A message to the Australian Jewish community
March 24, 2020 by J-Wire News Service
Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) President Jillian Segal speaks to the Australian Jewish community about the measures we all need to take in this time of pandemic. Read more
Shnatties on their way home
March 24, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
El Al flight LY87 is fast approaching Perth carrying 16 Masa students desperate to get home from Israel in these troubling times. Read more
Grave concerns in the Gaza Strip following first Coronavirus cases
March 24, 2020 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
Health officials in the Gaza Strip announced on Monday that Gazan medical centres would cease performing non-emergency operations and prohibit visits to hospital amid fear of a largescale outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Gaza. Read more
Melbourne: Jewish Care residential aged care homes in lockdown
March 24, 2020 by Kirsten Young
The Board of Jewish Care Victoria has today made the difficult decision to implement additional visitation limitations across all of its residential aged care homes. Read more
Maccabiah update
March 24, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
As a community, country and global citizens, Maccabi Australia is experiencing a challenge that is resulting in many aspects of our lives to be beyond our control. Read more
Coronavirus update for Victorian readers
March 24, 2020 by J-Wire News Service
Information for Victorian Jewish Communal Leaders on Coronavirus (COVID-19) published by JCCV. Read more
A video message from the president of The World Jewish Congress
March 24, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
As communities around the globe grapple with the health, economic and social impacts of the novel coronavirus, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder issued a video message, assuring the more than 100 WJC-affiliated Jewish communities that the World Jewish Congress is here to support them. Read more
NIF funds vulnerable in Israel
March 23, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The New Israel Fund Australia will send emergency funds to assist vulnerable communities in Israel. Read more
Sheba Medical Centre opens new underground Corona critical care unit
March 23, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Working around the clock during the past week, over 400 workers and medical professionals transformed an underground parking garage near the entrance to Sheba Medical Centre’s main campus at Tel HaShomer into a full-fledged COVID-19 critical care unit. Read more
Netanyahu urges Gantz to join unity government, vows ‘no shticks and tricks’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday night that his Likud Party and rival Blue and White Party had reached agreement on the outlines of a national unity government, and called on Blue and White leader Benny Gantz to sign the deal, saying “millions of Israelis are waiting for us.” Read more
Jewish Care Victoria Launches COVID-19 Helpline
March 23, 2020 by Kirsten Young
Jewish Care Victoria has launched a COVID-19 Helpline to assist and support those in the Victorian Jewish community impacted by the Coronavirus. Read more
El Al flight heading to Australia
March 23, 2020 by Henry Benjamin
An El Al flight will land tomorrow in Perth. Read more
Israeli research institution develops system to predict Coronavirus hotspots
March 23, 2020 by Benjamin Brown - TPS
The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot has announced it has developed a method of tracking the spread of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) that may assist health officials and authorities in efficiently coordinating their response to the public health emergency, by being “two steps ahead of the virus.” Read more
Dr Norman Swan: Coronavirus and Pesach
March 23, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The ABC’s Dr Norman Swan has been the source of the news nationally of the growing progress of Coronavirus. In a video, he talks on the impact of the virus on Pesach. Read more
Israel brings home citizens stranded in wake of Coronavirus
March 22, 2020 by TPS-IL
Hundreds of Israelis returned to the country over the weekend from Peru on four El Al flights as the Foreign Ministry has been working over the past days to bring home Israelis from various countries who have shut down their borders in wake of the global spread of Coronavirus. Read more
First man, 88, dies of Coronavirus in Israel
March 22, 2020 by TPS-IL
Aryeh Even, 88, died of Coronavirus in a Jerusalem hospital over the weekend, the first Israeli to die of the virus. Read more
Netflix announces release date for ‘Fauda’ season 3
March 22, 2020 by JNS
Season 3 of the Israeli series “Fauda” will begin streaming on Netflix on April 16. Read more
Australian Jewish community management of COVID-19 pandemic
March 20, 2020 by Community newsdesk
The latest bulletin from The Executive Council of Australian Jewry on the fight against Coronavirus. Read more
Moriah students work from home
March 20, 2020 by Community newsdesk
Sydney’s Moriah College remains open and is now providing online all educational services, ELC-Year 11, from today and for Year 12 students, from Monday. Read more
Sydney Beth Din says Jewish society is closer and therefore vulnerable
March 20, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Sydney Beth Din says it has an obligation to the entire community, to advise and make public our Halachic view in dealing with Coronavirus and wants any member of the community who has recently returned from Melbourne to self-isolate for 14 days. Read more
IDF Home Front Command opens hotels for patients recovering from COVID-19
March 20, 2020 by Yaakov Lappin
Following a directive by Defence Minister Naftali Bennett, the Israel Defense Forces’ Home Front Command opened its first coronavirus recovery centre for mild patients at the Dan Panorama Hotel in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Read more
Israeli researchers announce new, faster testing method for COVID-19
March 20, 2020 by JNS
Researchers at Israel’s Technion–Israel Institute of Technology and Rambam Health Care Campus have successfully tested a new method, called “pooling,” that they claim will dramatically increase the country’s ability to test for COVID-19. Read more
Indonesian Muslim leaders, educators visit Israel
March 20, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A group of nine prominent Indonesian Islamic leaders and educators recently visited Israel on a special mission under the auspices of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council’s Rambam Program. Read more
Israelis told to stay at home
March 20, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israelis not to leave their homes and he has called on authorities to ensure that the directive is being enforced. Read more
President Rivlin discusses Coronavirus crisis with PA head Abbas
March 19, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
President Reuven Rivlin spoke on Wednesday with Palestinian Authority (PA) head Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the Coronavirus crisis. Read more
Mossad delivers 100,000 Coronavirus tests to Israel from unknown country
March 19, 2020 by Benjamin Brown - TPS
Israel’s secret intelligence service, the Mossad, has delivered 100,000 Coronavirus test kits to Israel from “a country with which Israel does not maintain diplomatic relations,” Israeli sources say. Read more
Cycle with Israel’s top team
March 19, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s only professional cycling team, Israel Start-Up Nation (ISN), will lead a virtual online team ride on Friday. Read more
Ark’s shule still open this Shabbat and social media advice from its rabbi NOW CANCELLED
March 19, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Melbourne’s The Ark Centre remains open for services but the immediate future is uncertain. NOW CANCELLED Read more
Total lockdown ‘inevitable,’ says Israel’s Public Security Minister
In a conference call on Tuesday night with the heads of the country’s security branches, Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan instructed the police and the rest of Israel’s domestic security apparatus to make preparations to implement a full closure, which the minister said was “inevitable.” Read more
AIJAC welcomes Australia’s stance on Palestine issue at the ICC
March 19, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has welcomed the Australian Government’s formal submission to the International Criminal Court arguing that the Court does not have territorial jurisdiction to consider the “Situation in the State of Palestine.” Read more
