Torahs so frail, can only be seen on YouTube

In advance of Shavuot, the National Library of Israel (NLI) has released a series of video clips featuring four of the most significant Torah scrolls from its world-leading Judaica collection. Read more

IDF destroys monument in memory of terror victim

The IDF’s Civil Administration demolished on Wednesday night a monument in memory of Yehuda Dimentman that was inaugurated the day before at the site of his murder near the community Chomesh in Samaria. Read more

Alleged antisemitic bullying case continues

A former Melbourne school student who says he experienced a relentless campaign of anti-Semitic bullying has criticised Victoria’s education department for failing to remove the school’s principal. Read more

Netflix CEO to visit Israel to protest bill

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos will visit Israel this month to protest against proposed legislation that would require the company to invest in original Israeli content. Read more

Litzman resigns from Knesset as part of plea bargain

Member of Knesset Yaakov Litzman submitted his resignation from the Knesset on Wednesday, part of a plea agreement he signed after he admitted to the breach of trust in the Malka Leifer affair. Read more

Israel sees 600% increase in applications for firearm licenses following wave of terrorism

The number of Israelis applying for firearm licenses has increased by 600% in recent weeks following a wave of terrorist attacks in March in Israeli cities that left 19 people dead. Read more

Arab mob hijacked Al Jazeera journalist’s funeral

An Arab mob that took the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on their shoulders and by foot did so to avoid a funeral “as if a Christian woman died,” while her family had wanted her body taken by hearse to the church for the funeral and not carried through the streets of Jerusalem, Palestinian Media Watch’s (PMW) review of Al-Jazeera and PA TV recordings of the funeral shows. Read more

US ‘remains committed’ to opening consulate for PA residents in Jerusalem

The US “remains committed to opening of a consulate for the residents of the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem,” but “there are a number of steps that have to go into the reopening of any diplomatic facility, and some are “unique sensitivities to this particular facility,” State Department spokesman Ned Price stated. Read more

Proud of his heritage

Liam Arnold-Levy was practising for his bar mitzvah when he decided to wear a kippah to school to show that he was proud of his Jewish heritage. Read more

Religious Affairs Minister visits Triguboff’s Policy Centre

Israel’s Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana visited the Hartman and Triguboff Institutes’ Centre for Judaism and State Policy last week. Read more

What Jubilee?

As technicians prepare to colour the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge purple tomorrow as part of the Jubilee celebrations marking Queen Elizabeth’s 70 years on the throne, Australia and New Zealand’s Jewish communities will be spectators only. Read more

Chabad rabbi returns to Kharkiv, despite ‘occasional missiles’

Igor Terechov, the mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine, made a visit on Tuesday to the Chabad Choral Synagogue, where he met with Rabbi Moshe Moskovitz, the leader of the synagogue and the Jewish community in Kharkiv, as well as local community members who have been living in the synagogue since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February. Read more

Israel and UAE sign historic free trade agreement, first with Arab country

Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a historic Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Tuesday, Israel’s first free trade zone agreement with an Arab state. Read more

Bennett: ‘Iran is lying to the world again right now’

Ahead of the backdrop of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) pending report on Iran’s nuclear development, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett again accused the Islamic Republic of lying and referred to the “mendacious remarks” made by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week. Read more

Nazi salutes, swastikas at Melbourne school

A Melbourne school principal has been accused of giving speeches endorsing Nazis, calling Jewish people subhuman and failing to protect his students from racial discrimination. Read more

Court blow to Case 4000 against Netanyahu

The Jerusalem District Court has dealt an apparently severe blow to the prosecution and its case against former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday when it ruled that the indictment would not be changed. Read more

The Maccabiah disaster and a personal tragedy

In 1997, Baruch Ben Yigal plunged into the Yarkon River in Tel Aviv to help rescue Australian athletes who fell into its toxic water when the bridge they were crossing on their way to the opening of the Maccabiah opening ceremony collapsed. Read more

Bereaved families sue Hamas for US$18 million

The family of an Israeli police officer who was killed in a terror attack in southern Israel in 2011 has filed a US$18 million lawsuit against the Hamas terrorist organization. Read more

In memory of fallen police officer, Israeli-Christians celebrate Jerusalem Day with hospitalized children

A group of Arab Christians and members of the Israel Police visited the oncological ward at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in honour of Jerusalem Day on Sunday for a special event held in memory of Officer Amir Khoury. Read more

70,000 Israelis march in Jerusalem as Hamas backs down

At least 70,000 Israelis from all over the country proudly participated in the Flag Parade celebrating Jerusalem’s Day on Sunday night, ignoring Hamas’s threat to attack Israel. Read more

Law to ban PLO Flags on Israeli university campuses moves forward

A majority of the members of the Ministerial Committee for Legislation voted on Sunday in favour of a proposed bill that would ban the hoisting of the PLO flag in Israeli universities. Read more

New segment of Roman-era aqueduct to Jerusalem uncovered

The aqueduct was the main source of water supply to Jerusalem consecutively for 2000 years. Read more

Al Jazeera taking reporter’s death to ICC

The Al Jazeera news network says it will submit a case file to the International Criminal Court on the killing of reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot dead earlier this month during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank. Read more

Faithleaders calls for the Uluru Statement from the Heart

Faith community leaders have gathered at Sydney’s Barangaroo to sign a joint resolution calling for government action as a matter of priority to move towards achieving the objectives outlined in the Uluru Statement from the Heart: a Voice to Parliament, Treaty, and Truth. Read more

New State Department anti-Semitism envoy Lipstadt delivers first address

Giving her first address as the U.S. State Department’s new special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt told a gathering in New York City that she insisted on ending her oath of office with “so help me G-d.” Lipstadt will need every bit of support she can get, she said. Read more

Israel killed reporter: Palestine official

The Palestinian attorney general has blamed Israel for deliberately killing veteran al-Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. Read more

WHO singles out Israel as violator of health rights

The United Nations’ World Health Organization (WHO) held a session on Wednesday singling out Israel, which was condemned in speeches by several countries, including Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Turkey, Lebanon, and Cuba, for allegedly violating the health rights of the non-Jewish population in the Golan Heights. Read more

NSW religious leaders meet with Deputy Leader

Leaders from the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Buddhist and Hindu communities held a productive meeting with Deputy Leader of the NSW Opposition Prue Car earlier this week. Read more

University of Melbourne Student Union rescinds pro-Palestine resolution

The University of Melbourne Student Union has rescinded the resolution titled ‘UMSU stands with Palestine – BDS and Student Policy’, passed by the council at the end of last month. Read more

Qld to join Vic with Nazi, hate symbol ban

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszcuk will make her state the second to ban Nazi and other hate symbols to ensure extremists are “called out, confronted and condemned”. Read more

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