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
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
The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück
June 22, 2025 by Anne Sarzin
Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more
On the other hand
June 22, 2025 by Michael Kuttner
What a difference a week can make. Read more
Lang Lang at the Opera House
June 22, 2025 by Shirley Politzer
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) hosted a beautiful evening of French music of the Romantic era featuring the dazzling pianist Lang Lang. Read more
Fox fired up for canoe world titles after rough results
June 22, 2025 by AAP
Jessica Fox has had mixed results since her stunning double Olympic triumph, but the canoe great expects to again deliver at the world championships in Penrith. Read more
The return of the neocon canard
June 20, 2025 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Earlier this week, an out-and-out antisemite was revealed to be holding a senior position in the Pentagon. Read more
INTO THE FRAY: Emmanuel the Egregious
June 20, 2025 by Martin Sherman
With the war raging between Iran and Israel, few news items beyond reports from the battlefront itself make it into international headlines. Read more
Worthless words versus resolute resolve
June 20, 2025 by Michael Kuttner
Worthless dialogue, diplomatic fudging and unattainable guarantees were never going to prevent the Iranian regime from acquiring weapons of mass destruction. Read more
‘Israel is waging this war for the entire Western world’
June 19, 2025 by Steve Linde
Although his city was devastated by Iranian ballistic missiles in the early morning hours of June 15, Bat Yam Mayor Tzvika Brot is convinced that Israel will emerge victorious and safer after the war against Iran. Read more
Were you at the Sydney Magen David Adom fundraiser?
June 19, 2025 by J-Wire photo story
A J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
June 19, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Potholes, not politics: why Dunedin City Council must reject the anti-Israel sanctions motion
June 19, 2025 by Greg Bouwer
This week, New Zealand’s Dunedin City Council will consider a motion so wildly beyond its remit that it borders on the absurd. Read more
Shabbat Shelach Lecha
June 19, 2025 by Jeremy Jones
Do Not Despair Read more
“The world should be behind Israel”: Richard Kemp
June 18, 2025 by Crystal Jones
A British retired army officer has described Israel’s military successes in Iran as ‘masterful’ and ‘unique’, and called for the rest of the world to give their support. Read more
New geopolitical reality emerges as Israel reshapes the Middle East
June 17, 2025 by Israel Kasnett
On October 7, 2023, the brutal Hamas attack on Israel prompted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare, “We will reshape the Middle East.” Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past
June 17, 2025 by Ruth Lilian
John Joel Cohen – jeweller, watch maker, silversmith and optician Read more
Feintooner
June 16, 2025 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: The road to hell is paved with bad intentions Read more
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and UK turn on Israel
June 16, 2025 by David Singer
In a distinctly hostile act – the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom announced in a Joint Statement on 10 June sanctions and other measures targeting Israeli politicians Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich for inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. Read more
On the other hand
June 15, 2025 by Michael Kuttner
Israelis’ summer overseas holiday plans are being changed this year. Read more
