Credit Suisse fires investigators working on the bank’s ties with the Nazi regime
April 25, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Credit Suisse has fired Neil Barofsky, a former U.S. federal prosecutor, and Ira Forman, former U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism, from investigating the bank’s ties to Nazi officials. Read more
UN warns on Sudan escalation, Israel proposes talks
April 25, 2023 by AAP
Israel has proposed hosting rival Sudanese leaders for ceasefire talks after “very promising” progress in mediation efforts led by a senior Israeli official. Read more
Israel braces for tense Memorial Day
April 24, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Israeli government, opposition and defence officials urged the politicians and the public not to politicise Memorial Day. Read more
‘Kosher’ electricity is coming to Israel
“Kosher” electricity is coming to Israel. Read more
Happy birthday, Adolf
April 24, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
It is 2023. In Melbourne. In a restaurant named Bavaria in Knox St Westfield Shopping Centre, around 20 neo-Nazis celebrate the 134th anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s birthday. Read more
Israeli to establish permanent embassy in Turkmenistan – 19kms from Iranian border
April 23, 2023 by Etgar Lefkovits
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
April 23, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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
April 23, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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
April 21, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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
April 21, 2023 by AAP
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
April 20, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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
April 20, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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
April 20, 2023 by Zaki Heler
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
April 20, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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
April 19, 2023 by David Isaac
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
April 19, 2023 by JNS
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
April 19, 2023 by JNS
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
April 19, 2023 by J-Wire
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
April 19, 2023 by JNS
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
April 19, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Commemoration of the Shoah this year has been marked by three highly successful and emotive events. Read more
Randwick stoush over flying Israeli flag
April 19, 2023 by AAP J-Wire
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
April 19, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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
April 19, 2023 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
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
April 19, 2023 by AAP
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
April 18, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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
April 18, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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
April 18, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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
April 18, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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
