Fatah lauds Munich Olympics massacre as a ‘quality operation’
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction posted a video last week praising Black September commander Ali Hassan Salameh, one of the architects of the 1972 Munich massacre. Read more
New Zealanders gather to remember the Holocaust
New Zealand, one of few countries in a Covid-ravaged world still able to have large gatherings for the observance of United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, saw commemorations take place around the country in major centres including Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, as well as in Hamilton and Napier. Read more
The Grampians or Bavaria? Dvir responds
January 29, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Fairfax Media has reported members of a far-right group burning a cross and chanting anti-semitic slogans close to holiday spots on Australia Day in the Grampians national park in Victoria. Read more
Rhetoric versus deeds
January 29, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
Those of us who have been “around the block” quite a few times know that words and speeches can have potent and deadly side effects. Read more
PA: Messages from US confirm deal of the century is off the table
January 28, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
Richard Mills, the US Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, has called on Israel and the Palestinians not to take unilateral measures that will constitute an obstacle to a two-state solution. Read more
US Secretary of State: I Carry the Memory of the 6 Million ‘Every Day in Office’
January 28, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
“Every day that I serve as Secretary of State, I will carry the memory of my stepfather and his family, and of the six million Jewish people and millions of others who were killed during the Holocaust,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more
Malka Leifer faces court
January 28, 2021 by J-Wire
On her first day in Australia following her extradition, Malka Leifer faced court via a video link. Read more
Jewish Agency head Herzog calls out to European leaders on rising antisemitism
Isaac Herzog, chairman of the executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel, has called on European leaders to take decisive measures in combating antisemitism and vehemently counter repeated attempts at creating an unsafe and unwelcoming environment for European Jewish life. Read more
To battle Holocaust denial, Facebook announces tool to connect users with facts
In an effort to contend with Holocaust denial on its platform, Facebook announced on Wednesday—International Holocaust Remembrance Day—that it will begin to connect users to a site with facts about the 20th-century atrocity that killed 11 million people, including 6 million Jews. Read more
Kyiv chief rabbi, Western diplomats plant trees as part of ceremony at Babi Yar
January 28, 2021 by JNS
Representatives of the Jewish community in Kyiv, Ukraine—led by Rabbi Jonathan Benyamin, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Kyiv—planted seven trees on Wednesday at the Babi Yar memorial in commemoration of the 6 million Jewish lives taken by the Nazis and their collaborators. Read more
Luxembourg to compensate Holocaust victims
January 28, 2021 by Agencies
The Luxembourg government is set to sign a historic agreement on Wednesday to pay reparations to Holocaust survivors, return Jewish property to its rightful owners and preserve the history of the local Jews who were persecuted during the German occupation. Read more
2500 log on to virtual International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration
January 28, 2021 by J-Wire Staff
Five Holocaust institutions across Australia have participated in an online commemoration of the International Holocaust Day marking the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps. Read more
Israeli envoy warns on eve of International Holocaust Day that ‘the world is ignoring regime following in footsteps of the Nazis’
January 27, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
It is time for “an institution charged with safeguarding peace and security to begin addressing the gravest danger in the Middle East: the regime in Tehran,” Israel’s Ambassador to the US and to the United Nations (UN) Gilad Erdan told the UN’s Security Council. Read more
Almost 20% of COVID-19 deaths in Israel were Holocaust survivors
January 27, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Some 900 of the 4,500 Coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in Israel were Holocaust survivors, a special report by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics shows. Read more
Scott Morrison on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A very special video message from Australia’s prime minister. Never again. Read more
The children of the tags
January 27, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Identity tags worn by four children deported to the Sobibor death camp in Poland have been unearthed in an archaeological excavation at the site. Read more
Government grants $750,000 to the Canberra Holocaust Museum and Education Centre
January 27, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Morrison Government is providing $750,000 towards the establishment of the Canberra Holocaust Museum and Education Centre. Read more
Acting US ambassador to UN: PLO mission to be reopened
January 27, 2021 by JNS
The United States will renew relations with the Palestinians, including reopening the Palestine Liberation Organization mission in Washington, D.C., acting U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Mills told the Security Council on Tuesday. Read more
Senate confirms Tony Blinken as US secretary of state
January 27, 2021 by JNS
The U.S. Senate confirmed Tony Blinken on Tuesday as the 71st U.S. secretary of state. Read more
Israel’s Intelligence Minister makes historic visit to Sudan, discusses progress in Abraham Accords
January 26, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen on Monday made a historic visit to Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, as the head of a joint delegation of the Ministry of Intelligence and the National Security Council, which was dispatched by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, weeks after Sudan joined the Abraham Accords. Read more
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 26, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Despite the temporary closure of the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem as a result of the ongoing global health crisis, Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, is actively marking the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust through a range of online events and activities. Read more
Hidden bunker discovered in Warsaw Ghetto
A bunker containing 100-year-old tefillin (phylacteries) hidden from the Nazis in World War II has been discovered in the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto. Read more
Merav Michaeli elected head of Israel’s struggling Labor Party
January 26, 2021 by JNS
Israel’s Labor Party on Sunday elected as its new leader Knesset member Merav Michaeli. Michaeli won 77 per cent of the approximately 10,000 votes in the party’s primary, held ahead of the country’s March 23 Knesset elections, the fourth round in two years. Read more
Democratic lawmakers criticize Israel for not vaccinating Palestinians
Several Democratic lawmakers have called on Israel to vaccinate Palestinians – even though under the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian Authority is responsible for the healthcare of the Palestinians. Read more
Biden’s top security advisor tells Israeli counterpart that he hopes to build on Abraham Accords
January 26, 2021 by JNS
U.S. National Security Advisor talked on the phone with his Israeli counterpart, Meir Ben-Shabbat, on Saturday, according to the National Security Council. Read more
A time to remember Sugihara
January 26, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A digital reception has been held to honour the memory, bravery and the legacy of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who defied his own government’s orders by issuing travel visas to more than 6,000 Jews trapped in Lithuania, enabling them to escape the oncoming Nazi occupation. Read more
Six Holocaust survivors to tell their stories for generations to come
The Sydney Jewish Museum is currently undertaking a Dimensions in Testimony filming project, capturing six Holocaust survivors in three-dimensions. Read more
2021 Australia Day Awards
January 25, 2021 by J-Wire Staff
For the first time since the modern-day awards were inaugurated in 1975, a rabbi has received the nation’s highest award, the AC. J-Wire extends congratulations to all members of the Jewish community who have been honoured by their country…including a brother and sister. This year, Victoria honourees are double their NSW counterparts. There is one honour each for WA and the NT.
Leifer on her way to Melbourne
January 25, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Malka Leifer has boarded a plane in Israel to fly to Germany on her way back to Melbourne where she faces 74 charges of child sexual abuse. Read more
Australia Day: We are publishing the Jewish list at 10pm this evening
January 25, 2021 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire will publish the 2021 Australia Day Honours Jewish list at 10pm this evening. Read more
