Jews is News

Hardly a day passes when Jews and the Jewish State are not featured in the media…writes Michael Kuttner.
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Breaking the boundaries between academia and society

Shelly Freeman interviews Prof Shlomo Biderman, President and Liat Weiss, Director of External Affairs & Resource Development of The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo. Read more

Australia embassy hosts prominent young activist

Australia’s embassy in Israel has hosted Yassmin Abdel Magied  a prominent young Australian voice on gender equality, overcoming unconscious bias, and women’s empowerment. Read more

The Trump revolution, Israel and American Jews

The victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential elections will have long-term global repercussions at many levels…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

McCully meets Netanyahu

Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu has met with New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully, who is on an official visit to Israel. Read more

Once-verdant Irish Jewish community paling over time

An Israeli and an Irish Jew walk into a bar. After a shot of whiskey and a pint of Guinness, they discuss neither leprechauns nor the verdant landscape, but rabbinics…writes Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman/JNS.org. Read more

President Rivlin hosts official “A Candle for Yitzhak” ceremony

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has hosted the official ceremony marking the beginning of memorial events held for late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, marking the 21 anniversary of his assassination. Read more

Mark Dreyfus speaks on Shimon Peres

Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has spoken in the Federal Government parliament on the late Shimon Peres. Read more

Trump Must Confirm Bush-Congress Commitments To Israel…writes David Singer

Donald Trump’s stunning Presidential victory – coupled with the Republican Party retaining control of the Congress – presents Trump with the opportunity to restore America’s tarnished reputation and integrity by affirming he will honour the commitments made to Israel by President Bush in his letter dated 14 April 2004 – overwhelmingly endorsed by the then Congress by 502 votes to 12. Read more

After Trump victory, new era in U.S.-Israel relations beckons

Anti-establishment Republican candidate Donald Trump earned what many considered a shocking victory over Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton Tuesday, officially ushering in the countdown to a new era in U.S.-Israel relations…writes Sean Savage/JNS.org. Read more

Trump hears from Israel

Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken with president-elect Donald Trump who also received congratulations from president Reuven Rivlin. Read more

Next Gen of Australian Entrepreneurs Take Tips from Israeli Startup Pioneers

The annual Israel-Australia Investment summit, The BRIDGE, kicked off yesterday at Telstra’s Customer Insight Centre connecting key players from the Israeli startup ecosystem with local startups and VCs. Read more

Sharing a deeply personal experience…writes Isi Leibler

I am an octogenarian and one of the few who has both witnessed the tragedies and become engaged directly in the triumphs of the Jewish people in our time. Read more

Bird watching in the centre of Tel Aviv

The dream of the Bird-watching Center in Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park’s Rosh Tzippor Forest is  becoming a reality thanks to JNF Australia and one of its major donors. Read more

“Shalom Israel” as Aussie gap year participants get ready to farewell Israel

It is nearing the end of the year; a time for many to finalise, organise and work towards deadlines.  Read more

Lebanon elects pro-Hezbollah president, vows to retake ‘Israeli-occupied’ land

(JNS.org) The Lebanese parliament elected Michael Aoun as its president Monday, ending a two-and-half-year vacuum that threatened to destabilise the highly sectarian country. Read more

Unsporting behavior, a call to end Israeli athletic discrimination

One of the most enduring images of last summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro captured Islam El Shehaby, an Egyptian judo competitor, or judoka, turning his back on the outstretched hand of his opponent, Or Sasson, after the Israeli athlete’s victory in a bout that earned him the bronze medal…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more

Premier’s plans to expand innovation facilities in NSW

Over 400 guests heard NSW  Premier Mike Baird telling of a trade mission he lead to Israel earlier this year and of his plans to expand NSW’s innovation plans. Read more

President Rivlin stresses the Jewish people’s connection to Jerusalem as he is joined by children to decorate the Sukkah

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has commented on the expected UNESCO vote questioning the historic connection of the Jewish people to the Western Wall. Read more

Victoria’s premier signs Peres condolence book

Victoria’s premier Daniel Andrews has joined other ALP members in signing a condolence in the State Parliaments commemorating Shimon Peres. Read more

Meanwhile back in the real world…writes Michael Kuttner

The VIP’s have returned to their countries and the oratorical funeral eulogies have subsided. Read more

NSW State Parliament debates condolence motion for Shimon Peres

The NSW Parliament’s Legislative Council has debated a condolence motion in honour of the late-Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres.  Read more

Newspaper column Goers beyond the pale

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has expressed concern after columnist and ABC radio host Peter Goers published an inflammatory anti-Israel piece in Adelaide’s Sunday Mail on October 9. Read more

Rosh Hashana 5777: Gratitude and Optimism…writes Isi Leibler

 

We are confronted by a multitude of security threats and diplomatic challenges but the prophets of doom and gloom are selective and masochistic. Read more

You ain’t heard nothing yet…writes Michael Kuttner

If you thought that this Jewish year just ending was a vintage one you had better strap yourselves in because the coming year promises to be action packed in more ways than one. Read more

IsraAID team leader visits Sydney

Hagit Krakov headed the IsraAID team which helped rebuild the homes on the Fijian island of Ovalau devastated by Cyclone Winston in February. Read more

Palestine – Politics Precede Humanity In Brussels Bombings

David Singer writes: The European Union has been increasingly expressing its growing antagonism towards Israel… Read more

Palestine – Rubio Challenges Clinton’s Support For Israel

Marco Rubio has directly challenged Hillary Clinton – and every other Presidential candidate – to honour the commitments given by President Bush to Israel on 14 April 2004. Read more

Almost a meeting….

If anything demonstrates the totally dysfunctional nature of Israeli advocacy this incident proves it. Read more

New Zealand Signs New Film Co-Production Agreement with Israel

A new film co-production agreement between New Zealand and Israel was cemented this week at the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) in Wellington. Read more

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