Lapid condemns ‘horrifying antisemitic incident’ in Poland
Nationalist protesters called for Jews to be killed or expelled from Poland at a rally in the central Polish city of Kalisz on Thursday…write Erez Linn and Ariel Kahana. Read more
Pompeo: Israel has ‘duty’ to defend itself from Iran without US support
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo believes that Israel has the “duty” to defend itself from Iran if Tehran takes actions that threaten Israel wothout U.S. support…write Sean Savage and Ellie Cohanim. Read more
Israel’s ambassador welcomed by Te Arawa Iwi in Rotarua
According to the local elders of Ohinemutu who attended the Business and Innovation Hui with the Israeli ambassador last week, it was a momentous occasion to formally welcome the first Ambassador to Rotorua and onto the renowned local meeting house ‘Tama-te-Kapua’. Read more
Uri Geller Museum: A (bent) spoonful of celebrity fun in Jaffa
Two thousand twisted pieces of cutlery adorn a 1976 Cadillac parked in the new Uri Geller Museum in Jaffa. A Guinness World Record-winning bent spoon, weighing 11 tons, dominates the museum courtyard. Read more
Report: UK cuts UNRWA funding by more than 50 percent due to incitement
Britain has cut its funding of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees by a little more than 50 percent, according to a report in The Guardian. Read more
Sheikh Jarrah family agrees to return home to Jewish owners
With an Israeli High Court decision in the Sheikh Jarrah-Shimon HaTzadik eviction dispute still pending, another Arab family living in the eastern Jerusalem neighbourhood has reached an agreement with the Jewish owners of its home to hand over the property. Read more
Hamas sentences two to death for collaborating with Israel
The Hamas military court in the Gaza Strip sentenced on Monday three residents to death, two of them for collaborating with Israeli intelligence and one for drug trafficking. Read more
Netflix short film, ‘Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis,’ leaves viewers cringing
It was basically the complete opposite of what they expected. Read more
Lyons’ blatant twisting of an email demonstrates the shallowness and unprofessionalism of his latest monograph
Sometimes the veracity of a piece of writing can be easily assessed from the way one source document is used or misused…writes Jamie Hyams. Read more
A response to Michael Kuttner’s Brick Wall
I must respond to Michael Kutter and his Brick Walls story and I make the point that in recent years we have seen some changes here. Read more
B’nai B’rith Bargain Bazaar. For some it is a second-hand shop, for others it is a second home.
Since its inception, Sydney’s B’nai B’rith’s Bargain Bazaar Charity Shop has become an institution…writes Ori Golan. Read more
John Lyons’ criticism of “the Jewish lobby”: A reader proffers an explanation
As a member of the Australian Jewish community (Australian first and foremost), I agree with most of John Lyons’ complaints. Read more
ASIO head backs Hamas terror listing
The head of Australia’s national security agency has backed listing the entirety of Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organisation. Read more
The Battle of Haifa
On 23 September, India and Israel commemorate the decisive Battle of Haifa…writes Ian Dunwoodie. Read more
President Biden’s short road back
On August 14, 2020, I woke up to a barrage of WhatsApp messages. Group conversations I’m in were buzzing. The UAE and Israel had just announced a peace deal. People wanted to know, was this genuine peace? Was it a joke?..writes Robert Gregory.
Leifer hearing: Cleaner saw Leifer at school with girls
After days of testimony behind closed doors, a former cleaner at a Jewish school has given evidence in open court against Malka Leifer. Read more
Leifer allegations aired in closed court
Former school principal Malka Leifer, who was extradited from Israel to face child sexual abuse charges, has heard evidence from her accusers in the second day of closed court hearings. Read more
Israel Police chief urges caution in face of remaining two ‘desperate’ terrorist fugitives
Five days into a national hunt for six Palestinian security prisoners who escaped from a jail in northern Israel, police captured two of the fugitives—Yaqoub Qadri and Mahmoud Ardah—in Nazareth on Friday night. Read more
Lior Raz on new show shot in Brooklyn, remembering 9/11 and being called sexy
Being an international action star might be enough for some, but not for Lior Raz…writes Alan Zeitlin. Read more
After 80 years, correct headstone to be erected on WWII grave of 15-year-old Jew
In early 1940, thirteen-year-old Jacob Sorsky ran away to sea and joined the Merchant Navy, keen to fight the Nazis. Just two years later he was killed – the second-youngest soldier to die whilst serving in the Australian Army in WWII – and then buried in an unknown grave, on the other side of the world from his family. Read more
The Taliban’s Palestinian partners: Implications for the Middle East peace process
The Taliban’s reconquest of Afghanistan, followed by the ISIS-K bombing that killed 13 U.S. military personnel and scores of civilians, underscores the far-reaching implications of the U.S. withdrawal from the country. The mujahideen’s takeover of Kabul, following a 20-year U.S. counter-terror campaign against Al-Qaeda and other jihadi groups in Afghanistan, has reenergized the global jihad’s slow and determined war against the West…write…Dan Diker and Khaled Abu Toameh. Read more
New president for the JCCWA
A well-attended Jewish Community Council of Western Australia AGM last week saw significant changes to the Executive. Read more
Podcast: Morry Frenkel talks with Senator Sarah Henderson on the Burnside fallout, rising antisemitism and the ABC
L’Chaim -To Life has focused once again on the world’s oldest hatred: antisemitism. Morry Frenkel interviews Senator Sarah Henderson (Liberal Victoria) on the fallout from the Burnside Nazi Israel tweet, the National socialist Network, the ABC, and online antisemitism. Read more
Why Israel’s Kashrut Reform Bill matters for the Diaspora
In mid-July, Israel’s Minister of Religious Affairs proposed a bill that would introduce a reform to the country’s kashrut industry…writes Rabbi David Stav. Read more
BBYO: up and coming youth organisation
As a new youth organization, only recently restarting in Sydney, BBYO NSW is moving in the right direction and becoming an “up and coming” youth organisation in Sydney. Read more
‘Thrill of victory and agony of defeat’? Paralympic athletes are already winners, say Israelis
Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka and the sports world, meet Pascale Bercovitch, Shraga Weinberg, Moran Samuel and Doron Shaziri…writes Howard Blas. Read more
Israel looks to iconic Australian Surf Life Saving model as drowning prevention solution
The iconic Australian Surf Life Saving model made history when it was presented by Paul Hakim, a member of Sydney’s Coogee Surf Life Saving Club, to the Israel Knesset Parliamentary Committee for Interior Affairs and Environmental Protection…reports Sarah Vanunu. Read more
Two decades after Sbarro suicide bombing, survivors’ scars are still healing
Twenty years ago, a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Sbarro restaurant at the corner of King George Street and Jaffa Road in the centre of Jerusalem…writes Sharon Altshul. Read more
‘Fauda’ star has another smash hit on Netflix with ‘Hit & Run’
Revenge is a dish best served Israeli. Read more
Remembering Lilly
This is a really sad day for us who have been working with Lilly for a very long time – she was a such strong person – you were never unsure of whose presence you were in when you were with Lilly…writes Valerie Rubel. Read more
