Rabbi Jeremy Rosen: Shabbat Balak
June 25, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
It seems strange that the whole Parsha we read this week should be named after a Midianite/Moabite King, Balak, and be devoted to a non-Jewish magician Bilam.
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Thought for the week
June 25, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
On Sunday is the fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz. It is a minor fast that lasts from dawn to dusk and ushers in a period of mourning that leads up to the 9th of Av when we commemorate the loss of two Temples. Read more
Aida: Tragic love story is operatic triumph – an opera review by Victor Grynberg
June 24, 2021 by Victor Grynberg
Re-staged in Sydney for the first time since its amazing success in 2018 this digital backgrounded production of Giuseppe Verdi’s blockbuster reached even greater heights this season. Read more
Jewish House helps out on COVID testing
June 24, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In light of the latest outbreak in the Eastern Suburbs, Jewish House is taking the initiative to keep its staff, clients and the community safe through onsite Covid-19 testing. Read more
Clerici was going to swap his bow for a baton: Music review by Fraser Beath McEwing of a phantom concert
June 23, 2021 by Fraser Beath McEwing
Covid wiped out tonight’s concert, much to my disappointment. Read more
An unhappy marriage could cause a stroke
June 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A new Tel Aviv University study reveals that perceiving marriage as unsuccessful is a significant predictor of death from a stroke and premature death among men, no less than well-known risk factors such as smoking and lack of physical activity. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Fanny Sarah Breckler – a business and community leader
June 22, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Interfaith work together to battle COVID
June 22, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Paramatta Park hosted a special programme of prayer and music this week, as people from around Sydney gathered to support medical projects to assist the people of India to deal with the ravages of the Covid pandemic. Read more
In Judaism, what comes first? Ethics or rituals?
June 21, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
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Bennett set to shake-up global consensus on two-state solution
June 21, 2021 by David Singer
Israeli Prime Minister – Naftali Bennett – seems set to challenge the decades-long failure by the international community to achieve its called-for two-state solution: Creating a second Palestinian Arab state, in addition to Jordan, for the first time in recorded history. Read more
Dr David Cumin and Juliet Moses in discussion
June 21, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Juliet Moses was invited to speak at the recent conference on Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism In one session, there was open support for Hamas and Hezbollah. Read more
Feintooner
June 21, 2021 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…A Butchered Election. Read more
Indigenous Friends of Israel disagree with QLD Labor
Recently Queensland Labor voted on a resolution accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing, but Indigenous voices don’t agree. Read more
On the other hand
June 20, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
They are off and running. The only question is will they make it to the finishing line? Read more
Video: Henry Greener has a chat with Daniel Aghion
June 20, 2021 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria President Daniel Aghion speaks with Henry Greener on the values, culture and diversity of the roof body of Victorian Jewry. Read more
Palestinianism is opening up a posthumous Nazi front against Jews
June 18, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
The Palestinian war against Israel is no longer something that the West can regard as a quarrel in a far-away country between people of whom they know nothing. Read more
Religious politics
June 18, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
The personal attacks on Naftali Bennet coming from the Charedi parties in Israel because he has been instrumental in excluding them from power and has stood up to their blackmail are disgusting. Read more
Midsummer Nights’ Dreams
June 18, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
It may not yet be midsummer in Israel but the dreams or nightmares, depending on your political preferences, have already burst forth, domestically and internationally. Read more
Haley, Hagee show solidarity in visit to Israel, warn against revitalized Iran
June 17, 2021 by JNS
Israel, you are not alone. … We represent 10 million-plus people in America and these people say to you Israel, we have your back.” Read more
Big blasts from Beethoven and Brahms: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
June 17, 2021 by Fraser Beath McEwing
In last night’s Sydney Town Hall concert, Brahms was ranked above Beethoven – when the SSO performed Beethoven’s Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, Op. 56, before intermission, with Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F Major in prime-time after. Read more
Nine ‘firsts’ you should know about Israel’s new government
For the first time in 12 years, Israel’s Likud Party and its head, Benjamin Netanyahu, have moved from the prime minister’s seat to the opposition in the Knesset…writes Abigail Klein Leichman. Read more
Recovery from Netanyahu withdrawal won’t be easy
June 16, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
If the tone of discourse in the Knesset during the session in which Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his “government of change” were legally confirmed seemed intemperate and unnecessarily hysterical, it’s hardly surprising. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Jewish businessman who shaped the Colony
June 15, 2021 by J-Wire News Service
Emanuel Solomon, the son of Samuel Moss Solomon and his first wife Elizabeth, was born in London on 13 May 1769. Read more
Were Jews taxed to finance their communities?
June 15, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
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Meet Joey Wilkinson
June 14, 2021 by J-Wire
Zionism Victoria’s Joey Wilkinson is their Communications and Advocacy Co-ordinator, promoting Israel’s interest, to help cultivate the values of tolerance, respect and pride. Read more
Feintooner
June 14, 2021 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Bennett beats Bibi by a nose. Read more
On the other hand
June 13, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
Will they or won’t they? Read more
The antisemitism of Jean-Luc Mélenchon
June 13, 2021 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
In the first round of the French presidential election in 2017, nearly one in five voters marked their ballots for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the candidate of the newly formed far-left “La France Insoumise” (“France Rising”) party. Read more
Guess who’s coming to dinner
June 11, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s JNF Jerusalem Shaliach Yossi Eshed together with his wife Idit has hosted a special dinner with the UAE Ambassador to Australia Abdulla Al Subousi. Read more
Meddling with Israel’s security, Biden is also dangerously interfering with UK governance
June 11, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Israel isn’t the only country that’s having to cope with a U.S. administration threatening to undermine its security. Read more
