Featured Articles Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/category/featured-articles/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:30:07 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 On the other hand https://www.jwire.com.au/on-the-other-hand-379/ https://www.jwire.com.au/on-the-other-hand-379/#respond Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:10:03 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179842 In the midst of war, Israeli researchers continue to bring hope to humanity. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind device for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer. Optune Pax, developed by Novocure, is a portable, non-invasive device that delivers alternating electrical fields, known as tumour treating fields […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/on-the-other-hand-379/feed/ 0 179842 An unholy silence https://www.jwire.com.au/an-unholy-silence/ https://www.jwire.com.au/an-unholy-silence/#respond Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:29:30 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179891 When U.S. President Donald Trump sent Vice President JD Vance to negotiate with members of the Iranian regime in Islamabad, people initially thought that Vance—reportedly the most outspoken voice in the Trump administration against going to war with Iran—would be a soft touch. When the talks in Pakistan broke down, however, Vance’s position could hardly […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/an-unholy-silence/feed/ 0 179891 For Israeli military aid: It’s the standards, stupid!!! https://www.jwire.com.au/for-israeli-military-aid-its-the-standards-stupid/ https://www.jwire.com.au/for-israeli-military-aid-its-the-standards-stupid/#respond Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:24:49 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179878 New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s political proxy of the moment, Brad Lander, accused U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman a week ago of “utterly failing to meet the moment to see Palestinian lives as just as valuable as Israeli and Jewish lives”. Even if Lander’s accusation is true, we could readily turn that around. Advocates for the […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/for-israeli-military-aid-its-the-standards-stupid/feed/ 0 179878 Podcast: L’Chaim – to Life https://www.jwire.com.au/podcast-lchaim-to-life-6/ https://www.jwire.com.au/podcast-lchaim-to-life-6/#respond Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:16:44 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179875 Sharon Kuper speaks with Dassi Erlich, the brave whistleblower who spent fifteen years fighting to bring her abuser, Malka Leifer, to justice. Along with her sisters, Dassi was sexually abused as a teenager by Leifer, who was then the principal of Melbourne’s Adass Israel School. When Leifer fled to Israel with the help of community […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/podcast-lchaim-to-life-6/feed/ 0 179875 A futile exercise https://www.jwire.com.au/a-futile-exercise/ https://www.jwire.com.au/a-futile-exercise/#respond Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:41:18 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179840 A “futile exercise” is an action, attempt, or endeavour that is completely pointless, useless, or unlikely to succeed. It describes a task that wastes time and effort because it produces no results or fails to achieve its intended goal. This definition succinctly sums up frantic attempts to engage the Islamic occupiers of Iran in a meaningful […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/a-futile-exercise/feed/ 0 179840 Israel Independence Day https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-independence-day/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-independence-day/#respond Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:12:38 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179850 The Jewish calendar has now entered the memorial season. We start with the Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah). But which one? The United Nations (ha, ha)? The Knesset, the Rabbinate, or none of these, just ongoing pain and loss? While the rest of the world wants to reframe it in terms of racial prejudice and […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-independence-day/feed/ 0 179850 Shabbat Tazria Metzora https://www.jwire.com.au/shabbat-tazria-metzora/ https://www.jwire.com.au/shabbat-tazria-metzora/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:02:24 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179830 Priest and Prophet These two combined portions of the Torah underline the important role of the priesthood in the personal lives of the Israelites, as well as the public ceremonial function of the sanctuaries, the Tabernacle, and then the Temple. Why was an institution like the priesthood such a disappointment over time? There seems to […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/shabbat-tazria-metzora/feed/ 0 179830 Who gave you the right to define our identity? https://www.jwire.com.au/who-gave-you-the-right-to-define-our-identity/ https://www.jwire.com.au/who-gave-you-the-right-to-define-our-identity/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:47:37 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179828 By now, anyone watching social media, university campuses, or public debate with open eyes will have noticed the same pattern again and again. People with no connection to Jewish life, no stake in Jewish continuity, and no respect for Jewish self-understanding feel perfectly entitled to tell Jews who they are allowed to be. They tell […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/who-gave-you-the-right-to-define-our-identity/feed/ 0 179828 ‘From the depths’: Melbourne community gathers for Yom Hashoah commemoration https://www.jwire.com.au/from-the-depths-melbourne-community-gathers-for-yom-hashoah-commemoration/ https://www.jwire.com.au/from-the-depths-melbourne-community-gathers-for-yom-hashoah-commemoration/#respond Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:34:00 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179785 Holocaust survivors and younger generations gathered side by side on Monday night as Victoria’s Jewish community marked Yom Hashoah with a powerful call to remember and reflect. About 1000 people filled Robert Blackwood Hall at Monash University for the annual commemoration. The ceremony honoured the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust while recognising the […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/from-the-depths-melbourne-community-gathers-for-yom-hashoah-commemoration/feed/ 0 179785 How to defend against antizionism – Part 3 https://www.jwire.com.au/defend-against-antizionism-part-3/ https://www.jwire.com.au/defend-against-antizionism-part-3/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:20:34 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179735 An Arsenal Against Antizionism: How to Reclaim the Language (click here for part 1) (click here for part 2) If antizionism is sustained through language, then language is where it must be confronted. This is a question of accuracy, not tone or wordplay. A show of strength is not another decade of failed attempts to […]

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