Vic Alhadeff awarded honorary doctorate

Vic Alhadeff has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Sydney in recognition of a career “championing human rights, combating hate speech and fostering community cohesion through his work as a journalist, public servant and advocate”. Read more

Australia accuses Israel of politicising aid in Gaza

Penny Wong has joined a host of foreign ministers calling on Israel to allow full humanitarian aid including food and medicine into the besieged Gaza Strip. Read more

Program tackling Melbourne’s Jewish homeless youth

Lighthouse Foundation and Pathways Melbourne have announced a groundbreaking partnership aimed at tackling homelessness and trauma among Jewish youth in Victoria. Read more

Nice Work If You Can Get It

A Melbourne musical reviewed by Alex First Read more

Little People of the Book

More than 100 children and adults gathered at Emanuel Synagogue and Emanuel Woollahra Preschool  for the first Little People of the Books event. Read more

MDA Milk Bank: a symbol of unity and compassion

The Magen David Adom Milk Bank is a life-saving initiative that provides breast milk to babies who require nutritional support, regardless of their religious or cultural background. Read more

Harvard University loses another $93m in federal grants

The Trump administration has cut another $A93 million in funding for one of America’s most prestigious Ivy League universities. Read more

Academic freedom for some

How New Zealand universities marginalise pro-Israel voices. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

Sarah Saqui – great-aunt to May Saqui, and a most interesting lady Read more

Mossad recovers secret Syrian archive of legendary spy Eli Cohen

In a dramatic intelligence coup, Israel’s Mossad has retrieved the official Syrian archive of legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen, the Prime Minister’s Office revealed Sunday. Read more

‘I did not break’: former hostage Arbel Yehud recounts 482 days of horror in Gaza

Former Israeli hostage Arbel Yehud describes her captivity to the Knesset’s Constitution Committee on May 19, 2025. Photo by Knesset Spokesperson/TPS-IL. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: The Ups and Downs of Parallel Pursuits Read more

Humans 2.0

A Melbourne Circa performance reviewed by Alex First Read more

Jewish community leaders warn NSW inquiry of ‘terrifying’ rise in antisemitism

The NSW Jewish community has issued a powerful call for urgent and sustained action against antisemitism, warning a parliamentary inquiry that the state is experiencing the worst wave of anti-Jewish hate in living memory—across schools, universities, online platforms, and public spaces.
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United Nations readies to increase Jew-hatred worldwide

A scheduled United Nations high-level conference to take place on June 17-20, 2025, in New York will be the trigger point for increased demonstrations against Jews and Israel worldwide. Read more

Israel to let food into Gaza as fresh assault continues

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says a “basic amount” of food will be allowed into Gaza after the military ramped up its ground offensive. Read more

Netanyahu confirms Israel weighing ceasefire and broader Gaza war exit plan

Signalling a notable shift, Israeli negotiators in Qatar are exploring both a short-term ceasefire proposal and a broader agreement to end the Gaza conflict entirely, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Sunday. Read more

Israel’s Yuval Raphael takes second place in Eurovision

Israeli singer Yuval Raphael came in second place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Grand Final in Basel, Switzerland, on Saturday night, after being pipped at the post by Austrian singer JJ. Read more

Israel’s role in Trump’s vision for the Mideast

Two major misconceptions continue to distort the conversation about the Middle East, Israel and the war in Gaza. Read more

On the other hand

The thirty-third day of counting the Omer, known as Lag B’Omer, is being celebrated this week. Read more

Israel attacks Yemeni ports, warns Houthi leader

The Israeli military says it has dropped more than 30 munitions on Houthi targets in its eighth such attack. Read more

University problems in New Zealand

Pamphlets have been distributed by Uni Workers for Palestine at Wellington’s Victoria University, publicising grotesque falsehoods about Israel, Zionism, and the Jewish people. Read more

Man charged with 53 hate crimes after being caught red-handed in Sydney’s Inner West

A 21-year-old man has been arrested and charged with 53 hate-related offences after police allegedly caught him in the act of spray-painting offensive graffiti in Petersham early Sunday morning.

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Israel’s Yuval Raphael reaches Eurovision Grand Final

Israeli singer Yuval Raphael has advanced to the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Grand Final, following a powerful and emotionally resonant performance of her ballad “New Day Will Rise” during Thursday night’s second semifinal in Basel, Switzerland. Read more

The gold-plated peacenik in the White House

When Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election last year, many in Israel thought they’d dodged a bullet. Read more

ICC cases grind to halt due to Trump sanctions against court, report says

The work of Karim Khan, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, has ground to a halt since U.S. President Donald Trump slapped the top ICC official with sanctions, the Associated Press reported on Thursday. Read more

Greens continues to focus on Gaza

The Greens won’t back down from their stance on issues like Israel’s attacks on Gaza, new leader Larissa Waters says, despite the party losing seats at the federal election. Read more

More than an ambulance service

From high-tech innovation to humanitarian heroism, Magen David Adom is saving lives every day—and now Australians can step up and help carry the stretcher figuratively. Read more

Echoes of a disastrous past

Students of history will recognise current developments as yet another disastrous rerun of past failed political objectives. Read more

Woke Aida

The opera Aida was composed by Giuseppe Verdi and first performed in 1871. Read more

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