The fall of the Israeli government and the upcoming election

The moment that some Israelis have been dreading and others happily anticipating finally arrived on Monday. Though the announcement by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid of a call for the disbanding of the Knesset was virtually a foregone conclusion, it came as a bit of a surprise. Read more

Netanyahu hails end of ‘worst gov’t in Israeli history,’ as new elections are on the horizon

Israel appears set to head back to the polls after a “change coalition” has failed to hold its razor-thin majority, barely a year after its formation. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Percy Marks – Sydney’s four generations of jewellers fame

Percy was born on 6 July 1879 in Wellington, New Zealand, the son of London-born John Marks a jeweller, and his New Zealand-born wife Eliza Jane Levy. Read more

Harlequinade: a ballet review by Alex First (State Theatre, Melbourne)

Love is in the air, but there are those who have other ideas. Read more

Why do Jewish events often begin late?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Biden should push for Jordan & Israel to divide Judea & Samaria

President Biden’s proposed visit to the “West Bank” is promising to end up becoming a fruitless trip to an artificially-coined destination supposedly inhabited by a mythical ancient “Palestinian people”. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…Start-up Nation lights up European Nations. Read more

Goodbye to the oil weapon

As a kid in the 1970s and 1980s, I remember that the adults around me had a standard explanation for why so many countries around the world kept Israel at arms’ length. Read more

Israelis, get out of Turkey right now!

For well over a week, the Israeli government has been urging Israelis in Turkey to return home as soon as possible. Read more

An award for firefighter Noel – a J-Wire photo story

Sydney volunteer Noel Kessel was last week awarded the National Emergency Medal and Commissioner’s Certificate For Service for his efforts in the NSW Black Summer Bushfires in 2019/20. Read more

On the other hand

When the Hebrew Prophet, Isaiah, predicted that one day Israel would be a “light unto the nations” his prophecy must have seemed rather far-fetched. Read more

Robespierre and Saadyah

Robespierre  (1758 –1794) was one of the most controversial figures of the French Revolution. Read more

Shabbat Beha’aloteha: Women and Race

Miriam and Aaron complained to Moshe about his wife, calling her Isha Cushit, a woman of Cush ( Numbers Chapter 12 ). Read more

The EU’s Jerusalem charm offensive

People dining this week on the charming terrace at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel were surprised to find at the next table Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission. Read more

What is taking them so long?

I am currently reading a most interesting book which reveals in graphic detail the shameful behaviour of the US Administration in particular and other nations in general prior and subsequent to the election of the Nazis in Germany. Read more

JNF makes Israel dream come true

For the past month, JNF’s popular My Israel Passport Stickerbooks have seen primary school children across the country collecting and swapping stickers in order to complete their books and enter the much-anticipated competition to win two airline ticket vouchers to Israel from Sabra Travel in Sydney. Read more

Israel, the United States…and Australia: an analysis

Interestingly, the two most dominant politicians in Australia and Israel in recent times, Scott Morrison and Benjamin Netanyahu, now both find themselves in opposition. Read more

Save a Child’s Heart delayed St Valentine’s Day Gala

This year’s Save a Child’s Heart Valentine’s Gala with sponsor Alex Waislitz of the Waislitz Foundation has been held in Melbourne, having been postponed due to Covid from its traditional Valentine’s date in February. Read more

L’Chaim to Life: Juliet Moses

Morry Frenkel speaks with Juliet Moses, spokesperson for the New Zealand Jewish Council, the representative body of New Zealand’s Jewish community. Read more

JewishCare partners with Karitane

Sydney’s JewishCare and Karitane have announced their partnership following meetings with JewishCare CEO Gary Groves and Karitane CEO Grainne O’Loughlin to discuss how best a new maternal health partnership could be developed. Read more

Chief Rabbi sends a message on Rabbi Ingram’s new book launch

Rabbi Chaim Ingram has received a blessing from Commonwealth United Synagogue’s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis after reading extracts from Rabbi Ingram’s fifth book Lattices of Love on Jewish prayer. Read more

Thank you, B’nai B’rith

Melissa Don Port, Executive Director NSW, JDC (The Joint) has presented a Certificate of Appreciation to B’nai B’rith NSW for their fundraising efforts towards the Ukraine Emergency Crisis Response. Read more

Hussein al-Sheikh is gradually stepping into Abbas’s shoes

Israeli and U.S. officials are watching Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ affairs with concern…writes Yoni Ben Menachem. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Sidney Myer – creator of a department store empire

Sidney Baevski was born on 8 February 1878, in Krichev, then part of the Russian Empire and now known as the country of Belarus. Read more

Can I have a vegetarian option for my Shabbat dinner?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

EU restores PA funding unconditionally

Almost all of the EU member states- 26 out of 27 EU states – voted in favour of the decision to resume financial support for the Palestinian Authority (PA), which was suspended two years ago. In doing so, the EU relented on its demands for new measures that it had insisted be taken by the PA to renew funding. Read more

How to kill a democracy

Israeli democracy is hanging by a thread. That is the lesson of last Monday’s testimony by prosecution witness and former Communications Ministry director-general Shlomo Filber in former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial. Filber revealed that Netanyahu is not alone in the dock. Israel’s democracy is also on trial. Read more

Biden Israel & UN have two 100-year-anniversaries to celebrate

President Joe Biden’s postponement of his forthcoming trip to Israel this month due to “scheduling factors” gives Biden, the United Nations (UN) and Israel the opportunity to celebrate at UN headquarters the 100^th anniversaries of American and international support for the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…..Gnawing away at unification. Read more

Palestinian Authority education: No room for a two-state solution

Jerusalem’s Bedein Centre has analysed Palestinian Authority’s school textbooks. Read more

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