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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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
