Irena is going to be missed
July 8, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
JNF mourns the passing of Irena Nebenzahl who passed away recently in Sydney. Read more
Almost a month in – Israel’s latest government
July 8, 2021 by Ron Weiser
And they said it couldn’t last……… Read more
A flood of Palestinians into Israel? Citizenship law fails to pass, despite security issues
Politics makes strange bedfellows. In the predawn hours of Tuesday morning, the Likud Party celebrated alongside the anti-Zionist Joint Arab List, as the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law, meant to bolster Israel’s security by checking large-scale, unfiltered Palestinian immigration, went down to narrow defeat in a tied vote, 59-59. Read more
The Proud History of Palestine?
July 7, 2021 by Ashley Church
There were two topics that I hated at school – math and history. Read more
Cairns Challah bake
July 7, 2021 by Community newsdesk
Chabad of North Queensland has run an event at which participants learned how to mix, knead and shape their own traditional challah. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Julia Levy – Philanthropist
July 6, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Julia Levy was born in Bath England in 1826. Her father, Samuel Solomon was transported as a convict in 1832 to New South Wales and Julia, with her mother and seven siblings followed him to Australia, as free immigrants arriving on 1 February 1835. Read more
Feintooner
July 5, 2021 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Fire-Fighting Nation. Read more
Why does a bride wear a veil at her wedding?
July 5, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi… Read more
Bennett and the Religious Zionist elite
July 5, 2021 by Caroline Glick - JNS
The biggest media story in Israel last week was the fall of the town of Evyatar in Samaria. Read more
Israel signals end to EU-funded unauthorised building in West Bank
July 5, 2021 by David Singer
Israel’s decision to evict all 53 Jewish families from the unauthorised settlement of Evyatar in the West Bank this week should send a clear signal to the European Union (EU) that its days of financing and facilitating the building of unauthorised Arab structures in Area C of the West Bank are over. Read more
After latest legislation on stolen Jewish property, it’s time to cut ties with Poland’s government
July 4, 2021 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
Poland is awash in antisemitism, and it is the government in Warsaw that is setting the hateful tone amid the worst breakdown in Polish-Jewish relations since the fall of Communism more than 30 years ago. Read more
Rumsfeld remembered for leading war on terror and his admiration for Israel
July 4, 2021 by Dmitriy Shapiro
Despite much of the criticism of Donald Rumsfeld for his handling of the Iraq War, the late former defence secretary’s associates praised him for his decisions during an unstable time for American security. Read more
On the other hand
July 4, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
It looks as though international travel and tourism are going to take quite a time to return to pre-pandemic levels. Read more
Torah reading: Shabbat Pinhas
July 2, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
Our reading this week starts with God praising Pinhas for his dramatic action in killing Zimri and his mistress the Midianite princess Cozbi, as they defied Moses and the rest of the community. Read more
An inside look at the Israeli rescue effort in Surfside
July 2, 2021 by Yaakov Lappin
A rescue delegation from the Israel Defence Forces Home Front Command is using visual intelligence techniques and information received from families of the victims to precisely map out the wreckage of a condo that crashed in a Miami suburb last week. Read more
Donald Rumsfeld’s legacy: a warning against American retreat
July 2, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
With ironic timing, the death of Donald Rumsfeld this week has occurred when American foreign policy is lurching in precisely the opposite direction to everything he stood for. Read more
Missing links
July 2, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
Great excitement has broken out following the discovery in Israel of prehistoric bones identified as Homo Nesher Ramla, a hitherto unknown species of human. Read more
Mandlebaum House weathers the COVID storm
July 2, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Addressing the AGM of Mandelbaum House this week, Chairman, Associate Professor David Levy noted that “although the last year had been tough, the college can be very proud of its achievements”. Read more
Women Rabbis, again!
July 2, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
What is it about Chief Rabbis? Perfectly nice, intelligent human beings, yet when they get to be Chief Rabbis their spines turn to jelly. Read more
Some Jewish Archibald participants – painters and posers
June 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Following the final episode of Finding the Archibalds on ABC which featured a prize-winning portrait of the late Rabbi Israel Porush, photographer Ben Apfelbaum pointed his lens at other Archibald portraits with a Jewish connection. Read more
Israelis fight despair while aiding survivors, rescuers in Florida calamity
“I saw in the news that you were coming from Israel for us, and I was waiting for you,” says a tearful young woman in Surfside, Florida, to members of the Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit (PCRU) from United Hatzalah of Israel…writes Abigail Klein Leichman. Read more
Former ambassador Gold: World powers must work to prevent Iran’s quest for hegemony
June 30, 2021 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
“Iran will never get a nuclear weapon on my watch.” Read more
Josh Frydenberg visits the Ark Centre
June 30, 2021 by Community newsdesk
From Australia’s Past: Florence Anderson – the first female trade union secretary
June 30, 2021 by J-Wire News Service
Florence was born in 1871 and her claim to fame was becoming the first female trade union secretary in Victoria and the only female trade union secretary in Australia. Read more
JewishCare ready to care
June 29, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s JewishCare continues to support the community during these challenging times with family, mental health, financial, aged care and disability services. Read more
Could Palestinian protests lead to the ouster of Mahmoud Abbas?
June 29, 2021 by JNS
As unrest continues in Ramallah and Hebron, questions have arisen surrounding the future of Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas…David Isaac. Read more
Biden administration turns to UNRWA in its rush to rebuild Gaza
June 29, 2021 by JNS
Following the recent war between Israel and Hamas, the Biden administration has put an emphasis on rebuilding the Gaza Strip, promising the terror group won’t benefit. Some experts say Washington’s approach will fail to bear fruit..;.writes David Isaac. Read more
In the face of disaster, the priority is help and prayer, not politics
June 29, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
It has become a trope of American culture that the idea of sending “thoughts and prayers” in response to a catastrophic event has become a term of derision. Read more
We all bleed the same
June 28, 2021 by Arts Editor
Is God dead?
June 28, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
