More self-control could hinder our efforts to exert self-control

Turning down that delicious piece of chocolate cake. Resisting the temptation to buy clothes that we don’t need. If we want to watch our weight and save our pennies, these enticements demand that we exercise some degree of self-control. Read more

Ronald S. Lauder says anti-Zionists are anti-Semites

Ronald S. Lauder has been reelected for a third term as World Jewish Congress president at the WJC’s Plenary Assembly in New York. Read more

Israel needs to be treated like any member state

More than 600 Jewish community representatives from some 90 countries around the world were in New York this week for the WJC’s Plenary Assembly, the supreme decision-making body of the World Jewish Congress, which was founded in Geneva in 1936. Read more

589 heading for the Maccabiah

Australia’s 2017 Maccabiah Games management gathered in Wollongong in New South Wales for a leadership summit headlined by a keynote address from AOC Chef De Mission to the 2016 Rio Olympics, Kitty Chiller. Read more

Medals come home for ANZAC Shabbat

On 22 April an Australian Jewish treasure will come home. The medals of Abraham Rothfield MC, recently discovered in London, will be unveiled at Sydney’s The Great Synagogue as the congregation marks ANZAC Shabbat. Read more

Pilotless Israeli drones take off in Australia

Israel’s Airobotics is the first company worldwide granted with the authorisation to fly fully automated drones without a pilot..and the technology has found its first Australian client, mining giant South32. Read more

NZ prime minister shielding foreign affairs minister over Israel blunder

Prime Minister Bill English has confirmed Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully did not have approval from cabinet to support a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution criticising Israel, says New Zealand First. Read more

Professional women’s workshops

In 2016, Sydney’s Shalom surveyed 90+ young women and found out that high on their priority list was  professional development, career advancement and a need for workshops that offer hands-on and practical skills. Read more

Hobart synagogue short-listed for a raft of honours

Jordana Schmidt, president of the Hobart Hebrew Congregation, has been recognised for her work in community and education and has been shortlisted in two categories of the Tasmanian Young Achievers’ Awards for the second year running. Read more

2017 Community Heritage Grants now open

The National Library of Australia is calling for applications  to the 2017 Community Heritage Grants (CHG). Read more

Record tourism figures for Israel

Figures for the first two months of 2017 have shown the best ever recorded start to the tourism year in Israel. Read more

Kangaroo wins Israeli diplomatic purim fancy dress

Australia’s ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma has won the best costume in a diplomatic Purim party in Israel…appropriately dressed as a kangaroo. Read more

Tim Wilson slams UN resolution 2334

Liberal MP Tim Wilson spoke in federal parliament in an adjournment debate on cultural genocide…focusing on the 1915 Armenian genocide  and last December’s United Nations resolution 2334 denying Jewish historic rights to East Jerusalem and the disputed territories. Read more

Maccabi announces 2018 Junior Carnival Manager

Julia Hofbauer has been appointed the Maccabi Junior Carnival Manager set to take place in Melbourne from the 14^th to the 21^st of January, 2018. Read more

Background: The new agreement between Australia and Israel

The new R&D agreement signed during the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Australia between the Israeli government and the federal administration in Australia is expected to strengthen economic ties between the two countries and enable companies from Israel and Australia to receive funding for joint projects in research and development. Read more

Shabbat with Malcolm

Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy will host Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara for a Shabbat meal following the Israeli’s Prime Minister’s meetings with Bill Shorten and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Read more

Meet Ben Nitay – he has been big news in Australia this week

28-yr-old economic consultant Ben Nitay has been questioned about the Israel-Palestine conflict…and his answers will surprise you. Read more

Netanyahu: joint statement with Malcolm Turnbull

Prime Ministers Malcolm Turnbull and Benjamin Netanyahu have a joint statement following their talks in Sydney. Read more

Netanyahu: Meet the Cabinet

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has attended a meeting with many members of Australian Prime Minister’s Cabinet at which he called for an increase on trade between Australia and Israel. Read more

Qantas and EL AL announce codeshare agreement

Australian and Israeli travellers are set to benefit from a new codeshare agreement between Qantas and EL AL. Read more

Netanyahu: meet the community

Prime Benjamin Netanyahu had his audience drawn from the Jewish communities across Australia spellbound in Sydney’s Central Synagogue. Read more

Netanyahu: a lunch for business leaders “We love Australia”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was joined by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the Leader of Opposition Bill Shorten at a lunch attended by Australian and Israeli business people. Read more

Netanyahu in Australia

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara will arrive in Australia on Wednesday for what will be a historic occasion…the first time a sitting Israeli Prime Minister will visit Australia. Read more

Preferences to One Nation in NSW on the cards?

The deputy leader of the NSW  opposition Walt Secord says Premier Gladys Berejiklian has refused to rule out directing preferences to One Nation candidates at the 2019 NSW election. Read more

Danby asks Australian government to condemn Iran’s missile testing

Inserting an advertisement in the Australian Financial Review, Labor Federal MP Michael Danby has continued his campaign for the Australian government to publicly condemn Iran’s repeated firings of ballistic missiles. Read more

Tu B’Shevat: Northern Queensland style

The Cairns Jewish community celebrated the Tu B’Shevat by planting trees for the city’s council. Read more

The settlements Regulation Bill…the ZFA has its say

The Zionist Federation of Australia has acknowledged widespread concern at the passage of the Regulation Law by Israel’s Knesset (Parliament). Read more

New Israel Fund on Netanyahu’s visit

The New Israel Fund (NIF) has welcomed Prime Minister Netanyahu’s historic visit to Australia – the first by a Prime Minister of Israel. Read more

Rabbis voice their support

In the wake of the passing of United Nations Security Council resolution 2334, the Rabbinic Council of Australia and New Zealand (RCANZ) has applauded the efforts made by the religious and lay leadership of New Zealand’s Jewish community to reach out to their Prime Minister Bill English, expressing their condemnation of the resolution, particularly in light of the New Zealand Government’s involvement in it.  Read more

Australia consistently does not support one-sided resolutions targeting Israel

Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has reaffirmed the country’s record in not supporting U.N. resolutions targeting Israel. Read more

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