On the other hand

Israel has switched from daylight saving summer time to winter mode. Read more

The contemporary clash between faith and politics in the West

In the never-ending uproar over U.S. President Donald Trump, his administration’s recent move to lift a ban on traditional Christian adoption agencies went relatively unremarked. Read more

Maimonides

It is a well-known saying that “ From Moses to Moses, there was no one as great as Moses.” The second Moses the saying refers to is the Moses known as “Rambam”. Which is an acronym of Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon. Or, in secular usage, Maimonides. Read more

Kaddish.com: book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

The publisher introduces the novel by “Larry is the secular son in a family of Orthodox Brooklyn Jews. Read more

History revisited

Quote: “History never repeats itself – Man always does.”  (Voltaire) Read more

90th celebration for Henri Korn

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Habonim Dror reach out to smaller communities

Ken HaShemesh HaOlah (KSO) is Habonim Dror Australia’s groundbreaking new outreach program, providing socialist-Zionist and progressive education for Jewish youths regardless of where they may live in Australia. Read more

Multi-media event at Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue

Emanuel Synagogue will host an extraordinary, multi-media event by the Sydney Art Quartet in November: CROSSROADS – featuring Steve Reich’s intensely moving Different Trains – combined with a dramatic theatre & cinema installation and special guest artists. Read more

Can Israel’s party leaders find a way out of third elections?

Israel’s election impasse doesn’t appear to be waning as the country is closing in on nearly two months since its second national election in September. Read more

Why the Democrats don’t have to go the way of Labour

The upcoming general election being held in Britain on Dec. 12 isn’t getting much coverage in the United States. Americans generally don’t pay much attention to foreign policy, and the principal issue this year in the United Kingdom—Brexit—is something few Americans really understand. Read more

Shabbat: Reclaiming Jewish identity from antisemitism

One year after the Tree of Life synagogue shooting shook world Jewry to its core, we are continuously flooded with disturbing reminders that, unbelievably, antisemitism is back on the agenda and threatens our way of life more seriously than we could have ever imagined in the modern era…writes Rabbi Warren Goldstein. Read more

Political leaders: Stand up and be counted

There is an ever-increasing likelihood that we may be forced into a third election. This would be an abominable reflection on Israel’s political leaders and could have disastrous consequences. Read more

Rabin’s policies can help break Gantz-Netanyahu deadlock

The prospect of a third election in Israel within twelve months looms large – should Blue and White leader Benny Gantz be unable to form a Government of National Unity within the next two weeks. Read more

In Gaza Strip, Palestinian Islamic Jihad agitates for violence

Palestinian Islamic Jihad—the second-largest armed terror faction in Gaza after Hamas—is agitating for violence, and is, in fact, the organization that conducted Friday-night’s rocket barrage on the Israeli border city of Sderot. Read more

Northern Syria and Israel

The situation in northern Syria following the American withdrawal is still unfolding, and the possible outcomes are not fully clear. For Israel, the emerging picture is not a strategic disaster, but more of a mixed bag. Read more

It’s always great to be in Israel

It’s always great to be in Israel. Read more

What does Judaism say about consumer rights

For the answer…ask the rabbi. Read more

On the other hand

We have transitioned from summer to winter time and right on cue twenty four hours after we prayed for rain the heavens opened up. Read more

Discord between Blue and White, Likud erodes hope for national unity government

Coalition talks continue with Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz, who is trying to use the most of the 28 days that Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has given him to form a coalition. Read more

Democracy devoid of the ‘demos’?

“They who sow the wind will reap the storm.” — Hosea 8:7

“[There is a] dangerous symbiosis between elements in the police Major Crimes Unit, the State Prosecutor’s Office and the media.” — Citation from Justice Minister Amir Ohana’s Press Conference, Oct. 29, 2019 Read more

Theme of Diaspora-attended conference in Jerusalem: Making Judaism work for all

Judaism, said organizers of a conference this week in Jerusalem pertaining to religious issues long discussed by Jews worldwide, “is often seen in Israel as an exclusive religious teaching that manages to exclude large parts of Israeli society and Diaspora Jewry.” Read more

The Balfour Declaration

The Balfour Declaration of November 2, 1917, was the first recognition for two thousand years that Jews had as much right to a homeland of their own as any other nation or people. Read more

Reinforcing ties with Australia

The new World Chairman of Keren Hayesod, Sam Grundwerg, is making his first visit to Australia in November. Read more

Britain, Brexit and the ripple effect on identity politics and antisemitism

 

In Britain, the crisis so long dreaded by many British Jews is finally upon them. The general election that has been called for December raises the possibility that hard-left Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn might come to power. Read more

Differing perspectives

It is extremely interesting to see how people living in different countries prioritize situations and events. Read more

Navigating fine line between Torah observance and Israeli military service, politics aside

This past week an organization called “Forum of Reserve Rabbis,” a group of rabbis who serve as reserve soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces, released a new 50-page booklet roughly titled in English, “And he was a holy apprentice: Modesty laws for soldiers.” Read more

Palestinian Islamic Jihad, backed by Iran, seeks rocket-launchers in West Bank

Since Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005, Palestinian terror factions have turned Gaza into a major rocket production zone, and they’re trying to replicate some of those activities in the West Bank, so far without success. Read more

Does Jewish morality require Israel to leave the West Bank?

Zionism seems like a binary proposition: You’re either for or against the existence of a Jewish state. Read more

The cost of censorship on Facebook

There’s little question that for most observers of the debate about the future of social media, Borat got the best of Zuckerberg. Read more

The Other Story: screening at the Jewish International Film Festival

The Other Story is an Israeli movie from director and co-writer Avi Nesher. It is a fascinating movie that juxtaposes relationships in the religious orthodox community, against secular relationships in modern-day Israel. Read more

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