From Buenos Aires: the new WUPJ president
July 31, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
A zoom discussion with the new World Union for Progressive Judaism. Read more
The progressive world: An antechamber to evil
July 31, 2020 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
After days of antisemitic rants on social media, the “Grime” rapper Wiley has finally been barred from Twitter and Facebook following outrage by Jews and others that he was allowed to use these platforms for his vicious incitement. Read more
Netanyahu’s five-point battleground to stay in power
July 31, 2020 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
Since fortifying Israel’s frayed political system with a victory over his political rivals and the formation of a unity coalition in April, governance for Israel’s embattled prime minister has been anything but simple. Read more
Over and out
July 31, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
“There comes a time when you have to choose between turning the page and closing the book.” Read more
Jerusalem reborn
July 31, 2020 by Jeremy Rosen
The Jerusalem I first came to in 1958 was a very different and much smaller town than the Jerusalem of nearly one million it is today. Read more
Expert on international demonisation of Israel praises Australia’s positive role
Professor Gerald Steinberg, the founder and President of NGO Monitor, dotted his presentation at the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council’s (AIJAC’s) latest webinar, on “The campaign to delegitimise Israel within International Institutions” with positive references to Australia’s performance. Read more
A new Hakoah looming
July 29, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
Hakoah president Steven Lowy talks about the hiatus between Hakoah in Hall St in Bondi which closed its doors in 2009 and the projected new club at White City which, if all goes to plan, will open in 2023/4. Read more
Amid growing tensions, Hezbollah risks escalation as it seeks retaliation
July 28, 2020 by Yaakov Lappin
Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have reached a fever pitch over the last week, with Israel’s defence establishment readying for an attack by the Lebanese terror group. Read more
Hatred lessons to resume in Gaza
July 28, 2020 by David Bedein
After months of lockdown, UNRWA has announced its intention to reopen UNRWA schools – in Gaza – on Saturday, August 8th. Read more
Henry Greener talks with Bren Carlill
July 27, 2020 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
ZFA’s Public Affairs Director Bren Carlill is the media liaison connector between our local community and Israel. Read more
A time to weep
July 27, 2020 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Kohelet 3:4 says there is a time for everything. One of his examples is that there is a time to weep. Rashi says, “On Tishah B’Av”. Read more
Jordan moves to resolve West Bank sovereignty problem it created
July 27, 2020 by David Singer
Jordan’s Prime Minister Omar Razzaz has made a welcome intervention to resolve the issue of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (aka West Bank). Read more
Feintooner
July 27, 2020 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…”What’s past is prologue” Read more
Two worlds in Israel
July 26, 2020 by Ron Weiser
In Israel we currently see two worlds clashing. Read more
Camp David 20 years later: Still holding onto the Oslo delusion
July 25, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
It’s one anniversary that no one is celebrating. Twenty years ago this month, President Bill Clinton welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to a peace summit at Camp David. Read more
On the other hand
July 25, 2020 by J-Wire
The nine days leading up to Tisha B’Av are usually subdued with curtailed entertainment and meatless dining. Read more
What does Iran’s pivot to China mean for Israel?
July 25, 2020 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
China and Iran are said to be currently working on a 25-year, $400 billion “strategic partnership” that would see massive Chinese investment in Iranian infrastructure in return for below-market-priced oil and massive regional influence. Read more
The United States shifts its approach to China
July 25, 2020 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
The appalling persecution of the Muslim Uyghur minority in northwestern China by the Communist Party (CCP) regime in Beijing is a matter of growing concern for Jewish communities around the world. Read more
Betraying Jewish history by watering down the Holocaust
July 24, 2020 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
The British baroness Ruth Deech, whose family were Jewish refugees from Nazism, recently delivered an impassioned address to the Oxford Jewish community about the way the Holocaust is being evacuated of meaning by memorials and museums in its name. Read more
An Even Worse Mess
July 24, 2020 by Jeremy Rosen
On the Seventeenth of Tammuz, we began the period known as the Three Weeks that culminate in the fast of the Ninth of Av ( this coming Wednesday night). Read more
Will the Democrats’ generational shift turn the tide against Israel?
July 24, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
For pro-Israel Democrats, the only thing that matters about 2020 is that former Vice President Joe Biden is at the top of the ticket. Read more
Cinema and COVID
July 24, 2020 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Queen of The Classic Lindy Tamir discusses with Henry Greener cinema in the times of COVID, as the entire industry struggles to adapt to the lockdown. Read more
Technion webinar hosts inventors
July 24, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Dr Amit Goffer experienced a tragic accident that confined him to a wheelchair – as an accomplished inventor and entrepreneur, he didn’t accept his fate to never stand upright again and immediately started to develop alternative modes of transport to the traditional wheelchair. Read more
Doubters, Deniers and Detractors
July 24, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
The nine days between Rosh Chodesh Av and Tisha B’Av of the Jewish calendar give us an ideal opportunity for introspection and a reality check on the state of our own lives as well as national aspirations and developments. Read more
A World in Chaos
July 24, 2020 by Isi Leibler
When my last op-ed was published at the end of March, the coronavirus appeared to be under control in Israel and a national unity government was in the process of being formed. Read more
Meet Danny Ben-Moshe
July 23, 2020 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Henry Greener interviews award-winning documentary filmmaker Danny Ben-Moshe who established Identity Films in 2006. Read more
A Jewish opera legend’s family is divided by cancel culture
July 23, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Few things are sadder than when a family is divided by politics. But when it happens because of outside pressure and false accusations that threaten to destroy the legacy of a beloved father, what happens is not just a personal tragedy but also a cautionary tale about the perils of cancel culture. Read more
Tishah B’Av: Can we mourn a broken and defeated Jerusalem?
July 20, 2020 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Glimpsing the future of Judaism, Israel & world Jewry
July 20, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
On Tisha B’Av, Emanuel Synagogue and Kehilat Nitzan, Melbourne will present an online Eicha reading followed by a Zoom lecture by world-renowned Israeli Futurist, Prof. David Passig of Bar-Ilan University. Read more
Trump’s vision of a democratic “State of Palestine” is doomed
July 20, 2020 by David Singer
President Trump’s vision for the creation of a democratic Palestinian State in Gaza and 70% of Judea and Samaria under his Peace to Prosperity Plan (Trump Plan) – is a futile exercise doomed to failure. Read more
