MDA Mothers Milk Bank, Jeremy Spinak Medicycle and Driver Simulater
June 20, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
New Zealand apologises
June 20, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The New Zealand Minister for Immigration has written to the Israeli ambassador in Wellington apologising personally for the Immigration New Zealand publishing a map of the Middle East naming Israel as Palestine in a fact sheet. Read more
Israeli fencer makes history with European championship win
June 20, 2019 by JNS
A son of Australian immigrants, Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich, 24, took the gold medal in the European Fencing Championships in Dusseldorf, Germany. Read more
International Atomic Energy Agency recognizes ‘Palestine’ as a country
The International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement recognizing “Palestine” as a country, as it joined the nuclear watchdog on Tuesday as an observer. Read more
Complaint about a pro-Israel article dismissed
June 20, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Despite border issues, Israel reopens Gaza fishing zone
June 19, 2019 by JNS
Israel has reopened the Gaza fishing zone to 10 nautical miles off the coast, despite recent tensions due to border riots, rocket attacks and incendiary balloons launched into Israel from the Gaza Strip. Read more
Youth in Politics Shabbat Dinner
June 19, 2019 by Heath Sloane
Sydney’s Great Synagogue opened its doors to young leaders in politics, community advocacy, interfaith relations and non-government organisations for the inaugural Youth in Politics Shabbat dinner hosted by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies. Read more
Walt joins Emanuel
June 19, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Well-known supporter of Israel and Jewish causes NSW Labor frontbencher Walt Secord has revealed to parliament that he and his wife have joined Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue. Read more
WJC President expresses concern about Malaysian Prime Minister’s antisemitic comments
June 19, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has condemned the antisemitic comments made by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s at the Cambridge Union. Read more
Two Aussies at 2019 ROI Summit in Jerusalem
June 19, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Cambridge enables Malaysian Prime Minister to spread antisemitism unchecked
The Cambridge Union debating society hosted Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, a vocal anti-Semite, at the academic venue on Sunday, during which he reiterated his antisemitic and Holocaust-denying views while going unchallenged by the audience. Read more
Israeli public responds with rage to Arab’s vicious assault on 7-year-old Israeli girl
June 18, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israeli leaders and large segments of the public responded with shock, dismay, and anger to the news of an Arab who viciously assaulted a seven-year-old Israeli girl. Read more
Sara Netanyahu signs plea bargain and will pay fine, bringing fraud case to a close
June 18, 2019 by JNS
Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was convicted on Sunday of taking unfair advantage of a mistake after confessing to the offence as part of a plea bargain struck last week regarding alleged misuse of state funds to hire catering for the Prime Minister’s Residence. Read more
Todd Sampson films Gaza March of Return
June 18, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Popular TV identity Todd Sampson has taken his Body Hack team into Gaza for the opening program in the Network 10 series. Read more
Berlin’s Jewish Museum director resigns
June 18, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The director of Berlin’s Jewish Museum has resigned following a tweet from the museum linking to Israeli academics who criticised the German parliament’s resolution condemning the BDS movement as being antisemitic
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Medieval Jewish ritual bath beneath a church in Sicily
June 18, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israeli scholars have announced the discovery of a Hebrew inscription on the wall of a medieval Jewish ritual bath located deep underground beneath the Church of St. Philip the Apostle in Syracuse, Sicily. Read more
Diary of a Young Girl = Te Rātaka a Tētahi Kōhine
June 17, 2019 by David Zwartz
The commemoration of what would have been Anne Frank’s 90th birthday, had she survived Bergen-Belsen, was a double event for the Wellington Jewish community. Read more
Ramat Trump
June 17, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
President Donald Trump has thanked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel for naming a town in the Golan Heights after him. Read more
Israel Institute wants answers over distorted view of Israel by Immigration NZ
June 17, 2019 by IINZ
Israel Institute of New Zealand co-director, Ashley Church, is seeking a full retraction and an investigation following the publication of an Immigration New Zealand ‘fact sheet’ which contained politicised distortions of the truth and totally erased Israel from the map. Read more
250,000 march in largest Gay Pride Parade in the Middle East
June 17, 2019 by Margaux Stelman
250,000 people from around the world gathered in Tel Aviv to march in the largest pride parade in the Middle East. Read more
World-wide communities show support to Romania
June 17, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Senior professionals representing Jewish communities from more than 50 countries have chosen Bucharest in which to hold their annual meeting to support the 5,000 Jews still living in Romania. Read more
Toronto becomes first city in new Jewish service initiative
June 16, 2019 by JNS
Former rabbi of Sydney’s Morial College Rabbi Benji Levy, CEO of Mosaic United, a partnership between the State of Israel and the global Jewish community, recently met with leaders at UJA Federation of Greater Toronto to formalize the Jewish community’s commitment of $1 million to the “Shalom Corps” Jewish service initiative. Read more
Courage to Care visits Darwin
June 16, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Students of Taminmin College in Humpty Doo, Darwin were the fortunate beneficiaries of an unexpected visit by a B’nai B’rith Courage to Care Victoria program team. Read more
Is antisemitism becoming mainstream? Experts see alarming trend in media, campus and public life
June 16, 2019 by Josh Hasten - JNS
Moderating a panel in Jerusalem this week titled “The Mainstreaming of Anti-Semitism: The Media, BDS and Celebrated Bigotry,” David Hazony, executive director of the Israel Innovation Fund, analyzed the issue right off the bat: “What you are seeing on [North American college] campuses is only a thin slice of the antisemitic beast that has emerged in our public life around the world in the last six months, in the last year.” Read more
One of the last Sugihara visa recipients in conversation
June 15, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Marcel Weyland, one of the last living recipient of a ‘Sugihara visa’ living in Sydney, will appear in conversation with Holocaust expert Professor Konrad Kwiet at Limmud Oz. Read more
In British Parliament, IDF reservists share human-rights abuses by Palestinians
Some 20 British legislators and 50 guests packed a hall in the British Parliament this week to hear, for the first time, Israel Defence Forces’ reservists speak about the terrorism and rampant human-rights abuses Palestinians perpetuate on their own citizens that they had witnessed in Judea and Samaria. Read more
Gaza rocket hits yeshivah in Sderot in second attack of day
A rocket launched by Hamas in Gaza struck a building in the southern Israeli town of Sderot late on Thursday, causing damage but no injuries. Read more
Pompeo: Iran is responsible for attacking oil tankers in Gulf
June 14, 2019 by JNS
Two tankers—one carrying oil and the other transferring a freight of methanol—in the Gulf of Oman near the strategic Strait of Hormuz were attacked on Thursday, less than a month after Iran was blamed for attacking four oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. Read more
The Jewish community came here with the First Fleet. They are embedded in our DNA as a community.
June 14, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Gabrielle Upton, the NSW Liberal MP for the Vaucluse electorate, home to the majority of Easter Suburbs Jewish community in Sydney, has spoken in parliament about anti-semitic attacks which took place recently within the electorate. Read more
From Prisoner of Zion to Guardian of Zion
June 14, 2019 by Elana Oberlander
Former Prisoner of Zion Anatoly (Natan) Sharansky has become a Guardian of Zion. Read more
