Community Selichot
September 19, 2019 by Community newsdesk
For the first time, two major congregations in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs are to join forces in hosting a community Selichot. Read more
Some questions for Austen
September 19, 2019 by Henry Benjamin
Sandy Gutman left his alter ego Austen Tayshus at home when he sat down with J-Wire ahead of his three shows at the Bondi Theatre Company next month. Read more
Gone abroad
September 18, 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…this time he reviews the A380 and checks out Changi Airport in Singapore. Read more
Netanyahu and Trump hatch plan for a Jordan exclave in West Bank
September 18, 2019 by David Singer
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s last-minute election pledge to apply Israeli sovereignty in parts of the West Bank could possibly see a large part of the remainder of the West Bank being offered to Jordan as an exclave in direct negotiations between Jordan and Israel. Read more
The elections that decided the future of the conflict
September 17, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
On the eve of the second Israeli election of 2019, there is no shortage of apocalyptic rhetoric about the potential consequences of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s re-election. Read more
Grandparents Day features Rosh Hashanah
September 17, 2019 by Community newsdesk
Rosh Hashanah photos from Emanuel School’s recent Grandparents Day. The students took part in various Rosh HaShanah activities with their grandparents. Read more
Bargain Bazaar opens Sydney Pop-Up
September 17, 2019 by Roz Tarszisz
B’nai B’rith Sydney’s op shop, Bargain Bazaar, has opened a pop-up shop for used furniture in Surry Hills Shopping Village.
Talking about Yom Kippur
September 16, 2019 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Rabbi Daniel Rabin from South Caulfield Shule shares his inspiring thoughts on the meaning of forgiveness and other aspects of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement…a video interview with Henry Greener. Read more
Feintooner
September 16, 2019 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Diplomacy, duplicity and diplunacy Read more
A Rosh HaShanah prelude
September 16, 2019 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple writes about Rosh Hashanah…. Read more
On domes and drones
September 15, 2019 by Martin Sherman - Mida via JNS
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” (“The more things change, the more they are the same.”) — Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, French novelist (1849) Read more
Boltonism must not be allowed to disappear
September 15, 2019 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
John Bolton’s departure from the Trump administration should have had the left cheering from the rafters. Read more
Critics deny Jerusalem’s past and its future
September 15, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Its critics have accused Israel of a lot of terrible things over the course of its 71 years of existence, but The New York Times has now added one more to the list that will particularly resonate with intellectuals. Read more
On the other hand
September 15, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
Between the growing threats from a nuclear cheating Iran, rockets from Hamas controlled Gaza and increasing terror plots from Hezbollah one can be forgiven for believing that good news has been banished from the Israeli scene. Read more
Are International Human Rights stifling people’s freedom?
September 13, 2019 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
What’s striking about the international community’s reaction to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent pledge to apply sovereignty to Jewish communities in the West Bank and the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to revoke the autonomy of Indian-administered Kashmir is the sound of crickets. Read more
Evolution
September 13, 2019 by Jeremy Rosen
In a recent article, Yale University computer science professor, David Gelernter, said that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution has too many holes and is now too old to be a probable scientific theory. Read more
Toss of the coin
September 13, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
Mercifully we are heading down the straight towards the finishing line on 17 September at which time citizens will need to make an informed decision as to which group of politicians will make up our next governing coalition. Read more
Bringing Jewish life to Budapest
What does Bolton’s exit mean for U.S. policy on Israel and Iran?
September 12, 2019 by Jackson Richman - JNS
With John Bolton ousted as national security advisor on Tuesday, questions remain regarding the Trump administration’s posture on both the U.S.-Israel relationship and the Iranian threat. Read more
Palestinians are tired of being the only refugees denied the right to resettlement
September 12, 2019 by Evelyn Gordon - JNS
Hundreds of Palestinian refugees demonstrated outside the Canadian Embassy in Beirut on Sept. 5 to request asylum in Canada or the European Union, the second such protest in the last month. Read more
Sep-15 Sydney: Book launch – In Heaven’s Name Why?
Rabbi Chaim Ingram invites the community to the launch of his newest book. Read more
The ‘first Jewish’ president’s antisemitic surrogate
September 11, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Will Bernie Sanders be America’s first Jewish president? That’s up to Democratic primary voters and then the rest of the electorate should he receive his party’s nomination. Read more
Trump seems set to see Netanyahu as Israel’s next Prime Minister
September 11, 2019 by David Singer
President Trump seems set to see Bibi Netanyahu re-elected as Israel’s next Prime Minister in the upcoming elections to be held on 17 September – the second this year following an indecisive vote in April that left no-one able to form Government. Read more
An election outcome reflecting the will of the people
September 10, 2019 by Isi Leibler
The decision to hold this election was disgraceful and should have been avoided. Indeed, one of the big questions that could be critical for the outcome are the voters who are fed up with our dysfunctional politics and will simply not bother casting their ballots. Read more
How to treat a convert to Judaism
September 9, 2019 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the Rabbi ….. Read more
Sacred Music Festival
September 9, 2019 by Community newsdesk
Feintooner
September 9, 2019 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…aI yAi yEAi. Read more
Report on Palestinian teachers’ guides illuminates methods of anti-Jewish indoctrination
September 8, 2019 by Eliana Rudee - JNS.org
The recently published study “Israel, Jews and Peace in Palestinian Authority Teachers’ Guides” by Dr Arnon Groiss of the Centre for Near East Policy Research showed that Palestinian teachers’ guides promote an attitude towards the “other” based on delegitimization, demonization and war indoctrination instead of peace education. Read more
Will the ‘right’ snatch defeat from the jaws of victory … again?
September 8, 2019 by Martin Sherman - Mida via JNS
For by … faith more firm in their unhallowed principles, the bad have fairly earned a victory over the weak, the vacillating, inconsistent good. — William Wordsworth (1770-1850) Read more
On the other hand
September 8, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
We are into the final lap of the election campaign and the overblown rhetoric is raging like a force five hurricane. Read more
