Selective outrage and moral blindness: response to FIANZ’s press release on Gaza
June 4, 2025 by Greg Bouwer
The Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) recently issued a press release condemning Israel in the strongest terms, accusing it of “genocide” and demanding that the New Zealand Government sever diplomatic ties. Read more
Aussie firefighter trains Israelis to combat forest fires
June 4, 2025 by JNS
Timothy Wainwright, an Australian volunteer firefighter, has conducted seven training missions in Israel since 2019, teaching civilian communities along Israel’s border regions how to effectively fight wildfires with limited resources. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past
June 3, 2025 by Ruth Lilian
Miriam (Mina) Fink MBE – Australian social activist and community stalwart Read more
On the other hand
June 1, 2025 by Michael Kuttner
Israelis celebrating Shavuot prove that this is indeed the Land of Milk and Honey. Read more
Why do we eat cheesecake on Shavuot?
June 1, 2025 by Jeremy Rosen
The festival of Shavuot (AKA Pentecost), which falls on Monday and Tuesday for the Diaspora, marks the 49 days or seven weeks from Passover. Read more
Diaspora Jews under siege
May 30, 2025 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Travelling in America over the past three weeks to speak about my new book, I found a Jewish community in shock, bewilderment, and, after the murderous attack last week on a young couple outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., gripped by rising fear. Read more
D.C. couple gunned down amid climate of incitement
May 30, 2025 by Bruce S. Ticker
Hyperbolic Hypocrisy
May 30, 2025 by Michael Kuttner
Israel has been targeted by an unprecedented barrage of hypocritical claims and denunciations. Read more
Shabbat BaMidbar
May 29, 2025 by Jeremy Rosen
The Bible is the most amazing of documents on so many different levels. Read more
Not Nothing
May 28, 2025 by Anne Sarzin
Holocaust story prompts intergenerational dialogue. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past: Leo Fink
Leo Fink (1901-1972), manufacturer and Jewish welfare worker, was born on 31 October 1901 at Bialystok, Poland, then part of the Russian Empire, eldest son of Mordechai Fink, manufacturer, and his wife Masia, née Jablonska. Read more
Feintooner
May 26, 2025 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Words and Deeds Read more
Article 80 UN Charter affirms Jewish rule from River to the Sea
May 26, 2025 by David Singer
The United Nations (UN) continues to act illegally in flagrant breach of article 80 of its own Charter. Read more
Douglas Murray: Israel can’t afford to leave Hamas in Gaza
May 25, 2025 by Canaan Lidor - JNS
Despite mounting international pressure and war costs, Israel cannot afford to end it war “with Hamas in power in any form,” British public intellectual Douglas Murray told JNS last week. Read more
On the other hand
May 25, 2025 by Michael Kuttner
The number of Jewish foreign residents who are buying a “bolt hole” in Israel is increasing at a spectacular rate. Read more
Jerusalem Day
May 23, 2025 by Jeremy Rosen
This morning, I overheard a conversation in the gym in which someone was declaring, in reference to the murders of the two Jews in Washington, that there are crazy people everywhere and murders happen. Read more
Predictability
May 23, 2025 by Michael Kuttner
There are some things in life so predictable and invariable that when they occur, there should be no sense of surprise. Read more
Melting Point
May 23, 2025 by Anne Sarzin
Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin
A Jewish family story and the search for a Jewish homeland
L’Chaim – To Life: George Foster
May 23, 2025 by Features Desk
Celebrating survival and resilience Read more
The Birds
May 23, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Rossini in Paris
May 23, 2025 by Shirley Politzer
A music review by Shirley Politzer Read more
Beetlejuice the Musical
May 22, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne musical reviewed by Alex First Read more
L’Chaim to Life: Julie Nathan
May 22, 2025 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Julie Nathan, Research Director at the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ). Read more
Shabbat Behar & Bechukotai
May 22, 2025 by Jeremy Rosen
Nice Work If You Can Get It
May 20, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne musical reviewed by Alex First Read more
Academic freedom for some
May 20, 2025 by Greg Bouwer
How New Zealand universities marginalise pro-Israel voices. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past
May 20, 2025 by Ruth Lilian
Sarah Saqui – great-aunt to May Saqui, and a most interesting lady Read more
Feintooner
May 19, 2025 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: The Ups and Downs of Parallel Pursuits Read more
Humans 2.0
May 19, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne Circa performance reviewed by Alex First Read more
United Nations readies to increase Jew-hatred worldwide
May 19, 2025 by David Singer
A scheduled United Nations high-level conference to take place on June 17-20, 2025, in New York will be the trigger point for increased demonstrations against Jews and Israel worldwide. Read more
