Meet Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation
June 18, 2020 by Michael Kroger
In 1348, the Black Death killed between 30 to 50% of the entire population of Britain. In one of the greatest health crisis to affect the world since then who was selected as the person to lead the global effort to fight COVID-19? Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Read more
Daniel Cainer’s Jewish Chronicles on your screen
June 18, 2020 by Geoff Sirmai
Following his recent return to Australia and hit show performance at Limmud, U.K.’s Daniel Cainer is back again (‘virtually’) – by public demand. Read more
The debate over the future of the territories
Why is the future of the West Bank (also known as Judea and Samaria) such a critical issue for Israel? Why does it engender debate, even strong debate, influencing even the language adopted for describing it? Read more
AFL rabbi
June 18, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Earlier this year Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann was selected to be an AFL multicultural community ambassador and as part of this role, he works with other community and faith leaders to strengthen community cohesion and togetherness through the AFL. Read more
B&H says thank you
June 17, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
B&H is a huge world famous photographic/video/audio store in Manhattan run by ultra-orthodox Jews. Not only do they close on Shabbat and Yom Tovim, but they also suspend their website which sells its wares around the world. Read more
All lives matter – protesting the protesters
June 17, 2020 by Rabbi Chaim Ingram
Dear Rabbi. Last week you called out the protest demonstrations in Australia, arising from the brutal killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, as “irresponsible”. Read more
How Has COVID-19 Impacted Our Global Family?
June 17, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
UIA Australia will host a once-off Keren Hayesod-UIA online event on Sunday 28 June. Read more
Will Israel’s West Bank move torpedo normalization with the Arab world?
June 17, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Finally, someone has come up with a coherent argument against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to extend Israeli law to West Bank settlements. Read more
Experts: Israeli sovereignty not expected to cause massive violence or backlash
June 16, 2020 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
As reports and discussions rev up concerning Israel’s plan to apply sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria, as well as the Jordan Valley, concern is being increasingly raised by detractors of the plan over fears concerning potential fallout, including frayed relations with international and regional allies, an end to prospects of a two-state solution, as well as the potential of Palestinian and even larger Arab violence. Read more
Bubbies Know Best
June 16, 2020 by Brad Pomerance
Jewish grandmothers joined in a Zoom panel with African-American counterparts to discuss the post-George Floyd USA. Read more
Resistance
June 15, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
This is yet another Holocaust movie but its main characters are known to many of us. Marcel Marceau the greatest mime of the last century and Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lyon. Read more
What do you do with an unusable Torah?
June 15, 2020 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the Rabbi. Read more
Feintooner
June 15, 2020 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Kangaroo Court’s Kashrut knocked out by U.S. Read more
America erases its past as Israel resurrects 3000 years-old history
June 15, 2020 by David Singer
It is amazing that in the midst of an unprecedented global economic shutdown – some Americans are presently hell-bent on erasing America’s past by pulling down statues of controversial persons in America’s deeply-troubled history and engaging in cultural cancelling – whilst Israelis are simultaneously planning to resurrect Jewish history by restoring Israeli sovereignty in the Jewish people’s biblical heartland – Judea and Samaria – after 3000 years. Read more
Meet Josh Burns and Tim Watts
June 15, 2020 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Federal MPs Josh Burns and Tim Watts Zoom in from Parliament House in Canberra to chat with Henry Greener on topics of interest that keep them engaged as Labor Members of Parliament, including Child Care, Housing Industry support and the need to keep Community TV alive. Read more
Dr Ruth shares her Holocaust and Haganah experiences on Zoom
June 14, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israeli Supreme Court reverses land decision in midst of sovereignty debate
June 14, 2020 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
Israel’s Supreme Court just reversed the 2017 Regulation Law, which gave Israel the authority to appropriate private Palestinian land in the disputed territories of Judea and Samaria with compensation to the owners. Read more
The mad, mad, mad world of Roger Waters
So, what does Roger Waters think of music, his critics and the normal life we all want to get back to?…writes Lana Melman. Read more
Meet Natalie King
June 14, 2020 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Professor Natalie King was awarded an OAM in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her dedicated work as Curator for Contemporary Art and Visual Culture. She talks with Henry Greener on Zoom. Read more
On the other hand
June 14, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
Summer has kicked in with a vengeance but this year promises to be different from all others. Read more
The unmistakable echoes in the culture war against the West
June 12, 2020 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
In Britain, statues of historical figures associated with colonialism or slavery are being pulled down or slated for removal. Read more
Jeffrey Epstein and Maimonides
June 12, 2020 by Jeremy Rosen
I needed distraction from hypocrisy, politics, demonstrations, and looting, this past week, so I watched a series on Netflix called “Filthy Rich.” Read more
(Un) lawful?
June 12, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
Since 1948 the UN and its associated institutions have never lost an opportunity to condemn Israel for one form of “unlawful” behaviour or another. Read more
A British mandate to recognize Israeli sovereignty
The legal right of the Jewish people to reconstitute their historic homeland was recognized at the San Remo Conference of 1920 and by virtue of the Mandate for Palestine that resulted from it…write Richard Kemp, Hugh Kitson and Simon Isaacs. Read more
US community council to address NSWJBD plenum
June 10, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
With America in turmoil, the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY)’s will address the NSW Board of Deputies plenum by Zoom next week. Read more
Groups on far-left, far-right co-opt Black Lives Matter movement to target Israel
June 10, 2020 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
Groups on the far-right and far-left, including pro-Palestinian organizations with links to terrorism, have been engaged in a campaign to co-opt the Black Lives Matter movement to target and delegitimize Israel. Read more
Israelis can’t mask a lack of anxiety
June 10, 2020 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
The reopening of the Israeli economy after nearly two months of COVID-19 closures was bound to lead to laxity on the part of the public. And it did, in spite of endless Health Ministry warnings that a release from lockdown bondage would require extra vigilance where social-distancing, mask-wearing and hand-washing were concerned. Read more
The “peaceful” Middle East before 1948
June 10, 2020 by David Cumin
One of the most pernicious modern lies about Jews is how well they were treated in the Middle East before the re-establishment of the Jewish nation. Read more
Pathway to parenthood: all you need to know about starting a family and genetics
June 10, 2020 by J-Wire
Following on from a successful ‘Fertility during a Pandemic’ online webinar earlier this month, the Australian Jewish Fertility Network (AJFN) will be hosting a two-part online series for couples who are considering starting a family soon or trying to get pregnant. Read more
Watch “Resistance” at home
June 9, 2020 by Arts Editor
The Classic, Lido, Cameo and Ritz cinemas ‘At Home’ will present the Australian Premiere virtual screening of Resistance followed by a live, free online Q&A with star Jesse Eisenberg on Wednesday. Read more
