Nepal: IsraAID team finds woman still alive after five days

IsraAID’s Search and Rescue Team (SAR) in Kathmandu has rescued a young woman five days after a catastrophic hit Nepal. Read more

New Zealand finally has an ambassador to Israel

A diplomatic dispute came to its end in Jerusalem yesterday when Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin accepted the credentials of New Zealand’s ambassador Jonathan Curr. Read more

At work in Nepal

The Joint Israelife Disaster Response team, comprising volunteers from ZAKA, United Hatzolah and F.I.R.S.T, attended to about thirty injured Nepalese yesterday in the small, far-flung villages east of Kathmandu. Read more

Israeli and Jewish groups on frontline of Nepal earthquake relief efforts

After a devastating earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit the impoverished mountainous country of Nepal over the weekend, killing at least 3,800 people, Israeli and Jewish humanitarian and governmental organisations have assumed their traditional role on the frontline of relief efforts for a natural disaster. Read more

It’s a matter of timing…writes Michael Kuttner

Life is full of surprises but some things are predictable and their timing can often determine whether the outcome is a success or a disaster. Read more

We have the will – find the way

New Zealand’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations has delivered a speech to the General Assembly advocating a return to Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. Read more

Independence Day: We have reason to rejoice…writes isi Leibler

The Bible quotes Balaam describing the Jews as “a people that dwells alone and is not counted among the nations.” Read more

A Yossele in trouble

We call them Joeys but perhaps Israelis may refer them to as Yosseles…either way one found himself in trouble in Ramat Gan. Read more

Holocaust survivors in Israel observe Yom Hashoah

Thousands of Holocaust survivors have observed Yom HaShoah—Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day—at ceremonies held today (Thursday, April 16) in the 57 residential facilities operated by The Jewish Agency for Israel’s sheltered housing subsidiary, Amigour.  Read more

Lessons unlearned…writes Michael Kuttner

The eerie sound of a wailing siren throughout the length and breadth of the country drives home in no uncertain manner exactly what Yom Hashoah (Holocaust and Martyrs Remembrance Day) is all about. Read more

Gaza war means a particularly sobering Yom Hazikaron for Israel this year

Since Israel was founded in 1948, its numerous wars have taken a heavy toll on its small population…writes Sean Savage/JNS.org. Read more

A question for Julie

Federal Labor MP has a question he wants Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to ask when she visits Tehran next week on the country’s documented threat to eliminate Israel. Read more

Sydney filmmaker makes an ABC-TV Foreign Correspondent program on Palestinian footballers

I may as well have a Star of David tattooed onto my forehead…writes  Dan Goldberg. Read more

Nuclear Knockout Not Nearly Nailed…writes David Singer

President Obama seems to have been unduly optimistic in triumphantly proclaiming the success of the P5+1 talks with Iran in Lausanne. Read more

The Shuk a great success

The Zionist Federation of Australia’s Israel Program SHUK has met with  tremendous success in Sydney and Melbourne. Read more

Nations reach deal with Iran as Islamic Republic continues Mideast power play

Iran and P5+1 have reached an agreement on a preliminary nuclear deal two days past the original March 31 deadline. Read more

President’s Pesach

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has been preparing for Peach…with the help of his grandson. Read more

Teach your children…writes Michael Kuttner

Every Passover eve Jews worldwide sit down with family and friends to recount the story of the Exodus from Egypt and learn its lessons. Read more

Asylum seekers in Israel

The Australian Reform Zionist Association has written a letter of complaint to Shmuel Ben-Shmuel, Israel’s ambassador to Australia protesting the treatment os asylum seekers in Israel. Read more

Dear Malcolm, Dear Mark

Mark Leibler was the president of the Zionist Council of Victoria in 1983 when Malcolm Fraser lost the prime ministership to Bob Hawke… Read more

Israel, not Netanyahu, is the ultimate target…writes Ben Cohen

There is no world leader more hated by bien-pensant liberals in the West than Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more

Polls apart…writes Michael Kuttner

I woke up Wednesday morning to what at first seemed to be unidentified noise. Read more

Ambassadors visit president

Israel’s ambassadors to Australia and New Zealand have joined their counterparts in other Asian/Pacific countries at a meeting with Israeli president Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem. Read more

Interesting times…writes Michael Kuttner

The old Chinese blessing/curse of “may you live in interesting times” is never more relevant than at present. Read more

The Shuk: Learn all about Israel programs

The Shuk is coming to Sydney and Melbourne! It is the biggest Israel programs fair held in Australia and will showcase a wide range of gap year, study abroad, special interest, post-university and volunteer experiences for young adults aged 18-30. Read more

UIA Major Donors: Sydney

Did you attend this years United Israel Appeal’s Major Donors function is Sydney?…Check this photo gallery… Read more

Purim Paradoxes…writes Michael Kuttner

Jewish communities worldwide have this week been celebrating the Festival of Purim which commemorates the deliverance of Persian Jews from genocidal intentions. Read more

New group for JNF

JNF has recently created a new and exciting group for ‘young retirees’ called Zahav, or gold in English. Read more

UIA NSW Women’s Division – Photo Gallery

Did you attend a UIA NSW Women’s Division function?  Check here for the photos… Read more

An Apple for the president

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has hosted a delegation from Apple, led by CEO Tim Cook. Read more

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