Featured Articles Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/category/featured-articles/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:38:22 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.jwire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Jwirelogocleangoog.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Featured Articles Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/category/featured-articles/ 32 32 6446428 Conversations with my Rabbi https://www.jwire.com.au/conversations-with-my-rabbi/ https://www.jwire.com.au/conversations-with-my-rabbi/#respond Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:22:11 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=182789  Nikki’s Conversations with her Rabbi Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Writing the book Conversations with my Rabbi clearly proved both cathartic and transformative for author Nikki Goldstein and it is easy to understand why. Hers is a profoundly moving story of two lives—the secular and the sacred—woven together: Nikki, the secular journalist, and Eli […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/conversations-with-my-rabbi/feed/ 0 182789 Feintooner https://www.jwire.com.au/feintooner-364/ https://www.jwire.com.au/feintooner-364/#respond Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:01:50 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=182782 This week’s cartoon: AdVANCEing Antisemitism

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/feintooner-364/feed/ 0 182782 On the other hand https://www.jwire.com.au/on-the-other-hand-389/ https://www.jwire.com.au/on-the-other-hand-389/#respond Sun, 21 Jun 2026 09:04:21 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=182755 What do you do with all the food which is left over from weddings, Bar and Bat Mitzvot, Britot and other such celebrations? One American immigrant decided to do something about the waste. This video tells the story behind the establishment of what is now Israel’s famous food bank.   CHAMPIONS  Lacrosse is a sport […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/on-the-other-hand-389/feed/ 0 182755 Lecture: Is free will an illusion? https://www.jwire.com.au/lecture-is-free-will-an-illusion/ https://www.jwire.com.au/lecture-is-free-will-an-illusion/#respond Sun, 21 Jun 2026 07:43:38 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=182745 That question will sit at the heart of a major public lecture by internationally renowned Jewish philosopher Associate Professor Samuel Lebens when he visits Australia in July. Rabbi Dr Lebens, from the University of Haifa, will speak in Sydney and Perth in a University of Notre Dame Australia program exploring Jewish philosophy, ethics and human […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/lecture-is-free-will-an-illusion/feed/ 0 182745 Jewish Archaeology https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-archaeology/ https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-archaeology/#respond Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:19:49 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=182701 We live in a world of lies and misrepresentations. Nowhere is this more obvious than in regard to the long history of the Jews. The resurgence of Holocaust denial is now twinned with the denial that Jews ever had a history in the land of Israel. It is as though the whole of our past […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-archaeology/feed/ 0 182701 Trump’s surrender https://www.jwire.com.au/trumps-surrender/ https://www.jwire.com.au/trumps-surrender/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:11:14 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=182685 Does Donald Trump actually understand what he’s done? Responding to critics of his agreement with Iran, the U.S. president called them “fools” and either “jealous or bad people,” because “the stock market just hit A RECORD HIGH, and oil prices are tumbling down.” So the economy is all that matters in a struggle to neutralise […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/trumps-surrender/feed/ 2 182685 World Cup Winner https://www.jwire.com.au/world-cup-winner/ https://www.jwire.com.au/world-cup-winner/#respond Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:04:06 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=182684 Although the Mondial FIFA World Cup competition has only just started, Iran has already emerged as the undisputed winner. You may well ask how Iran can be declared the winner when the first rounds have not even been completed. The simple and undisputed fact is that having been allowed to compete in the first place […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/world-cup-winner/feed/ 0 182684 Podcast: L’Chaim to Life https://www.jwire.com.au/podcast-lchaim-to-life-9/ https://www.jwire.com.au/podcast-lchaim-to-life-9/#respond Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:10:17 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=182616 Mythbuster – ABC Misinformation Report David Schulberg previews what is intended to be a comprehensive exposé of the ABC’s systemic anti-Israel bias and the fact that it has been fuelling antisemitism by being a purveyor of false narratives that demean Israel. This has been submitted to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion and […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/podcast-lchaim-to-life-9/feed/ 0 182616 Shabbat Korach https://www.jwire.com.au/shabbat-korach-2/ https://www.jwire.com.au/shabbat-korach-2/#respond Thu, 18 Jun 2026 06:56:38 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=182614 Korach leads a rebellion against Moshe in this week’s Torah reading. Overwhelmingly, Rabbinic commentators condemn him for using religious arguments to gain personal political power. Was Korach really a bad person? And what was he thinking? He said that everyone was equal in the eyes of God. And had the capacity to speak to God. […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/shabbat-korach-2/feed/ 0 182614 What message does government secrecy send? https://www.jwire.com.au/what-message-does-government-secrecy-send/ https://www.jwire.com.au/what-message-does-government-secrecy-send/#respond Thu, 18 Jun 2026 06:51:42 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=182607 The federal government’s attempt to keep information from the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion raises a question that goes well beyond Cabinet confidentiality. What message does it send when a Royal Commission established to investigate antisemitism, terrorism and the murder of Australians has to fight for access to information held by the government […]

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