Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…Political Undertures. Read more

On the other hand

It’s official – we are now hurtling towards elections on 23 March 2021. Read more

The verdict of history and Benjamin Netanyahu

As far as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s most ardent supporters are concerned, those preparing his political obituary are again wasting their time. Read more

Could a fourth election lead to Israel’s largest-ever right-wing government?

In the beginning of March, Israel had just completed its third inconclusive election in less than 12 months, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu barely shy of his preferred right-wing-majority coalition. Read more

The driving force behind the ban on kosher slaughtering

The European Union likes to pose as the avatar of tolerance, freedom and all civilized values. Now it has ripped off its own disguise to reveal something rather more ugly. Read more

Appalling apathy and deliberate denial

Albert Einstein, who knew a thing or two about human nature and behaviour, summed it up perfectly. Read more

Hasmonean Women

I realize what a patriarchal society we, like the rest of the world, have been until very recently. Read more

The upside of defeat

In an op-ed in the New York Post on Saturday, Kyle Smith—conservative critic-at-large for National Review—offered U.S. President Donald Trump “a nickel’s worth of free advice” on how to “destroy [his] enemies” after he leaves the White House. Read more

Trashing Trump’s two-state solution would be the height of folly

A departing President’s ability to make decisions seeking to impact his successor’s future actions – even as he is vacating the White House in the last weeks of his Presidency – was dramatically illustrated on 23 December 2016 when America failed to veto Security Council Resolution 2334. Read more

Should Jews be proud of American Jews in high positions?

The incoming U.S. President Joe Biden has named a number of Jews to his future cabinet and other senior positions. Read more

Survivor talks at the Sydney Jewish Museum resume

Talks by Holocaust survivors will resume in the Sydney Jewish Museum over the summer period. Read more

Meet Andi Lew

Author Andi Lew Is Connected by Zoom from Bondi to Melbourne to tell us about her 8th Book entitled “CONNECTED – A Paradigm Shift in how we View Health”. Read more

Meet Sori Block

Sori Block grows from the inner work that she has particularly developed to adapt during these Days of Covid. Being a Fitness Coach, Wig Stylist, Writer and mother of four, with two grandchildren born in 2020. Read more

What happens if a rabbi’s decision is overruled by a Beth Din

Ask the rabbi… Read more

LeDor VaDor: The Great Synagogue launches CD

Sydney’s The Great Synagogue is known for its beautiful choral services, sung by its cantor and choir and now has produced a CD. Read more

European hypocrisy laid bare in kosher-slaughter legal judgement

Last time I checked, the French were still preparing their famed foie gras delicacy using the method of “gavage.” Read more

Is there something wrong with a program that encourages in-marriage?

What’s the point of programs that were designed to encourage young people to embrace their Jewish identity? Read more

Remembering Louise Rosenberg

The AGM of the AJHS [NSW]  brought together “face to face” the Melbourne grandchildren of the late Louise Rosenberg OAM to honour their grandmother with the dedication of the Louise Rosenberg Communal Archives in the NSW Jewish War Memorial building. Read more

On the other hand

Elections are on the immediate horizon. Is this bad news or good news? Read more

Feintooner

This Week’s cartoon…Out of sight, out of mind. Read more

Smoke and mirrors

Just when you think that events can sink no lower or become more absurd, reality kicks in to prove that indeed there are still more depths to be plumbed. Read more

Stop pretending that anti-Zionism isn’t antisemitism

In case you haven’t heard, people who want to eliminate Israel are very interested in stopping antisemitism. Read more

A mystery in its own right: The ‘antisemitism’ of John le Carré

John le Carré, the acclaimed grandmaster of the spy novel who died last weekend at the age of 89, was dogged for years by allegations of antisemitism. Read more

A Kangarusski Chanukah

120 people gathered in Sydney with the Zionist Federation of Australia’s Kangarusski group to celebrate the second night of Chanukah – a festival which celebrates light and miracles. Read more

The Zohar

The Festival of Chanukah (however you spell it in English) in addition to its historical origins, is also a celebration of the long mystical tradition in Judaism. Read more

Why Antisemitism is Rising in America

The last edition of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council’s (AIJAC’s) Live Online webinar series for 2020 featured Holly Huffnagle, the American Jewish Committee’s (AJC’s) US Director for Combating Antisemitism. Read more

Political parties, political games

Although it is Chanukah, it very much seems as if we are witnessing a Purim spiel in two arenas. Read more

Richard Kemp on zoom with AJA

Colonel Richard Kemp will be the featured guest on Australian Jewish Association’s last zoom for 2020. Read more

Observers say EU-funded review of Palestinian textbooks reeks of ‘incompetence, concealment’

In a ground-breaking move and in response to the lack of change in the Palestinian Authority school curriculum and the continued insertion of antisemitism, hate and incitement to violence and martyrdom in its textbooks, the Norwegian parliament endorsed a complete cut last week in aid to the P.A. Read more

Chanukah thoughts

Rabbi Raymond Apple shares some Chanukah thoughts. Read more

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