Readers letter: Petition to dismiss Qantas crew wearing Palestine pins

I am a member of the Jewish community, deeply disturbed by the recent actions of certain Qantas cabin crew members who chose to wear Palestinian badges while on duty. Read more

Israel’s UN envoy links Iran to Houthi attacks in Red Sea

Imploring the United Nations Security Council to address the “radioactive Shi’ite elephant in the room,” Israel’s U.N. ambassador on Wednesday linked Iran to the conflicts throughout the region. Read more

Qantas crew members don Palestinian pins while serving passengers

Qantas has received a rebuke from AJA for a decision by staffers to display Palestinian flag pins on a Dec. 20 flight from Melbourne to Hobart. Read more

Soccer whiz Girdwood-Reich off to a good start

2023 was an eventful, roller coaster year for the highly competitive and versatile Sydney FC A-League midfielder Jake Girdwood-Reich, who is steadily building his full-time professional football career. Read more

Hamas accused of indoctrinating children as damning photos emerge from Gaza

Israel accused Hamas of indoctrinating young children to terror as photos of Gaza youngsters holding weapons found by soldiers were released by the Israel Defence Forces on Wednesday. Read more

Australia, US, UK issue warning over Red Sea attacks

Australia has joined the US, UK, Japan and other nations in signing an international statement calling for an “immediate end” to Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea. Read more

Shabbat Shemot: Knowing, Forgetting, remembering

A new king arose who did not know of Joseph (Exodus 1.8). Read more

Verdi’s masterpiece La Traviata in best production ever

An Opera review by Victor Grynberg Read more

Israel bombards Gaza after Hamas deputy’s killing

Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Israeli army have made statements suggesting the two avowed enemies wanted to avoid risking the further spread of war beyond the Gaza Strip after a drone strike killed a Palestinian Hamas deputy leader in Beirut. Read more

Dry Bones – A new kind of war

Urban warfare will never be the same again… Read more

Harvard resignation is a diversity, equity, and inclusion debacle

In the end, not even the support of former President Barack Obama and one of his former cabinet members was enough to save Claudine Gay from being forced out as president of Harvard University. Read more

‘Calculated Risk’: Israel to fight Pretoria’s genocide ‘blood libel’ at The Hague

Israeli representatives will appear before the International Court of Justice in The Hague next week to challenge South Africa’s “blood libel” accusing the Jewish state of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a government spokesman said on Tuesday. Read more

Ferrari – a movie review by Alex First

The power, the glory and the horrors associated with one of the world’s most prestigious marques is on show in Ferrari. Read more

Dry Bones: A biblical perspective

It cannot be said that we live in “uninteresting” times… Read more

Australia urged to support genocide case against Israel

Palestinian Australians are calling on the federal government to support South Africa’s genocide case against Israel in the international court, as the war in Gaza continues. Read more

Israeli drone kills Hamas deputy leader in Lebanon

Israel has killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in a drone strike in Lebanon’s capital Beirut, Lebanese and Palestinian security sources say, as its forces kept pummelling parts of Gaza, vowing further “high-intensity” warfare against the Islamist militant group in the enclave. Read more

Harvard uni president resigns amid plagiarism claims

Harvard University president Claudine Gay has resigned amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a US congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy. Read more

Poll shows falling support for Israeli PM Netanyahu

Only 15 per cent of Israelis want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stay in office after the war with Hamas in Gaza ends, though more support his strategy of crushing the militants, a poll has found. Read more

Hamas photographic record of its attacks found

The IDF said that its forces operating in Gaza uncovered photographic evidence of how Hamas terrorists operate. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: It stands to reason Read more

Ask the rabbi: Orthodoxy & Reform

Q. Why doesn’t orthodoxy accept the Reform movement is a valid option in Judaism? Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Continuing Lena Brasch’s story from artist model to her theatrical career

Part 2: Read Part One. Read more

Australian reported killed fighting for Israel

An Australian man has been killed in Gaza after being called up for service in the Israeli army, according to reports. Read more

Israeli court rejects law that limited court oversight

Israel’s Supreme Court has struck down a highly disputed law passed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government that rolled back some of the high court’s power and sparked months of nationwide protests. Read more

Israeli Cabinet approves new Foreign Minister

The Israeli Cabinet approved Israel Katz to become Foreign Minister, replacing Eli Cohen as part of a rotation agreement made when the government was formed in 2022. Read more

My take on music reviewing

While the 2024 SSO concert season looks to be pretty exciting, there is not much public scraping, plucking, blowing and walloping until February. Read more

2023: Israel’s Year in Photos

As 2023 ends, here is a selection of the year’s most memorable photos taken by the Tazpit Press Service’s photographers. Read more

‘Nothing prepares you for it’: The volunteers collecting human remains from Hamas massacre

WARNING! DISTRESSING CONTENT:  “We’d walk into a room full of blood and see no sign of shooting or bombing. There, Hamas terrorists didn’t use a gun to kill their victims; they used an axe to chop them into pieces,” said Simcha Greiniman, volunteer emergency responder with the ZAKA organisation. Read more

UN & NYT make bad choice burying Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine

Thomas Friedman – foreign affairs Opinion columnist at the New York Times (NYT) – could have well been passing judgement on the NYT, himself and the United Nations (UN) for their failure to mention the existence of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS) even once after its publication on 8 June 2022. Read more

John Foreman’s Aussie Pops Orchestra New Year’s Eve & The Night Before Gala Concerts

 A music review by Alex First Read more

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