Conspiracy theories and political insanity

There was a time when conspiracy theories were confined to the fever swamps of American society. Read more

How Nuremberg’s universalism undermined its noble aims

This weekend marks 75 years since the start of the Nuremberg tribunals, which tried leaders of Nazi Germany for their part in the Holocaust and other war crimes. Read more

Napoleon and Macron

I have always been fascinated by Napoleon Bonaparte (in French it is Napoléon). Read more

PLO could soon be negotiating with Israel on Trump peace plan

The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) could soon be negotiating with Israel on President Trump’s peace plan – after suddenly announcing on 17 November that it would resume its relationship with Israel as existed before 19 May. Read more

Stretching credibility to the limit

This past week provided further proof that credibility can be stretched to almost infinite lengths. Read more

Being a WIZO member

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The upcoming administration

President Rivlin and Prime Minister Netanyahu have both spoken with President-elect Joe Biden and for the first time have referred to him with that descriptor. Read more

Happy birthday Ludwig : a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

Working within coronavirus limitations, the Australian Chamber Orchestra is framing its early resuscitation around smaller audiences and multiple performances. This made for a roomy gathering at the Sydney Recital Hall last night. Read more

Reason to Believe: The Controversial Life of Rabbi Louis Jacobs

It seems strange that I received this book on the day I heard about the death of Jonathan Sacks, the Emeritus Chief Rabbi of the United Synagogue of the United Kingdom…writes Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen. Read more

The approaching storm in US-Israel relations

The day before the U.S. presidential election, the progressive Israel Democracy Institute published the results of a poll of Israeli Jews asked whether they believed President Donald Trump or former Vice President Joe Biden would be better for Israel. Some 70 per cent named Trump, 13 per cent chose Biden and 17 per cent said they didn’t know. Read more

Arab normalization and Palestinian radicalization: The Middle East tug of war

The Sept. 15 signing at the White House of the Abraham Accords between the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Israel, followed by Sudan’s declaration of normalization with the Jewish state, reflects tectonic shifts in Middle East geopolitics…write Dan Diker and Khaled Abu Toameh. Read more

Is there a Jewish class system?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…Holocaust Re-Education Read more

Can Democrats finally repudiate ‘The Squad’?

Not everybody in the Democratic Party is in love with “The Squad.” Read more

On the other hand

On the virus front, there has been good news with promising trials of COVID vaccines overseas and locally. Read more

Personal recollections

I first met Rabbi Lord Sacks. as a student at an Encounter with Chabad Shabbat at Lubavitch House in north London…writes Rabbi Chaim Ingram. Read more

Designating antisemitism: Positives and pitfalls

One of the more reprehensible aspects of the global campaign to strip Israel of its legitimacy is the fact that so many leading human-rights organizations have been co-opted by it. Read more

The personal diplomacy delusion

There are some ideas that are so seemingly logical and reflective of our best hopes about human nature that it doesn’t matter how often they are proved wrong. Read more

Tommy Huppert and medical marijuana

Tommy Huppert’s Cannatrek journey continues to expand and grow as does the herbal product that has recently gone mainstream. Henry Greener talks with him. Read more

Kristallnacht

The 9^th of November was the anniversary of the Kristallnacht attack on the Jews of Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland in 1938. Read more

Will Biden follow Obama’s path on Iran or forge his own?

One of the top foreign-policy issues President-elect Joe Biden will be forced to address upon taking office in January will be the Iranian threat. Read more

Two public figures left the world: One despicable, one inspirational

Over the past few days, two significant public figures passed away. One of them used his towering gifts to help create a better world. The other helped create a better world by leaving it. Read more

The US president-elect must heed the lessons of history when managing Iran

One of the most crucial issues on the table for the Middle East is Iran. Read more

A mezuzah for The Sydney Clinic

In recognition of ‘Mental Health Month’, Federal Liberal MP for Wentworth Dave Sharma and Mental Health Commissioner Rabbi Mendel Kastel, recently toured The Sydney Clinic in Bronte. Read more

Fatally flawed dead ends

When one has traversed down a dead-end road in the past and discovered that it leads nowhere but to dangerous territory, it is inconceivable that at some later time the same journey should once again be attempted. Read more

Trump-Netanyahu Mapping Committee needs to deliver the map

The threatened political demise of President Trump should provide the impetus for the joint Trump-Netanyahu Mapping Committee to publish its map delineating the areas of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) to which Israeli sovereignty can be expanded under Trump’s Peace Plan released last January. Read more

Book review: Friendly Fire: how Israel became its own worst enemy

I’ve read a lot during the Covid-19 lockdown periods. Obviously, I’ve only selected books that I thought I’d enjoy and largely I’ve been happy with my varied choices. Read more

Arabs states draw closer to Israel to counter non-Arab powers Turkey and Iran

The decision by three Arab states to make peace with Israel can be credited both to efforts by the Trump administration and the recognition by these Sunni states that their security would improve against the ongoing threats they face from Turkey and Iran. Read more

Should we care if Biden cools off relations with Saudis?

It’s the greatest of ironies. It wasn’t that long ago that Saudi Arabia was thought of as an implacable enemy of Israel and the Jewish people. Read more

Jimmy Weldon, a liberator of Buchenwald, has a lot to say on life

Jimmy Weldon, 97, is an American voice actor and ventriloquist known for portraying Yakky Doodle and other Hanna-Barbera characters on “The Yogi Bear Show.” Read more

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