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
Israelis in Kyiv asked to contact Foreign Ministry amid Ukraine-Russia tensions
January 28, 2022 by JNS
Israel’s Foreign Ministry and the Israeli Embassy in Kyiv have asked Israelis in the country to provide them with contact information, apparently in preparation for a possible military confrontation between Russia and Ukraine. Some 3,000 people have answered the call thus far. Read more
Ice-age remains near Sea of Galilee show ancient residents thrived as ice melted
January 28, 2022 by Tali Aronsky
A new article published today in PLOS ONE by a Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU)’s Institute of Archaeology team and colleagues focused on the remains of a previously submerged fisher-hunter-gatherer camp on the shores of the Sea of Galilee from around 23,000 years ago. Read more
Canberra’s Holocaust Museum and Education Centre to start construction later this year
January 27, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Morrison Government will provide an additional $1.3 million to establish the Canberra Holocaust Museum and Education Centre as part of an ongoing commitment to support Holocaust awareness in Australia. Read more
Israel, NASA set to cooperate on space programs centered around Mars, moon
January 27, 2022 by JNS
Israel and NASA are set to cooperate on the joint study of space, the moon and Mars, according to a report in recent days by EurAsian Times. Read more
Joint Jewish-Hindu submission to NSW Parliamentary inquiry into Nazi symbol legislation “landmark” and “ground-breaking”
January 27, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW politician Walt Secord has described the joint submission from the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and the Hindu Council of Australia as “landmark” and “ground-breaking” – saying it was a model on how two community groups could work together in partnership to fight racism and discrimination. Read more
Community reaction to Gandel Foundation’s survey
January 27, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Zionist Federation of Australia has welcomed the publication of the Gandel Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness in Australia Survey 2021 Project Report, and its important findings.
Israel and Germany’s First Ladies hosts Holocaust survivor
January 27, 2022 by J-Wire News Service
In honour of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, First Lady of Israel Michal Herzog and First Lady of Germany Elke Büdenbender have hosted Holocaust survivor Charles Siegman. Read more
165,800 Holocaust survivors live in Israel
January 27, 2022 by TPS-IL
Some 165,800 Holocaust Survivors live in Israel, 90% of whom are over 80, according to data published Wednesday by Israel’s Holocaust Survivors’ Rights Authority ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more
Bedouin residents of Khan al-Ahmar say they know nothing about reported evacuation agreement
January 27, 2022 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
Reports on Tuesday evening that the government of Israel has decided to move the Bedouin outpost of Khan al-Ahmar to a new location nearby have come as a surprise to the people who live there. Read more
How Israel perceives antisemitism in Europe
January 27, 2022 by Tali Aronsky
On the eve of today’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU)’s European Forum conducted a survey of Israelis’ perceptions of the rate of antisemitism in Europe and whether they view antisemitism as the motivating force behind EU policies and criticism of Israel. Read more
Arafat cartoon exhibit angers PA street
January 27, 2022 by J-Wire
An exhibition of cartoons opened by Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh at the Arafat Museum in Ramallah is stirring the Palestinian street. Read more
Survey finds quarter of Australians unaware of the Holocaust
January 27, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
As countries around the world commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January, Australia’s first national survey of Holocaust knowledge and awareness has found that: Read more
Israel mulls 4th COVID jab for all adults
January 26, 2022 by AAP
An Israeli government advisory panel has recommended offering a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose to all adults, on condition that at least five months have passed since they received the third or recovered from the illness, the health ministry says. Read more
FM Lapid: pushing for renewed diplomatic process
January 26, 2022 by TPS-IL
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will “continue to make an effort” to restart the defunct diplomatic process with the Palestinian Authority (PA), he stated, a day after meeting a possible successor to PA head Mahmoud Abbas.
Netanyahu announces: no plea bargain, staying in politics
January 26, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Opposition leader Member of Knesset (MK)Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday that he will continue to lead the Likud party and stay in politics, amid reports of contacts for a plea deal in his trial. Read more
Claims Conference launches new innovative social media campaign: #DONTBEABYSTANDER
January 26, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Gideon Taylor, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced today a new social media campaign in partnership with Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, called #DontBeABystander: Those Who Risked It All To Save A Life. Read more
Pages come from the only existing copy of a ca. 1492 edition of “Arba’ah Turim”, one of history’s most important works of Jewish law
January 26, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The National Library of Israel (NLI) has acquired 90 singular pages from the earliest period of Hebrew printing. The pages come from the only known copy of a late 15th century edition of Rabbi Yaakov ben Asher’s “Arba’ah Turim”, a seminal codification of Jewish law. Read more
