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

Retirement for Daphne Flax after 35 years of teaching at Masada

Sydney’s Masada College has farewelled and acknowledged the much-loved Daphne Flax, as she heads to retirement, after 35 years of teaching Visual Arts at the College. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Blumbergville – where did it get its name?

Blumbergville no longer exists by that name, but when the small village in the Scenic Rim Region of Queensland, was established in 1885, it was one of the very few Australian towns ever to be named for a Jewish family. Read more

Iran: A test of Biden’s strategic vision and character

For Biden administration officials, their inability to achieve their top foreign-policy priority is both frustrating and puzzling. Read more

‘With our heads held high’: Israelis who walk through the Damascus Gate, despite terrorism

Sha’ar Shechem, the Damascus Gate, is one of the main entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, and probably the most dangerous one. Read more

Eggs from a non-kosher bird?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

UN abandons moral compass in waging semantic warfare on Israel

The language being used by the United Nations (UN) and its officials to characterise the unresolved 100-years old conflict between Jews and Arabs disqualifies the UN from having any meaningful role to play in ending that long-running dispute. Read more

Éric Zemmour, presidential candidate

After months of speculation, the far-right columnist and TV pundit Éric Zemmour finally announced his candidacy in next year’s presidential election in France. Read more

Australians creating miracles for Israeli boys in need

Although separated by 14,000 km, disadvantaged Israeli boys are being given a crucial boost from caring Australian friends they’ve never met. Read more

On the other hand

The whole country is in the midst of Chanukah celebrations banishing temporarily at least the spectre of corona mutations. Read more

‘Imagine’ all those people …

Diaspora Jews have a collective history of constant migration. Read more

Chanukah celebrations

Members of the Jewish and Hindu communities recently came together to celebrate Chanukah and Deepavali, a celebration of light after lockdown. Read more

Shabbat Mikeyts: Was Joseph Fair?

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They deserve each other

Either by design or mutual attraction, whenever Israel is in terror groups’ crosshairs one can unfailingly guarantee that not far behind will be the usual collection of anti-Israel groupies. Read more

Forced conversions

As we come to the end of Chanukah, apart from the heroics, there is another side to the Hasmoneans I  am not particularly proud of. Read more

Sydney’s Maccabi Rugby 50th reunion

Talks of tries, scrums and lineouts were high on the agenda as members of Sydney’s Maccabi rugby 1971 team held their 50th-anniversary reunion. Read more

Want to know more about Chanukah?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Israel swallows UN, EU and Arab propaganda on Judea and Samaria

United Nations (UN), European Union (EU) and Arab propaganda has perverted the history of the Arab-Jewish conflict. Read more

Sydney commemorates Yud Tes Kislev

Several Chabad communities joined together to commemorate and celebrate Yud Tes Kislev. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Chanukah 2021: Illuminating the darkness and drowning out the noise. Read more

Israel and the new ‘Old Europe’

The end of the Merkel era raises questions about the foreign policy of the next German government…writes Dr Emmanuel Navon. Read more

On the other hand

International focus is on combating and defeating the coronavirus pandemic. Read more

Why Israel needs a strategy to shape the narrative

A fascinating BBC TV series has explored the way in which Britain’s former Labour prime ministers, Tony Blair and his successor Gordon Brown, revolutionized their party to create the election-winning machine of “New Labour.” Read more

Europe’s Jews have an uncertain future, but a future nonetheless

The continent of Europe ceased to be the centre of Jewish life more than a century ago, when it yielded that status to the increasingly affluent, influential Jewish community in the United States, joined, a bit later on, by the State of Israel. Read more

Paralympian’s inspiring book for children

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Shabbat Vayeyshev: Favouritism

“And Israel loved Yosef more than his other sons because he (Yosef) was born in his (Yaakov’s) old age”( Genesis 37: 3). Read more

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