US synagogue gunman sentenced to die

The man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue has been formally sentenced to death after a jury determined that capital punishment was appropriate for the perpetrator of the deadliest attack on Jews in US history. Read more

Israeli study on tanning may open path to preventing skin cancer

Israeli researchers have proposed a new theory for why the body’s tanning process does not occur immediately after exposure to the sun’s rays but only after a few hours or even days. The discovery will serve as a foundation for further research, potentially making skin cancer preventable. Read more

“You Don’t Have To Be Jewish” to be revived

The Australian premiere of the iconic musical sketch comedy show You Don’t Have To Be Jewish hits Sydney in October and November at two Sydney Eastern Suburbs venues. Read more

Federal jury returns death-penalty verdict for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter

A Pittsburgh jury agreed unanimously on Wednesday that Robert Bowers, 50, should be put to death for killing 11 Jewish worshippers at Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018. Read more

Suspect throws tens of thousands of shekel bills out of window

Israeli Police and Tax Authority investigators in the northern city of Shfar’am were stunned when a suspect in an ongoing financial investigation tried to dispose of evidence by throwing hundreds of bills worth tens of thousands of shekels out the window on Tuesday, Israeli officials disclosed on Wednesday. Read more

Walt meets the Chief Rabbi of Iceland

On a study tour of Northern Europe, former NSW Labor frontbencher and former State MP Walt Secord recently met the Jewish community of Iceland’s spiritual leader and Chief Rabbi of Iceland, Rabbi Avraham Feldman, in Reykjavik. Read more

Netanyahu: ‘There won’t be a civil war’ over judicial reform

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured NBC News on Monday that wherever the debate in Israel over his government’s judicial reform effort leads, it won’t be to violence. Read more

Israeli foreign minister: Saudi deal ‘closer than ever’

Israel is closer than it has ever been to a peace agreement with Saudi Arabia, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said on Monday. Read more

Hamas releases pics of fallen IDF soldier’s rifle nine years after his death

Hamas has released photos purportedly showing the rifle of IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin, who was killed in the Gaza Strip nine years ago today, i24NEWS reported on Tuesday. Read more

Israeli minister to introduce gender-segregated bathing pilot

Israeli Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman is poised to introduce this summer gender-segregated bathing times in some of the country’s natural springs, outside the official operating hours of the sites, according to Israel Hayom. Read more

All 15 justices to hear petitions against ‘reasonableness law’

All 15 justices of Israel’s Supreme Court will hear the petitions asking them to cancel the “reasonableness law” that the Knesset passed last week, Supreme Court President Esther Hayut announced on Monday. Read more

Mossad chief secretly visited DC to discuss Saudi deal

The head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency secretly travelled to Washington nearly two weeks ago to discuss a deal with Saudi Arabia. Read more

$40million for faith-based institutions – applications now open

Applications are now open for the Albanese Government’s Securing Faith-Based Places grant program. Read more

Israeli targeted procedure destroys bone marrow cancer cells

In a groundbreaking development in the fight against myeloma, Israeli researchers developed a targeted procedure to effectively destroy cancer within bone marrow. Read more

Thousands protest against Hamas in rare Gaza demos

Several thousand people have briefly taken to the streets across the Gaza Strip to protest chronic power outages and difficult living conditions, providing a rare public show of discontent with the territory’s Hamas government. Read more

Israel opposition seeks 18-month judicial reforms halt

The leader of Israel’s parliamentary opposition has demanded that the government freeze its judicial overhaul for 18 months if it wants to resume negotiations on a consensus formula for the changes. Read more

Israel announces $27 billion high-speed rail project

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced a mammoth 100 billion shekel ($27 billion) plan to link the north and south of the country by rail. Read more

Ben-Gvir ascends Temple Mount for Tisha B’Av

Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Thursday in observance of Tisha B’Av. Read more

Israel divided as Netanyahu defends judicial reforms

The Knesset’s decision to trim Supreme Court powers to overrule government actions as part of a planned judicial overhaul will not hurt Israel’s democracy, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says. Read more

Israel’s top court to look at reforms in September

Israel’s Supreme Court says it will wait until September to address the recently passed law aimed at weakening the judiciary. Read more

Israel’s president speaks of both animosity and unity

As Israel prepared for the start of Tisha B’Av, a 25-hour fast day that commemorates the destruction of the Jewish temples and other historical calamities that have impacted the Jewish people, Israeli President Isaac Herzog took to social media to urge understanding, cooperation and kinship in the face of deep divisions in the country over judicial reform. Read more

Evidence of the destruction of the Second Temple unearthed in Jerusalem

Tangible evidence of the destruction of the Second Temple and the devastating events that unfolded in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago has come to light with the discovery of a rare coin in Jerusalem’s City of David National Park. Read more

Israeli demonstrators to ramp up judicial law protests

Demonstrations against and for Israel’s judicial overhaul have paused for a traditional Jewish fast, with national leaders calling for reconciliation while activists vow to return to the streets and step up pressure on the government. Read more

JCA refutes media report that it had funded the “Yes” campaign

Sydney’s Jewish Communal Appeal has taken issue with national spreadsheet The Australian, which reported that the JCA had donated $200,000 of community funds to the “Yes” campaign ahead of The Voice referendum.” Read more

Jewish students make contribution to countering antisemitism

Students from Leibler Yavneh College were among 15 secondary schools from around Victoria presenting their ideas about diversity and inclusion to politicians and community leaders at the inaugural Victorian Youth Summit at the University of Melbourne Read more

Netanyahu takes hit in polls as crisis deepens

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suffered a hit in the polls over a judicial law his hard-right coalition has championed as he attempts to navigate his gravest domestic crisis. Read more

Pepper has been found

Police report that Pepper Stern has been found. Read more

Israeli military waits to see if reservists refuse to report for duty

On the day after Israel’s coalition unilaterally passed into law the so-called “reasonability bill,” part of its controversial judicial reform plan, Israel Defense Forces senior command is now in uncharted territory. Read more

Real Madrid opens Jerusalem soccer clinic

Spanish superclub Real Madrid has opened its youth training camp in Jerusalem, welcoming teenage soccer players from Israel, Morocco, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority. Read more

Protests mount after Israel passes judicial bill

Israeli doctors began a 24-hour strike, and black ads covered newspaper front pages in a furore over the hard-right government’s ratification of the first part of judicial reforms that critics fear endanger the independence of the courts. Read more

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