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Gold medallist Sela Elmaliah holding the Israeli flag. Photo: Shachar Hoshmand
January 10, 2019, 12:00 am
Israeli karate kid on top of the world
Israeli karate kid Sela Elmaliah - who has family in Australia - won a gold medal at the World Budo Karate Children's Championships in Lithuania.
By Shane Desiatnik
Photo: David Franklin/Dreamstime.com
August 16, 2018, 12:27 pm
Hands up if you were born here
Just as the great transforming feature of Australian history since 1945 has been the immigration story, so it’s been for Australian Jewry.
Yonatan Shiray stars as Israeli soldier Jonathan Feldmann in Foxtrot.
June 27, 2018, 10:19 am
Grief hits home in Israel
The award-winning Israeli film Foxtrot, currently in Australian cinemas, attempts to respond to the country’s continuing cycle of conflict, with director Samuel Maoz offering a metaphor for Israeli life.
Daniel Radcliffe stars as Israeli backpacker Yossi Ghinsberg 
in Jungle.
November 16, 2017, 10:19 am
Miracle in the Amazon jungle
In 1981, 22-year-old Israeli backpacker Yossi Ghinsberg ventured into the Amazon jungle on an adventure that turned into a battle for survival. Now his adventures have been made into a film
Sharon Bloch with Abram. Photo: Daniel Goodrich.
October 12, 2017, 4:02 pm
The power of love and two strong women
By Rebecca Davis
A scene from the short film "The Director" in Heroine.
August 10, 2017, 9:42 am
Spotlight on Israeli films
From dramas to documentaries, this year's AICE Israeli Film Festival under the helm of director Richard Moore offers a smorgasbord of award-winning films, writes Danny Gocs.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
March 16, 2017, 12:01 am
Trump holds out hand to Abbas
The Trump administration has given an unexpected embrace to the Palestinian leadership, inviting President Mahmoud Abbas to Washington and sending a top envoy to Ramallah on Tuesday for a warm meeting.
By Nathan Jeffay
Israeli mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital.
October 20, 2016, 2:11 pm
Mandolin maestro
Renowned Israeli-born mandolin soloist Avi Avital, who has been nominated for a Grammy award, is back in Australia for a concert tour starting later this month.
President Barack Obama welcomes Israeli President Shimon Peres in the Oval Office Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.
October 6, 2016, 9:49 am
The end of the era of giants
For all the ­high-profile mourners at Shimon Peres’ funeral in Jerusalem, it was his daughter who summed up the man in less than a dozen words.
David Kassman’s Spiderman at the Wailing Wall.
September 7, 2016, 2:58 pm
Cutting-edge Israel art
Some of the best works by contemporary Israeli artists have been brought to Australia for a special fundraising exhibition.
Former right-wing politician Csanad Szegedi in a synagogue with Rabbi Boruch Oberlander in Keep Quiet.
August 24, 2016, 2:45 pm
Best of Israeli films
Films and documentaries by leading Israeli filmmakers will be screened during the AICE Israeli Film Festival in September. And the festival will award a $25,000 prize for the best film.
Israel's flagbearer Neta Rivkin leads her delegation during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images)
August 9, 2016, 9:24 am
Lebanese delegation refuses to ride bus with Israeli Olympians
Lebanese Olympians refused to ride on a bus with Israeli athletes to get to the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 summer games.
August 5, 2016, 7:14 am
Olympics finally honours Munich ’72 victims
After 44 years, the memory of the 11 Israeli victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre was finally commemorated on Wednesday in an official ceremony.
Blake Lively stars in Woody Allen’s latest film Cafe Society.
June 29, 2016, 3:27 pm
Cannes showcase for Israeli films
Some of the best new Israeli films and documentaries that screened at the Cannes Film Festival and at Docaviv in Tel Aviv are bound for Australia later this year.
Rella Itin with her husband Erez and children Cody (left) and Ryan.
June 17, 2016, 12:00 am
Aussies urged to rally for Rella
Friends are rallying to raise funds to help a popular Israeli fitness guru, who grew up in Australia, fight her personal battle against brain cancer.
By Peter Kohn
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