1917: a movie review by James Bernardinelli

When it comes to 20th-century wars, World War I, the so-called “Great War” or “War to End All Wars,” is poorly represented in motion pictures. Read more

Why do Likud voters support Netanyahu? Thank the Supreme Court

Although Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was favoured to win his Likud party’s leadership contest on Dec. 26, the magnitude of his victory surprised many observers. Read more

Iran seeks to end direct clash with America and return to an asymmetrical comfort zone

The wave of Iranian ballistic missiles that struck two military bases in Iraq early on Wednesday that house U.S. personnel was a clear Iranian attempt to conclude the current phase of escalation with Washington. Read more

Rose Klas passes away in Sydney at 103

Rose married Henry Klas, the love of her life during the blitz in London in 1940. Read more

Luxury hotel in Negev Desert lands on ‘must-visit’ travel lists for 2020

A new hotel in Israel’s Negev Desert was included on CNN’s list of the 20 “top hotels to check out in 2020.” Read more

Loss of Soleimani won’t stop Iran’s long-term goal of regional hegemony

Despite the substantial blow absorbed by Iran due to the Jan. 3 assassination of the notorious Quds Force commander, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, by U.S. military forces, the regime is set to continue its expansion program to dominate the region, Israeli observers have assessed. Read more

Israel’s next election must focus on Judea and Samaria – not Bibi

Israel’s next election due on 2 March 2020 must focus on the future of Judea and Samaria – not the future of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi). Read more

The multiple faces of antisemitism

Several years ago, in an article for Commentary magazine, I offered a distinction between two kinds of antisemitic mindsets. I named the first one “bierkeller” antisemitism and the second one “bistro” antisemitism, as a way of illustrating the cultural gulf between these two forms. Read more

People’s Choir on the move

Melbourne’s THE PEOPLE’S CHOIR is moving from South Caulfield to East Malvern. Read more

When will American Jewry wake up?

Was the machete attack at Rabbi Chaim Rottenburg’s home in Monsey, N.Y.  wake-up call enough? Read more

Major Jewish groups mobilise against hate while unsure about its causes

The recent violent attacks against Jews in Monsey, N.Y., and Jersey City, N.J., have garnered national headlines and have brought further awareness to the sharp rise in antisemitism in the United States, and especially, the New York metropolitan region. Read more

It was time for an administration to break foreign-policy ‘rules’

For 20 years, he had sowed terror and confusion throughout the Middle East with impunity. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…So Long So Leimani… Read more

Does Judaism approve of autopsies?

Ask the rabbi… Read more

La Boheme: an opera review by Victor Grynberg

A summertime favourite at the Opera House almost every year, La Boheme received that rare Sydney accolade, an almost total standing ovation after this year’s opening night. Read more

On the other hand

Welcome to 2020. Read more

Iran crossed red line with Trump administration; US, Israel, region brace for response

The American airstrike assassination of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force commander, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Baghdad early on Friday follows a major miscalculation on the part of Tehran in the decision to up the ante against the United States. Read more

Jewish and pro-Israel groups, US politicians react to death of IRGC Quds Force Qassem Soleimani

For the most part, Jewish and pro-Israel groups reacted positively to the U.S. elimination of the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, Maj. Gen, Qassem Soleimani, in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq on Thursday. Read more

Warning: Climate Change

The subject of climate change is one which is guaranteed to generate plenty of heat regardless of whether one is a sceptic or a believer. Read more

Is Turkey trying to sabotage the massive new Israel-Cyprus-Greece EastMed gas deal?

Tensions are reaching a new high in the eastern Mediterranean region after Turkey’s parliament approved a measure to deploy Turkish troops to Libya to support the U.N.-backed government there. Read more

Bulawayo

In the summer of 1966, I was studying in the great Yeshiva of Mir in Jerusalem. One day, I received a call from Rabbi Professor Dr. Louis Rabinowitz, former Chief Rabbi of South Africa and then Vice Mayor of Jerusalem.

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The struggle for the Mediterranean

Since it came to power in 2002 and especially under the leadership of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the AKP Party, which has ruled Turkey for nearly 20 years, has become increasingly preoccupied with Turkey’s Ottoman past. Read more

Smile though your heart is aching

Sydney’s Rabbi Chaim Ingram boarded the Ovation of the Seas as he has for the last five years to conduct Chanukah candle lighting…its first voyage since the ill-fated excursion from the ship to White Island when its volcano erupted claiming 17 lives including some passengers and a crew member. Read more

Will Bernie Sanders become the first U.S. Jewish president?

We’re still more than a month away from the first actual votes being cast in the Democratic presidential race. Read more

Political games at the Hague

Most well-intentioned international political initiatives do not end well, and the International Criminal Court is no exception. Read more

Does God have a name?

Ask the rabbi… Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon:  New World Pogroms Read more

On the other hand

This year Jews and Christians are celebrating their respective Festivals at the same time and nowhere is this more evident than in the very country where the historical events actually took place. Read more

Chanukah and Xmas

To the memory of Dr. Daniel Cammerman, a good, brilliant person, and a much-admired and respected pediatrician, taken tragically too soon from us. May his memory be a blessing.

This week I was asked by a non-Jewish friend, whether atonement plays a part in Chanukah as it does in Xmas. At first, I did not understand the question. But then it got me thinking of the differences between the two festivals. Read more

Should Israel sign non-aggression pacts with Arab countries?

Israel’s relationship with the surrounding Arab countries requires no shortage of diplomatic prowess to maintain good relations. Read more

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