The Palestinian Authority donor machine
October 18, 2019 by David Bedein
When it comes to humanitarian aid to the Palestinian Authority, transparency does not exist. Read more
Exposed: World Bank’s Palestinian recovery and development program funding salaries for terrorists
October 17, 2019 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
International aid transferred to the Palestinian Authority (PA) through the World Bank’s Palestinian Recovery and Development Program (PRDP) Trust Fund is used to pay the salaries of Palestinian terrorists, an in-depth investigation by TPS has exposed Read more
Two new films from Judy Menczel
October 17, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
ABC’s Compass program will feature two new documentaries from producer Judy Menczel. Read more
‘Entry of radical Islamist forces into northern Syria is disturbing,’ ex-Israeli intelligence official says
October 17, 2019 by Yaakov Lappin
Israel has been closely monitoring Turkey’s brutal offensive against the Kurds in northeast Syria in recent days. Read more
Going abroad
October 17, 2019 by Fraser Beath McEwing
J-Wire’s music reviewer Fraser Beath McEwing has added another string to his bow as he takes J-Wire readers on his travels…today he reports from Malta. Read more
Mr Chess passed away in South Africa
Leonard R Reitstein, aged 91, much admired and respected member of the Cape Town Jewish community, particularly Temple Israel, and as South Africa’s “Mr Chess”. passed away in August. Read more
Is Simchat Torah similar to Purim? Ask the rabbi
October 16, 2019 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
In popular thinking Simchat Torah is a sort of Purim, a day for carnival jollification. But the popular view is wrong. Read more
Feintooner
October 16, 2019 by Feintooner
Gobble Gobble Read more
Shabbat is trending! Get ready for the Shabbat Project 2019 in Sydney
October 16, 2019 by Community newsdesk
Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Karli Kloss and Troye Sivan have all extolled the virtues of Shabbat as a chance to carve out time to disconnect. Read more
On Israel’s dependence on USA, its next PM and a report on settlements
October 16, 2019 by Ron Weiser
Just as it is wrong of those who criticise everything President Trump says and does just because it comes from him, likewise it is wrong for his supporters to blindly praise or try and explain away, a very poor decision and/or action. Read more
Going abroad
October 16, 2019 by Fraser Beath McEwing
J-Wire’s music reviewer Fraser Beath McEwing has added another string to his bow as he takes J-Wire readers on his travels…today he reports from Malta. Read more
Why do anti-Semites hate Jews? Don’t overthink it
October 13, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
The most frustrating aspect of the Yom Kippur assault on a synagogue in Halle, Germany, by a neo-Nazi thug is that we’ve seen all this before. Read more
When doves cry …
October 13, 2019 by Martin Sherman - Mida via JNS
The most righteous of men cannot live in peace if his evil neighbour will not let him be.” — From Wilhelm Tell Act IV, scene III, by Friedrich von Schiller, 1804 Read more
The Americans, the Kurds, the war
October 13, 2019 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
Two days after announcing the betrayal of America’s Kurdish allies in Syria, U.S. President Donald Trump decided to belittle them for good measure. Read more
Rivlin must cook up a US$220 million Netanyahu-Liberman omelette
October 13, 2019 by David Singer
An opening to ending Israel’s election deadlock has come after Yisrael Beiteinu faction chairman Oded Forer sent a formal letter to the head of the Likud’s coalition negotiating team, Yariv Levin, on 11 October, asking for negotiations on the policy guidelines for the next government. Read more
Going abroad
October 13, 2019 by Fraser Beath McEwing
J-Wire’s music reviewer Fraser Beath McEwing has added another string to his bow as he takes J-Wire readers on his travels…today he reports from Taormina, Sicily. Read more
Succot and the World
October 11, 2019 by Jeremy Rosen
Every Jewish festival has several different levels of significance. There are always personal, national, agricultural and universal themes. Read more
Professor Louis Waller AO: 1935-2019
October 11, 2019 by Community Editor
Melbourne community stalwart and highly-jurist Professor Louis Waller has passed away at the age of 84. Read more
Rose Fekete 1947-2019
October 11, 2019 by Community newsdesk
Sydney has lost one of its cherished community workers this week with the passing of Rose Fekete. Read more
There is a chill in the air
October 11, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
We are now into autumn (fall if you are an American) and in our part of the Promised Land in the hills of Judea, evenings and nights have a distinctly chilly feel to them. Read more
Going abroad
October 11, 2019 by Fraser Beath McEwing
J-Wire’s music reviewer Fraser Beath McEwing has added another string to his bow as he takes J-Wire readers on his travels…today on the road in Sicily. Read more
Sukkah pointers
October 10, 2019 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Want some Sukkah pointers?…ask the rabbi. Read more
Going abroad
October 10, 2019 by Fraser Beath McEwing
J-Wire’s music reviewer Fraser Beath McEwing has added another string to his bow as he takes J-Wire readers on his travels…today on the road – Agrimento.
Never Again-Austen Tayshus
Like so many I saw a number of Austen Tayshus shows in the 80’s in Pubs and clubs where you would leave drenched in sweat and feeling like you had just done nine rounds of cage wrestling with Andre the Giant and a Grizzly bear. The latest offering by Austen Tayshus at the Bondi Pavillion still leaves you battered and bruised but dying for more. Read more
UJEB in the wake of the school antisemitism in Melbourne government schools
The widely reported antisemitic bullying incidents at two Melbourne government schools last week were an unfortunate reminder that there continues to be vilification of our community. The incidents were all the more shocking because children were involved. Read more
Leaving Syria: A blow to US deterrence, a boost to Middle East Islamists
October 8, 2019 by Yaakov Lappin
The decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to pull back troops from northern Syria in the face of a likely Turkish offensive against Kurdish forces is a blow to American deterrent power in the Middle East. Read more
Kristallnacht concert to be held at NZ synagogue for the first time
October 8, 2019 by Community newsdesk
Over a single night in November 1938 over 200 synagogues were burned in an orchestrated anti-Jewish violence in Germany. Read more
Going abroad
October 8, 2019 by Fraser Beath McEwing
J-Wire’s music reviewer Fraser Beath McEwing has added another string to his bow as he takes J-Wire readers on his travels…today on the road – Sicilian style. Read more
Meet Avi Gilboa
October 8, 2019 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Avi Gilboa is a Board Member of the Melbourne Jewish Charity Fund, which has for over 50 years worked to address poverty as a grass-roots volunteer-run organization. He talks with Henry Greener. Read more
Feintooner
October 7, 2019 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Genocide-Light Read more
