Feintooner
May 26, 2025 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Words and Deeds Read more
Melbourne school hosts 12th annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony on historic VE Day anniversary
May 26, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Courage to Care Victoria was again honoured to support Alkira Secondary College’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. Read more
Article 80 UN Charter affirms Jewish rule from River to the Sea
May 26, 2025 by David Singer
The United Nations (UN) continues to act illegally in flagrant breach of article 80 of its own Charter. Read more
Israeli forces eliminate Gaza terror squad in four minutes
May 25, 2025 by Ehud Amiton - TPS
A squad of Palestinian terrorists in northern Gaza who fired on Israeli soldiers was eliminated within four minutes, the Israel Defence Forces said on Sunday morning. Read more
Former Israeli hostage tells French FM: ‘It’s them or us’
May 25, 2025 by David Isaac - JNS
Former Hamas hostage Agam Berger told French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot during a meeting in France on Saturday that Israel has no choice but to fight the terrorist group. Read more
Mia Schem’s hostage-solidarity ribbon confiscated at Cannes
May 25, 2025 by JNS
Security personnel at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival on Saturday confiscated a yellow ribbon worn to the event by Mia Schem, a 22-year-old dual Israeli-French citizen and former Hamas hostage, in solidarity with captives still held in Gaza. Read more
Douglas Murray: Israel can’t afford to leave Hamas in Gaza
May 25, 2025 by Canaan Lidor - JNS
Despite mounting international pressure and war costs, Israel cannot afford to end it war “with Hamas in power in any form,” British public intellectual Douglas Murray told JNS last week. Read more
On the other hand
May 25, 2025 by Michael Kuttner
The number of Jewish foreign residents who are buying a “bolt hole” in Israel is increasing at a spectacular rate. Read more
Washington Jewish Museum shooting “a stark reminder”
May 25, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Following the shooting of Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, in Washington, the Sydney Jewish Museum’s CEO, Kevin Sumption, said that this is a stark reminder that the threat of violence and hatred is ever-present. Read more
Think tank takes on antisemitism
May 25, 2025 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A major three-year research initiative to combat antisemitism and other forms of religious discrimination in Australia has been launched by the Sydney-based think tank Centre for Independent Studies. Read more
Jerusalem Day
May 23, 2025 by Jeremy Rosen
This morning, I overheard a conversation in the gym in which someone was declaring, in reference to the murders of the two Jews in Washington, that there are crazy people everywhere and murders happen. Read more
Robert Goot retains WJC prestigious post
May 23, 2025 by J-Wire
ECAJ deputy president Robert Goot has been re-elected as co-chair of the policy council of the World Jewish Congress. Read more
Predictability
May 23, 2025 by Michael Kuttner
There are some things in life so predictable and invariable that when they occur, there should be no sense of surprise. Read more
Melting Point
May 23, 2025 by Anne Sarzin
Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin
A Jewish family story and the search for a Jewish homeland
Anat Vidor named a vice president of the World Jewish Congress
May 23, 2025 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In a landmark appointment that cements Australia’s imprint on global Jewish leadership, World WIZO President Anat Vidor, formerly of WIZO NSW, has been elected Vice President for International Organisations at the World Jewish Congress (WJC). Read more
L’Chaim – To Life: George Foster
May 23, 2025 by Features Desk
Celebrating survival and resilience Read more
The Birds
May 23, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Cleaner energy for 100 Jewish homes
May 23, 2025 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A new initiative will support 100 Jewish families in replacing gas appliances with efficient, electric alternatives powered by clean energy. Read more
Debut novelist wins 2025 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish literature
May 23, 2025 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ukrainian-American author Sasha Vasilyuk has been named the 2025 winner of the prestigious Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for her debut novel Your Presence Is Mandatory. Read more
Honouring those who rescued fellow Jews in the Holocaust
May 23, 2025 by Henry Benjamin
A symbolic cornerstone was laid on Wednesday for the Jewish Rescuers Grove, a first-of-its-kind memorial honouring Jews who risked everything to save fellow Jews during the Holocaust. Read more
Rossini in Paris
May 23, 2025 by Shirley Politzer
A music review by Shirley Politzer Read more
Beetlejuice the Musical
May 22, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne musical reviewed by Alex First Read more
L’Chaim to Life: Julie Nathan
May 22, 2025 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Julie Nathan, Research Director at the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ). Read more
Israeli soldiers fire near visiting diplomats on West Bank
May 22, 2025 by Reuters
The Israeli army has fired shots near a diplomatic delegation touring the city of Jenin in the north of the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority says. Read more
Shabbat Behar & Bechukotai
May 22, 2025 by Jeremy Rosen
Two Israeli diplomats about to become engaged gunned down in Washington
May 22, 2025 by Pesach Benson
Two Israeli embassy staff members were fatally shot outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC on Wednesday night in what Israeli and U.S. officials are calling a targeted act of antisemitic violence. Read more
Hillel Neuer calls on Australia to end funding for UNRWA and confront UN bias
“Your tax dollars are funding hate.”
More Gaza strikes as global criticism of Israel grows
May 21, 2025 by Reuters
The Mideast war, now in its 20th month, has left Gaza in ruins and strained Israel’s relations with much of the world. Read more
Blood libel’: Yair Golan under fire for Gaza comments
May 20, 2025 by Pesach Benson
Israeli officials across the political divides lashed out at opposition Knesset member Yair Golan on Tuesday after he said Israel was killing children in Gaza “as a hobby.” Read more
Amid mourning, family names baby born after terror attack
May 20, 2025 by Pesach Benson
The newborn son of Tzeela Gez, the 30-year-old woman killed in last week’s terror attack, was named this morning in a special ceremony at the Gez family home in Bruchin. Read more
