POTUS, or Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

And Then There Were None

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Gapu Ŋupan (Chasing the Rainbow)

A Melbourne theatrical experience as reviewed by Alex First Read more

Berlin

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Ayn Rand: Writing a gospel of success

On International Women’s Day: Remembering Ayn Rand -a book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more

On the other hand

Israel came to a virtual standstill as the funeral of the murdered Bibas children and their mother took place. Read more

Trump reverses Biden’s betrayal of Israel

President Trump’s decision to treat Judea and Samaria (West Bank) and Gaza (“disputed territories”) as two separate non-contiguous territorial entities has reversed former President Biden’s treatment of them as contiguous territorial entries within which a Palestinian Arab state between Israel and Jordan should be created (“two-state solution”). Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: No more free lunches Read more

A vile equivalence

Noa Argamani, the Israeli hostage who was rescued from Gaza by the Israel Defence Forces last June, addressed the U.N. Security Council this week. Read more

Bloopers

Way back in the dim and distant past, there used to be a popular programme on New Zealand television called “Bloopers.” Read more

The peril of compromise: How Australian universities are again failing Jewish students

For the past sixteen months, Australia’s Jewish community has faced an alarming rise in antisemitism. Read more

Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola

I first heard of the Christian polymath Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola ( 1463-1494) from the late  Jack Lunzer, the owner and curator of the Valmadonna Trust Library that a few years ago was sold off at Sotheby’s in New York in 2017 and ended up at the National Library of Israel. Read more

Shabbat Truman

The Urim and Tumim Read more

An ‘intimate history’ of Australia and the Holocaust

Book review by Dr  Anne Sarzin Read more

Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution: My chat with ChatGPT

My chat with generative artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT has resulted in ChatGPT making a number of substantial corrections to its understanding of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS) – whilst also confirming the United Nations has completely ignored the existence of HKOPS to replace its own failed two-state solution. Read more

Where were you?

Where were you on October 7, 2023, when the largest massacre of Jews since the Shoah took place? Read more

On the other hand

In Israel, it’s called Chok Murphy. Read more

Civilization weeps

After the heartbreak comes a profound anger. Read more

TRUTH

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

What is going on in Bibi’s mind?

We are nearing the final stages of the first phase of the hostage deal. Read more

Huffing, puffing and bluffing

Nothing is worse than the spectacle of politicians and others blustering and then being stranded when their deadlines fall flat. Read more

Sons of Noa(c)h

Anyone studying the Talmud in depth knows that they are entering a very special but complicated world with unique rules and methods. Read more

Shabbat Mishpatim

Australia is failing itself by ignoring the real divide

Enough with the illusions. The recent statement from the United Muslim Community (UMC) and its affiliates regarding the Bankstown nurses’ scandal is not just an exercise in deflection—it is a glaring sign that Australia is failing to confront a growing and dangerous divide. Read more

Aria

A Sydney theatre review by Alex First Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

Laura Boas – known as Aunty Laura in her career as a teacher of religion for over a quarter of a century Read more

Trump hastens end to United Nations inciting Jew-hatred worldwide

President Trump’s decision on 5 February to takeover – and makeover – Gaza – will hopefully hasten the end to eight years of the United Nations (UN) inciting Jew-hatred worldwide following the Security Council adopting Resolution 2334 on 23 December 2016. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Singing in the same Key

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On the other hand

Here are some good news items that will never feature in your local media. Read more

Hadestown

A Sydney theatre review by Alex First Read more

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