Does push to bar an indicted Netanyahu from leading next government violate democratic norms?
March 6, 2020 by Dov Lipman - JNS
Israel’s fractured political system is possibly entering uncharted territory in the next few weeks. Read more
Netanyahu’s overwhelming victory and Gantz’s parliamentary putsch
March 6, 2020 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents claim that the results of the three elections the country has held over the past 12 months have been essentially unchanged, with the embattled prime minister and his right-wing bloc repeatedly proving unable to muster a parliamentary majority. Read more
The undemocratic alliance bent on toppling Netanyahu
March 5, 2020 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
In Israel’s third election in less than one year, embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defeated his closest challenger by three Knesset seats (36-33), and his bloc of right-wing allies defeated the opposing left-wing bloc supporting challenger Benny Gantz by a stunning 18 seats (58-40). Yet, similar to the first two election contests, Netanyahu still remains precariously shy of a parliamentary majority. Read more
The man behind a thriving community – Principal Phil Roberts from Mount Sinai College celebrates 30 years!
March 4, 2020 by Community newsdesk
Phil Roberts has spent half his life at Mount Sinai College – 30 years in fact. Read more
Mount Sinai College announced as winner in the Renovation/Modernisation category 2019 LEA Australasia Awards.
March 4, 2020 by Community newsdesk
Mount Sinai College was awarded the winner of the prestigious 2019 Learning Environments Australasia (LEA) NSW Chapter for outstanding achievements in ‘Renovation/Modernisation over $5M’ category. Read more
WIZO presents…
March 4, 2020 by Community newsdesk
WIZO Victoria presents three wonderful speakers for International Women’s Day Morning Tea… Read more
Is Netanyahu’s significant victory sufficient?
March 4, 2020 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
Keeping in mind that the results of Israel’s Knesset elections are not final, the tally indicates that the attempt to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed abysmally. Read more
Israelis have spoken and prefer Netanyahu, though hurdles remain on way to government
March 4, 2020 by Dov Lipman - JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared “a giant victory” on Monday night for the Likud Party and the Israeli right-wing. With 92 per cent of the votes counted, Likud won 36 seats and the right-wing/religious bloc 59 seats. Read more
‘Never again’ means standing up for Israel
March 4, 2020 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
Standing up to contemporary antisemitism is no easy thing, as it means taking up arms in the war being fought over Israel’s legitimacy. This is a fight to the death against the mortal enemy of the Jewish people—one in which the casualties are all too real. It cannot be fought with pleasantries. Beautiful speeches notwithstanding, world leaders only truly join in this fight when they stand against the delegitimization of Israel. Read more
European floats depict vermin, chimneys, poison gas, bags of money …
March 4, 2020 by Thane Rosenbaum
The Jewish holiday of Purim, to be celebrated next week, came early in both Belgium and Spain this year—not for Jews, but for those who hate them no matter the millennium. Read more
A mezuzah for Paul Hamer
March 4, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Paul Hamer, State Labor MP for the Melbourne suburb of Box Hill invited to his office two close friends Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann from the Ark Centre and Rabbi Dovid Gutnick from East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation in order to hang a mezuzah. Read more
An intergenerational playgroup
March 4, 2020 by Community newsdesk
Music and laughter filled the room at a special session Sydney’s Montefiore Home intergenerational playgroup in honour of the late Rose Fekete. Read more
A Brighter Shabbat
March 4, 2020 by Community newsdesk
Melbourne’s Temple Beth Israel (TBI) will be lending their communal support to that which so many of their members and friends have been doing as individuals and as families in supporting those affected by the bushfires. Read more
Casting call for doggy divas for Opera Australia on the harbour
March 2, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Dogs who dream of stardom can have the op-paw-tunity of a lifetime this April with applications now open to appear in La Traviata at the world-famous Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. Read more
A famous sea disaster’s Jewish aspects
March 2, 2020 by Hilary Rubinstein
Bound for the relief of the British base at Gibraltar, which was under siege by France and Spain, HMS Royal George of 108 guns was awaiting sailing orders on a fine summer’s morning in 1782, part of a large fleet assembled at the Spithead anchorage off Portsmouth. Read more
Want to know more about Purim?
March 2, 2020 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi… Read more
Feintooner
March 2, 2020 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: U.S. Jewish Presidential Debates
On the other hand
March 1, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
Crunch time has arrived as we troop wearily for the third time to the polling booth in an endeavour to elect a governing coalition. Read more
Netanyahu builds momentum in final days of third campaign
March 1, 2020 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
After 11 years of Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, many Israelis have claimed that they are tired of Benjamin Netanyahu. Or are they? Read more
The Vatican opens its wartime archive
March 1, 2020 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
One of the most persistent and controversial debates about the history of World War II concerns the role of the Catholic Church during the Holocaust, and specifically, the actions of Pope Pius XII. Read more
From Aalst to America: The post-modern, anti-Jewish reconfiguration of the West
February 28, 2020 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
The annual parade in Aalst, Belgium, last Sunday turned into a carnival of monstrous Jew-hatred. Participants portrayed Jews as insects topped with fur shtreimel hats and peyot (sidelocks). Read more
Vilem Flusser
February 28, 2020 by Jeremy Rosen
I met the Jewish Czech philosopher, Vilem Flusser, at a conference on Contemporary Judaism and Zionism convened by Chief Rabbi Immanuel Jackobovits in London in 1980. He stood out in a gathering of rabbis and academics. Despite the differences in our backgrounds, age, and religious commitment, I felt a very strong bond with him. His eyes sparkled with delight in challenging accepted ideas. Like me, he was a maverick. Read more
Lottery time plus reality check
February 28, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
Taking a lottery ticket without knowing whether you will be a winner or loser seems eerily similar to our forthcoming third round of elections. Read more
Sanders and Bloomberg boost hopes for Netanyahu election win
February 28, 2020 by David Singer
Democratic Party contenders for the American Presidency – Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg – have unwittingly given Israel’s Prime Minister – Bibi Netanyahu – an unexpected boost to becoming Israel’s next Prime Minister on 2 March. Read more
UIA NSW 2020 General Division Gala Event & Centenary Celebration
UIA NSW hosted over 2000 Sydney supporters at its 2020 General Division Gala Event & Centenary Celebration on 23 February, with Guest of Honour President Reuven Rivlin and Israeli musical artist Idan Raichel….J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
Firies say thanks
February 27, 2020 by Community Editor
A Rural Fire Service unit from Mittagong has visited Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen to say thank you to for the hundreds of men and women who volunteered at the kitchen to prepare meals and care packages for exhausted Fire Service units around the state during the horrendous bush fires. Read more
Israeli Arabs reject becoming citizens of Palestinian state, as suggested in Mideast peace plan
February 27, 2020 by Ariel Ben Solomon - JNS.org
Israeli Arab citizens flatly reject the idea floated in the recently released U.S. “Peace to Prosperity” plan that envisions the possibility that borders would be redrawn and some Arab cities and villages could become part of a future Palestinian state. Read more
Why Israel’s electoral stalemate isn’t a disaster
February 27, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Think Israelis are excited by the prospect of going to the polls for the third time in a year to elect a new Knesset? Think again. Read more
Cocktails at the Monte
February 27, 2020 by Community newsdesk
Sydney’s Montefiore’s NSW Seniors’ Festival calendar includes concerts and activities at all our campuses, as well as a cocktail party at Randwick where residents, board members and management had the opportunity to meet and mingle over Pimms cocktails and canapés. Read more
Rampant madness prevails
February 27, 2020 by Isi Leibler
When waking in the morning, we need to pinch ourselves to be certain that our current position is not a dream: Read more
