Shabbat Vayeytzey: Dreams and Fears

Jacob flees his parents’ home because he fears that Esau will kill him for taking the blessing from Isaac. Read more

L’Chaim – to Life: Dr Rick Hodes – caring for the sickest children in Ethiopia

Morry Frenkel speaks with Dr Rick Hodes, medical director of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC or The Joint), about his more than 30 years in Ethiopia caring for the sickest children in one of the world’s poorest countries. PODCAST Read more

The whole truth about Ukraine’s past matters

If you want to understand the roots of today’s conflicts, there’s no alternative to learning history. That’s especially true with respect to Ukraine and its efforts to repel a Russian invasion. Read more

The not so beautiful game

They call football the beautiful game – a game played with grace and beauty and elegance as if poetry itself has leapt from the pages and onto the playing fields where players move with the smoothness of a gentle breeze across vast desert sands…writes Justin Ambler. Read more

Trump’s Jewish supporters must condemn and disavow him

If pro-Israel Republicans think former President Donald Trump will apologise or make amends in any way for choosing to have a public dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort home with two notorious antisemites, they haven’t been paying attention to how he has conducted his public career. Read more

Trump must make amends to the Jewish community

Donald Trump went too far. From the outset of his political career, he has been accused of supporting the racist right and some of his statements in this regard have come under harsh criticism from his Democratic rivals. Despite this, Trump has long avoided any soundbite that might sound antisemitic. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past: Lilian Leah Kloot – an inspirational community woman

Lilian, known as Leah, was born in England in 1886 to Spielman Solom Kloot and Rosetta Woolf Kloot. Read more

Carmen’s Don Jose: Diego Torre speaks with Murray Dahm

I spoke with Diego Torre ahead of Carmen on Sydney’s Cockatoo Island, in which he takes on the role of Don Jose. Read more

RIP UN two-State solution, Hello Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine

The United Nations two-State solution – first proposed on 29 November 1947 – needs to be finally buried and replaced with the Saudi peace solution proposed on 8 June 2022. Read more

“Carmen “ on Cockatoo Island. ‘Unforgettable and a must see’ says Victor Grynberg

Carmen is probably the most played opera around the world. Read more

Why do we need a minyan?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Where is Jewish Leadership?

The Israeli leadership, unfortunately, does not argue its case well in the hostile international arena, in spite of ample historical evidence supporting the Jewish narrative. Read more

Monsters: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

As children, what did we fear the most? That the boogie man will get us. Read more

On the other hand

Every Thursday, I walk to our local public library in order to stock up on another week’s supply of books and return those already read. Read more

The humbug of the West over murdered Israelis

It’s been another epic week for Western hypocrisy. And it’s been another epic week for indifference or worse towards Israel. The two are, of course, intimately connected. Read more

Educating children

“Spare the rod and spoil the child” goes the old English saying. It is based on the book of Proverbs 13.24 “He who holds back the stick must hate his child”. Read more

Bible Quiz winner off to Israel

The ZFA’s annual national Bible Quiz took place on Tuesday 15 November and was a fantastic display of the commitment of the contestants to their learning and to the Tanach. Read more

Shabbat Toldot: Deception

The Torah is very clear about deception. “Do not deceive or lie to each other”( Leviticus 19.11). Read more

Own goals

Scoring an own goal can be a most embarrassing result in a soccer game, but it also has another connotation. Read more

For Israel’s detractors, her existence is the root cause of the issues, not her policies.

This most recent Israeli election, the fifth in the current cycle, proved to be quite different from the previous four, not only in producing a definitive result but with the campaign itself. Read more

M by Montefiore wins Excellence in Construction Award

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Jewish activists in Europe join forces against xenophobia

In recent years, Europe has seen an alarming rise in antisemitism…writes Nicci Mowszowski Read more

Murray Dahm speaks with Carmen’s bullfighter

I last spoke with Daniel Sumegi before the Melbourne performances of Wagner’s Lohengrin earlier this year. Now he returns to Australia in Carmen on Cockatoo Island as Escamillo, the bull-fighter and lover of the gypsy Carmen after she has tired of ex-corporal Don Jose. Read more

Australia: The Unpromised Land

Earlier this month, the story of a plan to settle 125,000 victims of the Holocaust in Australia was told during Holocaust Education Week in Toronto, Canada. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Emanuel Phillips Fox – impressionist painter and teacher

Emanuel was born on 12 March 1865 at Fitzroy, Melbourne, the seventh child of Alexander Fox, a Jewish photographer from London, and his Sydney-born wife Rosette, née Phillips. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: With friends like these. Read more

Is it fair that children should suffer because of the deeds of their parents?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine key to ending Jew-bashing at UN

The United Nations favourite sport – Jew bashing – was on full display this past week at the 77^th Session of the United Nations Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) – which approved six draft resolutions – all highly critical of Israel. Read more

It’s time for Israel to untie the American apron strings

Can Israel break its dependency on the United States? Read more

On the other hand

Each and every time the United Nations condemns Israel for having the chutzpah to actually exist, the number of Israelis who support right-wing parties increases. Read more

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