‘I’m a Jew-hater’ low-life nets light sentence amid recent antisemitic spree

November 5, 2025 by  

As Devora Halberstam’s family in New York was once again plagued by Jew-haters, more than 30 years after her 16-year-old son was murdered…

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From Australia’s Jewish Past

November 4, 2025 by  

Moses Isidore Goodman AM – pianist, composer and conductor Read more

Feintooner

November 3, 2025 by  

This week’s cartoon: Feeding the Mamdani Menagerie Read more

UN, UNRWA, Jordan & Egypt complicit in Gaza civilian casualties

November 3, 2025 by  

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 – Francesca Albanese – has been roundly condemned by Italy following the release of her Report on October 25: Gaza Genocide: a collective crime. Read more

Hair

November 3, 2025 by  

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

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‘We saw the truth with our own eyes’

November 2, 2025 by  

Zaziwe and Zamaswazi (Swazi) Dlamini-Manaway, the granddaughters of South Africa’s legendary leader, Nelson Mandela, said that while their visit to Israel and Gaza in September had been strictly humanitarian, it was also “life-changing.” Read more

New York holds its breath

October 31, 2025 by  

With the Islamist Zohran Mamdani poised to be elected mayor of New York City next week, many have been scratching their heads over how any Jew could be voting for him. Read more

Incurable idiocy

October 31, 2025 by  

Like a terminal illness, the genie of Jew and Israel hate cannot be put back in the bottle. Read more

A thought

October 31, 2025 by  

What is Wrong with Us? Read more

Hallelujah!  Monsieur Camembert and guests bring Leonard Cohen memories to Sydney

October 30, 2025 by  

Monsieur Camembert, the three-time ARIA Award-winning ensemble, will cap off a national sell-out tour when their acclaimed Leonard Cohen tribute, Cohen Noir, hits the State Theatre on Saturday, November 8.

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Shabbat Lech Lecha

October 30, 2025 by  

The Wandering Jew
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When you stand with an antisemite . . .

October 30, 2025 by  

Menachem Rosensaft’s third essay focusing on Zohran Mamdani, tipped to be elected mayor of New York next week. Read more

In praise of ringing out danger

October 29, 2025 by  

I have previously commended the courageous stance of those U.S. rabbis who are opposing the candidacy of the rabidly anti-Zionist Zorhan Mamdani for mayor of New York City.

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Music, poetry and stars align in “Custodians of the Sky”

October 29, 2025 by  

Woollahra will be bathed in celestial splendour this November when Emanuel Synagogue hosts the Australian premiere of “Custodians of the Sky”, a landmark contemporary work by Australian composer Luke Styles. Read more

Not an ordinary requiem

October 28, 2025 by  

A music review by Shirley Politzer Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

October 28, 2025 by  

Stephanie Deste – actor, dancer, radio broadcaster and beautician – Part 2 Read more

Broken Windows and Antisemitism

October 27, 2025 by  

Businessman and former trade union leader, Dr  Michael Easson, spoke yesterday at the Australians Against Antisemitism Rally at Martin Place in Sydney. Read more

Trump ban on Israel annexing part of West Bank is not forever

October 27, 2025 by  

President Trump’s strident warning to Israel not to annex Judea and Samaria (West Bank) appears to presently apply to all of that territory, but not preclude Israel eventually annexing part of that territory after Trump’s 20-point peace plan for reconstructing Gaza has begun to be implemented. Read more

Women, Pogroms, Love

October 27, 2025 by  

A Sydney exhibition by award-winning artist Wendy Lessick Bookatz. Read more

Feintooner

October 27, 2025 by  

This week’s cartoon: Hamasniks on Holiday  Read more

James Blunt: ‘Back to Bedlam’ 20th Anniversary Tour

October 27, 2025 by  

A music review by Alex First Read more

Here You Come Again

October 24, 2025 by  

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

The Letters of Frank Loesser

October 24, 2025 by  

Broadway’s golden age and Frank Loesser        Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more

Mish Mash

October 24, 2025 by  

“A disorganized and confused mixture of different things, often suggesting a lack of planning or cohesion.”   This definition seems to describe the current chaotic situation. Read more

The threat posed by Zohan Mamdani

October 24, 2025 by  

By publicly and forcefully denouncing Zohran Mamdani as “a danger to the security of New York’s Jewish community,” Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of New York City’s Park Avenue Synagogue has demonstrated yet again why he is one of the most important and most influential Jewish leaders on the American scene. Read more

Galloping Islamization in Britain and America

In Britain and the United States, there are signs that creeping Islamization has now accelerated to a gallop. Read more

What would a Mayor Mamdani mean for American Jews?

October 24, 2025 by  

The most famous former resident of New York City summed up the state of the mayor’s race succinctly. In the words of President Donald Trump, it’s “not looking too good” for either man trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from being elected mayor on Nov. 4. Read more

A time to say thank you

October 23, 2025 by  

Walking down 3rd Avenue and 85th Street during a recent visit to New York, I was approached by a young, professionally-dressed woman who recognised me from news interviews. Read more

Stepping into the future of the Sydney Jewish Museum

October 23, 2025 by  

Visitors to the Sydney Jewish Museum were recently invited to step into the future. Read more

Anti-Israel demonstrators want to erase Jewish existence, including its music

October 21, 2025 by  

Israel-haters had been advocating for a ceasefire in Gaza ever since the Hamas-led mobs of Palestinians completed their orgy of mass murder, rape, torture, kidnapping and wanton destruction on Oct. 7, 2023. Read more

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