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Fox paddles back to top of podium after rare miss

Jessica Fox has rebounded from an uncharacteristic fail in the kayak to claim another gold medal in the canoe...

Yad Vashem to open first Holocaust education center outside Israel in Munich

Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre in Jerusalem, announced on Thursday that it will establish its first Holocaust...

Could staying single be the secret to happiness?

A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Nicosia has found that people are...

Berlin-Israel arms sales to continue if ceasefire holds

Germany suspended arms exports to Israel in August amid mounting pressure of the war, but will recommence if the...

Dunera Boy Georg Hans Fröhlich’s grave dedicated

Dunera boy Georg Hans Fröhlich died in 1942 and was the first Jewish person to be buried in Canberra....

NSW Senior Australian of the Year

The passing of his father at the age of 59 steered Professor Henry Brodaty onto a new path, directing...

‘Micropenis’: new documentary to detail Hitler’s DNA

A new documentary aims to provide clarity on Adolf Hitler with an analysis of his DNA, although there are...

Dutch masterpiece is returned to Jewish family after over 80 years

After a twenty-year battle with the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), the painting ‘Lady with a Fan’ has been...

NZ Holocaust Centre condemns Tamihere’s “worse than Nazi Germany” remark

The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand has condemned Te Pāti Māori president John Tamihere for comparing the New Zealand...

From Australia’s Jewish past

Max Zilberman – a Buchenwald Boy and grateful to The Joint Max was born on 13 February 1926 in Lodz...

Douglas Murray: Israel can’t afford to leave Hamas in Gaza

Despite mounting international pressure and war costs, Israel cannot afford to end it war “with Hamas in power in...

Nazi crime cases near end as few perpetrators remain

German war crimes investigators are reaching "the final stages of Nazi persecution" with the youngest potential perpetrators now 97...

More funds for Holocaust survivors

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) has announced an A$170 million increase in funding for...

The Holocaust and Euro 2024 in Germany

The World Jewish Congress, with the German NGO WhatMatters, will pioneer initiatives aimed at leveraging the power of sports...

A visit to Germany and Hungary

My father had a lifelong enmity for Germany. While unfortunate, having his own father murdered by the Nazis in 1945...

US greenlights $3.5 billion Arrow 3 sale to Germany, Israel’s largest arms sale

The US government has approved Israel selling its Arrow 3 missile defence system to Germany, Israel’s Defence Ministry announced...

Getting away with it: Germany’s Documenta art festival

Of the many stories involving antisemitism that dominated the headlines last year, probably the most disturbing involved the serial...

Wiesenthal Centre publishes top ten antisemitism list for 2022 

The Simon Wiesenthal Centre released its annual Global antisemitism Top Ten list in Jerusalem...reports Benjamin Weinthal. The Wiesenthal list included an exclusive JNS report...

German official urged to resign after calling British officer Israeli ‘war criminal’

A German official has been pressed to resign or be fired immediately for making accusations about a decorated World...

German FM lays wreath for Holocaust dead

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has laid a wreath at a Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem ahead of talks with...