Jewish comedy returns to Bondi with Kosher Theatresports
July 2, 2025 by Rob Klein
Kosher Theatresports, an improvisational comedy show known for its blend of quick wit and Jewish humour, is set to return to the Bondi Pavilion Theatre. The first show on Sunday, August 31 is now sold out but there will be a second one on Thursday 4 September.
Israel at a crossroads in Gaza: a deal or a new military phase?
July 2, 2025 by Yaakov Lappin
With the direct military confrontation with Iran complete for now, Israel’s strategic focus has pivoted back to the unresolved war in Gaza, where Israel’s Security Cabinet is facing a historic crossroads. Read more
Mamdani apologists play the fake Islamophobia card
July 2, 2025 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
It didn’t take long for the Democratic Party’s media cheering section to demonstrate how far the Overton Window had moved among liberals with respect to antisemitism. Read more
The new currency of relevance: how social justice has been hijacked
July 2, 2025 by Michael Gencher
It’s one of the most disturbing trends of our time: people with nothing to say, nothing to contribute, and nothing of substance to offer have discovered that the quickest way to gain attention, credibility, and a sense of relevance is to hijack social justice causes. Read more
JNF educators tour returns, offering deep dive into Israel for teachers
July 2, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
After a two-year hiatus, the JNF Educators Study Tour is set to return, offering a unique, all-expenses-paid experience for Australian and New Zealand educators eager to explore Israel’s rich cultural and environmental landscape. Read more
1984
July 2, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Hollywood outlier: Elliott Gould focuses the camera on real life
July 1, 2025 by JNS
It’s difficult to imagine a face like Elliott Gould’s becoming a matinee idol today. It is angular and brooding, with eyes that have carried a weight beyond their years and a voice that teetered between irony and sincerity. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past
July 1, 2025 by Ruth Lilian
Reca (Rebecca) Stone – a true woman of worth Read more
Jewish Country Houses
June 30, 2025 by Anne Sarzin
Book review by Anne Sarzin Read more
Dragging American Jews through the mud in New York mayoral race
June 30, 2025 by Bruce S. Ticker
Feintooner
June 30, 2025 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Saved by the Yell Read more
Trump & Bin Salman: opt for the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine
June 30, 2025 by David Singer
In a remarkable about-face, Ali Shihabi, an advisor to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has abandoned his 2020 plan calling for a new political entity comprising Jordan, Gaza and part of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) to be created and named The Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine (HKOPS).
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On the other hand
June 29, 2025 by Henry Benjamin
Some semblance of normality has returned to daily life after two weeks of interrupted sleep involving running to and from the bomb shelter. Read more
All is Good … in the Glow of Moonlight
June 29, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Axis of hypocrites
June 27, 2025 by Michael Kuttner
The existing axis of evil has sustained a major blow in its hitherto unchallenged march towards imposing its malign machinations on intended victims. Read more
Lalo Schifrin dies at 93
June 27, 2025 by Associated Press
Lalo Schifrin, the composer who wrote the theme for Mission: Impossible and more than 100 other arrangements for film and television, has died at 93. Read more
Yalta
June 27, 2025 by Jeremy Rosen
Anyone interested in history will know that the Yalta Conference was a meeting between the leaders of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union that took place in February 1945, towards the end of the Second World War. Read more
Happy-Go-Wrong
June 27, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
Rabbi Shmotkin brings message of inner health to Australia
June 26, 2025 by Rob Klein
When Rabbi Levi Shmotkin first began reading the letters of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, writing a book was the furthest thing from his mind. Read more
Lang Lang solo recital featuring romantic music
June 26, 2025 by Shirley Politzer
A music review by Shirley Politzer Read more
L’Chaim to Life: David Slade
June 26, 2025 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with David Slade, president of UIA-Keren Hayesod Victoria. Read more
Shabbat Korach
June 26, 2025 by Henry Benjamin
Unpredictability Read more
Israel wins stunning 12-Day War
June 25, 2025 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
With U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire, Israel is emerging as the true victor of what Trump has aptly termed the 12-Day War with Iran. Read more
Soldier Boy
June 25, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Lightscape, at the Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens
June 24, 2025 by Alex First
An installation reviewed by Alex First Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past
June 24, 2025 by Ruth Lilian
Julius Stone AO OBE – a premier legal theorist, brilliant scholar, philosopher, and writer Read more
Would anyone but Trump have done it?
June 23, 2025 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Donald Trump appears to have fooled both his friends and foes. And he has done something none of his predecessors dared to do. Read more
Netanyahu visits the Western Wall
June 23, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
On Sunday evening, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem, where they recited a special prayer for the well-being of IDF soldiers and the security forces, and the well-being of the hostages in Gaza. Read more
Feintooner
June 23, 2025 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Nuclear Shrinkage Read more
Trump was not fiddling whilst Israel burned
June 23, 2025 by David Singer
President Trump’s devastating attack on Iran’s Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites could see Trump shortly reveal his long-awaited solution on the future of Judea and Samaria (West Bank). Read more
