The gold-plated peacenik in the White House
May 16, 2025 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
When Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election last year, many in Israel thought they’d dodged a bullet. Read more
Echoes of a disastrous past
May 16, 2025 by Michael Kuttner
Students of history will recognise current developments as yet another disastrous rerun of past failed political objectives. Read more
Woke Aida
May 16, 2025 by Jeremy Rosen
The opera Aida was composed by Giuseppe Verdi and first performed in 1871. Read more
The useful idiots of Sydney University: a cautionary tale of ignorance and antisemitism
May 16, 2025 by Michael Gencher
If you’ve ever wondered what “useful idiots” look like in 2025, the University of Sydney’s Student Representative Council (SRC) Special General Meeting (SGM) on 14 May provided a textbook case. Read more
Les Misérables
May 15, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Shabbat Emor
May 15, 2025 by Jeremy Rosen
An Eye For An Eye Read more
The pope’s ‘divisions’ and the war against the Jews
May 14, 2025 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
In an era when religion seems to be in steep decline throughout Europe and North America, it might strike some people as curious that the election of a new pope would be treated as such an earth-shaking event. Read more
Family Romance
May 13, 2025 by Anne Sarzin
Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past
May 13, 2025 by Ruth Lilian
Arthur Schüller – founder of the Neuroradiology Discipline Read more
No, Trump isn’t about to recognize a Palestinian state
May 12, 2025 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
Non-Shabbat-observant Israelis awoke on Saturday to fake news that, in Winston Churchill’s witty words, “got halfway around the world before the truth had a chance to put its pants on.” Read more
Hadestown
May 12, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Time fake news was abandoned
May 12, 2025 by David Singer
Responsible media outlets need to stop quoting undisclosed sources if they wish to retain their credibility. Read more
Feintooner
May 12, 2025 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: The Not So Big Tent Read more
When did the current wave of antisemitism begin?
May 11, 2025 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
In nearly 30 years of writing and speaking about global antisemitism, I’ve been asked more than once if it’s possible to pinpoint when this present wave of hatred first reared its head. Read more
The willing executioners of today’s anti-Israel hatred
May 11, 2025 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
The danger is no longer lurking; it’s here, clear and undeniable. What happened recently in Italy is just another alarming signal. Read more
On the other hand
May 11, 2025 by Michael Kuttner
Syrian Druze victims of ethnic violence have been evacuated for treatment to Israeli hospitals. Read more
The Age ‘Book of the Year: Lech Blaine’s Australian Gospel
May 9, 2025 by Anne Sarzin
Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more
The indestructible myth of famine in Gaza
May 9, 2025 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Yet again, the myth has been revived that there is a famine in the Gaza Strip. Read more
A Just War
May 9, 2025 by Jeremy Rosen
A two-volume work has just been published. Milhemet Mitzvah: Editors Aviad Hacohen, Yitzchak Avi Roness and Menachem Butler. Read more
Shabbat Acharei Mot and Kedoshim
May 9, 2025 by Jeremy Rosen
Love Your Neighbour Read more
Trump and Israel
May 8, 2025 by Ron Weiser
As the United States passes the first 100 days of the Trump presidency, Israel remains hopeful, but with increasing concerns about the Trump administration’s priorities and full understanding of the situation. Read more
L’Chaim – to Life Anita Frayman, Esther Gyorki and Andrew Harris
May 8, 2025 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Anita Frayman, co-curator (with Esther Gyorki) of Buchenwald Ball – 80 Years Dancing in Freedom, and Andrew Harris, whose photographs are featured in the exhibition. Read more
Why is New Zealand still funding antisemitic education in the Palestinian territories?
May 7, 2025 by Greg Bouwer
A recent report from the education watchdog IMPACT-se has reignited urgent concerns over the content of Palestinian school curricula. Read more
San Remo at 105: The conference that helped pave the way for modern Israel
May 6, 2025 by Yossi Lempkowicz - JNS
From April 19 to 26, 1920, world powers gathered in San Remo on Italy’s Riviera to determine the fate of former Ottoman territories following World War I. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past
May 6, 2025 by Ruth Lilian
Angell Arthur Phillips – a dedicated teacher and writer Read more
Rabbi Smuley Boteach says Australia is a sewer of antisemitism
May 5, 2025 by JNS
This past week, I was attacked three times. Not for anything I said, or anything I did—but simply for being Jewish…Rabbi Shmuley Boteach tells the Jewish world. Read more
HKOPS still the world’s best kept secret
May 5, 2025 by David Singer
I was privileged to attend the inaugural Jewish News Syndicate International Policy Summit in Jerusalem on 27/28 April (JNS Conference) – but shocked to find that none of the well- credentialled international and Israeli speakers I approached had ever heard of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS). Read more
Yuval Raphael’s emotional journey from Supernova to Eurovision
May 5, 2025 by JNS
One morning, when Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the Supernova music festival massacre, was a 6-year-old girl, her father gathered her and her younger brother to announce they were relocating to Switzerland. Read more
The Beep Test
May 5, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre reviewed by Alex First Read more
Feintooner
May 5, 2025 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Broken Broker Read more