Jeremy Jones, Emily Schrader, Yoseph Haddad Activism power couple explain their mission – and the threats they face
February 23, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A power couple in activism for human rights and coexistence, Yoseph Haddad and Emily Schrader spoke passionately about their work in combatting antisemitism and racism at an AIJAC media briefing held last week. Read more
$10m to boost security for NSW religious groups
February 23, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Darren Bark has welcomed the announcement made by the NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet of boosting security for religious groups if he is re-elected next month. Read more
Helen Mirren claims Golda Meir would disagree with Netanyahu government
February 22, 2023 by JNS
Non-Jewish, British actress Helen Mirren, who is playing Golda Meir in a new film, waded into hypothetical Israeli political history in an interview on Tuesday with international news agency Agence France-Presse. Read more
March of Living raises $500,000 to conserve 8,000 shoes at Auschwitz museum
February 22, 2023 by JNS
The International March of the Living announced meeting the first “Soul to Sole” crowdfunding goal to conserve 8,000 shoes belonging to Jewish children who perished at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Read more
2022 NSW Jewish Board of Deputies President’s Award goes to Vic Alhadeff
February 22, 2023 by J-Wire
Vic Alhadeff spent 17 years steering The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies as its CEO. Yesterday, he became the recipient of the 2022 NSW Jewish Board of Deputies President’s Award. Read more
NASA to launch Israel’s first space telescope in 2026
February 22, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Israel’s first space telescope, ULTRASAT, will be launched by NASA into high Earth orbit in 2026, the Israel Space Agency and NASA announced on Tuesday. Read more
Israel stands by to assist New Zealand
February 22, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
As New Zealand starts to recover from the deadly flooding experienced recently following Cyclone Gabrielle, Israel’s ambassador has offered the country whatever assistance Israel can provide. Read more
Netanyahu: Bringing Saudi Arabia into Abraham Accords would be ‘quantum leap’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday night said he was actively courting Saudi Arabia in an effort to persuade it to join in the Abraham Accords as that would constitute a “quantum leap” towards regional peace. Read more
Celebrating powerful women at the UIA Women’s Division events
February 21, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Women across Australia will join together for the UIA Women’s Division 2023 Campaign events on 19 March in Sydney, 22 March in Melbourne and 23 March in Perth. Read more
Palestinians claim new understandings reached with Israel
February 21, 2023 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday that no new Israeli settlements would be established, Palestinian sources told the Tazpit Press Service that there is now a US-mediated understanding between Israel and the Palestinian Authority to lower tensions. Read more
Diverse religious Australians make moral case for the voice referendum
February 21, 2023 by Agencies
The Voice Referendum “Week of Action” has launched Statements from the Soul, a collection of passionate essays by Australians of diverse religions, making the moral case for Indigenous constitutional recognition through a Voice. Read more
15,000 Ukrainian Jews have immigrated to Israel since war began
February 21, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Ahead of the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Israeli officials reported that in the last year, 15,000 Ukrainian Jews have immigrated to Israel. Read more
Israel’s parliament advances law for judicial overhaul
February 21, 2023 by AAP
Israel’s parliament has voted to push ahead with a contested overhaul of the country’s judicial system championed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist government that has sparked mass protests. Read more
Toddler refused to eat; doctors discovered ring in his throat
February 21, 2023 by Pesach Benson
In an unusual procedure, doctors at Jerusalem’s Shaarei Zedek Medical Center removed a ring stuck in the throat of a two-year-old boy. Read more
Olympic canoe star Fox continues Australian dominance
Olympic gold medallist Jessica Fox wasn’t prepared to be upstaged by her little sister Noemi, storming to victory in the final of canoe event at the Australian championships. Read more
Draft UN resolution demands end to Israeli ‘settlements’
A draft U.N. resolution that the Associated Press obtained demands an immediate halt to all Israeli settlement activities, condemning Israeli attempts to annex settlements and outposts and calling for their reversal. Read more
Holocaust survivors in Sydney down to 2,000 What next for AAJHSD?
February 20, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Members of The Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants came together in Sydney’s Woollahra on Sunday for a frank, no-holds-barred forum to discuss and analyse the future of their organisation. Read more
Netanyahu confirms Iran attacked Israeli ship
February 20, 2023 by Pesach Benson
In his opening comments at Sunday’s Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that Iran recently attacked an Israeli shipping vessel in the Persian Gulf. Read more
Jewish case for sending Nikki Haley to the White House
Nikki Haley’s views on foreign policy, school choice and religious liberty are “clear strengths” that endears her to the Republican Jewish electorate, author and commentator Bethany Mandel wrote in an op-ed on Wednesday in The Forward. Read more
Green Sunday in Sydney
February 16, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
200 young volunteers gave of their time to participate in the annual JNF NSW’s Green Sunday telethon.
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Sotheby’s is auctioning the ‘earliest, most complete Hebrew Bible ever’
February 16, 2023 by JNS
Sotheby’s auction house is selling a Hebrew Bible that Richard Austin, its global head of books and manuscripts, calls “undeniably one of the most important and singular texts in human history.” Read more
Israeli government delays vote on controversial judicial reform bills
February 16, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Israel’s governing coalition delayed several Knesset votes related to a contentious judicial reform that were scheduled for Wednesday. Read more
Bring back DJ Dave
February 16, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Today, David Southwick is a senior politician, the Deputy Leader of the Victorian Liberal Party and a Member of the State Parliament for over ten years. Read more
Knesset passes law to strip citizenship of terrorists
February 16, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Knesset lawmakers gave final approval to legislation to strip Israeli citizenship from Arab terrorists and their families. Read more
Service to mark the beginning of the Law Term
February 16, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s The Great Synagogue has host once again the Jewish service to mark the start of the Law Term. Read more
ZFA slams Greens request to universities to ignore IHRA antisemitism definition
February 16, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Senator Mehreen Faruqi and Senator Jordon Steele-John of the Australian Greens party announced on 9 February that they have asked university vice chancellors across Australia not to adopt the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism. Read more
Smotrich vows unrestrained building in Judea and Samaria despite US opposition
February 15, 2023 by JNS
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed on Tuesday to promote unrestrained construction in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, despite opposition from the Biden administration. Read more
Controvesial producer no longer in ABC’s employ
February 15, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
ABC Managing Director David Anderson announced in Senate Estimates yesterday that its veteran Jerusalem-based producer Fouad Abu Ghosh was no longer working for the public broadcaster. Read more
Prague museums return 14 artworks to heirs of Jewish collector
February 15, 2023 by JNS
Two Czech art institutions have returned 14 artworks to the heirs of a Jewish collector, from whom they were improperly taken during and after World War II, the New York State financial services department announced. Read more
Netanyahu visits bereaved family
February 15, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara have paid a condolence call on the Paley family at their home in the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Ramot, where two members of the family – Yaakov, 6, and Asher, 8 – were murdered and another civilian, 20, were intentionally run over by a terrorist. Read more
