From Australia’s Jewish Past
May 14, 2024 by Features Desk
Saul Symonds – barrister and Australian communal leader Read more
Dr. Phil’s moral clarity
May 14, 2024 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
It’s not surprising that the press had a field day following Dr. Phil’s interview on Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu. Read more
Dry Bones: Middle East Peace
May 14, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
The bitter truth… Read more
Feintooner
May 14, 2024 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Shoah Remembrance Day Shanda Read more
UN General Assembly embraces a phantom “State of Palestine”
May 13, 2024 by David Singer
The United Nations General Assembly’s determination that the State of Palestine is qualified for membership in the United Nations in accordance with Article 4 of the Charter of the United Nations. Read more
On the other hand
May 12, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
Switching from mourning to celebration is a unique feature of Jewish life. Read more
WWII poems in English and Yiddish
May 12, 2024 by J-Wire News Service
The Song Remains, an online anthology of over 160 Yiddish poems by 36 authors with English translations, will be launched later this month in New Zealand online. Read more
Henry Greener films AUJS rally in Melbourne
May 12, 2024 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
The AUJS Students Stand Up Against Hate Rally at Melbourne Uni was addressed by Alon Cassuto, Noah Loven, Holly Feldman, and four other Speakers appearing in Seg.2. Read more
World Problems
May 12, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
May 12, 2024 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex First Read more
HE
May 12, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
Slippery slope
May 10, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
Once started, a disastrous chain of events will inevitably follow and will be almost impossible to stop. Read more
Standing firm against Iran’s Jihad: A call to unite for the Free World
May 10, 2024 by Ran Yaakoby
On April 13, the world witnessed yet another escalation in Iranian aggression when the regime of the Islamic Republic launched a direct attack against Israel, using hundreds of drones, ballistic and cruise missiles. Read more
Dry Bones: We went to sleep and they came out of hibernation.
May 9, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
A new beginning Read more
Something to please everybody: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
May 9, 2024 by Fraser Beath McEwing
After a thorough Sibelius soaking from the previous Emirates Master Series concert, it was refreshing to return to the more familiar variety of Glinka, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky for last night’s SSO concert. Read more
Shabbat Kedoshim: Morality
May 9, 2024 by Jeremy Rosen
Chapter 19 of Leviticus, known as Kedoshim, Be Holy, includes a range of laws that concern ethical standards that were relevant then and today. Read more
L’Chaim to Life
May 9, 2024 by Features Desk
A/Prof Efrat Eilam – Calling anyone who is employed at an Australian university Read more
Biden’s double game on Hamas should fool no one
May 8, 2024 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
When President Joe Biden wants to say the right things about Israel and antisemitism, he knows how to do it. Read more
In seizing Rafah crossing, Israel turns tables on Hamas’s stalling tactics
May 8, 2024 by Yaakov Lappin
The decision by Israel’s War Cabinet to order the Israel Defence Forces to seize Rafah Crossing is strategically significant, as it will negatively impact Hamas’s ability to smuggle weapons and people back and forth from neighbouring Sinai. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past
May 7, 2024 by J-Wire
Moritz Gotthelf – Prominent Commercial Businessman and Community Stalwart Read more
From the Holocaust to Oct. 7, history is repeating itself
May 6, 2024 by Amelie Botbol
As Israel began commemorating on Sunday the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust, Josef Avi Yair Engel, whose father survived the Nazi genocide and whose grandson recently spent 54 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza, told JNS that history is repeating itself. Read more
Dry Bones: Remembrance
May 6, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
A depressing observation. Read more
Trump writes off UN two-state solution
May 6, 2024 by David Singer
Former President Donald Trump has rejected UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s mantra to create a Palestinian Arab state between Jordan and Israel during Trump’s wide-ranging interview in Time on 30 April. Read more
Feintooner
May 6, 2024 by Feintooner
Dry Bones: Holocaust Remembrance Day
May 5, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
The first since Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre. Read more
Julian Leeser addresses Sydney’s Central
May 5, 2024 by J-Wire News Service
Federal Liberal MP Julian Leeser addressed the congregation during Sydney’s Central Synagogue Friday night service. Read more
On the other hand
May 5, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
The countdown has started. Read more
The ivory tower jihad
May 3, 2024 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
The shocking scenes on campus over the past few days are far more significant than mere student demonstrations getting out of hand. Read more
The Grinning Man
May 3, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
Holocaust Day
May 3, 2024 by J-Wire
Next Monday, we will observe our Yom HaShoah. We may hear the cliché “ Never again” and realize it means nothing to the majority of people in the so-called civilized world. Read more
