Ronald Sackville to chair Royal Commission

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced the establishment of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability and the appointment of  Ronald Sackville QC as the Chair of the Royal Commission. Read more

President Rivlin’s eulogy at the funeral of Zachary Baumel ז”ל

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin delivered a eulogy at the funeral of IDF Sergeant First Class Zachary Baumel ז”ל. Read more

Netanyahu receives personal effects of soldier missing in action in 1982

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has attended an official Russian Defence Ministry ceremony at which he received the remains of Zachary Baumel’s personal effects. Read more

ECAJ Gaza complaint upheld

The ABC has upheld a complaint made by the ECAJ that the headline of an ABC online story about Gaza was ‘misleading’. Read more

Yad Vashem seeks names of unknown victims

Since 1955, Yad Vashem has worked to fulfil its mandate to preserve the memory of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust by collecting their names, the ultimate representation of a person’s identity. Read more

Josh Frydenberg poster smeared with antisemitic graffiti

Vandals have drawn Hitler moustaches on election posters featuring the Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Read more

The end of an era

Today, Michael Danby will leave Australia’s Parliament House for the final time as an MP following a 21-year stint representing the Labor seat of Melbourne Ports.

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Beresheet prepares to orbit the Moon

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‘Today We Close the Circle:’ IDF Missing In Action soldier Returned Home After 37 Years

The body of Sergeant 1st Class Zachary Baumel, who went missing during the Battle of Sultan Yacoub during the First Lebanon War, has finally been recovered and returned to Israel, 37 after his disappearance. Read more

Female skeleton cradling baby uncovered at Holocaust mass grave in Belarus

A skeleton of a mother cradling her baby was uncovered at a mass grave in the Belarusian city of Brest that was discovered months ago, reported the BBC. Read more

Terrorist shot and killed by Israeli civilian after trying to stab his daughter in car

A pair of Israeli civilians neutralized a terrorist who attempted to attack people in their cars as they drove near the Hawara checkpoint south of Shechem/Nablus in Samaria on Wednesday morning, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Read more

Seven English-speaking immigrants to be honoured for contributions to Israel

Seven immigrants from English-speaking countries will be honoured as winners of the 2019 Sylvan Adams Bonei Zion Prize, an annual award presented by the Nefesh B’Nefesh aliyah organization including one from Australia. Read more

Submission to UN urges rights for Palestinian, Israeli children subjected to Hamas abuse

In a legal brief filed with the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child shortly before the one-year anniversary of the Palestinian “March of Return” on March 30, the independent human-rights group U.N. Watch urged that the Palestinian Authority be held to account for violating children’s rights, alleging that it has “failed to protect both Palestinian and Israeli children in armed conflict.” Read more

Nechama Rivlin: the president visits his wife

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has visited his wife Nechama at Beilinson Hospital, immediately on his return from a state visit to Canada. She is stable and is sedated and receiving respiratory aid in the cardio-thoracic intensive care unit. Read more

Maccabi NSW honours its stars

Maccabi has held its annual Jewish Sports Awards to recognise great sporting achievements for the calendar year 2018. Read more

Israel’s first lady in critical condition, president rushes back to country

First Lady Nechama Rivlin, the wife of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, is in critical but stable condition after her health deteriorated late Tuesday. Read more

A life committed to motivate others

Escaping death by the minutest of margins, the gravely injured Israeli soldier Aharon Karov now motivates people around the globe to find their inner strengths, a technique he learned by The founder of the Feuerstein Institute in Jerusalem. Read more

Who does the PA want to win Israel’s elections?

The Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas in Gaza are closely monitoring the development of the elections in Israel, with each opposing party preferring that another candidate win. Read more

AICC welcomes Tax Treaty

The Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the signing of the Double Taxation Agreement between Australia and Israel. Read more

JCCV makes historic apology to Aleph Melbourne

At its Plenum meeting on Monday evening, the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) overwhelmingly voted to apologise to Aleph Melbourne for the “hateful” debate and failure to support Aleph in its quest for affiliation at the JCCV Plenum in 1999. Read more

My grandfather, David Ben-Gurion

Nearly 300 JNF supporters were captivated by stories Alon Ben-Gurion shared about his famous grandfather, David Ben-Gurion…stories of a brilliant man, who was a pragmatist as well as a dreamer.  Read more

Queensland calling for CSG support

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Greens staffer infuriates Jewish leaders

David Jeffrey, a staffer for Macnamara Greens candidate Steph Hodgins-May has been found to have made comments about a year ago that have infuriated Jewish community leaders reportedly calling deaths in Gaza ‘genocide’, and used hashtags on Facebook including #NoPrideInGenocide and #F_kFascism in relation to Israel and Gaza. Read more

Beresheet ready for the move to the moon’s orbit

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Israel welcomes Brazil’s opening of commerce mission in Jerusalem; PA enraged

Israel warmly welcomed Brazil’s announcement that it would establish a trade mission in Jerusalem, thus expanding its diplomatic presence in the capital, while the Palestinian Authority (PA) condemned the move. Read more

NSW Labor calls on the NSW government to provide $2m for Jewish security

NSW Labor has this week demanded the Premier and the Counter-Terrorism Minister provide a public assurance and a timetable on its promise to provide $2 million in security funding for the NSW Jewish community. Read more

Mount Scopus may move to Caulfield

The Australian Labor Party (ALP) has announced that if elected to government, it will prepare a business case to redevelop the Caulfield Hospital for the community. Read more

Analysis: Hamas achieves victory, surpasses PA diplomatically

Israel and Hamas have agreed on a formula to calm the tensions on the Gaza border which entails Hamas’ cessation of violence in return for broad Israeli humanitarian concessions. Read more

Terror victim to court: demolish illegal Arab construction that shielded terrorist

Tamar Ettinger, whose husband Rabbi Achiad Ettinger was killed in a terrorist attack at the Ariel Junction last month, will petition the High Court of Justice together with the Samaria Regional Council and the Regavim Movement and demand the demolition of the illegal Arab shops at the site from which the terrorist emerged on his killing spree. Read more

Ancient seal bearing name mentioned in bible discovered in Jerusalem’s Old City

Israeli archeologists recently unearthed a rare and exciting discovery in the City of David in the heart of Jerusalem’s Old City – a 2,600-year-old stamp bearing a name in Hebrew which is mentioned in the Bible. Read more

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