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‘He walked with kings’

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has paid tribute to Saul Same who has passed away. A giant of the textile  industry, Same was a noted philanthropist and a stalwart of the

Israeli security and medics at the scene of a stabbing attack where one person was murdered and nine others were wounded in Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv on March 8, 2016. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90

Is the ‘third intifada’ over?

Israelis eyed the light at the end of the tunnel this week, hoping that the end of the six-month terror wave is nearing after a senior security official gave an […]

Kaufman

American Jew joins the Gold Coast Suns

THE Gold Coast Suns have signed former American National Football League triallist Brandon Kaufman as an international scholarship player. Kaufman, who is 25 years old and in 2013 trained with […]

Andrew Scipione learning about Israeli crime-fighting techniques. Photo: Courtesy Nine News

Top cop in Israel

JERUSALEM – Israeli technology and brainpower will soon be making streets and internet connections safer in New South Wales.

Alex Lewenberg leaves court last week with his daughter Vivien. Photo: Peter Kohn

Lewenberg suspended for 15 months

LAWYER Alex Lewenberg has been suspended from practice for 15 months for telling a child sex-abuse victim he should not help in the prosecution of a fellow Jew.

Bagels and loaves from Iggy’s Bread in Bronte. Photo: Noel Kessel.

Bunfight at the CK Corral

LESS than 48 hours after the Kashrut Authority (KA) told the community that the management of Iggy’s Bread does not consider it to be kosher and that they could not recommend it to the community, Iggy’s bread was served at a function under the hechsher of the KA.

Mike Baird (centre) with Professor Christopher Goodnow, deputy director at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and Professor Michal Neeman, vice president of the Weizmann Institute. Photo: The Weizmann Institute

Baird’s big deals

JOINT Australian-Israeli innovation is poised to hit an all-time high, after New South Wales signed an unprecedented research and development (R&D;) deal.

The prize is in honour of Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frenkel and and Eval Yifrach.

Could you win Unity Prize?

JERUSALEM – The search is on to find some of the world’s most inspirational Jewish students – and judges are hoping for a flood of nominations from Australia.

IsraAID's Hagit Krakov at Tuesday's event. Photo: Noel Kessel.

Taking Israeli aid to the world

MISSION leader for IsraAID Hagit Krakov told an audience in Sydney on Tuesday that the Israel-based humanitarian organisation has faced a backlash from other non-government organisations (NGOs) during the course of its global emergency response and disaster relief work.

Shmuel Morris (left) is presented with his certificate of rabbinical ordination from Rabbi Motty Liberow of Hamerkaz Shelanu.

It’s never too late

SHMUEL (Sidney) Morris has received his rabbinical ordination – at the age of 68!