On the othern hand
April 25, 2022 by Michael Kuttner
With a week of Chol Hamoed (intermediate days) Pesach, Israelis took the opportunity to visit nature reserves and picnic with family and friends. Read more
Josh Burns talks with Henry Greener
April 25, 2022 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Josh Burns MP, Federal Labor Member for Macnamara. discusses politics in terms of the forthcoming Federal Elections,= with Henry Greener and shares his opinions on particular topics and issues of concern. Read more
Why do we count the omer?
April 25, 2022 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
San Remo Conference: Catalyst for Jewish and Arab independence
April 24, 2022 by David Singer
The San Remo Conference held on 24 / 25 April 1920 marked the beginning of self-determination for both the Jewish People after 3000 years of dispersion and the Arabs after 400 years of Ottoman rule. Read more
Henry Greener chats with Zeddy Lawrence
April 24, 2022 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Zeddy Lawrence is now executive director at Zionism Victoria (ZV), after 12 years as national editor of The Australian Jewish News. Read more
Friday morning with Richard, Wolfgang, Carl and Felix
April 24, 2022 by Fraser Beath McEwing
A music review by Fraser Beath McEwing Read more
Stories from my Father: the liberating army
The war crimes that Russian President Vladimir Putin, his generals and his army are committing against Ukrainians —openly and shamelessly raping, torturing and murdering civilians, leaving cities and towns in rubble — are shocking, but to some Holocaust survivors and their descendants, these events provoke traumatic memories…writes Janine Winkler. Read more
Podcast: David Schulberg busts another myth perpetrated by Adam Bandt
April 21, 2022 by Features Desk
David talks about Adam Bandt’s speech to Parliament on “International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People” on November 29, 2021. Read more
Preordained script
April 21, 2022 by Michael Kuttner
Quote: “The future is an unknown but a somewhat predictable unknown. To look to the future, we must first look back upon the past. That is where the seeds of the future were planted.” (Albert Einstein) Read more
Podcast: Danny Hakim – from ‘Budo For Peace’ to ‘sports for social change coalition’
April 20, 2022 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein chats with Aussie ex-pat Danny Hakim, who is actively involved in the field of Peace and Sport in the Middle East, being the founder and Chairman of Budo for Peace which he founded in 2004, and is the translation of his vision to create a society in which socially constructed rivals can conquer their cultural, social and political differences through the universal language of sport. Read more
The Northman: a movie review by Alex First
April 20, 2022 by Alex First
Viking mythology gets a workout in Robert Eggers’ The Northman. Eggers is co-writer with Sjon (Lamb) and directs the bloodthirsty piece. Read more
“I’d like to walk where they walked”
April 20, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Holocaust survivor and sculptor Andrew Steiner had been providing education about the Holocaust to students for the past 40 years. Read more
Obfuscating the particularity of Passover
April 20, 2022 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
In an op-ed in The Jerusalem Post on Friday, Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai described visiting the Poland-Ukraine border, where he witnessed a “never-ending stream of refugees fleeing the savage war that has torn apart their lives.” Read more
Anti-Jewish incidents in Australia up 35% in 2021
April 20, 2022 by Julie Nathan
George Stein: 1927 – 2022
April 19, 2022 by Features Desk
Dad was born on the 1/2/1927 to Mikosh (Mikhael) Stein. He passed away yesterday. Read more
From Australia’s past: Moritz Michaelis – a true mensch in every sense of the word
April 19, 2022 by Features Desk
Moritz was born on 8 November 1820 at Lügde Hanover Germany. His father was a learned and enthusiastic Talmud scholar. Read more
On the other hand
April 18, 2022 by Michael Kuttner
This is the thirtieth year that we will be celebrating Pesach in the Promised Land. Read more
Jordan and Israel need to act to end Jew-hatred in Jerusalem
April 18, 2022 by David Singer
Jordan’s failure to promote interfaith relations between Muslims and Jews has once again witnessed rioting on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Read more
On frontlines and borderlines: JDC The Joint races to assist refugee situation in Eastern Europe
April 15, 2022 by Heather Robinson
A small family from Kyiv seeking to leave Ukraine early after the fighting broke out contacted the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, commonly known as the JDC or the Joint, for help. Read more
Freedom isn’t possible without a nation
April 15, 2022 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
It’s the most popular Jewish holiday of the year. Though the fastest-growing and perhaps soon to be the largest sector of American Jewry is the one demographers call “Jews of no religion,” Passover is still the one holiday that is widely observed. Read more
Real freedom
April 15, 2022 by Jeremy Rosen
America is obsessed with slavery and its ramifications and rightly so. But it is less concerned with the idea of freedom and what that means. Read more
Passover road map
April 15, 2022 by Michael Kuttner
It may in the end have taken forty years to get here but the road map couldn’t have been clearer. Read more
The weakest link
April 14, 2022 by Ron Weiser
It turns out that the weakest link in Prime Minister Naphtali Bennett’s eight party coalition government is Naphtali Bennett. Read more
Don’t let the Seder be a bore
April 14, 2022 by Jeremy Rosen
The text of the Hagadah that we use today, goes back a thousand years although its origins are Mishnaic, two thousand years ago. Read more
Happening: a movie review by Alex First
April 13, 2022 by Alex First
Happening 90 mins: France in 1963 was a place where abortion was a dirty word. In short, it was illegal. Read more
Fear terrorism, not the Israelis defending against it
April 13, 2022 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
At a Tel Aviv café on Monday morning, I overheard a couple talking about the terrorist surge responsible for the fact that the normally packed establishment was as relatively empty as the adjacent Carmel Market. Read more
What is ‘Plan B’ for Israel or America if Iran nuclear deal goes unsigned?
April 13, 2022 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz made it clear on Monday that if world powers do not reach an agreement with Iran, Israel will be forced to activate “Plan B” immediately. Read more
Rabbi Shua Smukler talks about Aliyah
Ha’Aliyah and the new Olim to Israel was celebrated in Israel…a time to talk with Sydney’s Rabbi Shua Smukler as he and his family prepare for Aliyah…writes Michael Manhaim. Read more
St Kilda Shule celebrates its 150th anniversary
April 11, 2022 by Community newsdesk
More than 300 guests joined in the celebrations as Melbourne’s St Kilda Shule celebrates its 150th anniversary. Read more
Making a kosher shop kosher!
April 11, 2022 by Community newsdesk
