Half a million people visited Jerusalem’s Western Wall despite tensions

Despite security tensions with Palestinians on the Temple Mount, “about half a million people” visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem during the week-long holiday of Passover. Read more

Five patients receive organs from terror victim Leah Dee

Five Israeli individuals have already received organs donated from Leah Dee, who died on Monday of injuries from a Palestinian terror attack. Read more

The Holocaust and the Australian Aboriginal response

Biographer Barbara Miller has published a handbook online focusing on Australia’s response to the events leading up to and during the Holocaust. Read more

Senior Israeli military officer reprimanded for unauthorized meeting with Itamar Ben-Gvir

A senior Israeli military commander was reprimanded by the Israeli Forces for an unauthorised meeting with Minister of Public Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, an IDF spokesperson confirmed on Thursday morning. Read more

Julian Leeser quits front bench to back voice referendum

Shadow attorney-general Julian Leeser has quit the front bench after his party room decided to oppose a constitutionally enshrined voice to advise parliament and executive government. Read more

Rabbi Leon Dee calls April10 Dees Day

His wife and two of his daughters were murdered in Israel on Friday. A family of seven was to become a family of four. He talks to the media. Read more

A new post for Walt

Following his retirement from politics, Walt Secord has changed his position as a NSW Upper House State Labor to become the Director of Public Affairs at The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council. Read more

“You can’t be a Zionist and a pessimist”

JNF NSW guest speaker Prof Gil Troy, award-winning American presidential historian and leading Zionist activist, has inspired audiences in VIC and NSW. Read more

Leah Dee dies of injuries from terror attack

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Israel hits Syria, rockets fired towards Golan Heights

Israeli jets have hit Syrian military targets in response to rockets launched towards Israeli-controlled territory overnight, Israel’s military said, as violence flared again following cross-border exchanges of fire during the week. Read more

Funeral of British-Israeli terror victims Maya and Rina Dee

British-Israeli terror victims Maya and Rina Dee were laid to rest on Sunday afternoon, as their mother fights for her life. Read more

Police allow Jewish visitors ascend Temple Mount

Israeli police allowed Jewish visitors to enter the Temple Mount on Sunday morning after the conclusion of Muslim dawn prayers. Read more

Penny Wong condemns escalating Middle East violence

Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has condemned escalating violence and terror attacks in the Middle East.  Read more

The last Nuremberg prosecutor passes away at 103

Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who prosecuted Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was among the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi labour and concentration camps, has died. Read more

Italian tourist killed in Tel Aviv car-ramming attack

An Italian tourist was killed and seven other foreigners were wounded on Friday night in a car-ramming attack in central Tel Aviv. Read more

Two Israeli sisters killed in Palestinian shooting attack in Jordan Valley

Two British-Israeli sisters were killed and their mother critically wounded on Friday in a Palestinian shooting attack in the Jordan Valley. Read more

Screams as Iron Dome takes out rocket

TPS report 10:30pm AEST:  In the last hour, a heavy rocket barrage was fired at Israel’s northern border from the direction of Lebanon. Some rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome system, but there was a number that fell within Israeli territory. Read more

Jerusalem Post columnist Gil Troy speaks to media in Sydney

Historian and Jerusalem Post columnist Gil Troy addressed an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) media luncheon on March 31 about the protests in Israel resulting from the current Government’s attempts to pass extremely controversial judicial reforms and now the apparent firing of Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for expressing his concerns. Read more

Israel hits Gaza as Netanyahu vows enemies will pay

Israeli jets have hit sites in Lebanon and Gaza in retaliation for rocket attacks it blames on the Islamist group Hamas as tensions following police raids on the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem this week threaten to spiral out of control.
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Israeli offering named best single malt whisky in world

M&H Distillery (Milk and Honey) received the accolade of “Best Single Malt Whisky in the World” for its Element Sherry Cask at the prestigious World Whiskies Awards 2023 competition. Read more

Terrorists in Gaza launch nine rockets at Israel on eve of Passover

Sirens went off twice in Israel on Tuesday night—the night before Passover—as terrorists launched nine rockets from the Gaza Strip towards Israel. Read more

Jake selected for Sydney FC opening eleven

18-year-old Jake Girdwood-Reich keeps making small steps forward in his short professional football career with Sydney F.C. Read more

Hackers launch massive attack on Israeli universities

A hacker group known as Anonymous Sudan is believed responsible for a massive cyberattack on Israeli universities on Tuesday, said Checkpoint, a cybersecurity company. Read more

Ex-Prime Minister Ehud Barak confirms Israel has nuclear weapons: Why it matters

Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak broke Israel’s policy of ambiguity and tweeted his confirmation that Israel possesses nuclear weapons on Tuesday. Read more

Sacrifices: Chief Rabbi bans animals from being brought to Temple Mount

The Chief Rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Places, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, banned the bringing of animals up to the Temple Mount in an effort to prevent Jews from trying to bring Passover sacrifices on the holy site. Read more

Pesach greeting from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

It is with great pleasure that I offer you the greeting that has resounded through the ages:  Chag Pesach Sameach. Read more

Konrad Kwiet tells Wollongong meeting how he discovered a Nazi collaborator in their community

The  Sydney Jewish Museum’s Resident Historian Emeritus Professor Konrad Kwiet has delivered a lecture about how he used documentation to dig into the background of Wollongong Art Gallery benefactor Bob Sredersas, an uneasy quiet settled over the room. Read more

Malka Leifer awaits sentence on sex abuse charges

Former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer has spent her first night behind bars as a convicted sex offender. Read more

UIA Women’s Division unites in support of life-changing program

Over 1000 women came together for UIA Women’s Division 2023 headline events across Sydney, Melbourne and Perth to hear from inspirational guest speakers Ayelet Shaked and Liat Shaked. Read more

Pesach greetings from Peter Dutton

The Leader of the Opposition, Peter Dutton, has sent a Pesach message to Australia’s Jewish community. Read more

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