A Bravery Medal for Stuart Romm
March 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Stuart Romm has been awarded the Bravery Award by Governor-General David Hurley. Read more
Three innovative Israeli-developed nanosatellites launched into space
March 23, 2021 by TPS-IL
Three nanosatellites developed by Israeli scientists at the Technion in Haifa that will perform autonomous formation flights were launched into orbit on Monday on the Soyuz 2 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Read more
Israel Aerospace Industries successfully tests extended range Barak defence system
March 23, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s Aerospace Industries (IAI) successfully rested its Extended Range (ER) Barak Defense System, it stated Monday. Read more
Ahead of elections, Netanyahu places cornerstone for new Samaria neighbourhood
March 23, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Israeli community of Revava in Samaria on Monday to participate in the unveiling of a new neighbourhood, a day before Israel goes to vote. Read more
Chabad ACT rabbi welcomes new Australians
March 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Support on the ECAJ stand on asylum-seekers
March 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Assembly of Rabbis and Cantors (ARC) and the Union for Progressive Judaism (UPJ) have affirmed the policy of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) concerning the issue of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia. Read more
UIA Victoria’s Super Sunday supports the people of Israel
March 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
UIA Victoria held its Super Sunday fundraising campaign recently raising much-needed funds to support aliyah. Read more
Maccabi and Bialik swim school
March 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Maccabi Victoria has launched Maccabi Aquatics – a full service swim school – to commence operating in Term 4, 2021. Read more
Different hands, same work
March 23, 2021 by Henry Benjamin
Jewish, Muslim and Christian schoolchildren have gathered at Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen to cook food and biscuits for frontline workers and victims as once in a lifetime flooding ravaged the south-east coast of Australia. Read more
Israel revokes PA Foreign Minister’s VIP card
March 22, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel has revoked the VIP card from Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister Riyad Malki after he returned to Ramallah from a meeting with Fatuous Bensouda, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague. Read more
Federal government chips in $7.5million to the Hakoah building fund
March 21, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Federal Government has announced a grant of $7.5 million towards the planned multi-faceted community and sports hub at Sydney’s White City being developed by the Hakoah Club. Read more
Israel vaccinates over 105,000 Palestinians against COVID-19 in two weeks
March 21, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel has vaccinated over 105,000 people in the two weeks of its operation to inoculate workers from the Palestinian Authority (PA) who work in Israel against the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Read more
Israel sees lowest COVID-19 numbers since September
March 19, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
The decline of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Israel appeared to continue over the week, with infection data showing continued improvement. Read more
Top Israeli journalist Ehud Yaari: Election prognosis could be “prescription for a long term depression”
March 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Eminent Israeli journalist and pundit Ehud Yaari gave his uniquely well-informed commentary on the forthcoming Israeli election during an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) webinar this week. Read more
Memo: Biden administration aims to ‘reset’ relations with Palestinians
March 19, 2021 by JNS
The Biden administration is looking to hit the reset button with the Palestinians, including the return to a more traditional position on a two-state solution and rolling back several Trump administration positions on Israel. Read more
Parents of slain Australian/US teen appeal to Biden to pressure Jordan to extradite Jerusalem terrorist
March 19, 2021 by Josh Hasten - JNS
Frimet and Arnold Roth, whose 15-year-old daughter Malki, a U.S. national, was murdered in August 2001 in the Sbarro pizzeria bombing in Jerusalem, published a new video this week calling on the Biden administration to pressure the Kingdom of Jordan to extradite Ahlam Ahmad Tamimi—the Hamas terrorist who orchestrated the bombing—so that she can stand trial in a U.S. federal court. Read more
Rivlin meets with Macron
March 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
On the last day of his visit to Europe, Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin departed for Paris where he held a diplomatic meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France. Read more
President Rivlin writes in Le Figaro on the ICC
March 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ahead of his visit to France and his meeting with President of France Emmanuel Macron yesterday, President of Israel Reuven Rivlin called on France and other European states to oppose the decision of the International Criminal Court to initiate investigations against IDF soldiers in an op-ed column published in Le Figaro. Read more
‘The Guardian’ identifies Arab-Israeli rap group from ‘Palestine,’ not Lod
March 18, 2021 by JNS
The Guardian in the U.K. falsely claimed on March 11 that an Arab-Israeli rap group from outside Tel Aviv is from “Palestine.” Read more
Study: ‘Big Five’ social-media platforms earn ‘B-’ in tackling hate online
March 18, 2021 by JNS
An “explosion of hate and lurid conspiracies” proliferating across various social media platforms has been observed this year, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said on Tuesday in announcing the release of its annual digital terrorism and hate report/online study. Read more
Clearing out notes in Kotel ahead of Passover under COVID-19 conditions
Workers at the Western Wall (Kotel) in Jerusalem on Tuesday conducted the site’s customary biannual clear-out of all the notes stuck between the stones over the course of the previous six months. Read more
Israel’s President Rivlin and Austrian President Van der Bellen have attended at a Holocaust remembrance ceremony in Vienna.
March 18, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President of Israel Reuven Rivlin and President of Austria Dr Alexander Van der Bellen have attended a ceremony held at the monument to Holocaust victims in Vienna. Read more
International March of the Living to Hold Virtual 2021 March
March 17, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Jordana Cutler inspires at UIA NSW Women’s Division innovative headline event
March 17, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Over 600 supporters came together for the UIA NSW Women’s Division 2021 Headline Event on 14 March – an afternoon tea at 50 host homes across Sydney, while hearing from inspirational guest speaker Jordana Cutler, streamed live from Israel. Read more
Dozens of Dead Sea Scroll fragments with biblical verses discovered in Judean cave
Israeli archaeologists announced on Tuesday that dozens of Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing biblical verses were discovered during a national archaeological operation in the Judean Desert. Read more
Former Sydney University head apologizes for insinuating Holocaust denier could speak at school
The president of University College London (UCL) has apologized for suggesting that he would allow a Holocaust denier to speak at the school because of his steadfast commitment to free speech. Read more
On cloud 9
March 16, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
For a group of sixty physically disabled adults, the recent relaxation of Israel’s Coronavirus restrictions meant that they could go out of their rehabilitative residence as a group for the first time in nearly a year. Read more
President Rivlin off to Europe for talks
March 16, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President of Israel Reuven Rivlin has left Israel on a short visit to Europe to hold a series of meetings in Berlin, Vienna and Paris. Read more
Israel study shows excessive use of smartphones and social media leads to stress-related teeth-grinding, facial muscle pain
March 15, 2021 by TPS-IL
A new study carried out at Tel Aviv University’s Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine has found that the excessive use of smartphones and social media can lead to problems sleeping, drowsiness and fatigue during the day, teeth-grinding, and pain in the mouth muscles and jaws. Read more
Israel develops world’s first laser and GPS guided mortar munition
March 15, 2021 by TPS-IL
Israel unveiled on Sunday the “Iron Sting,” a networked precision fire system, a mortar munition that employs laser and GPS to engage targets accurately and prevent collateral damage. Read more
