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Israel to launch new Gaza aid distribution plan to bypass Hamas

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 7:09 pm

Israel is preparing to implement a new humanitarian aid distribution system in southern Gaza designed to prevent Hamas from seizing the supplies, according to a report on Tuesday. Read more

Yemen: Israel fights back

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 6:57 pm

Dozens of targets were attacked by around 20 fighter jets, and 50 munitions were dropped during the Israeli airstrike of Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah, the Israeli military has reported. Read more

Third man charged over antisemitic attack on former home of Jewish leader

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 5:25 pm

A third man has been charged over a deliberate antisemitic attack in Sydney’s east that targeted the former home of Alex Ryvchin, co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), amid a documented rise in hate-motivated incidents across the country.

Four Corners probe reveals fugitive behind hoax terror threat

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 5:19 pm

A dramatic Four Corners exposé that screened on the ABC this week revealed the alleged ringleader of a series of antisemitic assaults in Sydney. The man now in the middle of one of Australia’s strangest and most chilling criminal dramas has finally spoken out in self-imposed exile in Türkiye.

Israeli soccer star strikes to seal crown for England’s Leeds United

Monday, May 5, 2025 at 6:58 pm

Israeli international Manor Solomon fired Leeds United to the English Championship title on Saturday with a stoppage-time winner in a 2–1 victory over Plymouth Argyle. Read more

Israel green lights plan to expand attacks on Gaza

Monday, May 5, 2025 at 5:34 pm

The Israeli government has approved an expansion of the war in Gaza and also agreed to resume aid deliveries into the besieged enclave.
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A self-graffiti-ing Jew

Monday, May 5, 2025 at 5:12 pm

Ed Avner is a fervent Jewish Australian who runs an eponymous Jewish-themed bakery in Sydney’s Surry Hills. Read more

Antisemitism up 52% in Victoria

Monday, May 5, 2025 at 4:04 pm

The 2024 Victorian Antisemitism Report has reported a surge in antisemitic incidents in 2024, with a total of 552 recorded cases, marking the highest annual total ever documented. Read more

Scientists triple survival rates in severe blood loss breakthrough

Monday, May 5, 2025 at 11:09 am

A groundbreaking discovery could dramatically change the way severe blood loss is treated in emergencies, Israeli scientists announced on Monday. Read more

Israel moving to replace U.S. aid with ‘win-win’ investment model

Monday, May 5, 2025 at 10:17 am

Israeli officials are preparing to phase out a longstanding U.S. foreign aid model and establish a new framework based on joint investments, innovation, and equal partnership. Read more

Missile falls in Ben-Gurion airport complex for first time

Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 5:29 pm

A Houthi missile landed in a grove near a Ben-Gurion International Airport access road on Sunday morning, the Israel Defence Forces confirmed. Read more

Israel calls up thousands of reservists for Gaza war

Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 4:47 pm

Israel’s security cabinet is poised to discuss an expansion of the Gaza war as tens of thousands of Israeli reservists receive call-up notices. Read more

Leaders congratulate Labor on election victory

Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 8:57 am

Community leaders have congratulated Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party on their re-election in Australia’s 2025 election.

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Israeli soccer star strikes to seal crown for England’s Leeds United

Monday, May 5, 2025 at 6:58 pm

Israeli international Manor Solomon fired Leeds United to the English Championship title on Saturday with a stoppage-time winner in a 2–1 victory over Plymouth Argyle. Read more

Silver lining as Fox wins second medal at kayak titles

Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:43 pm

Olympic champ Noemie Fox has claimed her second medal in two days, clinching silver in the kayak championship at the Canoe Slalom Australian Open in Penrith. Read more

Jessica outfoxes rivals to claim Oceania championship

Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 11:48 am

Olympic canoe great Jessica Fox has shaken off the competition cobwebs to win the Oceania title in the K1 event, with her sister Noemie in fourth. Read more

Defending cycling Tour champion hurt in race crash

Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 4:43 pm

British cyclist Stevie Williams, the defending Tour Down Under champion and the No.1 rider for the Israel Premier Tech team, is nursing cuts on an elbow and knee after crashing during the pivotal third stage of this year’s race. Read more

Features and Articles

San Remo at 105: The conference that helped pave the way for modern Israel

From April 19 to 26, 1920, world powers gathered in San Remo on Italy’s Riviera to determine the fate of former Ottoman territories following World War I. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

Angell Arthur Phillips – a dedicated teacher and writer Read more

Rabbi Smuley Boteach says Australia is a sewer of antisemitism

This past week, I was attacked three times. Not for anything I said, or anything I did—but simply for being Jewish…Rabbi Shmuley Boteach tells the Jewish world. Read more

HKOPS still the world’s best kept secret

I was privileged to attend the inaugural Jewish News Syndicate International Policy Summit in Jerusalem on 27/28 April (JNS Conference) – but shocked to find that none of the well- credentialled international and Israeli speakers I approached had ever heard of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS). Read more

Yuval Raphael’s emotional journey from Supernova to Eurovision

One morning, when Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the Supernova music festival massacre, was a 6-year-old girl, her father gathered her and her younger brother to announce they were relocating to Switzerland. Read more

The Beep Test

A Melbourne theatre reviewed by Alex First Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Broken Broker Read more

South Africa’s Chief Rabbi urges ‘reset’ in Israel ties

In an address at the Israeli Embassy’s Yom Hazikaron ceremony in Pretoria on April 29, South Africa’s Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein called for “a reset of the relationship” between Israel and South Africa. Read more

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Quentin Tarantino buys Tel Aviv property for $13.8 million

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 6:02 pm

Renowned filmmaker Quentin Tarantino and his spouse, Israeli singer Daniella Pick, recently bought property in Tel Aviv for an estimated 50 million shekels (~$13.8 million), Hebrew media reported on Sunday. Read more

Listen to the lost voices of Mizrachi and Sephardi Jewry in Sydney

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 5:16 pm

Coinciding with this year’s Vivid Sydney festival will be a powerful and moving “Recollections”, a new immersive exhibition by internationally acclaimed Israeli multimedia artist Dor Zlekha Levy.

Great-grandson killed in Gaza as Shoah survivor visits Bergen-Belsen

Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 6:01 pm

As Magda Baratz, a 96-year-old Holocaust survivor, was visiting the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany, where she was held during World War II, her great-grandson was killed in action in Gaza. Read more

Maldives bans Israeli passport holders amid Gaza conflict

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 4:58 pm

The Maldives has officially barred Israeli passport holders from entering the country, citing solidarity with Palestinians amid the Jewish state’s war against Hamas in Gaza initiated by the terrorist group’s Oct. 7, 2023, murder-and-kidnapping spree. Read more

New discoveries in quantum physics will further efficiency in medicine, space exploration and more

Friday, April 11, 2025 at 10:08 am

Scientists have discovered how to ensure further efficiency in quantum technology, meaning advanced computers used across various sectors will now run better than ever. Read more

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Moriah College students excel in HSC

Moriah College’s Class of 2024 has delivered exceptional results in the Higher School Certificate (HSC), underscoring the school’s academic rigour and commitment to holistic student development. Read more

Emanuel School celebrates exceptional 2024 HSC results

Sydney’s Emanuel School is celebrating the outstanding achievements of its Class of 2024 in the Higher School Certificate (HSC). Read more

Two Mount Scopus students achieve ATAR score of 99.90

Mount Scopus graduating class’s efforts have gained praise from principal Dan Sztrajt. Read more

Jessica Fox wins another top gong at Sport NSW awards

Champion paddler Jessica Fox has won another gong, named Sport NSW’s athlete of a year for a remarkable sixth time.
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Seven-year-old Zachary’s mission to support the wounded

Seven-year-old Zachary Berman, a Year 1 student at Mount Sinai College in Maroubra, Australia, is turning personal challenges into a mission of compassion. Read more

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