The Picture of Dorian Gray: a theatre review by Alex First

The Picture of Dorian Gray at Melbourne’s Arts Centre is an extraordinary triumph of talent and theatricality. Read more

Strategic analyst warns of Israel’s increasingly acute security challenges

Brigadier General (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, Senior Project Manager at the Jerusalem Centre for Public Affairs and former Director-General of Israel’s Ministry of International Affairs and Strategy, addressed a recent Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) webinar. Read more

Shabbat Naso: Alienation and Reconciliation

This week’s reading consists of seemingly disparate themes but really, they all connect in a parable of alienation and reconciliation. Read more

Tel Aviv University professor to talk to Australians on planned new cancer drug

Internationally venerated Professor Dan Peer of Tel Aviv University has led ground-breaking research in the targeted delivery of therapeutic RNAs, is pioneering the way for a nanodrug that attacks cancer twice with no harm caused to healthy cells

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Sydney Jewish Writers Festival

This year’s Sydney Jewish Writers Festival will be held at the Double Bay Library and will celebrate works of Jewish fiction and nonfiction by Australian authors. Read more

Ehud Yaari: Israel’s government“paralysed”, but Abraham Accords expansion likely soon

Israel’s leading commentator and regional analyst Ehud Yaari briefed AIJAC supporters in Melbourne last week on some of the top issues currently facing Israel and the Middle East. Read more

Study of hate incidents reveals the situation

A further comprehensive study has revealed a clearer picture of the state of reported hate incidents in Australia from 2014 to 2021. Read more

Free gala concert St Kilda Town Hall to celebrate Sputnik’s 25th +2 years on air anniversary

The gala featuring classical and popular works by Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Ysaÿe and others will be performed by an outstanding lineup of musicians and singers, nearly all from the former Soviet Union. Read more

Women authors outnumbering the men in Israel

The National Library of Israel has presented its annual report on the Israeli publishing industry for the year 2021, which points to a resurgence in the Israeli book market, and indicates that for the first time, female authors published more books of Hebrew prose and poetry than their male counterparts. Read more

On the other hand

What riles and upsets Israel denigrators the most? Read more

‘Tehran’ pumps up the adrenaline for a show worth watching

Being a Mossad operative in Iran isn’t a job for the faint of heart. Viewers get a sense of such intensity watching “Tehran” on Apple TV+, a show that will keep them on the edge of their seats. Read more

How can I believe in God when there is so much suffering?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

‘Abbas- dead or alive, no one cares’: Battle to inherit Mahmoud Abbas in Fatah escalating

At the end of the week, the media and journalists reported that some of the governmental powers were transferred from Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority chairman, to Hussein a-Sheikh, the PA Minister of Civil Affairs and Abbas’ recent controversial promotion to a member of the PLO Executive Committee, who became one of the leaders in the expected succession battle. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Lionel Samson – Lionel Samson & Son – WA’s oldest continuing family business

Lionel was born in 1799 in England and was the son of Michael Samson, supposedly a member of one of the old established and wealthy families of English Jewry.   Read more

Henry Greener talks with Jack Aghion on the Reconciliation

Jack Aghion, Vice President of B’nai B’rith Victoria, is leading their Reconciliation Project, an initiative to help our First Nations People achieve their aim to adopt the Uluru Statement from the Heart through a Referendum, as well as supporting their attempts for greater recognition and equality. Read more

Biden administration won’t stop appeasing the Palestinians

The Biden administration’s obsession with boosting the Palestinian cause at the expense of Israel continues apace.
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Another Jew is murdered in France

The ugly truth about France is that Jewish people are not safe from anti-Semitic attacks even in their own homes. This has been proved time and again in the last few years, most recently in the city of Lyon. Read more

Shavuot during the British Mandate

In preparation for the Shavuot celebration, the Keren Kayemet LeIsrael – Jewish National Fund has published unique photographs of the first Shavuot celebrations throughout the Land of Israel, during the British Mandate and in the early years of Israel. Read more

Shavuot

You might think there is little left original to write about the Festival of Shavuot that we are about to celebrate. Read more

Flunked – grade F for failure

If we were in the business of handing out grades for effort and results there would have been a flurry of failures this past week. Read more

Reconciliation Week

This week we are celebrating Reconciliation Week. It is a week dedicated to understanding what reconciliation is and what can be done to tackle the unfinished business of reconciling Australians with Aboriginal Australians.   Read more

Podcast: Patterson of Israel

Morry Frenkel speaks with Dr Henry R. Lew, author of the fascinating book, Patterson of Israel, which describes the life of John Henry Patterson, an Irish Protestant, who commanded Jewish soldiers at Gallipoli during World War I. Read more

JewishCare J-Jobs program funded by JCA The Choice Foundation partners with Montefiore

In a true win for community collaboration, the J-Jobs Program through JewishCare NSW, that facilitates customised employment for young adults in our community with intellectual disability has candidate Michael Karseboom start his job as a kitchen hand at Montefiore in Randwick. Read more

Shabbat BaMidbar: Words and Silence

We start a new book of the Torah this week, Bamidbar. Which in non-Jewish terminology is the Book of Numbers probably because it starts with a census. But in Hebrew, it is In the Desert! Read more

The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies takes minister on tour

Recently elected NSW Multiculturalism Minister Mark Coure has paid his first visit to Our Big Kitchen and Yeshiva College in Bondi, and Emanuel Synagogue and Emanuel Woollahra Preschool in Woollahra. Read more

Some familiar, some  unfamiliar: Music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

They were presented in equal quantities at last night’s concert. Read more

He who giveth salvation unto kings

Sydney’s Central Synagogue’s Associate Rabbi David Freedman and his wife Ruth were born in London and emigrated to Sydney in 1988. He has written the following article on the occasion of Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee. Read more

‘Kidnapped Gaza’: silent protest against Hamas’ rule in Gaza simmering beneath the surface

A series of recent events in the Gaza Strip have rekindled protests against Hamas’ rule, but for now, protests are limited to the social networks. Read more

30th anniversary for Courage to Care Victoria

B’nai B’rith Courage to Care Victoria has celebrated its 30^th anniversary with an Extensive Exhibition hosted by the Ark Centre in Hawthorn. Read more

30 scholarships on offer to Jewish women by The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Australia

After successfully launching in Melbourne in May 2021, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Australia is offering its third scholarship program in 12 months dedicated to increasing the skills of women in the Orthodox Jewish community. Read more

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