Melting Point

Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin

A Jewish family story and the search for a Jewish homeland

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L’Chaim – To Life: George Foster

 Celebrating survival and resilience Read more

The Birds

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Rossini in Paris

A music review by Shirley Politzer Read more

Beetlejuice the Musical

A Melbourne musical reviewed by Alex First Read more

L’Chaim to Life: Julie Nathan

Morry Frenkel speaks with Julie Nathan, Research Director at the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ). Read more

Shabbat Behar & Bechukotai

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Nice Work If You Can Get It

A Melbourne musical reviewed by Alex First Read more

Academic freedom for some

How New Zealand universities marginalise pro-Israel voices. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

Sarah Saqui – great-aunt to May Saqui, and a most interesting lady Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: The Ups and Downs of Parallel Pursuits Read more

Humans 2.0

A Melbourne Circa performance reviewed by Alex First Read more

United Nations readies to increase Jew-hatred worldwide

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

Israel’s role in Trump’s vision for the Mideast

Two major misconceptions continue to distort the conversation about the Middle East, Israel and the war in Gaza. Read more

On the other hand

The thirty-third day of counting the Omer, known as Lag B’Omer, is being celebrated this week. Read more

The gold-plated peacenik in the White House

When Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election last year, many in Israel thought they’d dodged a bullet. Read more

Echoes of a disastrous past

Students of history will recognise current developments as yet another disastrous rerun of past failed political objectives. Read more

Woke Aida

The opera Aida was composed by Giuseppe Verdi and first performed in 1871. Read more

The useful idiots of Sydney University: a cautionary tale of ignorance and antisemitism

If you’ve ever wondered what “useful idiots” look like in 2025, the University of Sydney’s Student Representative Council (SRC) Special General Meeting (SGM) on 14 May provided a textbook case. Read more

Les Misérables

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Shabbat Emor

An Eye For An Eye Read more

The pope’s ‘divisions’ and the war against the Jews

In an era when religion seems to be in steep decline throughout Europe and North America, it might strike some people as curious that the election of a new pope would be treated as such an earth-shaking event. Read more

Family Romance

Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

Arthur Schüller – founder of the Neuroradiology Discipline Read more

No, Trump isn’t about to recognize a Palestinian state

Non-Shabbat-observant Israelis awoke on Saturday to fake news that, in Winston Churchill’s witty words, “got halfway around the world before the truth had a chance to put its pants on.” Read more

Hadestown

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Time fake news was abandoned

Responsible media outlets need to stop quoting undisclosed sources if they wish to retain their credibility. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon:  The Not So Big Tent Read more

When did the current wave of antisemitism begin?

In nearly 30 years of writing and speaking about global antisemitism, I’ve been asked more than once if it’s possible to pinpoint when this present wave of hatred first reared its head. Read more

The willing executioners of today’s anti-Israel hatred

The danger is no longer lurking; it’s here, clear and undeniable. What happened recently in Italy is just another alarming signal. Read more

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