KKL-JNF releases never-before-seen photos of Jerusalem

In honour of the 54th anniversary of Israel’s liberation of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) has released four photos from the days of the British Mandate before the establishment of the Jewish state. Read more

Armenian Genocide

April 24^th is the date of the annual memorial that  Armenians observe to recall the horrific massacres carried out by the Turkish Government in 1915. Read more

Remembering Meron – “45 for 45”

Both the Kesser Torah College Boys’ and Girls’ High Schools in Sydney have held a special memorial event in memory of the victims of the Mt Meron tragedy. Read more

JewishCare NSW and Jewish House sign MOU to help Job Seekers

JewishCare and Jewish House have signed an MOU this afternoon to provide a comprehensive and coordinated approach to unemployment in our community by working together to support those who are facing unemployment.  A range of services will be offered including both individual and group support to help upskill clients and maximise their employability. Read more

Preventable and predictable

When tragedy strikes the often-heard explanation is that it was “an act of God” and therefore unforeseen and beyond the ability of humans to prevent it. Read more

Would you like some heavy water with your coffee?

A long-standing, unresolved puzzle concerns the taste of heavy water.  Regular water has no distinct taste but rumours indicate that heavy water tastes sweet. Read more

The Kashrut of Israeli politics

Fifty years ago this year, I first joined the Zionist Council of NSW as a youth movement representative and in all of these years, I have never written an article or opinion piece about kashrut (Jewish dietary laws) or more particularly, kosher certification. Until now. Read more

Biden administration ‘dead set’ on re-entering Iran deal, despite high price

In recent days, conflicting reports have emerged over the ongoing negotiations in Vienna to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, leading to questions over to what extent the United States will undo Trump-era sanctions against Tehran…writes Dmitriy Shapiro. Read more

ABC profiles George Newhouse: The Accidental Advcate

Sydney-based George Newhouse is the founder of the National Justice Project, arguably the number one human rights firm in Australia. Read more

Calls for Abbas’ resignation following postponement of PA elections

Since Mahound Abbas announced last Thursday the postponement of the Palestinian Authority (PA) elections and blamed Israel for refusing to allow the elections in eastern Jerusalem, criticism has been growing against him from outside and at home, as he faces Hamas’ attempts to destabilize the PA. Read more

Tragedy brings out the best and the worst – an Op-Ed

The Har Meron disaster is one of the worst peacetime tragedies in modern Israel’s history. There are at least 45 people confirmed dead and over 150 more injured. Read more

Two rabbis, two cities

Melbourne’s ARK Centre’s Rabbi Gabi had the pleasure of catching up with the CEO of Sydney’s Jewish House Rabbi Mendel Kastel. Read more

Who’s responsible for the Meron disaster?

Israel’s largest religious festival turned into its largest peacetime tragedy late Thursday night, as 45 celebrants were crushed to death, and dozens more were injured, under the feet of fellow worshippers in a horrific stampede at Mount Meron. Read more

Why is Jerusalem the capital?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…The falsity lies somewhere in the middle. Read more

On the other hand

Great strides have been made in recent years to reduce the effects of pollution caused by waste disposal and polluting industries. Read more

Meron

This week we celebrated Lag BaOmer, which is the thirty-third day of the Omer that I described two weeks ago. Read more

How many times can one be fooled?

Spoiler alert: If you are averse to politically incorrect thoughts it might be a good idea to stop reading. Read more

How Biden is smashing America’s moral compass and dragging the West behind it

For eight years, the administration of former President Barack Obama behaved as if the security needs of the State of Israel were such an irritating impediment to American foreign-policy aims that it had no compunction in brutally swatting them aside. Read more

Human Rights Watch exploits its mission for hate

In the 1960s and 1970s, the Soviet bloc and the Arab league combined forces in the United Nations to promote antisemitism and demonize Israel. This crescendoed into the infamous 1975 United Nations resolution labelling Zionism as racism. Read more

EXCLUSIVE: Blind Michigan judge wants to export Israeli special needs know-how to Arab world

Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein is usually occupied with the most sensitive cases and gives the final word on the court’s most complex issues. Read more

View from the other side of violence: Saving lives in eastern Jerusalem

Jerusalem has seen nightly violent clashes between Arabs and Jews in the past two weeks with the epicentre of confrontation taking place near the Old City’s Damascus Gate. Read more

Israel has no choice but to act on its own to stop Iran

The head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency and the government’s national security adviser are in Washington this week on an important mission that has failed even before it began. Read more

A Matter of Death and Life: a book review by Geoffrey Zygier

A Matter of Death and Life is an extremely candid and readable memoir about the painful, yet insightful and productive last months of a long, loving relationship that ended with the death of Marilyn Yalom. Read more

The Lost ANZAC Torah and a Remarkable Rabbi

This is the story of an important historical Sefer Torah, which was gifted to an Australian Jewish chaplain by the head of the Egyptian Jewish Community, Cattaui Pasha in Cairo, during World War I. Read more

Tens of thousands of urban rally-goers express anger, frustration at French court ruling on Halimi

Tens of thousands of people turned out on Sunday in cities across the globe to show their support for Jews in France and express their desire to see justice done in the case of Sarah Halimi, who was murdered by her 27-year-old Muslim neighbour in 2017. Read more

A chat with Arnold Zable

Well-known author Melbourne-based Arnold Zable recently received the Australia Council Award. Read more

Israel reels from rockets, riots and arm-wrestles

Rockets from Gaza indiscriminately targeting Israel’s civilian population and Arab riots targeting Israel’s Jewish population in the streets of Jerusalem seem to have not moved Israel’s politicians to stop engaging in arm-wrestles in pursuit of their own personal political power. Read more

Earth Day 2021: An unprecedented opportunity to restore our Earth

The coronavirus pandemic has presented us with one of the most acute challenges of our generation. Read more

Cosmetic surgery?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

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