Danon to UN: there are no ‘two sides’ concerning Gaza

In advance of a closed emergency United Nations Security Council meeting, called by Kuwait and Bolivia, on the latest barrage of rockets fired by Hamas into Israel, Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon had a message for the world: There is no moral equivalence between Israel and Hamas. Read more

Israel and Hamas reach ceasefire after rocket barrage

A senior Israeli official indicated that an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire has been reached between Israel and Hamas, and other Gaza terrorist groups, amid the latter launching more than 400 rockets into Israel since Monday. Read more

The Be’ersheva Dialogue

The Fourth Annual Be’ersheva Dialogue, held recently in Melbourne brought together defence officials, senior parliamentarians and analysts from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) and Begin-Sadat (BESA) Centre for Strategic Studies and elsewhere to discuss areas of common interest and potential collaboration. Read more

ZFA condemns Hamas rockets

The Zionist Federation of Australia strongly condemns Hamas and other terrorist organisations operating in Gaza for firing over 300 rockets at Israeli civilians over the course of a few hours. Read more

Man killed, two seriously hurt in direct rocket hit in Ashkelon

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Jeremy Leibler replaces Danny Lamm as ZFA president

Jeremy Leibler has attended the Zionist Federation of Australia’s biennial conference as its new president. Read more

Installation of Australia’s first female senior rabbi

Sydney’s North Shore Temple Emanuel’s Rabbi Nicole Roberts will become the first woman in Australia to be installed as senior rabbi. Read more

Honouring Victoria’s Jewish senior citizens

Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews announced today that a re-elected Labor Government will invest $3.4 million in a historic boost to multicultural senior citizen organisations. Read more

Hamas ‘raises the stakes’ with mass rocket assault on Israel’s south

Hamas and other armed Gazan factions launched a widespread rocket and mortar assault on southern Israel as evening descended on Monday, in an assault seen by the terror organizations as a calculated risk. Read more

LIVE STREAM: Missile hits bus in Gaza Belt, over 300 rockets fired at South, IAF attacks in Gaza

An Israeli bus was hit by an anti-tank missile shot from Gaza on Monday evening, severely wounding a 19-year-old male. Read more

Holocaust Memorial Exhibition launches in New Zealand

The Children’s Holocaust Memorial will be officially launched at the National Library of New Zealand in Wellington on  Thursday. Read more

Reporter’s notebook: under fire on the Gaza border

The sky lit up for a moment and the quiet was shattered by the cries “Tzeva Adom” meaning Colour Red – the sign that there was an incoming rocket attack. Read more

Senior Hamas commander killed in Gaza raid, IDF denies soldier kidnapped

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BDS targets Netta’s European tour

Eurovision Song Contest winner Netta Barzilai’s European tour, which begins in Vienna,  is being targeted by anti-Israel boycott movements that have called for her to be given “warm BDS welcome”. Read more

The new Labor leader in Macquarie Street

NSW Labor frontbencher and NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair Walt Secord has welcomed the election of Maroubra MP Michael Daley and Upper House MLC Penny Sharpe as leader and deputy leader of the NSW Labor Party – respectively – saying they will be concentrating on NSW domestic affairs rather than foreign affairs. Read more

Cairns remembers Pittsburgh

Chabad Cairns is to hold a public conversation after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. Read more

Netanyahu in Paris for armistice commemoration

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined a host of world leaders in commemorating the 100th anniversary of the signing of the armistice which heralded the end of World War I. Read more

Hate crimes targeting Jews in France have surged in 2018

French Jews are facing a massive uptick in antisemitic attacks, with French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe revealing that the number of documented hate crimes targeting Jews increased by more than 69 per cent in the first nine months of 2018. Read more

Pictures tell the story

Magen Davids were scattered amongst the field of crosses and the Auckland domain in front of the War Memorial Museum to commemorate New Zealand’s dead from WW1 ahead of today’s ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the signing of the armistice silencing the guns. Read more

Germany, Yad Vashem mark 80 years since Kristallnacht

The Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem held a memorial service and seminar on Nov. 8 to mark the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht or “Night of Broken Glass.” Read more

SWIFT to disconnect from Central Bank of Iran as renewed sanctions kick in

The international financial transaction system known as the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, or SWIFT, will disconnect access from the Central Bank of Iran, according to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. Read more

Reversing his decision, Macron decides not to honor Vichy leader Pétain

After much backlash, especially from the Jewish community, French President Emmanuel Macron will not commemorate Marshal Philippe Pétain, who led Vichy France under Nazi occupation during World War II. Read more

Canberra remembers Kristallnacht

The ACT Jewish Community and the Wesley Uniting Church in Canberra have combined to present a multi-faith Commemoration of Kristallnacht, praying together in hope and love for friendship and peace among all the peoples of the world. Read more

Emanuel School students give a Gonski

David Gonski recently visited Emanuel School to speak with the Year 12 Economics students about his review into school funding in Australia. Read more

Kristallnacht and the  Righteous Australian aboriginal William Cooper

Otto Jontof-Hutter was arrested in Stuttgart during the German state-sponsored pogrom of 9-10 November 1938, which became known as Kristallnacht. Read more

Israeli startup develops breakthrough in radiation cancer therapy

An Israeli medical technology company that developed a breakthrough in radiation cancer therapy has announced it would begin clinical trials with leading medical institutions in Italy with the target of receiving approval from the European Commission by next year. Read more

US Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg being treated at DC hospital after fall

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been hospitalized after falling in her Supreme Court office on Wednesday night, fracturing three ribs on her left side, according to the court in a statement. Read more

Naftali Bennett rebukes French President Macron for praising Nazi collaborator

Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett has lambasted French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for praising Marshal Philippe Petain, a French leader and Nazi collaborator in World War II. Read more

Kristallnacht – 80 years on

Last night the 80^th anniversary of Kristallnacht commemoration took place at Sydney’s the Great Synagogue, organized by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies. Read more

Canada apologises for turning back the “St Louis”

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has praised the Canadian government for issuing a formal apology over its 1939 decision to turn away the M.S. St. Louis ship carrying Jewish refugees fleeing from Europe. Read more

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