Ego Overload…writes Michael Kuttner

A mere two years after the last general elections, Israelis will be going to the polling booths again on 17 March 2015. Read more

A dysfunctional political system operated by self-serving mediocrities

It is deplorable that after only 20 months in office, the government has been dissolved…writes Isi Leibler Read more

Authority says Israel reporting breached accuracy standard

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Sydney’s water embraces Israeli technology

A new association between an Israeli company and Sydney Water may pose a problem for BDS supporters in need of a shower or a coffee! Read more

The Walkleys – more have their say

Members of Australia’s Jewish community have slammed the Walkleys for awarding the highest journalistic honour in Australia to  Ruth Pollard, John Lyons and an ABC-Four Corners team. Read more

How to win a Walkley…writes Emily Gian

Step 1: Become Middle East Correspondent, Step 2: Write incessantly against Israel Read more

L’Chaim – To Life…writes Michael Kuttner

Everyone recognises that good health, no matter at what age, is a precious gift. Read more

Exciting trade mission

The Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce has organised a trade mission to Israel under the leadership of Simon McKeon, Chairman of AMP, CSIRO and consultant with the Macquarie Group. Read more

Increasing numbers of Jewish Democrats disillusioned with Obama

It has been reported that American Jews still voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic Party in the recent midterm congressional elections…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

Remembering the vote

Worlds and generations apart they assembled at the 10^th Anniversary of NCJWA ‘Celebrating Israel’ event recently at Council House in Sydney’s Woollahra, to share their personal accounts of ‘The Vote’ by UN General Assembly of Resolution 181 on 29 November 1947. Read more

Yesh Atid says immediate Israeli elections “unnecessary”

Netanyahu is leading Israel to unnecessary elections. Read more

Triguboff thanked for conversion support

A major legislative reform of the conversion process in Israel has been amended as an administrative decision in an Israeli Cabinet meeting. Read more

Tragedy of Mizrahi Jewish refugees emerges from the shadows

To properly understand how the Holocaust has been seared onto Israel’s collective consciousness, one should visit the country on the 27th of Nisan, a date in the Hebrew calendar that falls in either April or May in the solar one….writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more

Words matter: how vocabulary defines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Settlements or Jewish communities? West Bank or Judea and Samaria? East Jerusalem or eastern Jerusalem? Those are some of the language choices that journalists covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are faced with each day—and those choices should not be taken lightly, experts say…writes Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org Read more

Is Israel a Jewish country?…asks Rabbi Laibl Wolf

If the world is a confusing place today, Israel is even more so as I am finding out on my visit here. Read more

Cricket takes a second life…in Israel

An umpire who was a former captain of the Israel National Cricket Team has died while umpiring a match in Ashdod. Read more

What’s in a headline?…asks Emily Gian

These days when you consider the information you take in when looking at a newspaper article or an item on a website, everything often boils down to the headline which attracts the attention. Read more

Coping with barbaric, religiously inspired terrorism

The horror that engulfed the entire nation of Israel in the wake of the barbaric murder of Jews engaged in prayer in a Jerusalem synagogue remains palpable…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

Mind the Gap…writes Michael Kuttner

Everyone traveling by train or underground will be familiar with the announcements of “mind the gap.” Read more

Ron Proser addresses the U.N.

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations has made a significant speech to the international body. Read more

Take Your Pick

The carnage this week in a synagogue in Jerusalem when Arab terrorists shot and hacked to death worshippers during morning prayers, elicited four responses from media and politicians alike…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Israel recognises Pole who saved Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto

The Israeli Embassy in Canberra has hosted a ceremony to honour the late Roman Talikowski, a Polish Catholic merchant who risked his life saving Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto. Read more

What to do about car terrorism…writes Stephen Flatow

As I prepare for an upcoming visit to Israel, I can’t help but feel a twinge of apprehension. How could it be otherwise? Read more

Moriah on tour

Sixty members of Sydney’s Moriah College Band/Orchestra are about to leave on a tour of the USA and Israel. Read more

Toxic Concoctions…writes Michael Kuttner

Like the witches’ brew in Macbeth the cauldron of noxious ingredients is being stirred on a daily basis by Abbas and members of his Hamas/Fatah Authority. Read more

Can the political left tackle antisemitism?…asks Ben Cohen

While I’ve never been a big fan of celebrity interventions in politics, I will concede that, on occasion, a big-screen actor or a rock star will achieve the kind of impact that mere mortals can only dream about. Read more

Beersheba remembered

At the annual ceremony commemorating the 1917 Battle of Beersheba, the city’s mayor referred to a proposed project with the Australian government to establish a permanent museum in the city. Read more

Talking about Jerusalem

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Ron Proser addressed the U.N. Security Council during its emergency session on Jerusalem… Read more

More Sound and Fury…writes Michael Kuttner

Once again a chorus of condemnation against the Jewish State pours forth from the international choir of cynical hypocrites whose pavlovian knee jerk frothing is activated whenever Israel takes steps to assert its legal sovereign right to provide for the health, welfare and safety of its citizens. Read more

Obama seeks confrontation with Israel…writes Isi Leibler

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s response to the intensifying global pressures on Israel is to firmly reject any further territorial withdrawals that would put Israel’s security at risk, stating that “Israel will not lose hope for peace, but neither will it cling to false hope.” Read more

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