Israeli cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen, whose iconic daily cartoons were published by JNS over the last several years, died at ...

New worlds for Young Adults to conquer. Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Competing values—right and wrong, good and evil, peace ...

Harvard University has lost $3.2 billion in US federal funding after the prestigious Ivy League institution refused to bow to Trump administration demands. The US Department of Education froze more ...

Hamas looks set to reject a new proposal for a Gaza ceasefire, with the militant group saying Israel must agree to a complete halt of hostilities. Mediator Egypt has presented a new Israeli proposal ...

A new election survey conducted by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has revealed significant differences between the Labor Party and the Coalition on key issues affecting the Jewish ...

Donald Trump has reiterated his threat of drastic consequences for Iran over its nuclear program as plans are made to resume negotiations in Oman. The next round of talks between Washington and Tehran ...

A pro-Palestinian candidate mounting a serious challenge in the federal seat of Blaxland has sparked outrage after telling worshippers during a sermon, “I felt like I was dead, and 7th of October gave ...

A gag order surrounding a sensitive Israeli security investigation was lifted Tuesday, revealing that an officer in the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) was arrested for allegedly leaking classified ...

A Pioneer Australian Yiddish Writer Pinchas Goldhar was born in Łódź, Poland, then part of Russia, on 14 June 1901.  He was the eldest of four siblings of Jacob, a textile dyer, and Rachel.   Pinchas ...