‘In Conversation’ with Rabbi Zalman Kastel and Emanuel Synagogue

Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue in Woollahra will host the first of their 2021 ‘In Conversation’ with Rabbi Jeffrey Kamins and  Rabbi Zalman Kastel. Read more

Double passes for JIFF

Win a double pass for the Jewish International Film Festival. Read more

Israel is right to doubt new negotiations with Iran will work

In August 2002, the Iranian opposition, known as the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), disclosed secret Iranian nuclear facilities at the Natanz enrichment plant, the Arak heavy-water production facility, the Isfahan uranium conversion plant, as well as other previously unknown Iranian facilities. Read more

Meet Ashraf Jabari: The Palestinian populist

With a mask resting below his mouth, which just took in its third or fourth cigarette of the last hour, Palestinian reformer and businessman Asharf Jabari said he hasn’t received the COVID vaccine yet. Read more

Jordan and Israel now the only viable two-state solution

The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has unequivocally confirmed its rejection of an independent demilitarised State proposed by President Trump in: Read more

Collingwood and this week’s Parsha

This week’s Parsha is Yitro. Named after the non-Jewish father-in-law of Moses, the Parsha recounts the excitement and joy that Yitro feels when he finds out that the Jewish people have been redeemed from Egypt. Moshe is recorded kissing and happily greeting his father-in-law and rejoicing together with him at the salvation that G-d delivered to the people of Israel from Egypt.  Read more

Large haredi funeral processions in Jerusalem hit raw nerve after recent violent clashes

Thousands of people packed the streets Sunday in Jerusalem to participate in the funeral processions of two prominent haredi rabbis, both of whom passed away due to complications from COVID-19…writes Meira Svirsky. Read more

Joe Biden, Anne Neuberger and dual loyalty

Lost amid the whirlwind of anger, violence and recrimination that followed the November 2020 presidential election in the United States was the singular concern over where Joe Biden’s ultimate loyalties might lie, as voiced by a group of conservative voices across the pond in Britain. Read more

Where does “upon my heart” originate

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Pakisham: License to kill Read more

Former Israeli official: Americans should not give Iranians leverage by easing sanctions

As the new Biden administration takes shape, Israeli leaders in recent days have been outspoken in their warnings about Iran and its pursuit of nuclear weapons, hinting at possible military strikes if the Islamic Republic continues its path towards nuclearization. Read more

On the other hand

As we celebrate Tu B’Shevat, Israel has the unique distinction of planting more trees than any other country in the world. Read more

The tragedy for haredim from COVID has created a crisis for Judaism itself

The mayor of Antwerp, the Belgian city that is home to about 15,000 ultra-Orthodox haredi Jews, has warned that their failure to comply with coronavirus measures threatens to trigger a wave of antisemitism. Read more

Nazis marching through the Ranges are only a small part of the threat

Over the Australia Day weekend the Grampians ranges, also known by its Indigenous name of  Gariwerd, hosted a neo-Nazi gathering complete with a KKK style cross burning and marches complete with Nazi salutes. Read more

Louis Jacobs

Any Anglo Jew from the 1960s will be familiar with the “Jacobs Affair” that divided the Jewish community more than any other religious debate in its history. Read more

As the world remembers the Holocaust, the Palestinians blame it on the Jews

For most people, Holocaust memorial events such as those taking place now to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day are crucial both to remember the victims and to ensure that the horror of Nazism can never again raise its head. In the Palestinian Authority, Holocaust remembrance is a very different story. Read more

Remember the people, not just the atrocities

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, everyone around the world—individuals, leaders, communities—gather to reinforce their commitment to honor the memory of the victims of the darkest hour of human history. Read more

‘Never again’ is more than a slogan

Today, Jan. 27, the world marks the horrific murder of 6 million Jews—men, women, and children—by the Nazis and their helpers in the Holocaust. We remember the darkest chapter of human history, when a European country decided to adopt a systematic plan to exterminate every last Jew and bring the full power of its advanced industry to bear in executing the terrible crime. Read more

Yehuda Meshi Zahav’s crucial COVID message to fellow haredim

The triple tragedy that struck the family of one of Israel’s most righteous Jews in the course of a single month is garnering nationwide attention and sympathy. That COVID-19 caused the deaths of Yehuda Meshi Zahav’s brother, mother and father made the blow particularly relevant to the general public. Read more

The Nazi rise to power and the Weimar Constitution

This year, the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (IJL) will, in partnership with The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme mark the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust  by sponsoring an online event entitled “The Nazi Rise to Power and the Weimar Constitution.” Read more

Biden declares Trump two-state solution dead and buried

An apparent attempt by the outgoing US Ambassador to Israel – David Friedman – to preserve the two-state solution proposed in former President Trump’s Vision for Peace (Vision) – lasted about two hours – before being shredded in the garbage bin of history by the newly-elected President Biden. Read more

Perth organisation takes part in overseas International Holocaust Remembrance Day event

The Perth-based WE ARE HERE! Foundation will join World ORT,  HAMEC – The Holocaust Awareness Museum and the Education Centre of Philadelphia in commemorating The International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more

Jews and the Coronavirus vaccine

Can a Jew refuse the vaccine? Ask the rabbi. Read more

Israel isn’t alone in the fight against the ICC

The International Criminal Court at The Hague, similar to other international initiatives, is exploited cynically despite its good intentions. The ICC is a political body operating behind a legal exterior. Read more

UIA launches monthly evening Israel updates

UIA is introducing an evening online Israel Update on the first Monday of each month, commencing on 1 February. Read more

‘Freedom for Humanity:’ A Cautionary Tale

What follows here is a story about a politician from the extreme left, a politician from the far-right and a painting replete with antisemitic tropes that has travelled around the Internet for around a decade, and still does. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon:  Changing of the Guard Read more

How screen time affects kids’ brain development

Too much time in front of a screen has health and well-being implications, including, social, emotional, cognitive, and physical aspects. Read more

On the other hand

Finally, after more than seven years of development and commercial production, Israel’s sovereign wealth fund is starting to reap the benefits. Read more

‘Restoring My Lost Childhood’: How children’s homes revived the youngest Holocaust survivors

It’s been 75 years, but Yaakov Guterman can still recall nearly everything about the nine months he lived in Zakopane, Poland. Read more

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