Israeli researchers say smart home devices can be hacked, then spy on its users
March 15, 2018 by JNS
Researchers at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University have revealed that off-the-shelf smart devices like baby monitors, air conditioners, robot floor cleaners, cameras and doorbells can be corrupted by malware and used to spy on users. Read more
Shabbat at Broken Hill
March 14, 2018 by Rabbi Shneur Reti-Waks
Last week’s Parsha is a double-whammer and when combined it is the second longest portion in the entire reading cycle…writes Rabbi Shneur Reti-Waks. Read more
Poll shows only 13% of Australians believe in a Palestine state established with out without a peace deal
March 14, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A new poll reveals that a majority of Australian Labor voters are not in favour of the party recognising a Palestinian state without a peace deal being struck between the Palestine Authority and Israel. Read more
Palestinian Authority PM escapes assassination attempt in Gaza
March 14, 2018 by JNS
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on a rare visit to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Read more
Palestinian activist supports Israel’s account of 2010 ‘Mavi Marmara’ incident
A leading pro-Palestinian activist involved in the Mavi Marmara flotilla, which set out to infiltrate Israeli waters on the way to Gaza in May 2010, has now verified Israel’s version of the events that led to several deaths and a major diplomatic impasse between Israel and Turkey. Read more
Israeli food for thought: 33 percent of its eats goes to waste
March 14, 2018 by JNS
A new report presents, for the first time in Israel, a detailed model for the estimation of food loss in the retail and distribution sectors: in retail chains, open markets, local grocery stores and small retailers. Read more
Iraqi TV host: ‘Apologise to Jews who were driven out, restore property of those loyal to Iraq’
March 14, 2018 by JNS
TV host Anwar Al-Hamadani went on record as saying “that it is our duty to apologise to our Iraqi Jewish compatriots for the tragedy that befell them” during the 1941 Farhoud massacre of Jews in Baghdad, and “to rectify that historic error,” which he compared to the tragedies that befell the Iraqi Christian, Sabaean and Yazidi communities. Read more
NSW Board of Deputies to launch Jewish Suicide Prevention Strategy
March 14, 2018 by Community Editor
Twenty organisations have come together to devise a suicide prevention strategy within the NSW Jewish community. Read more
Opportunities and Challenges for the Israel-India Relationship
March 14, 2018 by Oved Lobel
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council(AIJAC) has hosted Sadanand Dhume, a Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and occasional Wall Street Journal columnist on South Asia, for a briefing in Sydney on opportunities and challenges in the burgeoning India-Israel relationship. Read more
Women unite with UIA for Israel’s 70th
March 13, 2018 by Jenna Chaitowitz
UIA NSW Women’s Division hosted nearly 500 Sydney Jewish women at its 2018 events at the Four Seasons Hotel and Dunbar House, Watsons Bay to celebrate Israel’s 70th anniversary. Guest speaker Ambassador Belaynesh Zevadia – the first Ethiopian Olah to become an Ambassador representing Israel headlined the events. Read more
UIA NSW Women’s Gala event
March 13, 2018 by Hila Tsor
The United Israel Appeal (UIA) hosted their annual Women’s Division Gala Event in order to commemorate Israel’s 70th birthday as part of their 2018 campaign. Read more
Australian innovators and philanthropists visit SodaStream and other Negev projects
March 13, 2018 by Altea Steinherz
A delegation of 10 Australian entrepreneurs and philanthropists has visited Idan HaNegev, the Negev’s pioneering Jewish-Bedouin cooperative industrial park. Read more
Auckland landmark synagogue for sale
March 13, 2018 by Keren Cook
An Auckland CBD landmark historic building dating from 1885 which played a focus in early Jewish life for almost a century, is now up for sale. Read more
No home for Malka
March 12, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The rabbi who was approved by the Petah Tikvah court to provide his home for home detention for alleged child sexual abuser Malka Leifer has withdrawn his offer. Read more
Israel’s food rescuer to spearhead Vic JNF Blue Box campaign
March 12, 2018 by Hila Tsor
J-Wire talks to Joseph Gitler, founder of Leket Israel, Israel’s largest food rescue organisation. Gitler is coming to Melbourne for the Jewish National Fund (JNF) Pesach Blue Box Campaign as JNF will be partnering with Leket Israel. Read more
Palestinian Authority to boycott White House conference on Gaza humanitarian crisis
March 12, 2018 by JNS
The Palestinian Authority has announced its intention to boycott an upcoming conference at the White House to discuss the worsening humanitarian situation in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Read more
U.N. Human Rights Commissioner reports that Jews living in Judea, Samaria, eastern Jerusalem constitutes ‘war crime’
According to a report issued by U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein, the growth of Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria, and eastern Jerusalem constitutes a war crime. Read more
Israel considering withdrawal of bid for seat on U.N. Security Council
March 12, 2018 by Shlomo Cesana-Israel Hayom-JNS.org
Israel is considering whether to withdraw its bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council that it had hoped to secure for the first time this June, with chances of winning considered slim. Read more
Tourism continues to boom in Israel
March 12, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The upward trend continues in February 28% increase in incoming tourism to Israel on last year. Read more
ABC to screen “Fay’s Journey”
March 12, 2018 by J-Wire News Service
What does one make of Jewish musicians coming from Australia to play Klezmer, Yiddish music in small Polish towns where entire Jewish communities were wiped out? Read more
Czech president announces speeding up of embassy relocation to Jerusalem
March 11, 2018 by JNS
Czech President Milos Zeman doubled down on his intent to see his country’s embassy in Israel relocate from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, saying that he plans to push the move through. Read more
Malka Leifer case updated in Victorian parliament
March 11, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Victorian Labor MP Philip Dalidakis calls for justice for Dassi Ehrlich and other survivors who were allegedly abused by the former principal of Melbourne’s Adass Yisroel schools Malka Leifer. Australia is seeking her extradition from Israel to face 74 charges of child sexual abuse. Read more
NSW rabbis ready to sign up the National Redress Scheme
March 11, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was joined by the Premier of New South Wales Gladys Berejiklian and the Premier of Victoria Dan Andrews at Kirribilli House to announce a scheme to redress the crimes of sexual abuse which were historically covered up and brought to the light through the Royal Commission. Read more
A memorable event to mark Israel’s 70th at the 2018 UIA Women’s Division Brunch
March 11, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Before a record crowd of 615 people at the 2018 UIA Women’s Division Brunch in Melbourne, Hayley Southwick who has been at the helm of the Women’s Division of Victoria for the past 10 years officially to embark on her role as the UIA Victoria President. Read more
Likud sweeps latest poll despite mounting corruption allegations
March 11, 2018 by Mati Tuchfeld - JNS
According to poll conducted last week, Netanyahu on easy path to win a fifth term should elections be called, with governing party projected a plurality of 34 seats in Knesset • Zionist Union, currently the second-largest party, drops to only 10 seats. Read more
New Polish legislation discussed in Australia
March 9, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Another year, another term and the antisemitism still raises its ugly head
March 9, 2018 by Hila Tsor
Despite most universities only resuming semester one this week there has already been alarming reports of antisemitism and discrimination at the University of Melbourne’s Parkville Campus and La Trobe University’s Bendigo campus. Read more
Israel provides support to Papua New Guinea following devastating earthquake
March 9, 2018 by Agencies
Leifer stays put…for now
March 9, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Bibi meets Nikki
March 9, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met with US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley in New York. Read more
