Israel formalizes ties with South Pacific island country of Niue
August 7, 2023 by JNS
Israel last week established diplomatic ties with the South Pacific island nation of Niue. Read more
Jamie Foxx apologizes for ‘they killed Jesus’ post
August 7, 2023 by JNS
American performer Jamie Foxx apologized on Saturday for a social media post that was seen as anti-Semitic. Read more
JCCV commends bravery of boys facing a knife in bus
August 7, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A man brandishing a knife confronted a group of Jewish students from Melbourne’s Leibler Yavneh College while they were aboard a public bus. Read more
Temporary injunction against Netanyahu impeachment law
August 7, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Israel’s High Court of Justice on Sunday issued a temporary injunction against the Knesset’s “Recusal Law”, which restricts the ways in which a sitting prime minister can be removed from office. Read more
Zionism Victoria takes ABC to task: headline “misleading and biased”
August 7, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
Zionism Victoria has written to ABC News to protest its online coverage of Saturday night’s fatal shooting of 42-year-old patrolman Chen Amir in Tel Aviv. Read more
Israel Rambam Study visit returnees describe “electricity of the past”
August 7, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) recently heard from three recent returnees from two separate AIJAC Rambam study visits to Israel: Senator Andrew McLachlan, The Australian Opinion Editor Nicholas Jensen, and columnist and media strategist Gemma Tognini. Read more
One killed in Palestinian terror attack in downtown Tel Aviv
August 6, 2023 by Pesach Benson
An Israeli security guard was killed in a Palestinian terror attack in downtown Tel Aviv on Saturday. Read more
Israel detains two settlers after Palestinian killed
Two Israelis have been arrested after a Palestinian teen was shot dead in the occupied West Bank in an attack by Israeli civilians on a local village, Israeli police say. Read more
High Court ends marathon hearing over Netanyahu recusal law
August 4, 2023 by Pesach Benson
A five-hour hearing at Israel’s High Court of Justice over the legality of the “Recusal Law” ended on Thursday without the three justice-panel issuing a ruling. Read more
US synagogue gunman sentenced to die
August 4, 2023 by AAP
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
August 3, 2023 by TPS-IL
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
August 3, 2023 by Geoff Sirmai
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
August 3, 2023 by JNS
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
August 2, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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
August 2, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
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
August 2, 2023 by JNS
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’
August 2, 2023 by JNS
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
August 2, 2023 by JNS
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
August 1, 2023 by JNS
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
July 31, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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
July 31, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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
July 31, 2023 by AAP
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
July 31, 2023 by TPS-IL
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
July 28, 2023 by JNS
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
July 28, 2023 by AAP
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
July 27, 2023 by AAP
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
July 27, 2023 by JNS
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
