How as Purim saved?
March 14, 2022 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
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Never Again
Watching a mother carry her three-year-old child in her arms, fleeing their home to seek shelter from the unbearable rocket onslaught on their Ukrainian city, brought on by the Russian armed forces at the order of their president Vladimir Putin, brings tears to my eyes…writes Eddy Boas. Read more
Natan Sharansky on Vladimir Putin: He will go as far as the world lets him
March 13, 2022 by Dmitriy Shapiro
Famed Jewish dissident, human-rights activist and former Knesset member Natan Sharansky provided his opinion on the situation in Ukraine on Tuesday, analyzing what could be Russian President Vladimir Putin’s motivations for the invasion into Ukraine, as well as the moral obligation Israel and the West have to support Ukraine. Read more
French politicians call time on anti-Zionist provocation
March 13, 2022 by Ben Cohen
Palestine solidarity activists have found themselves a new hate figure in the person of Gérald Darmanin, the interior minister of France. Read more
Ukraine war: Israeli femtech to help save the lives of mums and babies
March 13, 2022 by Maayan Hoffman
An estimated 80,000 Ukrainian women will give birth in the next three months without access to critical maternal care as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Read more
Spotlight on climate change
March 13, 2022 by Community Editor
THE Jewish response to climate change will be the theme of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBD) March plenum on Tuesday. Read more
Diplomatic insights into Ukraine from former Israeli ambassador to Australia Yuval Rotem
March 13, 2022 by Features Desk
To examine the topic “2022 – Year of difficulty or opportunity for Israel?”, the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council’s Live Online webinar series featured Ambassador Yuval Rotem, Israel’s former Ambassador to Australia and former Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Read more
On the other hand
March 13, 2022 by Michael Kuttner
This year Purim is being celebrated in the shadow of death and destruction on the continent of Europe not seen since the dark days of the Second World War. Read more
La Juive: an opera review by Murray Dahm
March 11, 2022 by Murray Dahm
Fromental Halévy’s La Juive is often considered a tenor’s opera. Read more
Did it really happen?
March 11, 2022 by Jeremy Rosen
The Book of Esther is a great story, of incompetent government, attempted genocide, personal intrigue, salvation, and celebration. Read more
A Gantze Megillah
March 11, 2022 by Michael Kuttner
This well known Yiddish expression, usually used as a wry comment, basically means a “complicated and involved situation or state of affairs without end.” Read more
Australian Russian Jews feel the heat
March 10, 2022 by Features Desk
Melbourne’s Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann received many calls from distressed Russian Jewish community members living in Australia reporting unpleasant incidents of abuse due to the situation in Ukraine. Read more
Shabbat Vayikra: Ethical Leadership
March 10, 2022 by Jeremy Rosen
The Book of Exodus that we have just completed, provided us with two examples of leadership. Read more
Murray Dahm talks to “La Juive”
March 9, 2022 by Murray Dahm
I spoke with soprano Natalie Aroyan on the morning of the first rehearsal on the set of Fromental Halévy’s 1835 opera La Juive, the first day of production week. Read more
Rescue flight brings 100 Jewish children from Zhitomir, Ukraine, to safety in Israel
March 9, 2022 by David Isaac
They fled a war zone with little more than the clothes on their backs. Less than two weeks later, they were greeted on the tarmac by the prime minister of Israel. Read more
Russian war on Ukraine places Israel in delicate position
March 8, 2022 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
Israel could expect to see the arrival of a total of 15,000 Ukrainians by the end of the month if it continues to allow entry to refugees fleeing their war-torn country at the current pace, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked told the Cabinet during its weekly Sunday meeting. Read more
La Juive opens tomorrow
March 8, 2022 by J-Wire
The French opera La Juive about a Jewish woman and a Christian man opens at the Sydney Opera House tomorrow evening. Murray Dahm talks to its director Constantine Costi. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Roy Levy – a cricket and baseball legend
March 8, 2022 by Features Desk
Roy was born in 1906 in Sydney, and his sporting interests were cricket and baseball. Read more
How Ukraine affects the Middle East
March 7, 2022 by Features Desk
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council’s first webinar this year was very topical – “Russia vs Ukraine: Implications for the Middle East”. Read more
Bennett’s mission to Moscow could help Ukraine. But can he stop a new Iran deal?
March 7, 2022 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
After more than a week of being criticized for his lack of outrage about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett sought to reverse the script by undertaking a mission of peace that no one else seemed able to attempt. Read more
Is it kosher to enter a church or a mosque?
March 7, 2022 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
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UNGA action must now replace divisive Russia-Ukraine talkfest
March 7, 2022 by David Singer
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has given credence to the oft-used statement that “Truth is always the first casualty of war”. Read more
Feintooner
March 7, 2022 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Playing 3-Dementia-nal Chess. Read more
The delegitimization campaigns targeting Israel and Ukraine
March 6, 2022 by Ben Cohen
Attempting to refute the spreading claim that Russian soldiers wounded in Ukraine were receiving only $100 in compensation (the official line is that they receive $28,000), Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t miss the opportunity to return to his latest favourite theme. Read more
Ukrainian refugees, Jewish groups among them, pour across Moldovan border
March 6, 2022 by David Isaac
PALANCA, MOLDOVA – The lead-grey skies suited the grim events on the ground as thousands of Ukrainian refugees streamed across Palanca, a sleepy border outpost in Moldova, as Russian forces stepped up attacks in southern Ukraine on Thursday. Read more
How many Jews may be caught up in the conflict in the Ukraine?
March 6, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Dr Jonathan Boyd, Executive Director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, has gathered some data on the numbers of Jews in Russia and Ukraine. Read more
On the other hand
March 6, 2022 by Michael Kuttner
The first blossoms are appearing on the trees and early signs of spring are evident. Read more
Kathy Sharp takes the chair
March 6, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Courage to Care (NSW) has announced that Kathy Sharp has become its new Chairperson. Read more
Memorable scenes debunk Holocaust denial in Sydney filmmakers’ global feature film
March 6, 2022 by Features Desk
For Sydney-based producer and actor Gil Ben-Moshe, the scenes are memorable because they contrast vividly with the film’s main themes and they tackle the ugly phenomenon of Holocaust denial head-on.
For the Jews, history repeats itself in Ukraine
March 4, 2022 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
The onslaught against Ukraine by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is a horrific tragedy for all Ukrainians as well as a crisis for Europe and the west in general. Nevertheless, for the Jewish people, it has special and deeply troubling resonance. Read more
