Israel’s President Isaac Herzog receives U.S. ambassador’s diplomatic credentials

Mike Huckabee is now officially the new U.S. ambassador to Israel, having presented his credentials to President Herzog. Read more

Pope Francis: a legacy of Jewish outreach and Israel dialogue

Pope Francis, spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church for more than a decade, died today at the age of 88. Read more

Jewish leaders condemn Dreyfus for preferencing Greens in Isaacs

Australia’s peak Jewish representative body has written to Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus KC MP expressing “deep disappointment” over Labor’s decision to recommend preferences to the Greens in the federal seat of Isaacs, which Dreyfus currently holds.

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Smear campaign: illegal pamphlets target Allegra

The election watchdog has launched a probe into unauthorised pamphlets, which an independent MP has decried as ‘negative’ and ‘unlawful’.
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St Matthew Passion – Mendelssohn’s 1841 version

A music review by Shirley Politzer Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: The 3.67% delusion Read more

Huckabee arrives in Israel to represent Trump’s views – not his

Mike Huckabee – America’s first-ever evangelical Christian Ambassador to Israel – has – on his first day in office – visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem – the most sacred place in Judaism – a remnant of the Second Temple – destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE. Read more

SmartAID’s AI mapping brings hope to Ukraine’s landmine struggle

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Hamas says fate of Israeli-US hostage unknown

A Hamas guard who was holding Israeli-US citizen Edan Alexander has been killed, the militant group’s armed wing says, making the fate of the hostage unclear. Read more

Britain’s Board of Deputies members says Israel’s soul is being ripped out

Members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews have publicly criticised Israel’s government in an open letter published Thursday in the Financial Times saying “they can no longer “turn a blind eye” to the war in Gaza, Read more

Former hostage Noa Argamani one of TIME’s 100 most influential people

It’s been less than a year since Noa Argamani was pulled from the chaos of captivity, freed in a high-risk operation by Israeli forces after eight months in the clutches of Hamas. Read more

The real lesson of the attack on Josh Shapiro

The attack on the home of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro carries a number of lessons, none sharper and more urgent than the wake-up call for those who are least likely to want to acknowledge it. Read more

Soccer star Haaland video chats with freed Israeli hostage

Omer Shem Tov, a former hostage of Hamas terrorists in Gaza, on Wednesday posted online a video of him speaking on the phone with Norwegian football star Erling Haaland. Read more

Bereaved Israeli families celebrate a challenging Passover—together

While Jews around the world gathered around the Seder table to retell the story of the Exodus from Egypt, hundreds of families in Israel could not bear to face that table with the trauma of the empty chair. Read more

Hamas ‘ready to release all hostages’ to end Gaza war

Hamas says they are ready to return all remaining Israeli hostages as part of a broader deal for peace in Gaza, and will no longer agree to interim deals. Read more

IDF rescues dog taken to Gaza on Oct. 7

Israeli soldiers in Rafah recently rescued a dog stolen from Kibbutz Nir Oz during Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 invasion, Hebrew media reported on Tuesday. Read more

A lifeline for Israel’s southern communities

In Israel’s southern periphery, life has never been simple. These are communities built on the foundations of resilience and courage – families living under constant threat but determined to thrive. Read more

Absurd, unchecked, and dangerous: the extremism behind the USyd Student General Meeting

At the University of Sydney, a new wave of radical, misinformed activism is pushing student politics into dangerous and antisemitic territory. Read more

Chaim Shine’s Pesach

I don’t usually send out the ideas of others. But this is an exception. Read more

Maldives bans Israeli passport holders amid Gaza conflict

The Maldives has officially barred Israeli passport holders from entering the country, citing solidarity with Palestinians amid the Jewish state’s war against Hamas in Gaza initiated by the terrorist group’s Oct. 7, 2023, murder-and-kidnapping spree. Read more

A torch across oceans: Maccabiah flame unites continents on its journey to Israel

This month, the Maccabiah torch arrived in Australia, marking a significant moment in its international journey toward the 2025 Maccabiah Games in Israel. The flame, a symbol of Jewish unity and pride, touched down at Sydney’s Bondi Beach after travelling more than 15,000 kilometres from Jerusalem.

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Triguboff Institute marks three years of partnership in supporting the relocation of young professionals from Russia to Israel

64 young Russian-speaking, men and women in their twenties and thirties have participated in the Aliyah Preparatory Track for professionals in the fields of technology, computers, and marketing, in advance of their entry into Israel’s high-tech industries. Read more

A Pesach journey into the heart of Sephardic-Portuguese heritage in the Caribbean

My recent Pesach Seder, hosted by Rabbi Dr. Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota’s family in Santiago—the Dominican Republic’s vibrant second-largest city—was an experience of profound cultural resonance and renewal. Read more

Air Force accidentally drops a bomb on a kibbutz

An Israeli Air Force jet has accidentally dropped a bomb near the Gaza border community of Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on Tuesday evening due to a technical malfunction during an airstrike in the Strip. Read more

Dry Bones was resurrected as Israel’s premier cartoonist at age 81

Much has been written about the life of Yaakov Kirschen – known as “Dry Bones” to his large number of adoring fans – but little has been written about his return to drawing cartoons in his eighties until his death on 14 April at the age of 87. Read more

Israeli security officer arrested for alleged leaks to cabinet minister, journalists

A gag order surrounding a sensitive Israeli security investigation was lifted Tuesday, revealing that an officer in the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) was arrested for allegedly leaking classified documents to a Cabinet minister and two Israeli journalists. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

Pinchas Goldhar – A Pioneer Australian Yiddish Writer Read more

Iran says nuclear talks with US to continue in Oman

Donald Trump has reiterated his threat of drastic consequences for Iran over its nuclear program as plans are made to resume negotiations in Oman. Read more

Sharp policy divides on Israel and antisemitism revealed in pre-election survey

A new election survey conducted by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has revealed significant differences between the Labor Party and the Coalition on key issues affecting the Jewish community, particularly on matters of foreign policy, community security, and antisemitism.

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Pro-Palestinian candidate’s sermon alarms ahead of Blaxland election battle

A pro-Palestinian candidate mounting a serious challenge in the federal seat of Blaxland has sparked outrage after telling worshippers during a sermon, “I felt like I was dead, and 7th of October gave me life.” Read more

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