On the other hand

Syrian Druze victims of ethnic violence have been evacuated for treatment to Israeli hospitals. Read more

The Age ‘Book of the Year: Lech Blaine’s Australian Gospel

Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more

The indestructible myth of famine in Gaza

Yet again, the myth has been revived that there is a famine in the Gaza Strip. Read more

A Just War

A two-volume work has just been published. Milhemet Mitzvah: Editors Aviad Hacohen, Yitzchak Avi Roness and Menachem Butler. Read more

Shabbat Acharei Mot and Kedoshim

Love Your Neighbour Read more

Trump and Israel

As the United States passes the first 100 days of the Trump presidency, Israel remains hopeful, but with increasing concerns about the Trump administration’s priorities and full understanding of the situation. Read more

L’Chaim – to Life Anita Frayman, Esther Gyorki and Andrew Harris

Morry Frenkel speaks with Anita Frayman, co-curator (with Esther Gyorki) of Buchenwald Ball – 80 Years Dancing in Freedom, and Andrew Harris, whose photographs are featured in the exhibition. Read more

Why is New Zealand still funding antisemitic education in the Palestinian territories?

A recent report from the education watchdog IMPACT-se has reignited urgent concerns over the content of Palestinian school curricula. Read more

San Remo at 105: The conference that helped pave the way for modern Israel

From April 19 to 26, 1920, world powers gathered in San Remo on Italy’s Riviera to determine the fate of former Ottoman territories following World War I. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

Angell Arthur Phillips – a dedicated teacher and writer Read more

Rabbi Smuley Boteach says Australia is a sewer of antisemitism

This past week, I was attacked three times. Not for anything I said, or anything I did—but simply for being Jewish…Rabbi Shmuley Boteach tells the Jewish world. Read more

HKOPS still the world’s best kept secret

I was privileged to attend the inaugural Jewish News Syndicate International Policy Summit in Jerusalem on 27/28 April (JNS Conference) – but shocked to find that none of the well- credentialled international and Israeli speakers I approached had ever heard of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS). Read more

Yuval Raphael’s emotional journey from Supernova to Eurovision

One morning, when Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the Supernova music festival massacre, was a 6-year-old girl, her father gathered her and her younger brother to announce they were relocating to Switzerland. Read more

The Beep Test

A Melbourne theatre reviewed by Alex First Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon:  Broken Broker Read more

South Africa’s Chief Rabbi urges ‘reset’ in Israel ties

In an address at the Israeli Embassy’s Yom Hazikaron ceremony in Pretoria on April 29, South Africa’s Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein called for “a reset of the relationship” between Israel and South Africa. Read more

Kneecap get kneecapped

The most successful musicians are those who understand that their art is about spectacle as well as sound. When it comes to popular music, the more controversy there is, the greater the spectacle becomes. Read more

Thunderbolts*

A movie review by Alex First Read more

The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale

A musical reviewed by Alex First Read more

On the other hand

Following Yom Hazikaron there is an instant switch to the celebrations of Yom Ha’Atzmaut. Read more

Schlissel Challahs

Happy Chag Ha’Atsmaut even if for some it is already over. There was much to celebrate. Read more

A long journey home

It has taken more than two thousand years for Jews exiled by the Romans to finally return to their promised homeland and reclaim sovereignty. Read more

L’Chaim – to Life: Sandra Burke

The Greens are no longer an environmental party; they are extreme – just put the Greens last Read more

Shabbat Tazria & Metzorah

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From Australia’s Jewish past

May Vivian Saqui – a forgotten actor Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon:The Dog and Phony show Read more

Jewish identity hijacked in UK for political vanity

There is no shortage of people willing to sign their names to morally unserious causes…writes Steve Winston. Read more

On the other hand

Preparing for Pesach for your family and guests may be challenging, but it is nothing compared to what the IDF faces. Read more

Who’s side?

There’s no question that the challenges we Jews are facing at this moment, internally and externally, are enormous and scary. Read more

Impervious and Incurable

Yom Hashoah this year is being commemorated in the shadow of the worst outbreak of Jew hatred seen since the Nazi era. Read more

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