yom Hashoah this year is being commemorated in the shadow of the worst outbreak of Jew hatred seen since the Nazi era. Read more

The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz

Echoes of history’s discords – book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more

Australia calls for Israel to end Gaza aid blockade

Australia has added its voice to calls from the UK, France and Germany for Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza with the population at risk of starvation. Read more

Survivor lights torch, prays for hostages at Yad Vashem

Holocaust survivor Gad Fartouk, 93, lit one of six memorial torches at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Wednesday night during Israel’s official state ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more

Israeli official: We’re not downplaying Pope’s death

An Israeli official pushed back on Wednesday against claims that Israel was muting its reaction to the death of Pope Francis last week. Read more

One in 10 Israeli Shoah survivors died in past year

Approximately 120,000 of the Holocaust survivors who made the Jewish state their home after the 1941-1945 destruction of European Jewry remain alive as of this month, the Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs revealed ahead of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more

From Rome to Jerusalem: the unfinished dialogue between Jews and the Vatican

When Pope Pius XII, Eugenio Pacelli, died in 1958, the debate over his silence during the Holocaust had already spanned continents and consciences. Read more

Yom HaShoah and the meaning of “never again”, in a world that forgets

As Yom HaShoah — Holocaust Remembrance Day — approaches, Jewish communities around the world prepare to honour the memory of six million Jews murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators, along with millions of others targeted for who they were. Read more

Shabbat Shmini

 Two Brothers Go Wrong Read more

L’Chaim to Life: in Macnamara vote Burns [1] and Saulo [2] putting them both ahead of the Greens

Morry Frenkel speaks with Tony Lupton, a passionate campaigner against what he refers to as the ‘extremist’ Greens Party, about preferencing candidates for the seat of Macnamara in the upcoming federal election. Read more

Anzac Day- Memory and Destiny

What a remarkable day, this Anzac Day is for us as Australians and for our fellow New Zealanders. Read more

Worldwide antisemitism levels decline but still higher than before Oct 7

On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Centre for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry and the Irwin Cotler Institute for Democracy, Human Rights and Justice, both at Tel Aviv University, publish the Annual Antisemitism Worldwide Report, focusing on 2024. Read more

Raving over fire that threatened Jewish governor?

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Bradfield candidates share personal stakes and policy depth

In a Federal Electoral Forum defined by civility and depth, but marked by moments of powerful personal testimony, Bradfield candidates Gisele Kapterian and Nicolette Boele addressed a packed crowd at Sydney’s North Shore Synagogue on Tuesday night. Read more

Israel posts, then deletes, condolences over pope

The Israeli government shared and then deleted a social media post offering condolences over the death of Pope Francis, without saying why. Read more

Netanyahu besieged: Israel’s endless revolt

They call it a revolution—the ceaseless internal upheaval, the persistent subterranean tremor that has characterised Israel’s history in these long months, as much as the war fought across seven fronts. There is, however, an eighth front: the war waged against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more

Hamas’s ‘all-or-nothing’ strategy: Why it rejected a partial deal

Hamas’s refusal to accept a recent Israeli partial deal offer for a ceasefire and the release of some 10 Israeli hostages is a calculated attempt to ensure its long-term survival by forcing Israel to end the war on the terror group’s terms, former Israeli defence officials told JNS in recent days. Read more

‘How about we put pressure where it really belongs, on Hamas,’ Huckabee tells WHO

Mike Huckabee, the newly installed U.S. ambassador to Israel, shared a public response to Dr. Hanan Balkhy, regional director for the eastern Mediterranean at the World Health Organisation, who called on him to allow more aid into Gaza. Read more

Josh Burns joins others in in Labor over Greens preference deals

With less than two weeks until the federal election, Labor MP Josh Burns has taken a stance that sets him apart from most of his colleagues. Read more

New ceasefire proposal presented to Hamas in Cairo talks

Qatari and Egyptian mediators have presented a new ceasefire framework to Hamas, including a multi-year truce, the release of all Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian security prisoners and a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, according to a report on Monday. Read more

66,250 Holocaust survivors will remain in 2035, Claims Conference predicts

A report that the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany published yesterday about aging Holocaust survivors suggests “sobering insights into the future of this incredible community,” per the nearly 75-year-old nonprofit, which estimates that it will distribute about US$530 million in compensation this year to Holocaust survivors worldwide, and $960 million for welfare needs of survivors. Read more

ECAJ president urges dignity and respect at the polls

As pre-polling opens across Australia today, Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) president Daniel Aghion KC has called on the Jewish community to uphold dignity and civility during the federal election campaign.

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Macron’s Middle East ‘grandstanding’ will backfire

This week, Israel revoked the entry visas of 27 French lawmakers and local officials. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

Eva Bacon – dress designer, political activist, and feminist Read more

Neighbours ‘shame’ TV star after Nazi salute charge

A former actor and political candidate, who starred in Neighbours and McLeod’s Daughters, has faced court charged with performing a Nazi salute. Read more

Mourning Pope Francis

Pope Francis was, without question, the most important and most influential religious and theological figure of the 21^st century, not just for Roman Catholics, not just for Christians, but for Jews as well. Read more

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