Gazan terrorists launch multiple rockets at Israel: several injured

Gaza-based terrorists on Tuesday night fired several barrages of rockets at southern Israel, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in Washington signing a peace treaty with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain. Read more

A Rosh Hashanah message from the Prime Minister

I send my best wishes to all Jewish Australians who are celebrating Rosh Hashanah. Read more

A Rosh Hashanah message from the Leader of the Opposition -Anthony Albanese

On behalf of the Australian Labor Party, I wish all members of the Australian Jewish community a Shana Tova U’Metukah – a sweet and happy new year. Read more

Washington signings: Community responds

The Australian and New Zealand communities have responded to the agreements signed in Washington between Israel and both the UAE and Bahrain. Read more

As Arab states pivot towards Israel, will the Palestinians again miss an opportunity?

The ink has dried on the official signing by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the Abraham Accords in Washington, D.C.—a combination agreement that sees Israel normalizing relations with the United Arab Emirates and signing a similar deal with Bahrain, both opportunities organized by the United States. Read more

UAE and Bahrain officially ink ties with Israel

The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed historic agreements at the White House on Tuesday to normalize relations with Israel – the first of their kind in 26 years. Read more

A message from The Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Victoria

The Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Victoria is saddened that our Jewish community will not be able to celebrate the High Holidays in our Shules this year. Read more

Gifting a legacy to the community

For 93-year-old Ann Gluckman, so much these days comes down to a sense of mitzvah and giving back to the community. Read more

Revenge: My Dad the Nazi Killer

Award-winning documentary filmmaker Danny Ben-Moshe hopes to start production soon on his latest project on a yet to be proved story of how a Melbourne Jew planned to carry out a revenge killing of a Nazi in Sydney. Read more

Report: Iran plotted to assassinate US ambassador to South Africa

Iran reportedly considered assassinating the U.S. ambassador to South Africa in retaliation for the assassination of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani by the United States earlier this year, two unnamed U.S. government officials told Politico in a report published on Sunday. Read more

Keep up the pressure

The President of the Zionist Federation of New Zealand Rob Berg cannot believe that Mt Hutt Ski Area and NZ Ski think it is acceptable to name a ski slope and a restaurant after an unrepentant officer of the SS, as well as have a plaque erected to “respect his legacy”. Read more

A family connection

The new president of Sydney’s The Great Synagogue has told the AGM that his great-great-grandmother had been a founding member of the congregation in 1878. Read more

Hungary only EU country to send diplomat to Israel-UAE treaty signing

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto is the only diplomat from the European Union planning to attend today’s signing in Washington for the Israel-United Arab Emirates peace deal, Reuters reported. Read more

Netanyahu takes off to sign peace deals with UAE, Bahrain in Washington

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took off last night with his family and an Israeli delegation to Washington ahead of the historic signing of normalization agreements with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, “to set this historic change in motion,” as he termed it. Read more

Rudd regales crowd with vision for the Middle East

Over 800 people registered last week to watch former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, a self-described “passionate supporter of Israel”, speak with NIF Australia executive director Liam Getreu about Israel and the Middle East on Zoom. Read more

Netanyahu: ‘We are on the threshold of a new era’

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a gathering of ministers on Sunday of his “warm conversation” on Friday with U.S. President Donald Trump and Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, to discuss the “establishment of peaceful relations” between Jerusalem and Manama. Read more

Oman welcomes normalisation between Bahrain and Israel

Oman welcomes Bahrain’s move to normalise relations with Israel, the Oman News Agency reported on Sunday. Read more

The Weizmann Institute of Science and Mohamed bin Zayed University in the UAE to collaborate on Artificial Intelligence research

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in the United Arab Emirates has been signed. Read more

Israel to enter full lockdown ahead of High Holidays: controversy ensues

Israel will enter a full country-wide lockdown on Friday ahead of the High holidays and the Jewish New Year as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection rate in the country remained very high and as ministers are opposing various aspects of the closure. Read more

NSW Jewry: vital statistics

The JCA has released a report on the NSW Jewish community based on the national 2016 census and the Gen17 2017 findings in its national survey of Australian Jewry. Read more

Luxury hotel to host Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur services

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Word Zionist Congress online

The 38th World Zionist Congress(WZC)  this year will convene online through a special broadcast centre in Jerusalem. Read more

Active COVID-19 cases down to five at Melbourne’s Jewish Care residential home

Of the 33 Elders who contracted COVID-19 at Jewish Care’s residential home in Windsor, two sadly passed away and 31 have now been found negative of the virus. Read more

Kushner: Peace deal to foster greater ‘interaction between Israel and Bahrain’

Senior adviser to the president Jared Kushner said he thinks the announcement by Bahrain and Israel to normalize ties will lead to greater understanding and cooperation between the people of both countries. Read more

Jewish and pro-Israel groups welcome Israel-Bahrain normalization agreement

Jewish and pro-Israel groups instantly applauded Israel and Bahrain for agreeing on Friday to normalize relations between the two countries—the second of its kind between Israel and a Persian Gulf nation in the wake of the United Arab Emirates. Read more

UNRWA communications director to address pro-BDS conference

The communications director of the U.S. office of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency’s (UNRWA) is scheduled to address a conference next week hosted by American Muslims for Palestine (AMP). Read more

OU to oversee kosher food in hotels throughout UAE

In response to a request from the leadership of the United Arab Emirates, Orthodox Union Kosher, the world’s largest kosher certification agency, will be the leading kosher certification agency within the Emirates and do so in partnership with the local Jewish community. Read more

Norway arrests suspect in 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant in Paris

Norwegian police arrested a suspect in a 38-year-old terrorist attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris that left six people dead and at least 20 wounded. Read more

Soccer legend Lionel Messi to be face of Israel’s OrCam Technologies

Jerusalem-based OrCam Technologies, which develops artificial intelligence-based wearable devices to aid the blind and visually impaired, announced on Wednesday that it was partnering with soccer legend Lionel Messi. Read more

Israeli minister tours Sydney community

Israeli Minister for the Diaspora Omer Yankelevich participated in a ‘virtual tour’ of the Sydney Jewish Community on Thursday. Read more

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