Jewdle: a Jewish version of Wordle
February 3, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Shalom has launched a Jewish version of the immensely popular online word game Wordle called Jewdle. Read more
Dave Sharma announces funds from the federal government to increase security
February 3, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Member for Sydney’s Wentworth electorate Dave Sharma MP has welcomed the federal government’s support for important local security infrastructure upgrades under the Safer Community Fund. Read more
Holocaust Memorial for Darwin
February 2, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australia will have a Holocaust memorial in each state and territory after the Morrison Government committed $750,000 toward the establishment of a Holocaust museum in Darwin. Read more
Yad Vashem invites Whoopi Goldberg to learn about ’causes and aftermath of Holocaust’
February 2, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Yad Vashem has invited Whoopi Goldberg to learn about “the causes and aftermath of the Holocaust,” after she claimed the Holocaust was “not about race.” Read more
Suspended sentence and fine: court approves Aryeh Deri’s plea bargain
February 2, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Former Member of Knesset Aryeh Deri and the chairman of the Shas party, has been sentenced after signing a plea agreement with the State Attorney’s Office, in which he admitted to two counts of tax offences for which he was charged. Read more
Two IDF officers removed from combat roles after arrested 80-year-old Arab dies of heart attack
February 2, 2022 by TPS-IL
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. General Aviv Kochavi was presented on Monday with an investigation following the activity of an IDF unit on the night of January 12, 2022, in the village of Jaljulia in the Binyamin region in which an 80-year-old Arab man died hours after being detained by the troops. Read more
Israeli Justice Minister taps Gala Baharav-Miara as country’s first female attorney-general
February 1, 2022 by JNS
Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Monday tapped former Tel Aviv District Attorney for Civil Affairs Gali Baharav-Miara as Israel’s next attorney general. Read more
Israel accuses Amnesty UK of publishing ‘false, biased, and antisemitic’ report
February 1, 2022 by TPS-IL
The State of Israel “absolutely rejects all the false allegations” that appear in the report that Amnesty is expected to publish on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry stated. Read more
President Herzog opens Israel’s national day at Expo 2020 Dubai
February 1, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal opened Israel’s national day at Expo 2020 Dubai on Monday as they were welcomed with an honor guard, after which the Israeli flag was raised and the Israeli national anthem HaTikvah was played at the expo’s central plaza. Read more
TikTok pledges to free itself of hate
February 1, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Social Media giant TikTok has pledged to free its platform of hatred and to introduce education to explain the Holocaust to new generations. Read more
How Europe’s Jews understand their Jewish lives
February 1, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) has published a major new study of European Jewish identity, providing an updated profile of how the more than one million Jews living in the EU and UK today understand and live their Jewish lives. Read more
‘Loyalty and Zionism’: Esther Pollard passes away
January 31, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Esther Pollard, the wife of former Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, passed away on Monday morning. Read more
UAE intercepts missile amid Israeli visit
January 31, 2022 by AAP
The United Arab Emirates says it has intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi as the Gulf state hosts Israel’s President Isaac Herzog in a first such visit. Read more
Abass’s office: ‘We will continue to support the prisoners in Israel and the families of the martyrs’
January 31, 2022 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
The issue of prisoners is a top priority for the “Palestinian presidency,” and it demands their release at every official meeting, with Israelis or Americans or any international body. Read more
‘A Better Tomorrow’: President Herzog meets with Crown Prince bin Zayed in UAE
January 31, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog held on Sunday a diplomatic meeting with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the first phase of his historic two-day state visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Read more
New CEO for Technion Australia
January 31, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Yoash Dvir has been appointed the new CEO of Technion Australia. Read more
Gaza’s residents in fierce protest against Hamas online
January 31, 2022 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
Gazans have launched a campaign under the banner “Kidnapped Gaza” in which they make harsh allegations against Hamas, the Islamic terrorist organization that took over the Gaza Strip in 2007, saying it destroyed the Strip and their lives. Read more
Spread of COVID-19 in Israel slowing down
January 31, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The spread of the Omicron variant is apparently in the decline, and for the first time since November, the R coefficient of infection fell below 1 and stood at 0.95, the Ministry of Health announced Sunday. Read more
Ben & Jerry’s Israel asks PM Bennett: Why are you not acting against Unilever?
January 31, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Avi Zinger, CEO and owner of Ben & Jerry’s Israel, has sent a letter to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett calling on him to take action against Unilever Global – Ben & Jerry’s parent company, following its boycott of the Jewish state. Read more
Tennessee school board removes graphic novel ‘Maus,’ author calls it ‘Orwellian’
January 30, 2022 by JNS
A school board in Tennessee unanimously voted to remove a Pulitzer Prize-winning book on the Holocaust from its schools because it includes eight minor curse words such as “damn” and an illustration of a naked woman. Read more
Fox in flying start to 2022 kayak campaign
January 30, 2022 by AAP
Olympic gold medallist Jessica Fox has continued her golden form into the new year, taking out the women’s kayak final at the 2022 ICF Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships in western Sydney. Read more
All Things Equal Cafe celebrates its first anniversary
January 30, 2022 by Nomi Kaltmann
It has been one year since the All-Things Equal Cafe launched in Melbourne. A registered charity, All Things Equal is a fresh take on the typical cafe in Melbourne, providing purposeful employment for people with and without disability in a ‘mainstream’ work environment. Read more
Yair Lapid on Holocaust Remembrance Day: ‘The Jewish State is the future and Mauthausen is a museum’
January 30, 2022 by TPS-IL
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid made a special visit to the Mauthausen Concentration Camp in Austria to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is held on the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz. He was joined by the Chancellor of Austria, Karl Nehammer. Read more
A president’s personal Holocaust story
January 30, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
“Yehudit Berkovitch had just finished the first grade and was peacefully living with her parents and eight brothers and sisters in 1941 when the Nazis invaded her home country, Poland. Read more
More than 15,000 Holocaust survivors passed away in Israel last year
January 28, 2022 by Agencies
Over the past year, 15,324 Holocaust survivors died in Israel, according to data published on Wednesday by the country’s Social Equality Ministry. Read more
Australian Jewish leaders slam Litzman plea bargain deal
January 28, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Former minister and member of Israel’s United Torah Judaism Party Yaakov Litzman signed a plea deal with Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit on Thursday, admitting to breach of trust…reported i24.
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Large parts of Israel blanketed in snow
Large parts of Israel, from the Golan Heights in the north, through the Galilee, Judea and Samaria, Jerusalem, and all the way south to areas near Be’er Sheva, were blanketed in snow Wednesday night. Read more
Tearful Knesset Speaker to Bundestag: ‘Remember, Always Remember!’
Speaker of the Knesset Mickey Levy addressed the German Bundestag in Hebrew on Thursday on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more
Launch of Neishlos Foundation marks new generation inJewish philanthropy
January 28, 2022 by J-Wire
Australian-Israeli entrepreneur and philanthropist, Eitan Neishlos, has launched a new philanthropic foundation, the Neishlos Foundation. Read more
‘Shema Yisrael’ pendants discovered during excavations in Sobibor death camp
Over the past decade, archaeological excavations in the Sobibor extermination camp in Poland have uncovered three pendants bearing depictions of Moses and the tablets of the Law on one side and the Hebrew prayer “Shema Yisrael,” (“Hear O Israel”) in the other. Read more
