NSW Flood Appeal
March 26, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies and B’nai B’rith have joined forces to raise funds to assist the victims of the recent flooding in NSW. Read more
In fourth consecutive campaign, Netanyahu secures largest-ever electoral lead
March 25, 2021 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
The fourth attempt in two years to unseat embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have failed once again, with Netanyahu securing his largest-ever electoral victory over his rivals. Exit polls show Netanyahu’s Likud receiving a strong 30 to 31 mandates. The tally is at least 12 seats higher than the next largest party: the left-wing Yesh Atid led by Yair Lapid. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: ‘’Finding the Viscount Canterbury’’
In January 1870 Harriet Schlossman purchased, for £2, a mining right for Claim No 163, Lot 12, Lower Paddock on the Berlin Goldfield, near Rheola Victoria, on behalf of her husband, Solomon Schlossman and son-in-law John Davis. Read more
The Global Water Crisis, Climate Change, and Coronavirus – From Disaster to Opportunity
March 25, 2021 by Ran Yaakoby
The coronavirus pandemic, which has plagued our world for over a year now, has placed the issues of water scarcity and accessibility squarely on the global agenda writes *Ran Yaakoby. Read more
Israeli election: First thoughts
March 24, 2021 by Ron Weiser
Whilst this is being written immediately post-election with incomplete results, there are a few things we can say. Read more
Are the actions of NZ super fund antisemitic?
March 24, 2021 by Perry Trotter
Antisemitism has been dubbed The Longest Hatred and is as old as the Jewish people. It has shown itself remarkably adaptable, able to morph and repeatedly reinvent itself across time and culture. Read more
Decluttering makes money for Jewish House
March 23, 2021 by Community newsdesk
Fashion Forward has hosted its second event at the JH Kids premises in Sydney’s Bondi Junction. Read more
A referendum on Netanyahu
March 23, 2021 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
Israel is trembling with uncertainty ahead of today’s election, whose outcome nobody can predict. But, unlike previous Knesset elections, this one—the fourth in two years—is not seeing the arrival in droves of foreign journalists. Read more
Putting public interest first
These elections are about a vote for the right or for a fifth election rife with division, hatred, boycotts and terrible chaos that will tear our people apart. That’s the whole story. Read more
Fighting and hugging in the Middle East
March 22, 2021 by Daniel Pipes - JNS.org
1. In March 2019, the Syrian jihadi groups Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and National Liberation Front clashed, leading to about 75 deaths. Two months later, they joined forces to fight Syria’s central government. By October, they were fighting each other again. Read more
We can mend the rift in Israeli society
The State of Israel and its people are the loves of my life, and I have been serving them from a very young age, for more than two decades…writes Gideon Sa’ar. Read more
‘I’m going to turn Israel into a world superpower’
It used to be the norm for a right-wing prime minister on the campaign trail to visit settlements. Times have changed; A trip to Bedouin town of Tuba-Zangaria in northern Israel is now more appealing than a stop in Alon Shvut—as is the drive…writes Moira Kor. Read more
King Abdullah the Irrelevant
March 22, 2021 by Caroline Glick - JNS
According to media reports in Israel and the United States, on March 11 Israel’s ties with Jordan stood on the brink of the abyss. But then, five to 10 minutes passed and everything went back to normal. Read more
UIA Israel update with special guest Yaakov Katz, Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post
March 22, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
UIA will host its monthly evening online Israel Update with special guest Yaakov Katz, Editor-in-Chief of the Jerusalem Post on Monday 5 April. Read more
Tell me about the wicked son
March 22, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple writes on Pesach. Read more
Feintooner
March 21, 2021 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Three Amigos: An unholy alliance. Read more
On the other hand
March 21, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
Tuesday 23 March is the day Israelis front up to the ballot box for the fourth attempt in recent times to elect a stable, coherent coalition. Read more
Anti-Semitic or just ‘strident’?
March 21, 2021 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
There is a curious sentence that appears in the definition of antisemitism currently being tested by a group of progressive Jewish Americans. Read more
Jared Kushner’s curious change of heart
March 19, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump, was a senior foreign-policy adviser in the Trump administration. Now an op-ed by Kushner published in The Wall Street Journal has caused jaws to drop. Read more
Who is a Jew?
March 19, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
Why is there such a fuss over the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision to allow converts to Judaism, as defined by the Reform and Conservative movements, to qualify for Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return? Read more
Netanyahu’s feats merit his being Israel’s next Prime Minister
March 19, 2021 by David Singer
If results count for anything – Bibi Netanyahu will again be Israel’s next Prime Minister – heading a Government which hopefully will be more stable than the three previous short-lived coalition Governments he formed after elections held in April 2019, September 2019, and March 2020. Read more
Time to start polishing the crystal ball
March 19, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
“You can trust a crystal ball about as far as you can throw it.” Read more
The antisemitism permission slip Israel-haters wanted
March 19, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Did the world need a new definition of antisemitism? Actually, no. Read more
Grandparents Day at Moriah
March 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Moriah Foundation hosted its Annual Grandparents Club Morning Tea for grandparents and special friends at Hamakom – the first in person event since the pandemic struck. Capped at 100 under the COVID safety guidelines, the event was a sellout. Read more
Premier to address congregation on first day of Pesach
March 19, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
The Premier of NSW, Gladys Berejiklian will address the congregation at The Great Synagogue in Sydney on the first day of Pesach Service. Read more
The differences between Israel’s 2020 and 2021 elections
March 18, 2021 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
Israelis will head to the polls next week for the fourth parliamentary elections in two years. Read more
Israel’s miraculous vaccination campaign
March 18, 2021 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
Throughout history, vaccines have proven miraculous, virtually eliminating smallpox, diphtheria, polio and other diseases. Today, they are on the verge of liberating us from COVID-19. Read more
Light beyond the Shadows: The Legacy of the Czech Torah Scrolls
March 18, 2021 by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen
Book Review: Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen reviews Light beyond the Shadows: The Legacy of the Czech Torah Scrolls by Sheila Pallay and Julius Muller. Read more
Two Wolfgangs and a Robert – all with home talent: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
March 18, 2021 by Fraser Beath McEwing
I’m growing to love the Sydney Town Hall as the temporary home of the SSO. Read more
LONE VOICE, The Wars of Isi Leibler: Written by Suzanne Rutland and reviewed by Jonathan Arkush
Communal leaders who take on establishment bodies and challenge accepted wisdoms are not the norm. Read more
