Communities and government condemn murder

Members of the Australian Jewish community have condemned the tragic murder of Mohammed Abu Khdair outside Jerusalem…but tension in the area is growing Read more

Israeli cosmetic sellers kicked out of mall

An 82-yr-old woman was escorted to an ATM to withdraw NZ$5000 to buy Dead Sea products from young Israelis working in a shopping mall…the Israelis have been kicked out of the mall. Read more

No appeal for Cyprys

Former Melbourne Yeshiva employee and volunteer David Cyprys has been unsuccessful in seeking leave to appeal his conviction  relating to the sexual abuse of children. Read more

A legal business get together…

The Young Jewish Leadership of Melbourne (YJLM) and OnKew joined forces for their second upscale cocktail party for Melbourne young adults, this time aimed at bringing young lawyers and businesspeople together for a social and networking event at the award winning CBD cocktail lounge “The Little Red Pocket”. Read more

WJC condemns social media hate

The World Jewish Congress today denounced the social-media hate campaign, reportedly launched by Hamas supporters, to ridicule the three Israeli youths kidnapped by terrorists last week. Read more

Israeli president-elect Rivlin contrasts sharply with outgoing Peres…writes Alex Traiman

As a well-respected parliamentarian who has served as the government’s Minister of Communications and the speaker of the Knesset, Israeli president-elect MK Reuven “Ruby” Rivlin has the expected profile for his position. But when he takes the reins in July, Rivlin’s strong nationalistic ideology and low-key international presence will provide an immediate contrast to outgoing President Shimon Peres. Read more

Parliamentary Petition – act now

A petition calling for action by the Australian parliament on the abduction of three Israeli teenagers is in place but needs to be acted on IMMEDIATELY. Read more

Israeli technology advances NZ internet capabilities

 Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, has announced that Wireless Nation, a leading New Zealand, ISP will be deploying Gilat’s SkyEdge II VSATs, powered by Optus’s wholesale satellite services.  Read more

…and the scorpion remains the same…writes Ambassador Yosef Livne

One of the most famous fables concerns the scorpion that approaches a frog and asks her to carry him across the pond. When the frog refuses claiming its fear of the scorpion’s sting, its reply was why would I sting you, we would both die. Faced with such logic the frog agrees and the scorpion climbs on its back and off they go. Somewhere in the middle, the scorpion unleashes its venom. The dying frog just asks why, you would also die. It is hard to break a habit, answers the drowning scorpion. Read more

Sydney Cheder prays for missing teenagers

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Netanyahu for Australia?

The Israel Trade and Economic Mission has announced in its June newsletter that “the Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, will be in Australia 13-17 July.” Read more

GenNext Photo Gallery

Maybe you were at Sydney’s JCA GenNext event with guest speaker Alisa Camplin-Warner OAM held at JewishCare….check the pix Read more

A Many Splendored Thing…writes Rabbi Laibl Wolf

Love has occupied the minds of thinkers for thousands of years. Ever since the man/woman composite known as Adam split into Man and Woman, the mystery of attraction has defied the microscope of definition and explanation. What does it mean to love truly? Read more

WJC welcomes choice of new president

The head of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald S. Lauder, on Tuesday welcomed the election of Reuven Rivlin as tenth president of the State of Israel. “In electing Reuven Rivlin to succeed Shimon Peres, the Knesset has made an excellent choice. Mr. Rivlin is a man of conviction, and he personifies the values of the Jewish state,” Lauder said in a first reaction.  Read more

Ghetto pensions payments granted by German government

The German Parliament (Bundestag) has voted to grant payments retroactive to 1997 to current and future recipients of Social Security for work in ghettos, known by the German acronym of ZRBG or more colloquially as “ghetto pensions.” Read more

Illusions and Delusions…writes Michael Kuttner

Like confidence tricksters who manage to fool multitudes with their snake oil type smooth talk current developments bear an uncanny resemblance to these fraudsters. There is a saying that a fool is born every minute but given what is happening around us at the moment I would venture to suggest that fools are born every second. Read more

Fallible Pontifications…writes Michael Kuttner

The just concluded visit of Pope Francis was always going to be a media spectacle and an opportunity for the Palestinian Arab Authority and its religious leaders to stage pre planned theatricals. Read more

Student body at RMIT

An official Jewish student presence has been established and fully affiliated with the Student Union at RMIT. Read more

Tzedek congratulates Chabad Youth

Child sexual abuse advocacy group Tzedek has congratulated Melbourne’s Chabad Youth on becoming accredited under the Australian Childhood Foundation Safeguarding Children Program. Read more

His Holiness at Yad Vashem and with President Shimon Peres

The Pope has visited Yad Vashem and the home of President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem during his visit to the Middle East. Read more

Brussels and Paris: Australia has its say

Australian Zionists have reacted to the attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels and the stabbing attack on French Jews in Paris. Read more

The Pope: Words of welcome from Bibi

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has welcomed Pope Francis to Israel… Read more

WJC reacts to Brussels attack

Three people have been killed following an attack by a gunman at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels. Read more

Lag B’Omer – The Big Parade

Chabad Youth of New South Wales will host The Big Parade on Lag B’Omer which will see NSW police block off a section of Campbell Parade above Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach. Read more

WhatsApp banned in Iran

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder today condemned Iran for apparently banning the popular WhatsApp messaging application, which is owned by Facebook, reportedly because Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is an “American Zionist.” Read more

Golden Dawn in Australia

The NSW Greek community has expressed its concern in an statement issued by the Australian Hellenic Council [NSW]  following Channel 9’s Sixty Minutes program during which a member of the Greek far-right group Golden Dawn  admitted the party had established branches in Sydney and Melbourne. Read more

Why is this bite different from all other bites?…asks Tami Sussman

If the thought of giving up bread, pasta, muesli and Tim Tams for a bit over a week makes you want to pluck your eyebrows off, then have no fear – you are experiencing a normal response to an anticipatory thought of Passover. Read more

Overseas news alert – 3 killed in Jewish community centres in Kansas

USA Today reports that at least three people are dead after a gunman went on a rampage at a Jewish Community Centre and retirement home in Kansas. As he was led away by police the alleged gunman yelled “Heil Hitler” Read more

Hakoah’s new president

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Thousands of Jews from throughout France have participated in an Aliyah information fair held in central Paris, organized by The Jewish Agency for Israel in cooperation with the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption and the World Zionist Organization.

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