Rabbi Shmotkin brings message of inner health to Australia
June 26, 2025 by Rob Klein
When Rabbi Levi Shmotkin first began reading the letters of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, writing a book was the furthest thing from his mind. Read more
Lang Lang solo recital featuring romantic music
June 26, 2025 by Shirley Politzer
A music review by Shirley Politzer Read more
L’Chaim to Life: David Slade
June 26, 2025 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with David Slade, president of UIA-Keren Hayesod Victoria. Read more
Shabbat Korach
June 26, 2025 by Henry Benjamin
Unpredictability Read more
‘Torn’ Aussies flee conflict as many more left waiting
June 26, 2025 by AAP
Australians have started returning home from Israel after the 12-day war with Iran, but thousands more are still looking for a way out of the region. Read more
I’m not antisemitic: Tredrea responds amid Port probe
June 26, 2025 by AAP J-Wire
Port Adelaide great and board member Warren Tredrea, whose podcast is the subject of a formal governance review by the AFL club, says he is not antisemitic. Read more
US-Iran peace talks ‘promising’ as fragile truce holds
President Donald Trump’s envoy is confident Washington and Tehran can come to a long-term peace deal, as a ceasefire between Israel and Iran continues to hold. Read more
Israel wins stunning 12-Day War
June 25, 2025 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
With U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire, Israel is emerging as the true victor of what Trump has aptly termed the 12-Day War with Iran. Read more
Soldier Boy
June 25, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Seven Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza after terrorist attaches bomb to APC
June 25, 2025 by Ehud Zion Waldoks
Seven Israeli soldiers were killed in Khan Yunis when a bomb blew up their armoured personnel carrier, the Israel Defence Forces said on Wednesday morning, the deadliest incident in a year. Read more
Trump’s stance on Middle East clear, despite F-bomb: PM
Anthony Albanese says Donald Trump’s views in the Middle East are “pretty clear” when the US president swore during comments on a ceasefire. Read more
Premier’s staff do an about-face after arrest threat
June 25, 2025 by AAP
The NSW premier’s right-hand man will be spared arrest after he and fellow staffers gave in to demands to face up to a hate crimes inquiry centred on an explosive-laden caravan. Read more
Antoinette’s “ill advised” post got her fired and $70,000
The ABC has been ordered to pay $70,000 in compensation to a fill-in radio host fired for an “inconsiderate” post about Israeli actions in Gaza. Read more
Ceasefire holding
June 25, 2025 by TPS-IL
As a ceasefire between Israel and Iran took hold on Tuesday, Israeli officials reported 28 deaths and over 3,000 injuries from 12 days of Iranian missile attacks. Read more
Israeli Defence Minister orders strikes on Tehran after Iran violates ceasefire
June 24, 2025 by Pesach Benson
Following renewed Iranian missile fire on northern Israel after a ceasefire began on Tuesday morning, Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered the Israel Defence Forces to renew strikes on Tehran. Read more
Lightscape, at the Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens
June 24, 2025 by Alex First
An installation reviewed by Alex First Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past
June 24, 2025 by Ruth Lilian
Julius Stone AO OBE – a premier legal theorist, brilliant scholar, philosopher, and writer Read more
Israel-Iran truce in effect, don’t violate it: Trump
June 24, 2025 by Reuters
President Donald Trump has declared a ceasefire is in place for Israel and Iran after 12 days of war, soon after Tehran reportedly launched its last missiles. Read more
Israel accepts ceasefire, says all war objectives were met
June 24, 2025 by Pesach Benson
Israel confirmed its agreement to a U.S.-brokered bilateral ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday but warned it will “respond forcefully to any violation,” according to a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. Read more
Orderly, coherent or flat-footed: PM rejects criticism
June 24, 2025 by AAP
Anthony Albanese has dismissed suggestions he was “flat-footed” after US bombing raids on Iran, as he called for a ceasefire to hold between Iran and Israel. Read more
Search for Survivors in Beer-Sheva Continues, Iran Says Ceasefire Has Begun
June 24, 2025 by Pesach Benson
Israeli rescue crews in Beer-Sheva continued to search for survivors in the rubble of a multi-story apartment building that was struck by an Iranian ballistic missile on Tuesday morning.
Israeli Air Force hits core of Iranian regime control in Tehran
June 23, 2025 by Pesach Benson
Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck command centres and assets in Tehran tasked with holding the Iranian regime’s grip on power, the Israel Defence Forces said on Monday. Read more
Would anyone but Trump have done it?
June 23, 2025 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Donald Trump appears to have fooled both his friends and foes. And he has done something none of his predecessors dared to do. Read more
Knesset illuminated in red, white and blue in tribute to US strikes on Iran
June 23, 2025 by JNS
Israeli landmarks in Jerusalem on Sunday honoured the United States with special gestures of gratitude following the American military’s aerial operation against Iran’s nuclear facilities the previous night. Read more
Israel endures longest-ever state of alarm amid Iranian missile barrage
June 23, 2025 by Pesach Benson
Israelis were cleared to leave their protected areas after spending 40 minutes in shelters on Monday, the country’s longest state of alarm of the eleven-day conflict with Iran. Read more
Netanyahu visits the Western Wall
June 23, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
On Sunday evening, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem, where they recited a special prayer for the well-being of IDF soldiers and the security forces, and the well-being of the hostages in Gaza. Read more
Feintooner
June 23, 2025 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Nuclear Shrinkage Read more
Trump was not fiddling whilst Israel burned
June 23, 2025 by David Singer
President Trump’s devastating attack on Iran’s Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites could see Trump shortly reveal his long-awaited solution on the future of Judea and Samaria (West Bank). Read more
New Zealand wants justification for US bombings in Iran
June 23, 2025 by AAP
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon has declined to give the United States support for its bombing attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Read more
Photos show severe damage to Iran plant, doubts remain
June 23, 2025 by Reuters
A former UN nuclear inspector says Iran’s bombed nuclear plant is likely ‘toast’, but its stockpile of highly enriched uranium may have escaped the strike. Read more
