Author: Jmedia Manager
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Experts see Israel headed for confrontation with Iran
Israel is on a collision course with Iran as it accelerates its nuclear development and increases its activities in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, experts have warned. The potential for an escalation of tensions between two of the Middle East’s big players was the subject of a lengthy discussion at this year’s Beersheba Dialogue, the annual…
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Video raises questions on Israeli shooting
Israeli troops have shot and killed a young Palestinian man during clashes in a West Bank refugee camp, but an amateur video indicated the man was unarmed and not participating in the unrest when he was shot. The Israeli military said it was investigating. The Palestinian Health Ministry said Omar Badawi, 22, was shot in…
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Gaza commander killed in Israeli strike
Israel has killed a top commander from the Iranian-backed Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in a rare targeted strike in the Gaza Strip, while militants responded by firing rockets at Israeli cities, including Tel Aviv. In the most serious escalation in months, an Israeli missile attack on Tuesday also targeted the home of an Islamic…
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Taking a Journey of Self-Discovery
After writing three Jewish historical fiction novels (White Zion, Passport Control, and my as yet unpublished novel A Prayer Apart) here’s my best advice for Jewish historical fiction writers: Sometimes research provides more than one answer and you’ll have to use your best judgement: Someone may call you out on it but don’t let that stop…
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Nickel tycoon’s family dramas put $110m estate in limbo
Millie Phillips was once the richest woman in Australia but now her “quarrelsome personality” has led to a court battle over the 90-year-old’s refusal to sign a will covering her estate, estimated to be around $110 million. Mrs Phillips, who resides in Rose Bay nursing home, has fallen out with both her children, Sharonne, 61,…
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Palestinian shot in back says Israelis abused him for hours
Hebron, West Bank: A young Palestinian man who was shot in the back by Israeli forces in an incident caught on video last year says the footage shows just a small part of what was a horrifying day for him. Speaking to The Associated Press after the video emerged last week, Karam Qawasmi said he was…
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Iran begins enriching uranium at Fordow site in violation of deal
Tehran: After more than four years, Iran has once again started enriching uranium at the Fordow nuclear site, a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran says. In doing so, Iran is violating a cornerstone of the landmark deal to prevent it from developing nuclear arsenal and placing pressure on the parties to the agreement…
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Holocaust erasure from schools should scare us all
The idea that our young people could grow up as experts in so-called climate change Armageddon but ignorant of the state-sponsored genocide of six million Jews in the Holocaust should cause every voter in this country to demand a rethink of our educational priorities. But that’s where we are headed unless some sanity is written…
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Yitzhak Yedid wins Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music
The Israeli-born Australian composer Yitzhak Yedid has been announced as the winner of the prestigious Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music. His winning composition, Kiddushim Ve’ Killulim (Blessings and Curses), was unanimously declared the best new major work of Jewish music by the judges of the Canadian prize. Scored for 13 players, it combines Jewish musical sources with…
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War recipes
During WWII, a group of women imprisoned in Germany’s Ravensbruck concentration camp meet in secret to create a remarkable book. Edith Peer, a Hungarian Jewish woman was the instigator. She hid the book beneath her pillow at night. Listen to this on the ABC The History Listen program.