Trump-Netanyahu legacy eclipses rancour over phone call to Biden

Former US President Trump’s unforgiving anger with former Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu over Netanyahu’s congratulatory call to President Biden following Biden’s election win in November 2020 – must not be allowed to detract from or bury Trump’s self-styled Deal of The Century (“Vision”) released on 28 January 2020. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon.  The Day after Tomorrow Read more

On the other hand

This week demonstrated one of the main differences between Israel and the Mullah regime in Iran. Read more

Complex interplay of French patriotism and Jewish identity behind Éric Zemmour’s presidential run

Many nicknames and adjectives have been thrown around to describe the new talk of the French town, Éric Zemmour, the French journalist turned presidential candidate: brilliant, knowledgeable, extremist, racist, far-right, provocateur, and, perhaps the most catchy: the “French Trump.” Read more

Why the double standard on West Bank violence?

To the casual observer of news from the Middle East, it would appear that the biggest story coming out of Israel lately is what some outlets are describing as a surge in settler violence against Palestinians. Read more

2021: Past, present and future

Looking back at 2021 in the hope of having something sensible to say about the past year, I found myself musing on a perennial question. Read more

Former Mossad director: China ‘the only country’ that can bring about agreement in Vienna

Former director of the Mossad Efraim Halevy said on Tuesday that “the only player who can be effective and bring about progress in the Vienna debates is the only player we do not hear his position on the Iranian issue, and that is China.” Read more

Jewish Care Victoria celebrates the leaders of tomorrow

Two bespoke and highly sought-after programs best exemplify Jewish Care’s passion for and investment in our community of tomorrow. Read more

Tainted Money

An Oxford University Professor, Lawrence Goldman, together with Sir Lloyd Dorfman and other influential alumni, have suggested the British government should intervene because they believe that Oxford University has lost its moral compass in accepting money from tainted sources. Read more

Trump and Netanyahu: Allies no longer?

For both fans and foes of America’s former President Donald Trump and Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the two leaders appeared to share certain features. Read more

Give them a medal

Medals are usually awarded to individuals or groups for outstanding achievements and for making a positive impact on society in general. Read more

Shabbat Vayehi: Predictions

The twelve tribes have now come to live in Egypt under Josef’s protection. Read more

10 things you didn’t know about this year’s ‘Miss Universe’ pageant

When it comes to the Miss Universe pageant, most people firmly belong in one of two categories: those who consider it to be a global celebration of women and beauty, and others who find it an old-fashioned, patriarchal event that belongs deep in the past.
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From Australia’s Jewish Past: John (Jack) Moses – a poet and story teller

Jack was born on 26 January 1861 in George Street Sydney, the grandson of John Moses who arrived in Hobart as a Jewish convict to serve a seven-year sentence. Read more

Let’s NOT talk about Corona

Imagine weekly conversations, with a broad range of fascinating speakers, attended by hundreds of people where only one topic is off-limits – the global pandemic. Read more

UN action on Trump Peace Plan can deter Iran-Israel conflict

The United Nations Security Council needs to urgently adopt former US President Donald Trump’s 2020 Peace Plan to end the Jewish-Arab conflict and call on Israel, Jordan and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) to commence negotiations under Trump’s Plan to deter conflict between Iran and Israel. Read more

On the other hand

Chanukah may have finished for another year but miracles still abound in the Land which witnessed them at the time of the Maccabees. Read more

The Covered Wife: a book review by Jeffrey Cohen

Over the past year or so there seems to have been a fascination in one way or another with Orthodox Judaism. Read more

Courage to Care volunteers win community award

Kathy Sharp and Vicki Israel have received The Kingsford Smith Community Service Award from Matt Thistlethwaite MP, Federal Member for Kingsford Smith. Read more

The generals’ belated awakening

Something is changing in the assessment of the Iranian nuclear threat among Israel’s military brass. Read more

Damon Galgut on zoom with the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival

Acclaimed South African playwright and novelist, Damon Galgut, will be on Zoom in conversation with Joanne Fedler on Thursday. Read more

Double-edged antisemitism

The Oct. 9, 1982 Palestinian terrorist attack on the Great Synagogue of Rome, in which two-year-old Stefano Gaj Tachè was killed, and the blood of 37 others who were wounded flowed on the stones of the building that should have been the safest refuge for Jews in the Italian capital, was a double slap in the face—not only by the murderers but by those who didn’t lift a finger to defend their victims. Read more

Why do I have to wash my already clean hands before eating bread?

Asks the rabbi. Read more

The case for King David

All major Biblical personalities are described as being imperfect beings. Read more

Double standard of antisemitism and Islamophobia

One of the most obvious characteristics of antisemitism is the double standards it perpetrates, through which Jews are singled out for harmful assumptions and treatment directed against no other people in the world. Read more

Who is Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s new foreign minister?

Annalena Baerbock’s career as the first female foreign minister in Germany was introduced to the Jewish community with a Jewish-inspired hiccup. Read more

Verbal violence

Definition: Verbal abuse (also known as verbal aggression, verbal attack, verbal violence, verbal assault, psychic aggression, or psychic violence) is a type of psychological/mental abuse that involves the use of oral language, gestured language, and written language directed to a victim. Read more

Germany’s new ‘traffic light’ government signals worry for German Jews

Germany’s “traffic light” government, led by new Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), was sworn in on Wednesday under the banner “dare to make progress.” Jewish leaders, activists and analysts, however, fear that the coalition will make less progress in strengthening Israel-German ties. Read more

Shabbat Vayigash: Failed priests

When Pharaoh accepted Yosef’s interpretation of his dreams and his advice to Pharaoh on how to prepare for it, he was given the opportunity to prepare for the approaching catastrophe. Read more

Improving online discourse starts with all of us

Tell me, what on earth is going on with us? How did our discourse become so inflammatory, extreme and unrestrained? How have social-media platforms become an arena where seemingly everything goes, where anyone and anything can be dragged through the mud, humiliated, scorned—where any adversary, or just someone with a differing opinion, can be treated as an enemy? Read more

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