Israel faces second day of rocket fire from Gaza

Israelis faced a second day of rocket barrages from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist group in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, after a brief overnight lull gave way to renewed launches in the morning hours. Read more

After quiet night, terrorists resume fire on Israel

After a relatively quiet night, Islamic Jihad terrorists resumed their rockets attacks on Israeli civilian targets in the south and the centre of the country on Wednesday morning. Read more

Jewish Agency provides emergency funds to families hit by rockets from Gaza

In the wake of the rocket fire on Israel, the Jewish Agency for Israel put its emergency operations into gear, providing assistance to 6,500 new immigrants in absorption centres and 5,000 seniors in assisted-living facilities located in southern Israel, as well as 7,700 young Jews visiting on Israel Experience programs. Read more

Poland presses Netflix to amend documentary about Nazi death-camp guard

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has pressed Netflix to make changes to a documentary about a Nazi death-camp guard that includes a map highlighting Nazi concentration and death camps inside modern Poland. Read more

Gaza: leadership condemns rockets

Australian community leadership has spoken out on the barrage of rockets fired from Gaza into Israel. Read more

Hakoah: the ball is running and halfway to the goal

Two fund-raising events have been held at the homes of Steven and Judy Lowy and Lance and Julie Rosenberg, co-hosted by Phil and Viv Green to support the new Hakoah at Sydney’s White City. Read more

First signs of Chanukah

NSW Liberal MP Gabrielle Upton has MC’d this year’s Chanukah event in the NSW Parliament building. Read more

Harry Oscar Triguboff Launches the Switch Centre for training and advancement of employment in Idan HaNegev

Sydney mega-developer Harry Triguboff has opened the Switch Centre, a project of the Harry Oscar Triguboff Institute for training and advancement of employment in Bedouin society. Read more

Kristallnacht commemoration concert in Wellington

This year’s Kristallnacht commemoration concert on 10 November brought us more of the annual event’s distinctive quality – works associated with the Holocaust performed by leading New Zealand musicians. Read more

Catholic chaplain is halachically Jewish

Rabbi Dr Dovid Slavin joined his fellow chaplains recently in visiting the Lakemba Mosque for the annual  NSW Ambulance Chaplains Conference. Read more

‘Rocket fire on civilians is unacceptable’: world leaders and governments condemn Islamic Jihad attacks on Israel

Foreign governments, international leaders and diplomats have issued statements condemning the heavy rocket fire Israel has been encountering from Gaza since Tuesday morning. Read more

Bennett takes office as Defence Minister amid escalating conflict with Gaza terrorists

Naftali Bennett has begun his term as Minister of Defence as the security situation in Israel presents him with difficult decisions. Read more

IAF strike back

From inside Gaza – IAF strikes on Gaza city. (Majdi Fathi/TPS) Read more

Syria: 2 killed in Israeli bombing in Damascus

A strike carried out by the IDF in the heart of Damascus this morning killed two civilians and wounded six others, Syria’s official SANA reported. Read more

Egypt told by Islamic Jihad to stay out of the current incident

The Islamic Jihad has threatened to escalate its attacks on Israel later in the day after Bahaa al-Ata, an Islamic Jihad commander who as eliminated by the IDF earlier in the day is buried. Read more

Israel Eliminates Islamic Jihad commander, terrorists respond with rocket attacks

The IDF early Tuesday morning targeted and eliminated senior Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata in the northern Gaza Strip. Read more

Tel Aviv under attack

TPS report the entire Tel Aviv area is under rocket attack. Read more

Rocket attacks following IDF assassination of Islamic Jihad leader

News as we get it.  This story will be updated regularly. Read more

Netanyahu, Knesset mark 25 years of peace between Israel and neighbouring Jordan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday marked 25 years of a peace agreement between Israel and Jordan. Read more

Overwhelming majority of UN Human Rights Council reps praise Iran on record

Ninety-five out of 111 delegates, or 85 per cent, of the delegates to U.N. Human Rights Council’s Nov. 8 review session on Iran’s human-rights record praised the Islamic Republic, according to Geneva-based NGO U.N. Watch. Read more

IAEA discovery of uranium particles raises questions on scope of Iran’s nuclear program

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday that it has discovered uranium traces at an undeclared site in Iran. Read more

Bernie Sanders: ‘It’s not antisemitic to criticize Israel’

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, said that “it is not antisemitic to criticize the policies of the Israeli government,” adding on to his prior stance that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is “racist.” Read more

OBK supporting the emergency services

Rabbi Dr Dovid Slavin has mustered his bakers and cooks at Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen to provide food for those working through the State of Emergency in NSW caused by widespread bushfires. Read more

Israel ‘regrets’ Jordan’s reclaiming of enclaves on border

Israel “regrets” Jordan’s decision to terminate the annexes to the 1994 peace agreement which leased two enclaves on the border to Israeli farmers, the Foreign Ministry stated Sunday. Read more

Gap year Zionist Youth seminar in the Arava

The picturesque views of the Arava and the fresh desert air provided the perfect backdrop for the Australasian Zionist Youth Council (AZYC) closing seminar bringing together 108 gap year participants from six of the Zionist Youth movements from Australia and New Zealand. Read more

Call on NSW Jewish community to aid bushfire victims

The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies has set up a crowdfunding campaign to provide those whose lives have been impacted by the catastrophic bushfires raging through parts of NSW. Read more

Celebrating excellence and dedication at Jewish Care’s 2019 Staff & Volunteer Awards

Jewish Care Victoria held its 9^th Annual Staff and Volunteer Service & Excellence Awards at Leonda By The Yarra last week. Read more

Jewish institutions attacked in Scandinavia

The president of the World Jewish Congress responded forcefully on Sunday to the string of threatening antisemitic attacks carried out in Scandinavia over the weekend, including vandalism at different Jewish institutions and property in Stockholm and Denmark. Read more

The Shabbat Projects to connect and inspire Sydney’s Jewish community

The Shabbat Project has just one simple aim, to unite Jewish communities around the world for one 25-hour period, where they can come together and experience one Shabbat. Read more

Over $800,000 government funding for Chabad ACT

Senator Zed Seselja has announced an $835,000 grant through the Safer Communities Funding to increase their security infrastructure. Read more

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