General Amidror and Professor Inbar survey the strategic landscape
March 15, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Living: A movie review by Alex First
March 15, 2023 by Alex First
The expressive question “you call that living?” may well be asked of the chief protagonist in the movie Living. Read more
Labor to tackle antisemitism and to improve Holocaust education in NSW schools
March 15, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
If Labor wins next week’s NSW Government election, it will instigate new measures to tackle the concerning rise in religious bullying across NSW schools, including a proposed landmark partnership agreement with faith communities. Read more
Inside the memoirs of Palestinian Oslo architect Ahmed Qurei
March 15, 2023 by J-Wire
On February 22, Ahmed Qurei, the Palestinian architect of the 1993 Oslo peace accords, died of a blood infection at the age of 86. Read more
Apr-05 9:30pm SBS-Viceland: The Operative
March 15, 2023 by J-Wire
Mossad recruits a woman to become an agent and sends her to Tehran on an undercover mission. Read more
Apr-06 9:20am SBS-World Movies: The Crossing
March 15, 2023 by J-Wire
December, 1942. Following their parent’s arrest for being part of the Norwegian resistance movement during the war, young siblings Gerda and Otto are left on their own. Read more
A second arm for Sydney’s Jewish Museum
March 14, 2023 by J-Wire
Plans to transform and expand the Sydney Jewish Museum will become a reality through a $10 million investment by a re-elected NSW Liberal Government announced at the museum today. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Ruby Sophia Rich-Shalit – feminist, pianist and an outstanding community identity
March 14, 2023 by Features Desk
In continuing the celebration of International Women’s Day, this story is of one amazing Jewish woman whose efforts for all Australian women should be applauded. Read more
Wolf Play: A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
March 14, 2023 by Alex First
Put succinctly, intriguing. Read more
Defence calls for not guilty in Malka Leifer abuse case
Jurors have been warned about “dangerous” witnesses as they prepare to consider their verdicts in the case of former ultra-Orthodox Jewish teacher Malka Leifer. Read more
Israelis take to streets again to protest judicial reforms
Israelis took to the streets on Saturday night to protest the government’s proposed judicial reforms, with large turnouts reported in Haifa, Beersheva and Tel Aviv. Read more
For Mel Brooks, world history (no joke!) repeats itself
March 13, 2023 by JNS
Nearly 40 years after his “History of the World, Part I” debuted in 1981, Mel Brooks released “History of the World, Part II” on the eve of Purim, which began on March 6. Read more
Berhardt/Hamlet: A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
March 13, 2023 by Alex First
We are in Paris in 1899. Read more
Never too late: 101-year-old immigrant celebrates Israeli citizenship
March 13, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Not many people get the opportunity to write a dramatic new chapter of their lives after reaching 100. Read more
Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine can avoid humanitarian disaster
March 13, 2023 by David Singer
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestine Liberation Organisation President Mahmoud Abbas need to break their silence and confirm or deny whether two of their senior officials have been discussing implementing the Saudi-based Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution or alternative solutions in secret back channel meetings for the last two months. Read more
Mar-15 11pm Zoom: Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz and Professor Eugene Kontorovich
March 13, 2023 by A J-Wire community service announcement
A live discussion at 11 pm AEST between Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz and Professor Eugene Kontorovich, two esteemed legal experts. Read more
Do we have a guardian angel?
March 13, 2023 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
At the Adelaide Festival with Alan Slade
March 13, 2023 by Alan Slade
The Adelaide Festival Theatre is an impressive structure and one of South Australia’s most prestigious venues. Read more
Feintooner
March 12, 2023 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Burying the Hatchet Read more
When the Rain Stops Falling: A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
March 10, 2023 by Alex First
What a phenomenal piece of writing by Andrew Bovell (who wrote the powerful Australian film Lantana, which debuted in 2001). Read more
& Juliet: a Melbourne musical review by Alex First
March 10, 2023 by Alex First
A riotously fun, thoroughly entertaining musical for our new, enlightened times, & Juliet picks up Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet where it ended and kicks it up a gear. Read more
Yad Vashem-sponsored symphony celebrates Japanese diplomat who saved Jews during the Holocaust
March 10, 2023 by Mike Wagenheim - JNS
Samurai warriors live by the moral code bushido, or “way of the warrior.” Read more
The urgent need for Israeli electoral reform
March 10, 2023 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Democracy is currently being undermined in many parts of the free world. Read more
Don’t kiss!
March 10, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
Here is a hilarious if sacrilegious clip, in the spirit of Purim, from over five years ago when no one had even heard of something called Covid. Read more
Leifer sex abuse case lag a disadvantage: Barrister
March 10, 2023 by AAP
A gap of almost two decades between former ultra-Orthodox Jewish teacher Malka Leifer’s alleged sex crimes and her facing trial is a disadvantage to her defence, her barrister claims. Read more
At the Adelaide Festival: The Adelaide Writers Week
March 10, 2023 by Alan Slade
In the lead-up to Adelaide Writers Week (AWW), the director Louise Adler’s decision to include at least 10 Palestinian contributors and not even one Israeli author caused controversy. Read more
Proposed legislation seeks year-wait for new immigrant passport
March 10, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Under new legislation proposed by Israel’s Interior Ministry this week, new immigrants would receive passports one year after obtaining citizenship, and only if they have actually relocated to Israel. Read more
Fighter pilot removed from post as Israeli protests against judicial reform continue
March 10, 2023 by Pesach Benson
During a day of nationwide protests against controversial judicial reforms, a reserve fighter pilot was suspended, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu helicoptered to the airport to meet with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and then fly to Italy for a state visit. Read more
Saudi Arabia seeks US security assurances in exchange for Israel ties
March 10, 2023 by JNS
Saudi Arabia says it will normalise ties with Israel if the United States provides it with security pledges and helps build out its civilian nuclear program, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Read more
President Herzog criticises government’s judicial reform plan in national address
March 10, 2023 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
A seemingly angry President of Israel Isaac Herzog addressed the nation Thursday night on the ongoing unrest over the government of Israel’s juridical reform plan. Read more
