Anti-Israel demonstrators want to erase Jewish existence, including its music
October 21, 2025 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Israel-haters had been advocating for a ceasefire in Gaza ever since the Hamas-led mobs of Palestinians completed their orgy of mass murder, rape, torture, kidnapping and wanton destruction on Oct. 7, 2023. Read more
Maccabi Tel Aviv declines allocation for Aston Villa match issuing a strong statement
Maccabi Tel Aviv announced last night that it has decided to decline any allocation offered for away fans at next month’s match against Aston Villa in Birmingham. Read more
The Rest of Our Lives
October 21, 2025 by Anne Sarzin
Road trip exposes family fault lines Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more
JIFF launches with a deadly dinner party in “Bad Shabbos”
October 21, 2025 by Rob Klein
The Jewish International Film Festival has opened with a lively farce in Bad Shabbos, a sharp, fast-paced comedy that turns a well-intentioned Shabbat dinner into complete mayhem.
The ceasefire illusion: confronting the hypocrisy of a movement that never wanted peace
October 21, 2025 by Michael Gencher
Yesterday, I was confronted by someone who insisted that Israel had broken the ceasefire. Read more
King visits Manchester synagogue attacked by ‘IS supporter’
King Charles has visited a synagogue in northern England where two Jewish worshippers were killed earlier this month during an attack by a man who told police he was acting for the Islamic State group. Read more
Netanyahu meets US envoys, Hamas hands over another body
October 21, 2025 by Reuters
US special envoy Steve Witkoff and the US president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are visiting Israel to shore up a tenuous ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Read more
JCCV launches information hub for community
October 21, 2025 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has launched its new Research & Data Hub for the community. Read more
New CEO at Melbourne Holocaust Museum
October 21, 2025 by David Marlow
The Melbourne Holocaust Museum has announced the appointment of its new CEO, Dr Breann Fallon. Read more
Australian October 7 survivor speaks to AIJAC and NSW SZC, criticises Australian government
October 21, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Geoffrey “Danny” Majzner, an Australian oleh and October 7 survivor from Kibbutz Be’eri, recently addressed a function co-sponsored by the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council and the State Zionist Council of NSW. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past
October 21, 2025 by Ruth Lilian
Stephanie Deste – actor, dancer, radio broadcaster and beautician – Part 1 Read more
Israel’s life expectancy rises to 83.8 years, fourth highest in the world: OECD
October 20, 2025 by Pesach Benson
Israelis’ life expectancy has risen sharply, placing the country among the world’s healthiest nations, according to new data released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Ministry of Health. Read more
Gaza ceasefire, aid to resume
October 20, 2025 by Reuters
Israel says the Gaza ceasefire has resumed after its military launched deadly air strikes after Hamas killed two Israeli soldiers in the enclave. Read more
Israeli deputy FM kicks off historic visit to Pacific including NZ
October 20, 2025 by Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel began a historic trip to the Pacific on Sunday, which will include the first-ever official state visit by a representative of the Israeli government to Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Read more
Trump & Bibi bury Biden/UN “State of Palestine” in Gaza’s rubble
October 20, 2025 by David Singer
President Trump’s confident declaration that the Israel-Gaza War is over has seen the State of Palestine envisioned and proposed by President Biden and adopted by the UN Security Council in Resolution 2735 on 10 June 2024 (Biden/UN State of Palestine) being buried in the rubble of Gaza: Read more
Feintooner
October 20, 2025 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Genocide by any other name Read more
BREAKING NEWS
October 19, 2025 by TPS-IL
Breaking: Israel Launches Airstrikes in Rafah as Hamas Violates Ceasefire
FM Sa’ar to UK counterpart: reverse shameful Maccabi fans ban
October 19, 2025 by TPS-IL
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar spoke with British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, voicing his opposition to the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending the European League match against Aston Villa next month. Read more
Tear gas used as ‘March for Australia’ protest turns violent
Riot police deployed pepper spray, tear gas, and rubber bullets as violent clashes erupted between anti-immigration protesters and counter-demonstrators in Melbourne’s CBD on Sunday.
‘Peeling away the layers of damage’
October 19, 2025 by Amelie Botbol - JNS
They have to learn how to live again—it’s like being reborn,” Tamar Pfeffer-Gik, a clinical dietitian at Rabin Medical Centre–Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah, told JNS on Wednesday about hostages returned from Gaza after two years in Hamas captivity. Read more
Mamdani’s anti-Israel obsession is key to his rise
October 19, 2025 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
With less than three weeks until Election Day in New York City, it’s clear that the hopes for preventing the election of Zohran Mamdani as the next mayor are dwindling. Read more
Israel receives two more hostage bodies from Red Cross
October 19, 2025 by Agencies
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has handed over two more bodies of presumed Israeli hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross. Read more
Gaza-Egypt border crossing to stay closed
October 19, 2025 by Agencies
The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will remain closed until further notice, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, adding its reopening will depend on Hamas handing over the bodies of more dead hostages, as the two sides trade blame over ceasefire violations. Read more
Trump threatens to ‘kill’ Hamas if Gaza executions continue
October 17, 2025 by J-Wire
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Hamas on Thursday over the terrorist group’s ongoing executions of civilians in Gaza. Read more
Hamas isn’t listening to your threats, Mr. President
October 17, 2025 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Returning to Washington after his triumphant visit to Jerusalem to address the Knesset and to help welcome home the remaining hostages he helped free from Hamas in Gaza, President Donald Trump said something important. Read more
Sir Frank Lowy reflects on antisemitism
October 17, 2025 by Michael Stutchbury
Last weekend, I was honoured to catch up again with Frank Lowy, surely Australia’s most successful 20th-century immigrant. Read more
The Secret of Secrets
October 17, 2025 by Anne Sarzin
Dan Brown and Jewish mysticism Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more
Political wannabe ‘not Nazi saluting, just waving’
October 17, 2025 by AAP
A failed political candidate has denied performing a Nazi salute at an AFL game, instead saying he was just waving to the players. Read more
Dutch masterpiece is returned to Jewish family after over 80 years
October 17, 2025 by David Marlow
After a twenty-year battle with the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), the painting ‘Lady with a Fan’ has been returned to the Jewish family, forced to sell it to the Nazis in the 1930s. Read more
Israel, Hamas trade blame over truce violations
October 17, 2025 by Reuters
Israel remains committed to a ceasefire deal, and is urging Hamas to return the bodies of deceased hostages yet to be handed over. Read more
