Ambassador Amir Maimon
February 11, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Amir Maimon has now presented his credentials to Governor-General David Hurley at Government House in Canberra and is now officially Israel’s ambassador to Australia. Read more
German FM lays wreath for Holocaust dead
February 11, 2022 by AAP
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has laid a wreath at a Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem ahead of talks with Israeli leaders during her first official visit to the region. Read more
Anti-Semitic incidents in UK surge by one-third in 2021
February 11, 2022 by Faygie Holt
Anti-Semitic incidents skyrocketed in the United Kingdom in 2021, rising by 34 percent in just one year and crossing a previously unheard-of threshold of 2,000 incidents, according to an annual report put out by the Community Security Trust. Read more
Sa’ar moves to try to decriminalize recreational cannabis in Israel
February 11, 2022 by JNS
Israel’s Minister of Justice Gideon Sa’ar has proposed new temporary regulations to decriminalize recreational cannabis. Read more
Israeli study: Antibodies perform best after COVID infection, not vaccine
February 11, 2022 by JNS
Over time, the number of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies falls in both previously infected and vaccinated people, but the performance of antibodies improves only after a previous infection and not vaccination. Read more
Iran unveils 900-mile-range ballistic missile as nuclear talks resume in Vienna
February 10, 2022 by JNS
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unveiled on Wednesday a new, domestically produced, long-range precision ballistic missile, Tehran’s state media reported. Read more
Nearly half of French Jews hide religious symbols
February 10, 2022 by Faygie Holt
An increasing number of French Jews believe that antisemitism is widespread in their country, according to a new survey conducted by the American Jewish Committee. Read more
Keshet Studios, Disney to produce series on woman who sheltered Anne Frank
February 10, 2022 by JNS
Keshet Studios will produce a limited series for Disney+ about Miep Gies, the Dutch woman who sheltered Anne Frank and her family during World War II. Read more
Relations between Australia’s Catholics and Jews
February 10, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The 24th Annual Conversation of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry focussed on the progress in relations between Catholics and Jews in Australia, and globally, over the past 30 years. Read more
Australian Association for Jewish Studies – Annual Conference 14-15 February
February 9, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australian Association for Jewish Studies will hold its 2022 conference at Deakin University’s City Campus in Collins St, Melbourne on Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 February, and online. Read more
Lipstadt defends record, vows to fight anti-Semitism ‘without fear or favour’
February 9, 2022 by JNS
The Biden administration’s nominee Deborah Lipstadt to lead the U.S. State Department’s office that monitors and combats anti-Semitism appeared in the Senate on Tuesday for her confirmation. Read more
The Power of the Dog – a second Oscar for Emile Sherman?
February 9, 2022 by Henry Benjamin
A western shot in New Zealand with a British actor playing the top role as a rancher has been nominated for 12 awards at this year’s Oscars. Read more
FM Lapid calls for interrogation of former minister over Pegasus scandal
February 8, 2022 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
Foreign Minister and co-Prime Minister Yair Lapid has made it clear who should take the brunt of the blame for the use of the Pegasus spyware to track Israeli citizens by Israel’s police– the previous Likud government and former Minister of Public Security from the Likud Party Amir Ohana in particular. Read more
Government approves appointment of Israel’s Attorney General
February 8, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Israeli Cabinet has approved the appointment of attorney Gali Baharav-Miara as Israel’s next Attorney General, the first woman to hold the important position. Read more
Australian and Israeli health leaders discuss COVID on zoom
February 8, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Senior Australian and Israeli government health officials met yesterday on zoom continuing what has been an essential dialogue on pandemic recovery. Read more
Chickpea seeds headed to International Space Station greenhouse
February 8, 2022 by JNS
Israeli chickpea seeds will be among the supplies and equipment sent to the International Space Station (ISS) later this month for a series of experiments aimed at controlling the growth of crops via technology. Read more
Holocaust survivors up in arms over planned auction of Nazi memorabilia…in Israel
Holocaust survivors and those involved in efforts to maintain the memory of the Shoah are up in arms over plans to put some 20 Nazi artifacts up for auction next week. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past: Myer E Rosenblum – a gentleman, scholar and sportsman
February 8, 2022 by Features Desk
Myer was born in South Africa in 1907, his family having emigrated from what is now Belarus but then part of the Russian Empire. Read more
Foreign governments gave $100m to Israeli organisations that helped author Amnesty’s anti-Israel report
February 7, 2022 by TPS-IL
The vast majority, 77%, of the organizations who provided materials for Amnesty International’s report against Israel were Israeli organizations that received a total of $105,209,347 (NIS 337,553,677) from foreign governments in the past decade, the Zionist watchdog group Im Tirtzu reported on Sunday. Read more
Israel takes action against Unilever
February 7, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The State of Israel has commenced with a process to level sanctions against Unilever Global after the company announced a boycott on the country. Read more
Holocaust survivor, 91, dies of wounds from Hamas May bombing
February 7, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Naomi Perlman, a 91-year-old Holocaust survivor, seriously injured in May when rockets launched by Hamas from the Gaza Strip hit her home in Ashkelon, has succumbed to her wounds and passed away over the weekend. Read more
Fred Nile shows support for the ban of Nazi symbols in NSW
February 6, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The NSW Parliament’s Social Issues Committee has met to discuss the Display of Nazi Symbols Bill 2021. Read more
Israel’s embassy in Australia donates devices for Indigenous sight-impaired
February 4, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Embassy of Israel in Canberra has donated five Israeli OrCam MyEye devices through Vision Australia to help support Indigenous health centres and remote communities in the Northern Territory. Read more
Israel’s Watergate Affair
February 4, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Police planted spyware on the mobile phone of a key witness involved in former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s alleged corruption cases, prompting officials to demand a swift investigation into the allegations and a dismissal of the charges against him. Read more
NSW parliamentary hears evidence as why Nazi symbols should be banned
Jewish groups are urging the NSW Parliament to pass a bill to ban Nazi symbols being publicly displayed amid a rise in right-wing extremist activity. Read more
Israel donates aid for Tonga from New Zealand
February 3, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand Ran Yaakoby has presented to the Co-Chair of the Aotearoa Tonga Relief Committee Jenny Salesa MP two containers of of food and aid to be delivered to Tonga
on behalf of Israel’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Read more
‘Gross misrepresentation of reality’: Israeli-Arabs condemn Amnesty report on Israel
Israeli Arabs and organizations working toward coexistence rejected and condemned the new report released by Amnesty in which it accused Israel of conducting an apartheid regime, saying its findings were “false and defamatory.” Read more
1.5 million years old bone found in Jordan Valley, earliest evidence of ancient humans in Israel
February 3, 2022 by TPS-IL
A new study, led by researchers from Bar-Ilan University, Ono Academic College, The University of Tulsa, and the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), unveiled a 1.5 million-year-old human vertebra discovered in Israel’s Jordan Valley. Read more
Kotel Foundation ‘shocked’ by conduct of Women of the Wall
February 3, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Western Wall Heritage Foundation, the administrator of the holy site, expressed “shock” at the activities of the Women of the Wall following “severe physical violence perpetrated by this group.” Read more
Nides responds to Amnesty report accusing Israel of apartheid: ‘This is absurd’
February 3, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides has called the report by Amnesty International accusing Israel of apartheid “absurd.”
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