Is genetically modified food halachically acceptable?…ask the Rabbi

Rabbi  Raymond Apple answers your questions. Read more

Three voices on ABC radio on modern Israel

ABC’s Andrew West has presented thee voices on modern Israel in his current Religion and Ethics Report on Radio National. Read more

European Union Becomes Irrelevant In Resolving The Jewish-Arab Conflict

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Bensch on the beach

Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen is giving diners the opportunity to sink their toes into the sand and have a traditional Shabbat dinner on Tamarama Beach this summer. Read more

Israel’s appropriation of land explained

Israel’s plans to appropriate a large tract of fertile land near Jericho being denounced by UN General-Secretary Ban-Kimoon have been explained by Regavim’s Ari Briggs. Read more

Saltpillar’s Raoul Salter remembers Charles Slucki

Melnpurne’s Saltpillar Theatre’s Raoul Salter remembers the late, great Charles “Sluggo” Slucki…a Henry Greener video interview. Read more

Eat Pray Nachas

Sydney’s Montefiore Home Hunters Hill campus is hosting  Waverley Council’s Eat, Pray, Naches exhibition until February 21. Read more

Did you attend Bushey Synagogue?

Rabbi Zorach Salasnik has been officiating at London’s Bushey Synagogue since 1979…and is about to retire. Do you have any memories of him? Read more

Israel can establish diplomatic relations with the Arab world by learning from Putin

The geopolitical landscape surrounding Israel is shifting in such a way that if navigated correctly could lead to full diplomatic relations between Jerusalem and Sunni Arab governments around the Middle East…writes Gidon Ben-Zvi. Read more

Australian politician visits only Jewish war grave in Sri Lanka

NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair and Deputy Opposition leader in the NSW Parliament’s Legislative Council Walt Secord has paid a visit to the only Jewish World War II grave in Sri Lanka’s historic Kandy Commonwealth cemetery. Read more

UNESCO message welcomed

The UNESCO director-general’s message to the world for United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day is powerful and timely according to New Zealand Holocaust Centre director Inge Woolf. Read more

Tu Bishvat and the new BINA term

This coming Monday we will celebrate Tu Bishvat, known as the Rosh Hashanah of trees. It is customary to eat fruit on this day and thank G-d for the wonderful blessings that He gives us. Read more

Danby slams Iran decision

Labor Member of Federal Parliament for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby has slammed the Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s decision to lift sanctions against Iran. Read more

Leifer: an alleged victim speaks

Australian authorities are currently seeking the extradition from Israel of Malka Leifer wanted in connection with 74 cases of child sexual abuse…one of the alleged victims tells her story. Read more

Uncontrollable urges

This common medical condition seems to apparently afflict politicians, diplomats and media personalities alike especially when Israel is the object of their obsession…writes Michael Kuttner Read more

New in Israel: Selfie Stations

Israel’s Tourism Minister Yariv Levin has launched a new and innovative project  allowing tourists to update their social media pages as they land in Israel. Read more

Looking for Grace – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

What do parents do when their teenage daughter disappears and they have no idea why or where she has gone? Read more

NSW Labor to be asked to ban ALP politicians from participating in Israel study tours

In a highly contentious proposal, the forthcoming State Conference of the NSW ALP is being asked to ban ALP personnel from visiting Israel through organised and supported programs. Read more

Psychotic incidents block extradition proceedings

An Israeli woman facing extradition to Australia to from 74 charges of child sexual abuse suffers psychotic incidents preventing her from attending proceedings either in court or in her own home. Read more

Challenging media bias

Zionism Victoria, in partnership with the Israel Advocacy Group, UIA and Zionist Federation of Australia, will present How to Challenge Media Bias, an informative media panel discussion moderated by Victorian State MP David Southwick. Read more

The challenge facing Israel’s Education Minister Naftali Bennett

Anyone following the leftist media in Israel could be forgiven for believing that Israel is undergoing a Kulturkampf and that a desperate struggle is taking place in the secular school stream to retain freedom of expression from an extremist government seeking to subvert democracy and promote fascism…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

AIJAC’s concerns on Iran’s nuclear future

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Back to outdoor sports

Participants in the Maccabi Junior Carnival returned to the pitches of David Phillips Sporting Complex and Roland Park in Sydney to resume their outdoor sporting commitments. Read more

A chat with Motel the Tailor

Lior and Sara Reed talk to Henry Greener in Lior’s dressing room at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre before curtain call for “Fiddler on the Roof”  starring Anthony Warlow, Sigrid Thornton, Mark Mitchell, Nicki Wendt and Lior as Motel the Tailor. A video story. Read more

Israeli mother of six killed in Palestinian stabbing attack in Otniel

A 38-year-old Israeli mother of six was murdered in a terrorist stabbing attack at her home in the community of Otniel in the southern Hebron Hills on Sunday. Read more

Israel’s homegrown Islamic State threat grows larger…writes Sean Savage

While the threat of border clashes with Islamic State terrorists fighting in the Syrian civil war has concerned Israeli leaders for some time now, the recruitment of Israeli Arabs to form their own terror cells or launch lone wolf attacks inside of Israel—akin to the Paris and San Bernardino attacks late in 2015—has recently become a more serious threat for the Jewish state. Read more

Do animals know about God?…ask the rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple served for 32 years as the chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, Australia’s oldest and most prestigious congregation.  He answers the question. Read more

Opportunities for people with disabilities

Melbourne’s Jewish Care is encouraging people in the community living with disability to apply for its new Pathways to Employment program, scheduled to start early this year. Read more

Palestine – Obama’s Ignorance Becomes His Nemesis

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Israel: keeping an eye on Iran

Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has welcomed the announcement that Iran has met its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal, a move that will lead to the lifting of sanctions Read more

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