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An indigenous gathering in the Land of Israel

Sheree Trotter spoke to Brad Haami about the Welcoming the King of Glory conference held in Abu Ghosh/Kiryat Ye’arim, on October 10-13, 2017. A number of Pacific and Māori communities have, over a long period, spoken of a “deep sea…

From Amsterdam to Auckland – a story of modern Jewish migration

Imagine you have a thriving business, a beautiful home in a photogenic European capital, your kids are in a great school, your partner has a stable and well-paid job. Your favourite restaurants and shops are around the corner. Your friends…

United Nations War Crimes Commission Docuemnts on the Holocaust

UN documents shed light on Holocaust for Yom HaShoah and beyond

Tonight marks the start of Yom HaShoah Ve-Hagevurah, which literally translates as ‘Day of the Holocaust and the Heroism’. It falls on the day in the Hebrew calendar (27 Nissan) when the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began. Yom HaShoah serves as…

Reflections on Israel part 1: Israel’s place in the world

In July I went on a life-changing trip to Israel. This was my fourth trip to Israel, but I had not been there for 17 years. I have written in the past about other aspects and experiences of this trip….

Islamist Threat NZ Europe Warning Pirsoul

Nicolas Pirsoul: Warning for New Zealand in rise of extreme form of Islam

Shalom.Kiwi previously reported on the repeated anti-Semitic and misogynistic content of sermons given by Sheikh Dr Mohammad Anwar Sahib. While Sahib was stood down from his prominent role within the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ), the New…

The mutating virus: Understanding anti-Semitism

Watch and read the speech given by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks at the European Parliament on 27 Sept 2016 at a conference entitled “The Future of the Jewish communities in Europe”. The hate that begins with Jews never ends with…

A personal perspective on anti-Semitism in New Zealand

This will be a personal account; I can’t speak for other Jews, I’m sure everyone will have their own opinions on this subject. First of all I’d like to say that I consider myself lucky. My experience as a Jew…

Elliott Abrams: “A powerful denunciation of terrorism”

Elliott Abrams visited Auckland in September 2015. In this article, he analyses the recent UN report submitted by the Middle East Quartet. The Middle East Quartet’s New Report Misses the Point The Middle East Quartet has just issued its first…

The “Wellington-Ramallah nod” at the United Nations?

Such was the state of the United Nations, former Israeli Foreign Minister, Abba Eban, once said “If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of…

Will McCully utter the ‘T’ word?

In a recent video, we showed how the NZ Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully refused to label the recent spate of attacks against Israelis by Palestinians as terrorism, despite being given the opportunity to do so three times. He…

Do Jewish lives matter to Murray McCully?

While Prime Minister Key “stands with Belgium in the fight against terrorism”, and Foreign Minister McCully “stand[s] with the people and Government of Turkey in their fight against terrorism”, neither can bring themselves to stand with Israel against their fight…