Trump’s Board of Peace scraps United Nations two-state solution
February 23, 2026 by David Singer
President Trump’s Board of Peace at its first meeting in Washington this week scrapped the United Nations (UN) Security Council proposal for the creation of a new Palestinian Arab State in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem (two-state solution). Read more
A Jewish antisemite returns to the scene
February 22, 2026 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
The current row involving the Belgian foreign minister, the Israeli foreign minister and the U.S. ambassador to Brussels over the ongoing Belgian police investigation into three mohels reveals a great deal about how antisemitism functions these days. Read more
On the other hand
February 21, 2026 by Michael Kuttner
Israel’s National Transplant Centre announced on Sunday that the first month of 2026 has set a record for organ donations and transplants in the country. Read more
Fight! Fight! Fight!
February 20, 2026 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
A lively debate is underway in the Jewish world about whether Jews are wise to present themselves as victims. Read more
Jesse Jackson and the betrayal of the civil-rights movement
February 20, 2026 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Being an aide to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., as well as one of his companions in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968—the day the leader of the civil-rights movement was shot and killed—conferred a certain status on Rev. Jesse Jackson that amounted to secular sainthood. Read more
Asi Wind brings more than magic to Sydney
February 20, 2026 by Rob Klein
For Israeli-born magician Asi Wind, magic is not about fooling people. It is about reaching them. Read more
Wishful Thinking
February 20, 2026 by Michael Kuttner
Despite increasing worldwide outbreaks of the world’s oldest virus, there are still far too many Jews who prefer to remain in blissful denial. Read more
The law and Donald Trump: Twisting it in America, then Israel
February 19, 2026 by Bruce S. Ticker
It is not sufficient for President Trump to wreck America’s legal system, but now he is extending his crusade to twist the law overseas. Read more
Far-right antisemitism: “a growing cancer”
February 18, 2026 by Menachem Rosensaft
An article by my friend Thane Rosenbaum should be read by and circulated to all those ostrich-like political conservatives who ignore, deny or trivialise present-day antisemitism in their midst. Read more
The conversations that actually matter after Bondi
February 18, 2026 by Michael Gencher
Since the Bondi massacre on 14 December, the Jewish community has carried a familiar mix of grief, vigilance, and exhaustion. Read more
Hannah Senesh: dream and reality
February 18, 2026 by Anne Sarzin
Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more
From grief to hope: reflecting on a solidarity visit to Australia
February 17, 2026 by Doron Almog
A distance of 14,000 kilometres separates Sydney, Australia, from Jerusalem. Yet it is a distance that seems to vanish in a moment of a single embrace. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past
February 17, 2026 by J-Wire
Marianne Helene Mathy – distinguished teacher of opera and classical singing Read more
Campus antisemitism exposed, but community says response falls short
February 17, 2026 by Rob Klein
The Australian Human Rights Commission’s ‘Respect at Uni’ report, released this week, has exposed the deep and personal impact of antisemitism on Australian university campuses. Read more
Feintooner
February 16, 2026 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: UN Notes from the Underground Read more
Pressure Jordan – not Israel – to end the Jewish-Arab conflict
There is continuing pressure on Israel to agree to the creation of a Palestinian Arab state between Israel and Jordan (two-State solution). Read more
Gaza’s disarmament headache
February 15, 2026 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
Amid the blood-drenched madness of Hamas’s pogrom in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, there was yet method. Read more
The deepening madness against the Jews
February 15, 2026 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
The tsunami of global antisemitism in the wake of the massacre of Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023, and during the Gaza war that followed, has caused as much bafflement as horror at the sheer perversity of this malevolence. Read more
On the other hand
February 15, 2026 by Michael Kuttner
Israel’s reputation as a cybersecurity powerhouse was on full display this week at a major industry summit in Tel Aviv, where government officials, startups, and international investors gathered to address the growing threats in the digital domain. Read more
Hansel & Gretel- now a spectacular opera
February 15, 2026 by Victor Grynberg
An Opera Review by Victor Grynberg Read more
2026 is election year
February 15, 2026 by Ron Weiser
2026 will see the Israeli people go to elections. Read more
Will they or won’t they?
February 13, 2026 by Michael Kuttner
We are living at a time when life-defining decisions are avoided, and indecision, equivocation and double-dealing prevail. Read more
Desecration
February 11, 2026 by Jeremy Rosen
The Epstein scandal is possibly the most serious example of the abuse of power and wealth in recent years in an open society. Read more
Postcode Is No Test for Antisemitism
February 10, 2026 by Michael Gencher
Antisemitism should never be assessed by postcode. Yet it seems we are doing exactly that, and for Jews outside the traditional population centres, it undeniably feels that way. Read more
UN Secretary-General Guterres tops list of world’s Jew-haters
February 9, 2026 by David Singer
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres showed why he tops the list of the world’s Jew-haters – when he addressed the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) on 3 February. Read more
The Epstein files’ toxic mix of true crime and conspiracy theories
February 8, 2026 by J-Wire
The federal government’s release of the latest tranche of files related to the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein set off another surge in interest in a case that continues to possess a hold on the imaginations of growing numbers of people. Read more
The West’s pragmatic fallacy
February 8, 2026 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
When people are called pragmatic, it’s meant to imply reasonableness and the ability to compromise, occupying the sensible middle ground. Read more
Reconnecting through business: the story behind Australia’s new Jewish executive network
A new national network for Australia’s Jewish business executives is preparing to launch chapters in Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast, with its co-founder saying the aftermath of the Bondi terror attack sharpened the need for trusted, values-based leadership spaces.
On the other hand
February 7, 2026 by Michael Kuttner
The Ministry of Transportation approved Tesla to participate in a trial in which the company’s vehicles will drive on roads with supervised autonomous driving systems. Read more
Holocaust Day Scandals
February 6, 2026 by Jeremy Rosen
I have always been conflicted about the response to the Holocaust. As a young boy, I was shocked to see pictorial evidence of how cruel human beings can be to each other. Read more
