UN targets Israel in seven different resolutions
December 13, 2020 by JNS
The U.N. General Assembly targeted Israel on Thursday with seven different resolutions. Read more
Beautiful spot, ugly message
December 13, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The pop-up Sukkah on Melbourne’s Birrarung Marr has been defaced with the slogan, “Is this where they practised blood libel on kidnapped children.” Read more
Shuli does it again
December 13, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Former Sydneysider Shuli Briggs will make history when she boards El Al’s inaugural commercial Israel-Dubai flight today with husband Ari and three of her five sons. Read more
Parliament ends and Chanukah starts
December 11, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
On the last sitting day of the Australian Parliament for 2020, Chabad ACT hosted the traditional “Chanukah on the Hill” ceremony in the Great Hall of Parliament House attended by Members of Parliament and Senators including Government Ministers and Shadow Ministers. Read more
Fourth candle for survivors
December 11, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) Gideon Taylor has announced International Holocaust Survivors Night, to be held globally on Sunday, December 13. Read more
Benjamin Netanyahu lights the first candle
December 11, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara lit the first Chanukah candle – shown via Zoom – with the World Zionist Organization (WZO) and representatives of Diaspora Jewish communities. Read more
Ask a Survivor: award for the Jewish Holocaust Centre
December 11, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish Holocaust Centre has received an award from the Australian Museums and Galleries Association Victoria for its Ask a Survivor project. Read more
Morocco/Israel normalisation welcomed
December 11, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Pro-Israel groups have reacted positively to Morocco’s announcement on Thursday of its intention to normalize ties with Israel. Read more
Senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi resigns
December 11, 2020 by JNS
Senior Palestine Liberation Organization official Hanan Ashrawi announced her resignation on Wednesday, saying that Palestinian politics needed a “renewal.” Read more
Netanyahu to make first official visit to Egypt in more than a decade
December 11, 2020 by Agencies
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to head to Egypt for a state visit in the coming days, at the request of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, officials in Cairo have confirmed to Israel Hayom. Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Now peace with Morocco
December 11, 2020 by TPS-IL
Breaking: US President Donald Trump announces on his Twitter account that there is normalization of relations between Israel and Morocco.
Eddie gets a compliment
December 10, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
During the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards virtual event, Scott Morrison spoke in glowing terms of 100-yr-0ld Eddie Jaku. Read more
Scott Morrison talks to the community
December 10, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison addresses the Jewish community. Read more
The family is growing
December 10, 2020 by J-Wire
The Governing Board and Executive Committee of the World Jewish Congress held a zoom with 190 participants during which a new community was added to to the WJC. Read more
House Committee approves elections on March 16
December 10, 2020 by TPS-IL
The Knesset’s House Committee approved a bill dispersing the Knesset for its first reading, another step toward the fourth round of elections in Israel in two years’ time. Read more
First shipment of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine lands at Ben-Gurion International Airport
December 10, 2020 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on hand at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Wednesday to welcome the arrival of a plane bearing the first shipment of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Read more
“Fourth Israeli election will be different”: Israeli political analyst Haviv Rettig Gur
December 10, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
With the Israeli Knesset expected to dissolve itself later this month and initiate its fourth election in two years, political analyst Haviv Rettig Gur told an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) webinar on December 7 that it is becoming increasingly unlikely that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will find enough support to lead the next government. Read more
Israel launches new moon project
December 10, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President of Israel Reuven Rivlin has hosted the launch of the Beresheet 2 project, the second Israeli spacecraft to be launched to the moon. Read more
At Leadership Dialogue, former UK Defence Minister warns hope not enough on nuclear Iran
December 10, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australian, British and Israeli past and present politicians have discussed Iran and China during the annual Leadership Dialogue. Read more
A Chanukah message from Anthony Albanese
December 10, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese sends a Chanukah greeting… Read more
Leadership Dialogue hears from Australian politicians
December 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Moshe Bar-Siman-Tov, the former director-general of Israel’s Ministry of Health, a figurehead in the country’s fight against Covid-19 told the annual Leadership Dialogue that some restrictions should remain in place even after mass vaccinations have been given. Read more
Israel pans EU’s report on Lebanon that fails to mention Hezbollah
December 9, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel “regrets” that the European Union (EU) Foreign Affairs Council’s conclusions on Lebanon “failed to mention” the Hezbollah terrorist organization, which “serves the interests of the Ayatollahs in Iran at the expense of the people of Lebanon.” Read more
Chanukah around Australia
December 9, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Chanukah celebrations in over 25 regional centres courtesy Chabad of RARA. Read more
Israel’s president to endorse ‘roadmap for Jewish future’
December 9, 2020 by JNS
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin is set to endorse the Declaration of Our Common Destiny, a document that he has called a “roadmap for the Jewish future.” Read more
Police Commissioner thanks AIJAC’s Jeremy Jones
December 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Police Commissioner Michael Fuller thanked Jeremy Jones, Director of International and of Community Affairs for the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council, at the end of Jones’ long service as an advisor to the NSW Police. Read more
Witnessing Holocaust History: From Generation To Generation
December 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The American Holocaust Awareness Museum and Education Centre, the U.K.-based World ORT, and the Perth-based WE ARE HERE! Foundation have partnered this year to provide an international experience of Holocaust education and remembrance to students around the world. Read more
Youth Movement Summer Camps are on…subsidies available!
December 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australian Zionist Youth Council has announced summer camps will be going ahead. Read more
A Chanukah message from the Prime Minister
December 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has used words penned by the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks in his Chanukah message to the country’s Jewish community. Read more
…and on from Walt Secord
December 9, 2020 by J-Wire Staff
Once again, I am delighted to wish all my friends and family in the NSW Jewish community a Happy Chanukah. Read more
Two Jewish firefighters receive citations
December 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A former Masada College student and a former Moriah College student have received citations for their work with the Rural Fire Service Brigades. Read more
