Let There Be Light

Thousands of people around the world took part today in March of the Living’s global interfaith campaign “Let There Be Light”, to mark the anniversary of Kristallnacht. Read more

Report: Trump administration to ramp up pressure on Iran before end of term

Elliott Abrams, the US Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela, met on Sunday in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more

Palestinians sigh in relief after Biden victory: ready to resume negotiations and coordination without preconditions

A sigh of relief and satisfaction, disgust for President Donald Trump and anticipation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s weakening, along with fears of renewed tension between Fatah and Hamas – this is how the Palestinian arena reacted to Joe Biden’s victory. Read more

Over 40,000 send flowers for Shabbat to ‘COVID-19 heroes’ as part of Shabbat Project

Thousands of bouquets of flowers were delivered in time for this past Shabbat, including to Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, doctors, frontline healthcare workers, volunteer first responders, Lone Soldiers, elderly people who are isolated during the pandemic, and others. Read more

More congratulations for the Biden-Harris camp

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council and the Zionist Federation of Australia have congratulated Joe Biden on his election as the President of the United States, and his running mate Kamala Harris, who becomes America’s first female vice-President. Read more

Cognitive impairment and dementia: Understanding the disease – support for patients and carers

Sydney’s Wolper Jewish Hospital’s Wellbeing Program is tackling the topic of Dementia. Read more

Israel to build new community near Gaza Strip area

Israel will build a new community in the Sdot Negev Regional Council area, adjacent to the Gaza Strip, the government announced Sunday. Read more

Abbas congratulates Biden as Palestinians celebrate Trump’s defeat

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden in a statement on Sunday and alluded to the possibility that the P.A. would end its boycott of the administration in Washington when he assumes office. Read more

More tributes to Rabbi Lord Sacks

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Liberal MP Julian Leeser have added their names to the long list of those who have paid tribute to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sachs who passed away on Saturday at the age of 72. Read more

Josh Frydenberg in virtual meeting with Moriah Foundation

Sydney’s Moriah Foundation recently hosted the Treasurer Josh Frydenberg MP who delivered his Pathway to economic recovery address to over 150 Moriah Foundation and Foundation Circle members. Read more

More tributes to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Further tributes to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks have been made by the New Zealand Jewish community and Israeli leaders. Read more

ECAJ has hopes for Biden’s administration

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has issued a statement following the successful campaign which will see Democrat U.S. President-elect Joe Biden taking up residence in the White House on January 20. Read more

‘Long and Warm Relationship’: Israel’s leadership congratulates Biden, thanks Trump

Israel’s leadership congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and thanked President Donald Trump for his historic contribution to the Jewish state after Biden declared his victory on Saturday.
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US sanctions pro-Hezbollah Lebanese politician

The Trump administration announced on Friday that it has sanctioned a top pro-Hezbollah Lebanese politician. Read more

US expert Robert Satloff says a Biden administration will be different from Obama and Kerry on the Middle East

The Executive Director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Dr Robert Satloff, spoke on an AIJAC webinar on “The Aftermath of the US Elections: the Implications for the Middle East and More.” Read more

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks passes away

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks passed away yesterday (Saturday) at the age of 72. Read more

Join UIA’s 2020 AGM with Isaac ‘Bougie’ Herzog and Omer Yankelevich

UIA NSW is hosting its AGM on Zoom on Tuesday 10 November with guest speakers Isaac ‘Bougie’ Herzog – Chairman of The Jewish Agency of Israel and Omer Yankelevich – Minister of Diaspora Affairs. Read more

Court denies Rabin’s assassin leave for son’s Barmitzvah

A court in Beer Sheva on Wednesday denied a request by Yigal Amir to be allowed to attend a bar mitzvah for his son over the weekend. Read more

Reinvented Shabbat Project to ‘bring Shabbat home’ in more than 1,600 cities worldwide

In a world transformed by the coronavirus pandemic, the seventh annual international Shabbat Project is organizing virtual pre-Shabbat events and providing educational materials for an intimate home-based Shabbat experience in more than 1,600 cities and 106 countries from Nov. 6-7. Read more

An Emirati message of love and peace to the Jewish community in the State of Victoria

The United Arab Emirates’ Consulate General in Melbourne has planted an olive tree in the grounds of one of the largest synagogues in Melbourne. Read more

Australia’s first ever exhibition to commemorate the life and legacy of Yitzhak Rabin

For the first time in Australia an exhibition titled UNITY, will commemorate the life and legacy of the late Israeli Prime Minister and Nobel Prize peacemaker Yitzhak Rabin will be launched tonight at the B’nai B’rith centre in Sydney. Read more

A Walk of Jewish Sydney app launched

Over 80 guests attended the delayed and COVID-19 restricted launch by the Australian Jewish Historical Society of the Walk of Jewish Sydney App at The Great Synagogue. Read more

Israeli team on way to help Czech Republic fight COVID-19

An Israeli team of specialists is being dispatched to the Czech Republic to help it contend with a serious wave of Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections. Read more

PA inaugurates ‘heritage site’ at Israel’s ancient capital in Samaria

The Palestinian Authority (PA) held over the weekend an official ceremony to inaugurate a “Palestinian” tourist complex in the town of Sebastia in Samaria, the historic capital of the biblical Kingdom of Israel. Read more

The Shlichim Project

For decades, the Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) together with the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) have been bringing Shlichim and Shlichot (Israeli emissaries) to Australia. Read more

Israel unveils new rapid COVID-19 tests

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein unveiled on Monday a new Israeli-developed Coronavirus (COVID-19) test that will shorten the processing time in the laboratories from eight hours to four and will be safer and based on robot activity. Read more

A new camp site for Melbourne’s Chabad Youth

Melbourne’s Chabad Youth is to establish a new campsite at Shoreham which will provide overnight camp stay accommodation for Victorian youth activities. Read more

Gunmen open fire near Jewish community centre, synagogue in Vienna

Gunmen opened fire near a synagogue and Jewish community centre in Vienna on Monday, allegedly targeting two restaurants, according to official reports, videos and photos circulating on social media. Read more

Senior campaign official says Biden would keep Golan Heights recognition

Were former U.S. Vice President and current Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to be elected, he would likely not reverse the U.S. recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, a senior Biden campaign official told JNS. Read more

Clinical trials of Israeli coronavirus vaccine underway

The first Israeli SARS-CoV-2 vaccine was administered at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan on Sunday to the first volunteer in a clinical trial. Read more

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