Magic moments from UPJ seders

One of the positive side-effects of the presence of COVID-19 in our lives has been the emergence of creative and innovative ways to celebrate Pesach with family and friends, even while physically distancing from each other. Read more

Israel transfers advanced coronavirus detection device to Gaza hospital

Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Palestinian Territories (COGAT) announced on Sunday that it had transferred an advanced medical device used to detect coronavirus to the Gaza Strip. Read more

Clinical trials on an exisiting drug for Coronavirus patients

Israel’s Hadassah Medical Organization has begun clinical trials of a drug with Coronavirus patients in the Ein Kerem outbreak departments. Read more

Benny Gantz given another 24 hours

President Rivlin will extend the mandate given to Chairman of Kachol Lavan to form a government until Wednesday evening at midnight Read more

Edmond De Rothschild Foundation donates 15 Million NIS to fund Corona research at Hebrew University

The Edmond de Rothschild Foundation has generously provided the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) with 15 million NIS [A$6.6 million] to fund coronavirus research. Read more

Happy 100th Eddie!

Eddie Jaku, one of the best-known faces in the Sydney Jewish community turns 100 tomorrow [Tuesday] but the Coronavirus put paid to plans for a special celebration with family and friends at the Sydney Jewish Museum. Read more

Hamas admits: Gazan doctors were trained by Israel to deal with Coronavirus

The Hamas-run Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has admitted that dozens of doctors from the Strip have been trained in recent weeks by Israeli doctors to deal with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic. Read more

Gantz’s time is up, Netanyahu will be tasked with forming government

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz’s mandate to form a government will end on Monday night and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be tasked with forming a government, possibly sending Israel towards the fourth round of elections in a bit more than a year’s time. Read more

Hebrew University researchers develop a COVID-19 diagnostic test 10x faster

Media outlets around the world have reported a shortage of COVID-19 testing materials. Read more

Traditional priestly blessing at Kotel held without worshippers

The Birkat Kohanim, the traditional priestly blessing recited during the morning prayers of Passover at the Kotel Plaza, was held on Sunday without the usual tens of thousands of worshippers due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more

Netanyahu and Pompeo, Rivlin and Pope discuss Coronavirus

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin continued their rounds of discussion with leaders from around the world on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and ways to combat it. Read more

Jerusalem neighbourhoods placed in Coronavirus lockdown, chloroquine arrives in Israel

The Israeli government voted on Saturday evening to place several Ultra-Orthodox neighbourhoods in Jerusalem under a full closure and curfew in an effort to stem the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. Read more

Chag Sameach

We will be back on Saturday evening Read more

Israeli hospital begins trials on drug for Coronavirus

The Sheba Medical Centre in Tel Aviv is experimenting with a drug that could help treat Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, one of the first hospitals in the world to begin such trials. Read more

Jillian Segal sends a Pesach message

Jillian Segal is the President of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry. She sends a message to the Australian Jewish community for Pesach. Read more

Sale of Chametz – Israel style and Sydney style

As every year, just before Pesach, Magen David Adom made sure to sell the Chametz in the organization’s possession, as the Jewish law requires, but due to the instructions of the Ministry of Health regarding the Corona epidemic made the sale through the Zoom app. Read more

Pesach greetings to the Jewish world from President Rivlin

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin sent a special greeting to Israelis and to Jewish communities around the world ahead of Passover. Read more

Israel seeks negotiations with Hamas for release of four citizens held in Gaza

Israel is calling for negotiations over the return of four Israelis being held in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip after Hamas leaders said they could be willing to make a deal. Read more

Rabbinical leadership in dispute

The ownership of RCANZ, the Rabbinical Council of Australia and New Zealand, has changed its ownership with child sexual abuse advocate Manny Waks becoming its president following the deregistration of the name. Read more

Netanyahu discusses ‘positive signs on the horizon – exit from Coronavirus lockdown after Passover

Israel is facing a “fateful week,” days that “will determine the direction – progress or retreat, and for many people, life or death” in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, while noting positive signs on the horizon.” Read more

Israel’s FM: praying for UK’s Boris Johnson’s speedy recovery

Israel’s Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz has conveyed his prayers and wishes for a speedy recovery to the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson who was admitted to an Intensive Care Unit in a London hospital on Monday evening after contracting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) some 10 days ago. Read more

ECAJ calls on Dymocks to cease selling certain editions of Mein Kampf

National bookseller Dymocks is currently marketing various editions of Adolf Hitler’s manifesto for the Nazi Party Mein Kampf some of which have commentaries appealing to far-right factions. Read more

Blue and White Party in talks to merge with Labor Party

After Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz announced that talks are underway to merge with the Blue and White Party headed by Benny Gantz, the Knesset Arrangements Committee approved the breakup of the Labor-Meretz union on Monday. Read more

BDS co-founder: ‘If Israel finds a cure for coronavirus, no problem to use it’

Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the BDS movement, said in a video on Sunday on Facebook that if Israel discovers a cure for coronavirus (COVID-19), then cooperation with the Jewish state is acceptable. Read more

Pakistan rearrests four men acquitted in Daniel Pearl murder case

The four men acquitted in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan have been rearrested and will remain in custody pending prosecutors appealing the ruling in the country’s Supreme Court, announced Pakistan’s interior ministry on Friday. Read more

First of 11 planes bringing vital medical supplies from China to Israel touches down

The first in a convoy of 11 El Al planes carrying tons of critical medical equipment to Israel from China touched down at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Monday morning, as the nation continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic. Read more

Moselmane resigns as assistant President of the NSW Parliament’s Legislative Council

NSW Shadow Treasurer and NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair Walt Secord has welcomed and long-term anti-Israel activist and Labor MP Shaoquett Moselmane’s resignation as Assistant President of the NSW Parliament’s Legislative Council over his “extremely stupid” pro-Wuhan COVID-19 comments. Read more

Air train delivering millions of items of medical equipment on way from China to Israel

An airlift of 11 aircraft is delivering millions of items of essential medical equipment from China to Israel, including masks, protective gear, and ventilators. Read more

Victorian Jewish community update

We all know someone who will be spending Pesach alone this year. Read more

A Passover with a difference

Leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese sends his Pesach message to Australia’s Jewish community. Read more

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