Netanyahu to undergo sedated medical exam; Justice Minister to temporarily lead
May 30, 2025 by Pesach Benson
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo a “routine medical examination” on Friday, during which he is expected to be sedated, his office said. Read more
Shavuot 2025: Everything you need to know
May 30, 2025 by JNS
This year, Shavuot begins on the evening of June 1. Here’s everything you need to know about one of the major festivals on the Jewish calendar. Read more
Slain Israeli infant Ravid Chaim Gez buried next to mother in Jerusalem
May 30, 2025 by Akiva van Koningsveld
Ravid Chaim Gez, the infant son of terror victim Tzeela Gez, was buried on Thursday evening, hours after succumbing to his wounds sustained in the shooting attack that claimed his mother’s life two weeks ago. Read more
Diaspora Jews under siege
May 30, 2025 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Travelling in America over the past three weeks to speak about my new book, I found a Jewish community in shock, bewilderment, and, after the murderous attack last week on a young couple outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., gripped by rising fear. Read more
US-backed Gaza aid group delivers nearly a million meals on Thursday
May 30, 2025 by JNS
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.-backed independent aid distributor, said that it had delivered 997,920 meals on Thursday via three sites, including a new site that opened in Bureij, in central Gaza. Read more
D.C. couple gunned down amid climate of incitement
May 30, 2025 by Bruce S. Ticker
Between sirens and drones the Kyiv Jewish community prepares for Shavuos
May 30, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Hyperbolic Hypocrisy
May 30, 2025 by Michael Kuttner
Israel has been targeted by an unprecedented barrage of hypocritical claims and denunciations. Read more
Opposition calls on PM to take up Israel trip invite
The opposition’s foreign affairs spokeswoman Michaelia Cash is calling on the PM to travel to Israel after he criticised the state for blocking aid into Gaza. Read more
Israel has accepted a new US proposal for a ceasefire
May 30, 2025 by Associated Press
In fresh signs of progress, Israel has accepted a new US proposal for a temporary ceasefire with Hamas, the White House says. Read more
Lakemba cleric apologises for antisemitic sermon, but doubts over sincerity
An extremist cleric who preached that Jews were “bloodthirsty monsters” who “ran like rats” during the October 7 Hamas attacks has issued a formal apology following a racial vilification complaint lodged by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ).
Shabbat BaMidbar
May 29, 2025 by Jeremy Rosen
The Bible is the most amazing of documents on so many different levels. Read more
Herzog slams ‘genocidal’ Hamas at global summit on Holocaust
May 29, 2025 by Canaan Lidor - JNS
At an international meeting in Jerusalem on Wednesday about Holocaust commemoration, Israeli President Isaac Herzog urged governments worldwide to help free the hostages in Gaza from “genocidal, jihadist” Hamas, as he termed the terrorist group. Read more
US-backed aid centres expand operations in Gaza
May 29, 2025 by JNS
A third humanitarian aid distribution centre opened in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday as part of a U.S.-led initiative to provide direct assistance to Palestinian civilians, according to Israel’s Army Radio military correspondent Doron Kadosh. Read more
ECAJ condemns Husic’s sanctions call
May 29, 2025 by Rob Klein
Australia’s peak Jewish body has launched a blistering attack on former federal minister Ed Husic, condemning his call for sanctions on Israel and a diplomatic rebuke of its ambassador over the Gaza conflict.
Netanyahu confirms Israel killed Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar
May 29, 2025 by Pesach Benson
Addressing the Knesset plenum on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disclosed that Hamas’ top commander, Mohammed Sinwar, is dead. Read more
A game-changer on the battlefield’: Israel makes history with combat laser interceptions
May 29, 2025 by Pesach Benson
Israel has become the first country to deploy high-power laser systems in combat, successfully intercepting scores of active enemy threats, the Defence Ministry announced on Wednesday. Read more
Albanese answers questions on sanctions
May 28, 2025 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A former cabinet minister is urging Australia to sanction Israel for blocking food from people in Gaza, ramping up pressure on Labor ahead of an international conference aimed at advancing Palestinian statehood. Read more
Julian Leeser reappointed as shadow Attorney General
May 28, 2025 by Rob Klein
Federal Liberal MP Julian Leeser has been appointed Shadow Attorney-General and Shadow Minister for the Arts in a significant reshuffle of the Coalition frontbench, announced today following the reunification of the Liberal and National parties.
Police investigate “hateful” antisemitic graffiti in the Gold Coast
May 28, 2025 by Rob Klein
Queensland Police are investigating a shocking act of antisemitic vandalism discovered near Collyer Quays in Robina, Gold Coast. Read more
Not Nothing
May 28, 2025 by Anne Sarzin
Holocaust story prompts intergenerational dialogue. Read more
Bipartisan celebration of Israel’s 77th birthday
May 28, 2025 by David Marlow
State and federal politicians, multicultural community leaders, and Jewish community leaders met on Tuesday night in Melbourne to celebrate the 77th anniversary of Israel’s independence. Read more
IDF: Cannot confirm deaths of Gaza doctor’s children in airstrike
May 27, 2025 by JNS
The Israel Defence Forces said it cannot verify claims that nine children from the al-Najjar family were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis over the weekend. Read more
Elite Israeli units averted catastrophe in face of October 7 onslaught
May 27, 2025 by Ehud Amiton - TPS
An Israel Defence Forces investigation released Tuesday revealed how elite counterterrorism forces prevented a potentially catastrophic massacre during Hamas’s October 7 attack on Kibbutz Mefalsim and surrounding areas, though the operation came at a devastating cost to Israeli security forces. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past: Leo Fink
Leo Fink (1901-1972), manufacturer and Jewish welfare worker, was born on 31 October 1901 at Bialystok, Poland, then part of the Russian Empire, eldest son of Mordechai Fink, manufacturer, and his wife Masia, née Jablonska. Read more
Aid group begins Gaza operations amid airstrikes
May 27, 2025 by Reuters
With food in Gaza critically short after a three-month blockade, a US-backed foundation has begun delivering truckloads of food to distribution sites. Read more
Yvonne Engelman OAM 1927-2025
May 27, 2025 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Holocaust survivor and founding member of the Sydney Jewish Museum w.Yvonne Engelman has passed away at 98. Read more
Sydney’s new cemetery consecrated
May 26, 2025 by Henry Benjamin
The largest Sydney cemetery to be established in 100 years will provide 28,000 double-depth graves for the Jewish community. Read more
Albanese says Israel’s blockade of Gaza ‘an outrage’
May 26, 2025 by Rob Klein
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has sharply criticised Israel’s ongoing blockade of humanitarian aid into Gaza, calling the restrictions “outrageous” and accusing Israel of providing explanations that are “without credibility.” Read more
IDF hit Hamas, Islamic Jihad terrorists operating from Gaza school
May 26, 2025 by Ehud Amiton - TPS
Israel struck Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in a command and control centre established in a building formerly used as a school in Gaza City, Israeli security officials said on Monday. Read more
