Blinken blunders and other balagan
June 4, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
For those uninitiated in the nuances of modern Israeli discourse, balagan loosely translated means chaos or fiasco. Read more
Moriah: Jankelowitz will not “run from challenge”
June 3, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Following a contested election at its AGM, the Board of Moriah College has welcomed three new directors. Read more
What does a Bennett-Lapid government mean?
Yesh Atid Party head Yair Lapid and Yamina Party head Naftali Bennett announced on Wednesday that they have secured an agreement to form Israel’s next government, thereby likely ending the 12-year consecutive term of Benjamin Netanyahu as the country’s prime minister…writes David Isaac. Read more
The tragedy of Benjamin Netanyahu
June 3, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
It didn’t have to end this way. In what may be only a matter of days, Benjamin Netanyahu’s unprecedented 12-year-run as prime minister of Israel looks to be coming to an end. Read more
Amid internal debate, Hamas trying to reopen offices in Damascus
June 3, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
A series of events and developments, accompanied by reports in the Arab and especially Lebanese media, indicate Hamas’ intention to renew its relations with the Syrian regime in Damascus after 10 years of severing ties. Read more
IDF seeks to fast-track revolutionary approach to lessening future rocket fire
June 2, 2021 by Yaakov Lappin
The Israel Defence Forces are seeking to fast-track a new system designed to remove Hamas’s ability to terrorize the Israeli home front with mass rocket attacks in future conflicts. Read more
New principal for Carmel School
June 2, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Perth’s Carmel School has announced the appointment of Dr Julie Harris as the new Principal, commencing in January 2022. Read more
From Australia’s Past: Jewish businessmen who shaped the colony
June 1, 2021 by J-Wire News Service
Samuel Cohen arrived in Sydney in 1833 aged 21 with an English history dating back to the time of Cromwell and to Spain and the Expulsion. Read more
The strategic consequences of Bennett’s megalomania
June 1, 2021 by Caroline Glick - JNS
There is little point at this stage of the game in mentioning the depths of moral depravity and treachery into which Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked have descended. Read more
A chat with Peter Wertheim
June 1, 2021 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
ECAJ Co-CEO Peter Wertheim advocates for Israel, as the “voice of Australian Jewry” through the roof body of over 200 Jewish organisations across Australia, the Executive of Australian Jewry. Read more
Can you forgive a war criminal?
May 31, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi? Read more
Critical Race Theory, Jews and Israel
According to the command of the Lord, the Israelites journeyed and according to the command of the Lord they camped. Read more
Domestic Violence: Mum for Mum hosts panel discussion
May 31, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Mum for Mum has organized an event to promote “awareness-raising” for those working in the field of Domestic Violence. Read more
Feintooner
May 31, 2021 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Asymmetric Lawfare.
New York Times and Washington Post bash Israel with false claims
May 31, 2021 by David Singer
The New York Times and the Washington Post have once again engaged in Israel bashing – spewing out fake maps and phony history about Israel, its origins and indeed its continued existence as the Jewish National Home – first articulated in the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine and confirmed in article 80 of the United Nations Charter. Read more
On Emily Wilder, and why no one believes the media
May 30, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
What befell Emily Wilder could not have happened to earlier generations of journalists. Read more
What does ‘justice for Sarah Halimi’ mean?
May 30, 2021 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
There was a particularly nasty incident that was reported in the crime sections of the French press this week. Read more
To confront antisemitism, American advocates say it’s time for Jews to unite, mobilize and take action
Tens of thousands of people logged onto their computers at 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Thursday to make it clear that they will no longer stand by as Jews are assaulted, harassed, threatened, spit on and cursed at in public, while at the same time synagogues, Jewish shops and cemeteries are vandalized and desecrated….writes Faygie Holt.
You can’t be ‘even-handed’ about condemning those who hate Israel and Jews
May 30, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
On Thursday, both Democratic and Republican congressional leaders joined with the Anti-Defamation League and the major Jewish religious denominations to hold a Zoom rally against antisemitism. Read more
Until we meet again
May 28, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
Listening to the inane babble emanating from politicians and international groups following the so-called Gaza ceasefire reminds me of the opening lines of the song made famous by Dame Vera Lynn during the blitz. Read more
Actions, not bromides, are how the West must confront rabid antisemitism
May 28, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and his counterpart, Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, visited Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week to offer help in building on the ceasefire with Hamas. Read more
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Former Ambassador David Friedman: ‘Trump administration would have given Israel free reign to defend itself’
May 28, 2021 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
Secretary of State Antony Blinken was dispatched to Israel by U.S. President Joe Biden this week in the direct aftermath of an acute conflagration highlighted by 11 days of indiscriminate rocket attacks by Hamas on Israeli population centres and pinpoint Israeli airstrikes on Hamas installations in Gaza in retaliation. Read more
Conversion
May 28, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
The Bible nowhere explicitly talks about conversion, only about taking care of, and not oppressing the stranger, the Ger. Read more
Blinken’s Mideast trip highlights limits of American efforts to isolate Hamas
May 27, 2021 by Dmitriy Shapiro
The Biden administration’s negotiations to reach a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip has generally being seen as successful. Read more
Left-wing hatred for Israel can’t be detached from antisemitism
May 27, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Michelle Goldberg is worried. The New York Times columnist has watched as some in the Jewish community and elsewhere have connected the dots between anti-Jewish ideological incitement and antisemitic violence. Read more
Heading to New York with trepidation and a Star of David
May 26, 2021 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
I never thought I’d hear myself say this, but I’m actually nervous—as a Jew—about my upcoming trip from Tel Aviv to New York. Read more
Israel worried about US return to Iran nuclear deal as its influence in Washington fades
May 26, 2021 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
In a press conference in Jerusalem on Tuesday evening, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken clarified the Biden administration’s stance on Iran and the nuclear deal—the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA. Read more
Photo Story: New Torah for Tzemach Tzedek
May 26, 2021 by Community newsdesk
A new Torah has been dedicated by Benny and Chanie Amzelak with the final letters inscribed at Sydney’s Central Synagogue before a street parade to Tzemach Tzedek. Read more
New college rabbi for Moriah
May 26, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Moriah College has announced the appointment of Rabbi Gad Krebs as the college rabbi. Read more
How Israel can disrupt Hamas’s re-armament plans
May 25, 2021 by Yaakov Lappin
As the truce in Gaza takes hold, Israel and the international community must employ multiple approaches to prevent Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) from once again using a quiet period to rearm themselves, a former Israeli defence official has said. Read more
