What’s wrong with us?

Israel’s 73rd Independence Day was an annual reminder of as close to a miracle as it gets. Read more

No way to go, Joe

It was always a given that the Biden Administration would revert to Obama’s failed foreign policies. Read more

Tear drops and wrecking balls: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

While most of my reviews cover the SSO Masters Series (the substantial concerts that are sponsored by Abercrombie & Kent) every so often I am tugged by the heartstrings to an SSO Symphony Hour performance supported by Credit Suisse. Read more

It’s Tomer time again

Tomer Hemed is the first Israeli footballer to play in Australia’s A-League and considers himself as an ambassador for his nation and his religion. Read more

73rd birthday and 73% of Israel’s population is Jewish

Israel at 73 years, an amazing feat. Read more

Two-state solution sinks as Biden tries to resurrect it

Postponement of the upcoming Palestinian elections on 22 May for the 132-member Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) seems virtually assured with the report from an “unnamed US source” that Washington would not object to any such postponement. Read more

Coherent Judaism: Constructive theology, Creation & Halakhah: A book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

I am sure that a number of my colleagues (and friends) would question whether Judaism could ever be coherent, especially with the words Halakhah as well as theology in its title. Read more

Alex Boyarsky: 1943-2021

Builder, developer and philanthropist Alex Boyarsky passed away in Sydney last week following an illness spanning over a decade. Read more

Dr Ruth headline speaker for UIA Victorian and WA Women’s Division campaigns

UIA Women’s Division Victoria and WA have announced their 2021 Campaign event on Sunday 2 May featuring guest speaker Dr Ruth Westheimer (‘Dr. Ruth’), with the discussion to be moderated by media legend Jackie Frank. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Fearless nurse, Jewish adventuress – Rose Shappere in the Boer War

With the approach of ANZAC Day, it is an opportune time to take a step back to 1899 which was the start of the Anglo-Boer War. Australia not only sent soldiers but a small group of nurses to the South African battlefields. Read more

The legacy of Isi Leibler

A fearless and uncompromising leader, dedicated to freeing Soviet Jewry and safeguarding their Jewish identities, Isi Leibler AO, of blessed memory, was an outspoken ambassador of the Jewish people and has now left behind an important legacy. Read more

How can it be right to perpetrate violence in the name of religion?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…Intersecting Streets. Read more

Israel’s protracted political crisis harms national security

Israel’s March 2021 election (its fourth election within two years!) again failed to yield a clear result. Read more

Israel has made it, now it needs to grow up

At independence, Israel was little more than a spark of light—a tiny spark—in the Jewish world. Read more

In France, antisemitism is systemic

In the series “Letters to a German Friend,” written clandestinely during the Nazi occupation of France, the celebrated French writer and resistance figure Albert Camus conducted a debate with an imaginary German correspondent who believed fervently that any act was justified if it contributed to a greater destiny for his nation. Read more

What Bernie Madoff proved about America and the Jews

On Dec. 11, 2008, one of the worst events to rock the organized Jewish world was revealed on the front pages of newspapers. Read more

MEDinISRAEL virtual conference

The Israel Trade Commission Australia will host the 6th Biennial MEDinISRAEL Conference and Exhibition, which will link distinguished peers working in the field of Medical Devices and Digital Healthcare. Read more

NSW Plenum to focus on non-Jewish genocides

The Armenian, Assyrian and Greek genocides, which resulted in the loss of over 1.5 million lives, will be the focus of next week’s NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum. Read more

Three lone soldiers home in Australia

Three Australians who served in the IDF and stayed in HaBayit shel Benji, a home for lone soldiers, which runs 24/7 all year round. Read more

What is an Omer?

No, not the town in the Negev! The Biblical Omer refers to the sheaf of barley that was brought to the Temple, the day after Pesach, to mark the beginning of the new agricultural year. Read more

The moral courage of Isi Leibler

The death in Jerusalem of Isi Leibler at the age of 86 has robbed the Jewish world of one of its towering figures at a time when it is particularly ill-equipped for such a loss. Read more

Memorium: UK Jewish community marks loss of Prince Philip, beginning with prayer

As the United Kingdom honoured Prince Philip, who died on April 9 at the age 99, with a gun salute, flags at half-staff and the many who paid tribute outside of Buckingham Palace, Sabbath prayers for the longest-serving royal consort were a bit different in synagogues across the United Kingdom…writes Dovid Zaklikowski. Read more

Rejewvination

At least once a year on Yom Ha’Atzmaut those of us privileged to be living in the re-established Jewish Homeland can rejoice and give thanks for the wondrous miracles granted to us in our lifetime. Read more

Is New Zealand’s justice system racist?

The New Zealand justice system has been called racist. Underpinning that accusation are some powerful statistics. Read more

Shabbat service to honour Prince Philip

Multicultural leaders across Sydney have been invited to pay their respects this Shabbat at The Great Synagogue, at a service  to honor His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who passed away last Friday. Read more

Jordan reaches 100 as its ruling Hashemite dynasty implodes

Jordan continues to be the stumbling block to ending the 100 years old conflict between Jews and Arabs as it celebrates its founding 100 years ago on 11 April 1921 – whilst simultaneously 100 years of unbroken rule by the Hashemite dynasty has been publicly imploding. Read more

A giant in his generation: a tribute to Isi Leibler from his biographer Suzanne Rutland

The passing of Isi Leibler, a giant in his generation, leaves a significant gap in the Jewish world. Read more

Israeli strategic observers: ‘It appears as if a lot of Iranian work in Natanz went down the drain’

Threats by Iran to retaliate against what it said was an Israeli sabotage attack on its Natanz nuclear site on April 11 and the reported attack on an Iranian command ship in the Red Sea on April 6 should be taken seriously, observers in Israel say, but they also indicate the distress that the Iranian regime is feeling as it absorbs one blow after another. Read more

The sound that commands us to remember

The sirens blaring as the State of Israel marks Yom Hazikaron—Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism—command us that we distinguish this day from all others. Read more

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