Ban Holocaust denial? Yes. Political censorship? No.
October 16, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
The applause was nearly universal. After a determined campaign on the part of the Anti-Defamation League and a broad coalition of Jewish groups and other organizations, Facebook has agreed to ban posts that contain Holocaust denial on its ubiquitous site. Read more
The BBC isn’t just too ‘woke’—over Israel, it incites baseless hatred
October 16, 2020 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
In recent weeks, there have been indications that the British government intends to try to bring the BBC to heel. Read more
March of Folly
October 16, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
Now that the Chagim (Festivals) are over most people are looking forward to a new year devoid of past follies and one which will somehow fulfil their craving for a more balanced and normal life. Read more
Post COVID: How will and should our congregations look?
October 15, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
A virtual Progressive Judaism Victoria zoom broadcast. Read more
Israeli EMT with Corona brings medical relief and joy to other patients in Corona hotel
October 15, 2020 by TPS-IL
The naked emperor
October 15, 2020 by David Cumin
I have a tremendous amount of respect for United Nations Watch – an organisation that isn’t afraid to call out a naked emperor, metaphorically speaking. Read more
How our Succas taught an amazing COVID lesson
October 15, 2020 by Rabbi Chaim Ingram
On Rosh HaShanah, we re-affirmed our belief in an omnipotent G-D. On Yom Kippur we cried out to Him to renew our relationship. Read more
Israeli drone company plans for worldwide aerial-supply networks
October 14, 2020 by Yaakov Lappin
Israel’s Gadfin UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and drone producer was the first company in the world to receive the Israeli Civil Aviation Authority permit for urban airspace deliveries this year. Read more
Saudi Arabia and Jordan tighten screws on PLO and Hamas
October 14, 2020 by David Singer
Saudi Arabia and Jordan have engaged in a twin-pronged attack on the PLO and Hamas seemingly intended to get them to bury the hatchet and begin negotiations with Israel on allocating sovereignty in Gaza and Judea and Samaria (West Bank) under President Trump’s 2020 Peace Plan. Read more
The woke world goes to war against ‘Wonder Woman’
October 13, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
I’m not sure the world needed another movie about Cleopatra. And the career arc of Israeli actress Gal Gadot, who became an international superstar with her “Wonder Woman” films, isn’t something that matters all that much in the general scheme of things. Read more
The great myth of Israeli annexation, Part II: De facto sovereignty
October 13, 2020 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
For the better part of the past year, one of the major diplomatic agenda items in the Middle East was whether or not Israel would apply its formal sovereignty over lands it controls in parts of Judea and Samaria, surrounding Jewish settlements, and along the strategic Jordan Valley. Read more
On the other hand
October 12, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
By the time you read this the Festivals of Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah will be ending or have already finished. Read more
A magic carpet ride over the anti-Netanyahu protests
October 12, 2020 by Caroline Glick - JNS
The Israeli left likes to claim its no-holds-barred fight against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters is an ideological struggle that pits the forces of democracy and old-time Zionism against the forces of tyranny and tribalism. Read more
Some Jewish attitudes
October 12, 2020 by J-Wire
This article presents brief statements of the Jewish view on some current issues. Read more
An Israeli ‘dissident’ demolished
October 11, 2020 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
The most scathing book review I have read in a very long time appears in the Sept.18 edition of the London-based journal, the Times Literary Supplement. Read more
The error of piety
October 9, 2020 by Jeremy Rosen
One of the most disturbing features of the pandemic has been the behaviour of huge swathes of the Charedi community across the globe. Read more
Back to the beginning
October 9, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
Every year at this time without fail the annual cycle of Torah readings takes us back to the very beginning. Read more
Turning Britain and America into Salem
October 9, 2020 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Much has been written about left-wing antisemitism and the pernicious role played by the universities in fomenting it. Read more
New initiative helps tackle antisemitic content on entertainment platforms
In this time of social distancing and sheltering in place, people all over the world are spending more time on streaming sites than ever before. Read more
What has (and has not) changed in the 20 years since the Second Intifada
October 7, 2020 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
The jubilant crowd gathered around the el-Bireh police station in Ramallah on that fateful day of Oct. 12, 2000, cheered when a terrorist came to the window and held up his hands, bloodied from lynching to death two Israel Defence Forces’ reservists who had gotten lost and entered Ramallah by mistake. Read more
MOTL seeks new board members
October 7, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
The March of the Living has its overseas activities curtailed due to Coronavirus, but it continues to operate with Australia. Read more
Deeming ‘spiritual death’ a bigger threat than COVID, Chassidic rebbes go rogue
An amazing video clip was making the rounds of the internet when Yom Kippur ended. Read more
Henry Greener talks with Ilan Kidron
October 6, 2020 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Rock star music maker Ilan Kidron is highly experienced in every aspect of the entertainment industry. Read more
Sh’mini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
October 6, 2020 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple writes on this week’s festivals. Read more
Remembering Rabin’s 1985 legacy can end Arab-Jewish conflict
October 6, 2020 by David Singer
The 25th anniversary of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin’s assassination on 4 November 1995 has seen leading left-wing Democratic Party Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) cancelling her planned attendance at a memorial event organised by Americans for Peace Now on 20 October. Read more
Lift the US ban on journalist Jonathan Spyer
October 5, 2020 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
There is no role in journalism that is more mentally and physically punishing than that of a war correspondent. Read more
MFAT officials justify NZ-funded hate to minister
October 5, 2020 by David Cumin
Documents obtained under the Official Information Act by the Israel Institute of New Zealand show that, for the first time ever, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) briefed the minister about hate and incitement to violence taught in NZ-funded UNRWA schools. Read more
Meet Sarita Gold
October 5, 2020 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Facilitator and filmmaker Sarita Gold has over 20 years of experience in video, live events and the social marketing space, with 12 years working for the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies as the social and digital media manager. Read more
Trivializing the true evil of Nazism
October 2, 2020 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
There is clearly no limit to the depths of moral perversity that the enemies of President Donald Trump are prepared to plumb, not least within America’s Jewish community. Read more
France looks to restore influence in Lebanon, but Iran isn’t budging
October 2, 2020 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
The multiple explosions in Beirut on Aug. 4 ravaged more than just part of Lebanon’s capital city. Read more
