Changing of the guard

In the words of A.A. Milne, “they are changing the guards at Buckingham Palace.” Read more

Abbas once again set to demonize Israel as he pushes Palestinian propaganda at the UN

The 77th session of the UN General Assembly opens this week. It is expected that the Palestinian Authority’s President Mahmoud Abbas will once again force the Palestinian question to the forefront of the international agenda. Read more

L’Chaim to Life: Jeff Schneider – an update on Jews in Tasmania

PODCAST: Morry Frenkel speaks with Jeff Schneider, President of the Hobart Synagogue, the oldest Australian shule still in use. Read more

How do we shape our future and what should or can that look like?

We are in a period of reflection during this month of Elul, and with the reminder from the daily blowing of the shofar, that we are approaching the Jewish New Year and the Ten Days of Awe. Read more

A week of sadness, celebration and continuity

The sidra of Ki Tavo contains the following verse, which in many ways encapsulates the life of Queen Elizabeth II. Read more

Shabbat Ki Tavo: Rewards and punishment

The Torah this week contains blessings and warnings. Read more

In sickness and in health, Israel’s medical technology companies are here for you

The entrepreneurial ecosystem in Israel creates opportunities for start-ups to become advanced, commercially viable, and promising businesses. Read more

The Phantom of the Opera: a review by Victor Grynberg

A season virtually sold out before opening night was a definite indication that the local audience was expecting something special from the first Sydney Opera House staging of this mega-hit. Read more

Tehran’s accelerating march to a nuclear weapons arsenal

Since the start of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the West, Tehran has managed to create an impression that it has kept to the terms of the various agreements reached and that it was the West, and above all, the United States, which violated them. There were two purposes to pursuing this diplomatic strategy. Read more

Do religious Jews have a right to reject basic secular education?

After more than a century of biased reporting about Israel, contempt for Zionism, and a lack of interest in reporting about anti-Semitism, readers are right to regard any coverage of the Jewish community by The New York Times with scepticism, if not justified suspicion, of ill intentions. Read more

From Australia’s past: James Larra  – from convict to a most colourful personality

James Larra was born in 1749 in London.  His correct family name was Lara, and he was a descendant of a prominent Spanish-Jewish family. Read more

King Charles III

Carmel College was a Jewish Public School my late father had founded in England in 1948. I had the honour to be its headmaster and then Principal from 1971 -1984. Read more

The unlearned lessons of 9/11

Sunday marked the twenty-first anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Mad Maths: Simple as 1, 2, E3 Read more

Biden & Blinken silent on Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine

In the Arab-Israel conflict, where every word is dissected and analysed to see whether there could be any change of policy – the use of the words “a two-state solution” instead of “the President’s two-state solution” could well signal President Biden’s abandonment of his own two-state solution – Israel and Palestine – in favour of a Saudi two-state solution – Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine. Read more

On the other hand

We are counting down to Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. Read more

Queen Elizabeth’s relationship with Holocaust survivors and the State of Israel

Jews around the world are reflecting on the consequential 70-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II following her death on Thursday and what she meant for the Jewish community. Read more

The queen is dead; long live the king?

That Queen Elizabeth II was both Britain’s longest-serving and the oldest monarch is a testament to the period of history in which she lived and upon which she left an indelible mark. Read more

Tearing up the rules of engagement between Israel and America

A key strategy of Israel’s push-me-pull-you prime ministers, Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, has been to refrain from publicly criticising America’s policies in the Middle East. Read more

A century and a quarter later

Basel in Switzerland was the venue for a recent 125-year anniversary reunion commemorating the first Zionist Congress. Read more

Jewish comedy at Sydney Fringe

British-born Jewish comedian Robyn Reynolds is sweet, layered, and DELICIOUSLY FUNNY. To get to kniw her is a piece of cake. Read more

Abu Akleh and Biden’s pro-Iran realignment

For four months, no one could explain the Biden administration’s seeming obsession with forcing Israel to accept responsibility for the death of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11. Read more

US ambassador: Two-state solution needed to ensure Israel remains a Jewish and democratic country

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides on Wednesday said it is his guiding principle to advance a two-state solution with the Palestinians because failure to do so is making it difficult to ensure his “North Star” of “maintaining Israel as both a Jewish and democratic state.” Read more

L’Chaim – To Life: Showcasing Israel to innovative thinkers and influential decision makers

Maurice Klein speaks with Michelle Blum, CEO of the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICC) Australia’s pre-eminent international Chamber of Commerce. Read more

B’nai B’rith international head in Australia

Ahead of B’nai B’rith Australia and New Zealand  Convention in Melbourne. International President Seth Riklin arrived yesterday in Sydney. Read more

Monty favourite performing in Sydney Fringe

Performer Philip de Villiers is a long-standing favourite at Sydney’s Montefiore care homes. Read more

New scholarships offered to Jewish women by JOFA

JOFA Australia, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, seeks to expand the spiritual, ritual and intellectual opportunities for women within the framework of halakha (Jewish law), by advocating meaningful participation for women in family life, synagogues, houses of learning and Jewish communal organisations to the fullest extent possible. Read more

Come From Away: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

I have seen it three times now, and on each occasion, I exit the theatre in awe of what I have just witnessed. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Nathan Cohen – continuing the story of the Cohen Family in Tamworth

Nathan, Henry and George’s youngest brother, was born in 1842 in Port Macquarie and educated in Goulburn together with his brothers. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Crazy Hate and Crazier Love Read more

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