The bigger picture behind the narrow Gantz-NGO controversy

When Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz announced on Friday that he is listing six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist groups, all hell broke loose on the left. The outcry, which emanated not only from Washington and Brussels but from the halls of the Knesset in Jerusalem and Muqata in Ramallah, could have been anticipated. Read more

The ‘human rights’ scam at the heart of the NGO controversy

To listen to the U.S. State Department and many in the international human-rights community, Israel has done it again. Read more

Emanuel School’s students shine

Sydney’s Emanuel School students, Ruby Brody and Eden Levit have been awarded first place in the National Finals of the Future Problem Solving (FPS) Program’s Community Problem Solving Competition (Senior Division). Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Jacob Barrow Montefiore – Improving ship travel to the colonies

Jacob was the eldest son of Eliezer Levi Montefiore and Judith and nephew of Joseph and Jacob. Read more

Catch a Zoom for the UIA NSW 2021 AGM with Hillel Neuer

UIA NSW is hosting its AGM via Zoom with guest speaker Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch, a human rights NGO in Geneva, Switzerland as well as an acclaimed international lawyer, diplomat, writer and activist. Read more

Does Judaism agree with female sterilisation?

Ask the rabbi… Read more

Israel’s post-American strategic challenge

A report last week about the discussions Israel and the United States are now holding regarding the Iranian nuclear program was nothing short of an earthquake. Read more

Biden backs UN racist plan to exclude Jews from East Jerusalem

Israel has a real fight on its hands in resisting President Biden’s push to re-open the US consulate in Jerusalem. Read more

On the other hand

There is a noticeable change in the air as we transition from the endless sunny days of summer to the gathering clouds of autumn, lowering temperatures and the uncertainties of winter. Read more

Feinteinoor

This week’s cartoon…NGOs a NO GO Read more

German antisemitism, real and perceived

There were more than 2,000 reported antisemitic incidents in Germany in 2020 and just under 2,000 the previous year. That’s around or five or six incidents, some of them involving violence or verbal abuse, every day. Read more

Israel and New Zealand’s Climate Change Co-operations

On the 24th of October, the world celebrates “International Day of Climate Change”. Read more

Shabbat Vayera: Not Lot

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Biden Palestinian consulate move will be Bennett’s toughest test

Over the course of its first nine months in office, the Biden administration has had a lot of trouble getting out of its own way on just about every conceivable issue, be it domestic or foreign. Yet one of the few areas in which President Joe Biden hasn’t so far either screwed things up and/or appreciably worsened the situation is the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Read more

The baleful consequences of failing to deal with Islamist extremism

On both sides of the English Channel, the failure to grasp the nettle of Islamist extremism and the frightening consequences of that failure are sounding an urgent alarm for the whole of Western society. Read more

The last Jew in Afghanistan

For several years now Zebulon Simantov, “The last Jew in Afghanistan,” has garnered sympathetic press attention. Read more

Incoming high tide warning

The high priests of climate change are predicting that in the near future we may be engulfed by rising ocean levels. Read more

Breakfast with Carmel

Perth’s Carmel School will host its third Business Breakfast next month bringing together the Perth business community for a morning with Richard Goyder, the current chairman of the AFL Commission. Read more

Honouring his father’s story, Elisha Wiesel sees fighting antisemitism inextricably linked to Zionism

The late Holocaust survivor, human-rights activist and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel became the first modern Jew to have a bust of his face sculpted into the stonework of the Washington National Cathedral’s Human Rights Porch on Oct. 12, the last to be installed among four luminaries such as Mother Teresa and Rosa Parks. Read more

Neo-Nazi’s ashes buried in Jewish musician’s plot in Germany

German neo-Nazi and Holocaust-denier Henry Hafenmayer’s remains were recently buried in a plot that once held the remains of Jewish musicologist Max Friedlaender and which still features his gravestone. Read more

Rabin, Peres, #MeToo and the battle among sacred cows

Every year at this time, Israel stops to mourn and memorialize Yitzhak Rabin, the prime minister who was assassinated on Nov. 4, 1995 at a rally celebrating the signing of the Oslo Accords. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Joseph Barrow Montefiore – a trader, landowner and one of the earliest free settlers

Joseph was born in 1803 in London, the youngest son of Eliezer and Judith Levi Montefiore. Read more

Lior Raz in conversation with Deanne Weir

Lior Raz became a global name with the hit Israeli Netflix series Fauda, winning accolades and fans from around the world. Read more

The story of Ethiopian Jewry

Ethiopian Jews or “Beta Israel” are decedents of an ancient Jewish tribe. For over 2500 years they upheld the laws of Judaism, all the while believing they were the last Jews on earth. Read more

Matchmaker, Matchmaker

In mid 2018, a passionate group of individuals within the Sydney community commenced discussions around  the lack of engagement in the young adult space and the concurrent growing threat to Jewish continuity via intermarriage. Read more

Lapid and Bennett’s old-new diplomacy

Last week’s diplomatic calendar highlighted the difference between this year’s foreign policies and last year’s. Read more

Is a wife her husband’s helpmate?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

European Union and Germany plot to see Jerusalem divided

The decision by the European Union (EU) and Germany to launch the East Jerusalem Tourism Development Programme is in reality a blatant attempt by them to see Jerusalem divided by creating political facts on the ground under the guise of helping promote tourism in East Jerusalem. Read more

Those unwanted phone calls

Almost 90% of Australians have received at least one nuisance or unwanted call every week and a further 10% receiving more than ten nuisance or unwanted calls each week, according to a recent consumer survey* undertaken by Crime Stoppers (NSW). Read more

Is Eric Zemmour the new Bruno Kreisky?

Could a politician who positively identifies as Jewish and expresses pro-Israel sympathies ever be elected as head of state in a European country? Read more

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