JNF Educators Tour
January 16, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
75 educators from Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and NZ recently returned from the JNF Australia Educators Study Tour in Israel. Read more
Roy Nissany becomes Israel’s first Formula One driver
January 16, 2020 by TPS-IL
Israeli professional sports car driver Roy Nissany will become the official test driver for the UK-based Williams Group, making him Israel’s first Formula One driver. Read more
Next Level Guest for UIA 2020 Campaign
January 15, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
UIA Australia’s 2020 Campaign will be taken to the next level as we celebrate the incredible milestone of Keren Hayesod-UIA’s 100 years of supporting the People of Israel with a very special guest. Read more
Down she comes
January 15, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Nazi flag flying in the town of Beulah in north-west Victoria has been brought down following a joint push by neighbours and local police. Read more
Israeli skier makes history by winning Israel’s first Winter Youth Olympics medals
January 15, 2020 by JNS
Israeli alpine skier Noa Szollos, 17, won Israel its first medals in the Winter Youth Olympic Games when she competed in the competition recently this month in Lausanne, Switzerland. Read more
Co-founder of education site named JTA editor in chief
January 15, 2020 by JNS
Philissa Cramer, a co-founder and editor at large of the education news organization Chalkbeat, has been named editor in chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, announced the wire service yesterday. Read more
Leifer case stalls again
January 15, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In spite of a call to expedite the extradition hearing to return Malka Leifer to Melbourne where she is facing 74 charges for child sexual abuse, a Jerusalem court has accepted her defence argument to cross-examine psychiatrists who have found her fit to face court. Read more
A Nazi flag flies in Victoria and there is no way to bring it down
January 14, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A woman who has German ancestry is flying a Nazi flag in her front garden in her home in the regional town of Beulah in Victoria. Read more
Israeli fighter jets damaged by flooding after record rainfall
January 14, 2020 by JNS
Eight Israeli F-16 fighter jets were damaged by flooding at Hatzor air force base in the country’s south following last week’s extreme rainfall, the Israel Defense Forces said on Sunday. Read more
#WeRemember
January 14, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress has launched its fourth annual #WeRemember campaign to combat antisemitism and all forms of hatred, genocide and xenophobia. Read more
Israel requests proceedings against Malka Leifer be expedited
January 13, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Director of the Department of International Affairs, Office of the State Attorney, Ministry of Justice has submitted a request to Judge Chana Lomp of the Jerusalem District Court asking that the extradition proceedings against Malka Leifer be expedited. Read more
Left-wing parties unite ahead of elections
January 13, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The left-wing Labor-Gesher and Meretz political parties announced today that they will run jointly as one political entity in the upcoming March elections for the 23rd Knesset. Read more
Melbourne’s Jews of Pride
January 13, 2020 by J-Wire Staff
The biggest ever Jews of Pride contingent will come together at this year’s Midsumma Pride March in Melbourne. Read more
Netanyahu visits Nahariya
January 13, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has toured Nahariya where last week a man drowned after rescuing passengers trapped in a flooded car. Read more
Iranians chant ‘not Gaza, not Lebanon, our hearts for Iran alone’
January 12, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Iranians took to the street on Saturday night and protested the country’s downing of Ukraine’s flight 752 early Wednesday which killed all passengers and crew, and called for the resignation of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Total of 2.3 million people visited Auschwitz in 2019, setting new record
January 12, 2020 by JNS
A record 2.32 million people visited the sites of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz and Auschwitz II-Birkenau in Poland last year, the Auschwitz Memorial announced recently. Read more
Spotify streams antisemitic playlists that praise Hitler, call for ‘gas the Jews’
January 11, 2020 by JNS
The audio-streaming service Spotify has dozens of user-created playlists with titles praising Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, mocking Holocaust victims, and artwork that features swastikas and white-nationalist hate symbols, The Times of Israel discovered. Read more
Israeli researchers find cigarette smoke damages our mental health
Smoking has a negative effect on your mental health as well as your physical wellbeing, Israeli researches at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem have found. Read more
IDF deploys troops to contend with extreme storm, floods and damage
January 10, 2020 by Arye Green -TPS
Extremely stormy weather hit Israel on Wednesday, causing deadly floods and significant damage to infrastructure and property, the latest winter wave to hit the country in the past week. Read more
Community welcomes Leifer decision
January 10, 2020 by J-Wire News Service
Major community organisations have welcomed media reports that a psychiatrist panel has Malka Leifer found her fit to face an extradition trial. Read more
Can you help?
January 10, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Jewish House has provided swift support this week to communities in NSW affected by bushfires, with the donation of 250 blankets to people displaced and sleeping in evacuation centres in NSW. Read more
Panel finds alleged sex offender Malka Leifer mentally fit to stand trial
January 10, 2020 by Arye Green -TPS
A psychiatric panel in Israel on Thursday decided that alleged sex offender Malka Leifer from Australia is mentally fit to stand trial and has been feigning mental illness. Read more
The Board resends its call for bushfire support
January 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Given the increased and ongoing severity of the fires, the Board of Deputies has established a new campaign with Stand Up for further donations for dispersal to those affected in NSW and elsewhere. Read more
Defence Minister launches campaign to reclaim Area C from illegal Arab construction
January 9, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel has launched a campaign to reclaim land in Judea and Samaria that is under full Israeli control and which the Arabs are trying to take control of through illegal construction, Defence Minister Naftali Bennett declared. Read more
Nahariya: Man drowns in flood while saving mother and child
January 9, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
A man drowned in flooding caused by torrential rains in the northern Israeli city of Nahariya on Wednesday while he was trying to help a mother and child. Read more
Jewish patrol group Shomrim offers emergency phones to New York City synagogues
January 9, 2020 by JNS
The volunteer Jewish neighbourhood watch group Shomrim is offering New York City synagogues special phones that connect instantly to emergency services following a slew of antisemitic incidents in the city. Read more
Netanyahu lauds Soviet immigrants, criticizes harsh remarks by chief rabbi
January 9, 2020 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized as “outrageous and inappropriate” recent comments by Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi about immigrants from the former Soviet Union. Read more
More tributes for Brian Fox
January 9, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Union for Progressive Judaism and all the members of the Assembly of Rabbis and Cantors of Australia, New Zealand and Asia are mourning the passing of Rabbi Brian Fox. Read more
Chief Rabbi attempts to appease Russian immigrants after calling them ‘enemies of religion’
January 9, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef has attempted to appease the Israeli immigrants from the former Soviet Union after accusing them of being “non-Jews” who are “enemies of religion, haters of religion” who were brought to Israel for the weaken the ultra-Orthodox parties’ electoral power. Read more
Iran threatens Israel after attacking US base in Iraq
January 8, 2020 by TPS-IL
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) threatened to attack Israel if the US retaliates against its bombing of the US airbase of Ain al-Assad in Iraq early on Wednesday in response to the US’ assassination of IRGC General Qassem Soleimani. Read more
