With the Zionists in Gallipoli
August 26, 2021 by Alan Slade
A friend in England happened to acquire a historic 1916 edition of “With the Zionists in Gallipoli”, the book written by Lt-Colonel J. H. Patterson while he spent a month in hospital in 1916…writes Alan Slade. Read more
Why the Crown Heights pogrom still matters
August 26, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Three decades have passed since the Crown Heights pogrom, and any assessment of the memory of that tragic event must start with an acknowledgment that New York City is a very different place than it was in August 1991. Read more
Jobs Open!
August 26, 2021 by Community newsdesk
CEO’s of Jewish House and JewishCare, Rabbi Mendel Kastel and Gary Groves are calling on the Sydney community to work together to connect local employers with job seekers. Read more
Centenary for Maccabi World Union
August 26, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Israel’s president Itzhak Herzog will attend the launch of the Maccabi World Union Centennial Events to be streamed on MWU’s website and Facebook page. Read more
Sanctum Reading of the Names
August 25, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Join online this annual commemoration to honour Holocaust survivors and victims, whose families have placed a plaque in their memory in the Sydney Jewish Museum’s Sanctum of Remembrance. Read more
NCJWA announces new diverse board at AGM
August 25, 2021 by Community newsdesk
National Council of Jewish Women Australia (NCJWA) has re-elected Melinda Jones as president at its recent AGM. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: The Samuel Moses family in Van Diemen’s Land
August 24, 2021 by Features Desk
Samuel Jacob Moses was born in 1807 and his wife, Rosetta Blanche Moses born in 1820, arrived in Sydney in early November 1840, and within a couple of months, the Londoners sailed to Hobart with their three children, arriving on 17 February 1841. Read more
Nazis, COVID protests and antisemitism
August 24, 2021 by Julie Nathan
Racism in the 21st century has focussed on opposing non-white immigration into white-majority countries and calls to expel those not of European ethnicity. Read more
Has Biden anything to offer Bennett but more trouble?
August 24, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
In theory, the planned meeting this week between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and President Joe Biden ought to be exactly what both men need. Read more
‘There is more to Polish restitution law than Lapid portrays’
August 24, 2021 by Agencies
The question on everyone’s mind in Poland in recent days was what prompted Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to react in such a critical manner to their government’s decision to put a statute of limitations on property claims that date back more than 30 years?…writes Ariel Bulshtein. Read more
Joe Biden’s catastrophic judgment
August 23, 2021 by Caroline Glick - JNS
The Taliban’s seizure of control over Afghanistan will loom large over Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s visit with U.S. President Joe Biden this Thursday, and its implications are dire. Read more
Biden and Bennett need to jointly adopt or dump Trump Peace Plan
August 23, 2021 by David Singer
President Biden and Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett need to jointly decide on whether to adopt or dump President Trump’s Peace Plan (Trump’s Plan) during their White House meeting on 26 August. Read more
How can a Jewish State allow sculptures to be put on display when the Second Commandment bans making the form of anything?
August 23, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi.
Fighting antisemitism should not be Israel’s primary concern
August 23, 2021 by Efraim Inbar
Antisemitism is a phenomenon at least two thousand years old. Read more
Feintooner
August 23, 2021 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon….Beggars can’t be choosers. 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
On the other hand
August 22, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
Having done very well at the recent Olympic Games, Israel is now eagerly looking forward to the forthcoming Paralympics. Read more
A drug to combat COVID: a webinar
August 22, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Palestinian consulate pressure, differences on Iran loom over Bennett-Biden meeting
August 22, 2021 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
On Aug. 26, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will walk the red carpet into the White House, where he will meet U.S. President Joe Biden. The two will exchange pleasantries and then they will get right down to business. One major issue the two leaders will discuss is, not surprisingly, Iran. Another major issue is the establishment of a Palestinian consulate in Jerusalem. And therein lies the problem. Read more
Two cranky old Jews symbolize everything that’s wrong with our political culture
August 22, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Apparently, two elderly, wealthy Jewish men aren’t speaking to each other anymore. Who cares? In theory, no one ought to. But when the pair in question are television comedy star Larry David and former Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz, and a chance meeting between them results in a public scene involving screaming occurs in a popular spot on Martha’s Vineyard, it’s exactly the sort of thing that does get treated as a very big deal indeed. Read more
Questionable friends
August 21, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
“In life, we never lose friends, we only learn who the TRUE ones are.” Read more
Taliban triumph in Afghanistan has Arab states and Israel hedging dependence on US
August 20, 2021 by Ariel Ben Solomon - JNS.org
The Taliban’s quick takeover of Afghanistan has Middle Eastern countries deeply concerned about their dependence on the U.S. security umbrella. Read more
No need to go hungry in Sydney
August 20, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
J-Wire is publishing a list of organisations that are providing food for the needy in these tough times. Read more
Dr Norman Swan talks to the head of the Israel team searching for a COVID treatment
August 20, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Professor Nadir Arber will talk with Dr Norman Swan about the drug he has developed to treat COVID. Read more
Royalty
August 20, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
I am amazed that so many Americans are enamoured with the British Monarchy and with its least impressive of its scions who hog the headlines precisely because of their limitations. Read more
Shabbat Ki Teytsey: Lost chickens
August 19, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
“If you see your brother’s ox or sheep wandering and you are tempted to ignore it, you must return it to him. And if your brother does not live nearby, you should bring the animal home and keep it until he comes to claim it, and then you must return it. Read more
Watchdog: Western Islamists express pride, joy as Taliban takes over Afghanistan
August 19, 2021 by Ariel Ben Solomon - JNS.org
Despite most Americans being shocked at the events unfolding in Afghanistan over the past few days, a number of Western Islamists have via social media welcomed the return of the fundamentalist Taliban forces, according to an Islamist watchdog group tracking reactions. Read more
So far, so good
August 19, 2021 by Ron Weiser
The Israeli government coalition of eight parties, where not only can any one party bring the government down, but even a disaffected individual MK is able to do so, has survived its first two months. Read more
1000 meals a day from OBK to support charities
August 19, 2021 by Elana Bowman
Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen is flat out each day providing meals to the needy with increased requests during the lockdown. Read more
