The next act
February 14, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
The latest attempt at bringing a resolution to more than seven decades of Arab refusal to accept the validity of Jewish sovereignty is inevitably following a familiar script. Read more
Plunging to new lows? What Ireland’s election means for Irish-Israeli relations
February 13, 2020 by Benjamin Brown - TPS
Already being described as “something of a revolution in the ballot box,” Irish political party Sinn Féin’s success in the Irish general election is undoubtedly a historic result. Read more
Faust: McVicar’s devilish take on classic opera…an opera review by Victor Grynberg
February 13, 2020 by Victor Grynberg
One of France’s greatest ever composers, Charles Gounod had an immediate hit on his hands when his opera Faust finally premiered in Paris in 1859. Read more
Short+Sweet Launches 19th Season
February 12, 2020 by Geoff Sirmai
The biggest little theatre festival in the world breezes into the Sydney summer scene with its 19th big year of the popular 10×10 minute format. Read more
Healing Stories: Alison Jones and Rikki Stern speak to Alice Moldovan
February 12, 2020 by J-Wire
Two women diagnosed with cancer will be interviewed by ABC journalist Alison Moldovan ahead of August’s Sydney Jewish Writers Festival. Read more
Feintooner
February 12, 2020 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Democratic Presidential contenders and their Israel contentions Read more
History will remember Abbas as peace rejectionist
February 12, 2020 by Danny Danon
Even before the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan was revealed earlier this month, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas was planning his trip to New York City, where he plans to address the United Nations and protest the plan’s outline, which the P.A. has rejected outright. Read more
Trump moves to end 3000 years wait by the Jewish People
February 12, 2020 by David Singer
President Trump’s deal of the century (Deal) to end the 100 years old conflict between Arabs and Jews in former Palestine has seemingly hit a brick wall – following a meeting of Foreign Ministers of the 22 member countries of the Arab League on 1 February. Read more
What should be done with the ‘Judensau’?
February 11, 2020 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
“Here in Wittenberg, in our parish church, there is a sow carved into the stone under which lie young pigs and Jews who are sucking,” wrote Martin Luther, the founder of the Protestant faith in Germany, in one of his anti-Jewish tracts. Read more
Israeli sovereignty and the future of Trump’s peace plan
February 10, 2020 by Caroline Glick - JNS
On Wednesday morning, NeverTrump propagandist Bill Kristol told his MSNBC audience that Democratic chances of victory over U.S. President Donald Trump will rise if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is defeated in Israel’s March 2 elections. Read more
Lebanon poses acute threat to Israel with Hezbollah, Iran controlling its government
February 10, 2020 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
The last several months have not been good ones for Lebanon, as it’s been wracked by economic and political instability. Read more
Does God answer prayer?
February 10, 2020 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the Rabbi. Read more
The ‘Deal of the Century’ – the Weiser view
February 10, 2020 by Ron Weiser
There has been a consistent pattern to the “peace process” for 100 years from when the Palestine Arab Executive Committee met in 1921 and declared – “Either us or the Zionists. There is no room for both” Read more
On the other hand
February 9, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
Abbas declares a thousand no’s for peace with Israel, Nancy Pelosi rips up Trump’s State of the Union speech and the Corona Virus causes mayhem throughout the world. Read more
Amid a spate of Palestinian attacks, Israel’s security forces seek to prevent an explosion of violence
February 8, 2020 by Yaakov Lappin
The quick succession of Palestinian attacks on Israeli security forces in the past 24 hours appears to be a chain reaction of unorganized incidents, each one forming the “inspiration” for the next attacker and each attack forming a link in the terrorist chain. Read more
Kirk Douglas’s quintessential American Jewish life
February 8, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Actor Kirk Douglas may have been the last surviving star from the golden age of Hollywood. Read more
New president of Technion seeks ‘soft sciences’ to meld with Israeli high-tech
It seems that not a week goes by without hearing news of some technological breakthrough undertaken by Israelis. The biomedical developments alone—heart surgery using sounds waves, the first country to perform an “artificial meniscus” implant, innovative ways of detecting cancer cells in the human body—have made international headlines, with more advances to come. Read more
‘The woman’ … and her one-sided view of two peoples
February 8, 2020 by Jerold S. Auerbach - JNS
Ilana Hammerman was not a familiar name. But the subtitle of her new book was irresistible: One Woman’s Story of Challenging Borders in Israel/Palestine. Read more
Arabs are in an uproar (over the prospect of living in Palestine)
February 8, 2020 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Leave aside, for the moment, the deepening rows about U.S. President Donald Trump’s “vision” for ending the Middle East conflict. Read more
Jewish Tree Huggers
February 7, 2020 by Jeremy Rosen
On Monday we celebrate the New Year for trees! Yes, we were tree huggers long before it became fashionable. Where did we get it from? Read more
Loud, Proud, and Jewish: a book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen
February 6, 2020 by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen
The publicity for this book describes it as “This collection of reflections from Jewish leaders is a passionate response to attacks on the Jewish community. Read more
WIZO celebrates 100 years of caring for the disadvantaged in Israel
February 6, 2020 by Eliana Rudee - JNS.org
The Women’s International Zionist Organization (WIZO) celebrated its centennial year last week in Israel. Read more
Deal of the Century reactions could not have been more predictable
February 6, 2020 by Rob Berg
On 29 January 2020, President Trump finally presented his long-awaited ‘Deal of the Century’, his vision to end the ongoing conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis, a conflict which has been going on in some form or another for over seventy years. Read more
History’s greatest Briton
February 6, 2020 by Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann
It is not for naught that Sir Winston Churchill has been consistently named ‘History’s Greatest Briton’ in poll after poll. Read more
Trump Plan to end Jewish-Arab conflict sees PLO implode
February 5, 2020 by David Singer
PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas’s dismissive response to President Trump’s peace plan spells the end of the road for the PLO as Israel’s Arab partner to negotiate an end to the 100 years unresolved conflict between Jews and Arabs. Read more
Peak behind the curtain at Opera Australia’s free Behind the Scenes showcase at the Sydney Opera House.
February 5, 2020 by Arts Editor
Opera Australia has announced it will hold a free Behind the Scenes at the Opera event on Sunday 23 February at the Joan Sutherland Theatre, giving the public an insight into how a fully staged opera is brought to life. Read more
Corona and the Chinese ambassador’s Holocaust chutzpah
February 5, 2020 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
China’s acting ambassador to Israel came under well-deserved fire this week for invoking the Nazi genocide of the Jews to criticize Jerusalem’s preventive measures against the spread of the coronavirus. Read more
How much are you worth?
February 4, 2020 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi… Read more
Start spreadin’ the news: Sydney choir leaving for New York
February 3, 2020 by Community newsdesk
Sydney Jewish Choral Society is a community on the move. Read more
Brett Kaye takes St Kilda Shule music up a scale
February 3, 2020 by Community newsdesk
St Kilda Shule has expanded Chazzan Brett Kaye’s role with his appointment as Music Director in addition to his chazzanut role. Read more
