13+ hour, 54+ min ago   (444+ words) Rabbi Daniel Rabin has been named among the world’s 25 leading young Zionists, with the Caulfield Shule senior rabbi placing 19th on the annual list. He is the only Australian selected for the 2026 Top 25 Young ViZionaries by The Jerusalem Post and Jewish…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (38+ words) J-Wire Rosh Hashanah message from the Leader of the Opposition Got something to say about this?Cancel reply Australia, NZ & worldwide Jewish news that matters. Discover more from J-Wire...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (156+ words) JNF supporters gathered in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth for recent events combining international guests, personal stories and support for Israel’s recovery. British barrister and Israel advocate Natasha Hausdorff headlined the annual campaign events in Sydney on 1 September, Melbourne on 3 September…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1107+ words) On October 7, 2023, Sha’ar HaNegev Mayor Ori Epstein lost five members of his family: his mother, two brothers-in-law, his nephew and his eldest son, Netta, who was killed after jumping on a grenade to save the woman he loved. Standing before…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (910+ words) The first casualty in war is not truth; it is the stuff truth is made of: language. Writing in The Australian on Saturday, Stephen Rice observed that the Royal Commission’s Justice Virginia Bell will “have done well to navigate the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (373+ words) More than 2.6 million Israeli children have returned to classrooms on Tuesday as the country begins a new school year, with schools facing a teacher shortage while introducing new restrictions on smartphones and expanding artificial intelligence studies. Education Minister Yoav Kish…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (707+ words) Not every criticism of Israel is antisemitic. Israel, like every democracy, can be criticised—sometimes harshly—for its government, military operations and policies towards the Palestinians. Nor should every Greens parliamentarian be branded an antisemite. But neither qualification absolves the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (777+ words) There is a particular kind of vertigo that comes with being young and politically conscious in the current climate. We have inherited a world in which certainty is a luxury few institutions can still afford, and in which the word…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (977+ words) “I’m very much a border kind of person,” Liat Cohen Raviv says of her decision to stay in Metula, Israel’s northernmost town, where the community fence and the international border with Lebanon meet along 72 per cent of the perimeter. It…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (502+ words) Around 80 young Zionist leaders from Australia and New Zealand recently took part in the annual Australasian Zionist Youth Council Bogrim Seminar. Representatives from youth movements and communal organisations came together for three days of leadership training, discussion and Jewish learning....