Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: As the axis of evil turns and burns Read more

Instruments of Dance (The Australian Ballet): reviewed by Alex First

The second line of Peter Allen’s iconic anthem, I Still Call Australia Home, contains the words “From New York to Rio and old London Town”. Read more

B’nai B’rith and JBOD raise funds for flood victims

B’nai B’rith Australia and the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies banded together to establish an appeal to raise much-needed flood relief funds for communities and individuals affected by February’sdevastinh floods in northern NSW and southern Queensland. Read more

How a Jewish girl went into hiding with a Nazi family

It is the last winter before Germany’s capitulation. The seventeen-year-old Anni Gmitruk walks alongside a man wearing a swastika armband. It’s dark, and the snow crackles under their shoes. They have just been to the cinema in Zerbst, a small city deep in the Third Reich, to see Heimkehr, a classic among Nazi propaganda films. Read more

‘Treat Iran like pariah:’ Haley hits Biden team for relentless pursuit of nuclear deal

Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley sharply criticised the Biden administration for its failure to confront the Iranian regime during a special press conference held Wednesday in New York City on the sidelines of the 77th U.N. General Assembly. Read more

Iran’s inspirational protest movement

It’s impossible not be astonished and humbled by the bravery of the Iranian people. Read more

Israel’s choice: independence or appeasement

Caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid and his supporters in the media went berserk Tuesday after Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu spoke out against the gas deal the Biden administration is mediating between Israel and Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon. Read more

On the other hand

Signs of the approaching Holy days are to be seen everywhere. Read more

With call for Palestinian state at UN, Lapid has defined Israel’s upcoming fifth election

With just 29 words, from the stage at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, temporary caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid may have completely changed Israel’s fifth election landscape from the first four election cycles over the past two-and-a-half years. Read more

Honey

As we approach Rosh Hashanah and think of dipping our apples into honey in the hope of a sweet year, it’s a good time to talk about honey. Read more

NSW Shooters Party leader’s father interned in concentration camps

In 2013, NSW Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party leader Robert Borsak MP shocked participants on a NSW Jewish Board of Deputies-supported trip to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem when he told fellow parliamentarians that his late-father Czeslaw “Chester” Borsak was interned in Majdanek and Buchenwald concentration camps. Read more

With call for Palestinian state at UN, Lapid has defined Israel’s upcoming fifth election

With just 29 words, from the stage at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, temporary caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid may have completely changed Israel’s fifth election landscape from the first four election cycles over the past two-and-a-half years. Read more

The real reason for the war against Israel and the West

As soon as it emerged that Israel’s acting Prime Minister Yair Lapid would tell the United Nations General Assembly this week that he supports the establishment of a Palestinian state, he was engulfed by outrage, incredulity and dismay. Read more

Beethoven and Schumann favourites: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

Every so often, Australian international pianist and teacher Sarah Grunstein forsakes New York to visit to her original home, Sydney and gives a recital in the Opera House’s Utzon Room. Read more

Pray for peace – prepare for action

Peace is always at the forefront of our prayers, but at the same time, most of us should have learnt from bitter past experience that being aware of the challenges ahead is a priority. Read more

Jordan-PLO-Hamas-UN-EU coy on Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine

Jordan, Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Hamas, United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) now have to choose between two very different two-state solutions to end the 100 years old Arab-Jewish conflict. Read more

Activist for life and enlightenment: In memory of Halina Strnad (21/04/1930 – 06/09/2022)

Halina Wagowska was born in Poland and grew up in the city of Poznań, in which her loving parents (‘my fount of all wisdom’) had instilled within her a resilience and strength of character that would serve her well in later years…writes Geoff Allshorn. Read more

Rosh Hashanah and two rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Kahn talks to podcaster L’Chaim – To Life, and Kew Hebrew Congregation’s Rabbi Shmueli Feldman takes to YouTube, both with messages for Rosh Hashanah. Read more

Ken Burns puts America under the microscope

Ken Burns can’t recall ever learning about the Holocaust in school. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: George Barron Goodman – the colony’s first professional photographer

George was born on 10 April 1815 in London.  He was the third son of a wealthy Jewish family who lived in  Regents Park. Read more

Burger birthday bash

Sydney’s Burger Centre has celebrated its 31^st birthday celebrating with 80 seniors from across two centres. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…The Incredible ScHmULK snubs Marvellous SABRA Read more

UN must evaluate Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution

The General Debate of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly to be held from 20 to 26 September will not be hearing the words “Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine” mentioned even once by the Heads of State and Government meeting at the UN Headquarters for their annual talkfest to discuss world issues. Read more

What did God really want?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

The momentous task facing King Charles III

For the past week, normal life in Britain has effectively been put on hold as the country has undergone an astonishing catharsis. Read more

America’s Holocaust failure through the lens of 21st-century politics

Every generation views history through the prism of its own experiences and interests. So, it was probably inevitable that when Ken Burns, America’s great documentary filmmaker, took up the story of the Holocaust, it would be told primarily in terms of ideas that resonate with the PBS audience for which it was produced. Read more

When Christians blow the shofar, it’s a wake-up call for Jews

They were blowing the shofar, but it wasn’t Rosh Hashanah…writes Sarah Ogince. Read more

On the other hand

During the Hebrew month of Elul the sounds of the shofar can be heard every morning loud and clear, issuing forth from minyanim up and down the country. Read more

Jack Ritch: A quiet achiever and unsung hero

Jack Howard Ritch was born during World War II in Glasgow on 11th December 1941, the first child of Doris and Eddie Ritch. Read more

A Jewish Girl in Paris: a book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

It is now over 75 years since the end of the Shoah and World War II. One wonders how many more novels have yet to emerge. This is one of the better ones. Read more

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