Israeli to establish permanent embassy in Turkmenistan – 19kms from Iranian border

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen will on Thursday inaugurate Israel’s first permanent embassy in Turkmenistan. Read more

New app finds graves of fallen Israeli soldiers

Ahead of Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and terror victims, the Defence Ministry launched an app to help people locate the graves of family and friends in military cemeteries. Read more

Mark Speakman takes the reins

Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council last week formally congratulated the new leadership team for the NSW Opposition, including its newly elected leader, Mark Speakman, SC. Read more

No to IHRA: University of Adelaide

The University of Adelaide has joined The Australian National University in Canberra in refusing to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism. Read more

Manny Waks’ alleged abuser arrested in New York

Long-time victims’ advocate Manny Waks says his alleged abuser is set to be extradited to Melbourne. Read more

Sydney embraces a new way of commemorating the Shoah

Zikaron BaSalon (Hebrew for “Remembrances in the Living Room”) is a grassroots initiative based in Israel that since 2011 has brought together more than 2 million people in more than 65 countries to talk with survivors or their descendants in intimate, home-based gatherings, in person and online. Read more

Gal Gadot, Sacha Baron Cohen, Harvey Keitel remember Holocaust victims

To commemorate Yom HaShoah, Gal Gadot held an intimate gathering at her home in LA, inviting holocaust survivor Celina Biniaz to share her testimony, with Gal’s family and friends including Sacha Baron Cohen, his wife Isla Fisher, Harvey Keitel, and Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins also in attendance. Read more

Wish Ambulance’s special mission

Magen David Adom’s Wish Ambulance team came together for a special and very emotional mission: To assist Aharon Shechter, a 92-year-old Holocaust Survivor from Petach Tikva, who had been invited to the Knesset by Knesset Chairperson MK Amir Ohana – and then to Yad Vashem. Read more

JNF Sticker Book Collection set to take off on Yom Ha’atzmaut

It’s Israel’s 75th birthday, and what better way for children to celebrate than with the launch of JNF Australia’s My Israel Passport sticker book? Read more

35th March of the Living honours Jewish heroism in the Holocaust

This year’s March of the Living, the annual tribute to the 6 million held at the site of the former German death camp Auschwitz in Poland, is being conducted under the theme of “Honoring Jewish heroism in the Holocaust.” Read more

Lindsey Graham: Normalization with Saudi Arabia possible by 2024

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Monday that a normalisation agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia was achievable within a year, but warned that the window of opportunity was closing. Read more

PA chief Abbas, senior Hamas officials in Saudi Arabia

Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on Tuesday. Read more

‘You chose life. You believed in good. You helped others,’ Netanyahu tells survivors

A Hungarian Jew whose whole family was killed in the Holocaust was sent to various concentration camps. Read more

Hebrew U. researchers develop new method to prevent mosquito bites

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have developed a safe new method of preventing mosquito bites using a skin coating from naturally occurring cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). Read more

Shoah Commemoration in Sydney

Commemoration of the Shoah this year has been marked by three highly successful and emotive events. Read more

Randwick stoush over flying Israeli flag

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has formally congratulated Randwick City Council for standing firm on its decision to fly the Israeli flag for Yom Ha’atzmaut – in the face of moves to rescind the decision. Read more

Holocaust memorial siren activated by survivor and her soldier granddaughter

Every Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli life stops to commemorate the six million Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust with a national minute of silence. Read more

The ‘Jerusalem Axis’: How Iran boosts support for Hamas in Lebanon

Hamas is tightening its terror coordination with Iran, Hezbollah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Lebanon, raising new challenges for Israel. Read more

Men plead not guilty over alleged soccer Nazi salutes

Three men have pleaded not guilty to hate crimes after allegedly giving Nazi salutes at last year’s Australia Cup soccer final in Sydney’s west. Read more

JNF’s archives shows Holocaust memorials in Israel from 1948

On the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael – Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) selected some special visual moments from its archives to share with the public. Read more

Judith Sohlberg was 8-years old when she saved lives in Nazi concentration camp

Near the end of World War II, Judith Sohlberg was just eight years-old when she and her family were in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp — and her father wanted her to do something odd by camp standards. Read more

May the memories of the victims of the terrible Holocaust, be preserved and bound in our nation’s heart, from generation to generation, forevermore

President Isaac Herzog spoke last night at the State Opening Ceremony for Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day 2023 at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Read more

Julian Leeser congratulates senators’ promotion to the frontbench

Following his decision to leave the opposition front bench, former Shadow Attorney General Julian Leeser has congratulated the new members announced by leader Peter Dutton this morning. Read more

Nearly half of the world’s Jews live in Israel

At the start of 2022, there were a total of 15.3 million Jews in the world, 7 million of whom, roughly 46% of all Jews worldwide, resided in Israel, Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics revealed on Sunday. Read more

Israeli government moves to tackle haredi draft conundrum

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a meeting on Sunday to address a longstanding issue pertaining to drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews into the Israel Defence Forces. Read more

Nearly 150,000 Shoah survivors live in Israel

The number of Holocaust survivors living in Israel stands at nearly 150,000, according to statistics published on Sunday by the Holocaust Survivors’ Rights Authority ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more

Report on antisemitism worldwide finds orthodox Jews main target of antisemitic assaults

A report released on Monday ahead of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day saw a sharp increase in the number of antisemitic incidents in the US and other Western countries and that Orthodox Jews are the main victims of physical assaults. Read more

Netanyahu visits the Dee family during shiva

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has paid a condolence visit to the Dee family in Efrat. Read more

Hamas gambles and wins on Saudi Arabia

Hamas gambled on Saudi Arabia years ago, and for the first time in years, a delegation of the Palestinian terror group’s highest leaders is visiting Saudi Arabia to mend fences. Read more

NSW government funds for multicultural events

Multicultural NSW has launched a new $550,000 program to allow community organisations to host grassroots festivals and events. Read more

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