Will America stay the strong horse when it comes to Iran?

Can leopards change their spots? Or to be more pertinent, can those who put Israel, the West and the world in such danger through the Obama administration’s 2015 nuclear deal with the Iranian regime now accept that what they did was catastrophically wrong? Read more

Hard-hearted

My last blog was intentionally controversial. The aim was to point out that people rarely seem capable of hearing, let alone absorbing another point of view. Read more

Resurrection time has arrived

I never thought that this would ever happen in our lifetime but miraculously it is unfolding before our very eyes. Read more

Indigenous justice is the responsibility of all of us.

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The changing of the guard in US-Israel relations

Like many American policies now expected to undergo an about-face following the inauguration of 46th President Joe Biden, U.S.-Israel relations may be gearing up for a great reset. Read more

Unity or deprogramming? How about defending free speech?

Inauguration Day is a moment when it ought to be possible for both the winners and the losers in America’s political battles to set aside their enmity and at the very least pay lip service to the notion of national unity. Read more

Curious Obsessions in the History of Science and Spirituality – a book review by Jeffrey Cohen

Rachael Kohn was for over a quarter of a century the religious voice at the Australian Broadcasting Commission, having retired from the ABC in 2018. Read more

What happens when we die?

Rabbi Nochum Schapiro of  Sydney’s Chabad North Shore is presenting Journey of the Soul, a new six-session course by the acclaimed Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) which will answer a question which has occurred to every self-reflective person: What happens when we die? Read more

Israel goes back to the future

In an interview with The New York Times last month, President-elect Joe Biden restated his intention to return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. Israel opposes this plan because the 2015 deal ensures Iran will become a nuclear-armed state. Read more

Are summertime pool parties an intrusion into privacy?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…2+2=5, Obviously! Read more

High Ground: a movie review

High Ground shows the audience the natural beauty of Arnhem Land, the ugliness of the treatment of Aborigines by some settlers and the kindness and understanding shown by others in the Top End in the early part of the 20th century. Read more

‘Your suffering is our pleasure’: The anti-Zionist glee at Sheldon Adelson’s death

When the former Conservative British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died in 2013, there were some on the left who regarded her passing as a moment for celebration. Read more

Trump’s indecision is sinking his own two-state solution

President Trump’s failure to release a detailed plan showing the specific borders of a Palestinian Arab State incorporating Gaza and about 70% of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) – before he leaves office at midday on 20 January – will sink the only two-state solution that has any possibility of being implemented in direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Read more

New Jerusalem, Down Under: The search for a Jewish homeland in Australia

Adam Rovner will detail the cultural context and legacy of proposals to create mass settlements of Jewish refugees in Australia before, during, and after the Nazi era. Read more

Forum: Change and Suppression Practices in the Jewish Community

Jewish Care invites you to a unique community forum to discuss LGBTQA+ conversion practices (sometimes called ‘conversion therapy’) and the current Victorian Change and Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill. Read more

On the other hand

It is ironic that as Israel’s innovations, medical research and discoveries gather pace and benefit humanity the denigrators and boycotters become more agitated. Read more

As America reels from political trauma, Jewish continuity points way to national unity

As ever, Judaism has the best line. “Put not your trust in princes,” said the psalmist. Amen to that. Read more

NIF to host event with foreign policy luminaries on the Middle East

Less than two weeks after President Joe Biden takes office NIF Australia is hosting seasoned American Middle East negotiator, and NIF board member, Aaron David Miller and former Knesset member Ksenia Svetlova to discuss America’s Middle East policy shift under the new administration. Read more

The cuckoo coup

What a year America has had. To add to the scourge of Covid19, we have seen the self-destruction of a President and we are witnessing a serious degradation in the values of American society. There is no humility, no grace, no dignity, and no sense of humanity. Read more

Inoculate, insinuate, intimidate and inaugurate

The week leading up to 20 January 2021 is proving to be chock full of action on many fronts. Read more

Panel discusses role of Anglos at diverse levels of Israeli decision-making

Should Jews living in the Diaspora have a say in decisions made in Israel’s Knesset? Do Israel’s members of Knesset understand the importance of including the voice of Anglos living in Israel? Read more

With great sorrow: Sheldon Adelson, 1933-2021

It is with unbearable pain that I announce the death of my husband, Sheldon, of complications from a long illness…writes Miriam Adelson. Read more

What can Israel expect at the UN during a Biden administration?

Despite efforts by its detractors, Israel has seen a steady improvement in its diplomatic standing around the world with breakthroughs in relations with Arab states, Africa, Asia and Latin America. Read more

Trump’s lasting legacy will be the Abraham Accords

Mainstream media and pundits from across the political spectrum have been quick to assert that the violent riot on the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 has permanently tarnished the Trump presidency. Read more

Netanyahu: the politician, the man

Prime Minister Netanyahu has suddenly shifted the goalposts and his political future may depend on how his imaginative and daring initiative shapes up. Read more

Is there a Jewish view of Jesus?

Ask the rabbi…. Read more

Trump rings in the era of ‘total political correctness’

It was hard to watch the scenes of U.S. President Donald Trump supporters storming the Capitol last Wednesday as the joint session of Congress was convened to debate and ratify President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…Vial Vaccine Libels. Read more

Donald Trump: The un-American president

Move over, James Buchanan. The 15th president of the United States of America is regularly ranked by historians as the worst-ever holder of that hallowed office—a one-term commander-in-chief whose unctuous appeasement of pro-slavery forces did nothing to prevent Southern states from declaring war on the Union one year after he left office. Read more

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