‘Lobstergate’ and non-kosher coercion
July 11, 2019 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
In the midst of countrywide fury over two deadly serious issues—the killing of an Ethiopian Israeli teenager by a police officer in Haifa, and the horrifying abuse of toddlers at a private Rosh Ha’ayin day-care center—Israeli Twitter users turned their attention to a faux pas involving non-kosher food and Photoshop. Read more
“The Collaborator” by Diane Armstrong: a book review by Geoffrey Zygier
July 11, 2019 by Geoffrey Zygier
In The Collaborator, her first book in almost a decade, noted Australian writer Diane Armstrong weaves together two interconnected tales. One is her interpretation of a true story, a reworking of an extremely controversial and still unresolved episode from the Holocaust. Read more
“God Versus Gods: Judaism In The Age Of Idolatry”: a book review by Rabbi Raymond Apple
July 11, 2019 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
The Bible is punctuated by the tussle between the Almighty and the false gods. Read more
Trump increases pressure on Jordan to negotiate with Israel
July 10, 2019 by David Singer
President Trump seems set to increase the pressure on Jordan to negotiate with Israel on the future of the West Bank and Gazan Arabs. Read more
Is there hope to end anti-Israel bias at the UN Human Rights Council?
July 9, 2019 by Eliana Rudee - JNS.org
The United Nations Human Rights Council met on Monday to single out Israel under the anti-Israel “Agenda Item 7,” a UNHRC mandate that a discussion of Israeli human rights abuses against Palestinians must be part of every council session. Read more
What is God? Ask the rabbi
July 8, 2019 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple expresses his view… Read more
Feintooner
July 8, 2019 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: E3 Blind Mice Read more
Shalom’s Comedy Night is back for its third instalment next month
July 8, 2019 by Arts Editor
Community-based Jewish organisation, Shalom, has announced the third show of top-shelf, young adult comedy nights based at Sydney’s Cafe Lounge. Read more
The swimming pool helping Israel’s disability community learn to walk
July 7, 2019 by Noam Mirvis - JNS
A hydrotherapy centre in Israel is the first to use an augmentative alternative communication system that allows the nonverbal to express their feelings to caregivers, support staff, therapists and lifeguards via special communication boards placed around the pool. Read more
Whitney Triple Chaser Exhibit
July 7, 2019 by Jeremy Rosen
I accept that I am hypersensitive to criticisms of Israel. And I accept that a free world requires freedom of speech. But in the present climate of increasing and ever-present hatred of Israel coming from so many sectors of American and European intellectual and political life, if we honestly believe in free speech we ought to insist on the right of reply. We cannot sit back and ignore bias or dishonest reporting without reacting. Read more
Behind the medical cannabis industry
July 7, 2019 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Tommy Huppert, CEO of CannaTrek and Ian Abramowitz, CannTrust Head of Global Partnerships are working together to facilitate the expansion of the medicinal cannabis industry. They talk with Henry Greener. Read more
On the other hand
July 7, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
Climate change “experts” are predicting doom and gloom as they have been doing for many years now. Read more
The dark shadow Iran is casting on the world
July 5, 2019 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
In Israel, as the drumbeats of war grow ever louder, people are preparing with a mixture of dread, stoicism and determination for the long-feared, ultimate showdown with Iran. Read more
Unearthing the evidence
July 5, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
Definition of archaeology: “the study of human history and prehistory through the excavations of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.” Read more
Eminent political historian to headline ZFA Plenary 2019
July 5, 2019 by Community newsdesk
The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) has announced that Professor Gil Troy will be the guest speaker at our Plenary Conference which will be held in Sydney next month. Read more
New role at Maroubra Synagogue for growing community
July 4, 2019 by Community newsdesk
The Board of Maroubra Synagogue is seeking to expand its offering to the community with the announcement it is looking to engage a part-time Community Growth & Education Officer/Associate Rabbi. Read more
Da-da-da-darr plus rarities: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
July 4, 2019 by Fraser Beath McEwing
Beethoven’s fifth symphony, a Verdi overture and a Prokofiev violin concerto made a perfectly balanced program for the Masters Series SSO concert last night. And that was before the bonus attractions of a female Chinese conductor and a celebrated Russian/Israeli violinist. Read more
Ehud Barak, Yair Golan and Israel’s ‘New Left’
July 3, 2019 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
Maj. Gen. (ret) Yair Golan, former deputy chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defence Forces, is a gift to the left that keeps on giving. Read more
La Traviata on the harbour
July 3, 2019 by Arts Editor
Opera Australia has announced that Verdi’s much loved work La Traviata will return to the Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour stage in 2020. Read more
Diplomacy: a theatre review by Hila Tsor
July 3, 2019 by Hila Tsor
After its first sold-out session the political thriller, ’Diplomacy’, is back for an encore at Sydney’s Ensemble Theatre. Read more
And now meet a producer of Kosher wines…
July 3, 2019 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Winemaker Mark Sztar chooses varietal grapes from selected local vineyards to make Kosher Wines. His Label is 6 Parallels South (www.6psouth.com), named after the latitude in the Yarra Valley region from which he confines the vineyards that he procures the grapes from. The grapes are processed in line with the Laws of Kashrut. Read more
Kosher beer? Henry Greener asks Shaya Rubinstein
July 3, 2019 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Head Brewer Shaya Rubinstein has created the Brew that is True at Urban Alley Brewery. Always making new and improving Craft Beers is Shaya’s great passion. A video report. Read more
An Unexpected Love – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
July 2, 2019 by Roz Tarszisz
It seems that folks in Argentina have a fairly relaxed outlook on life. It certainly appears so in this charming romantic comedy from director/writer Juan Vera.
Unsurprisingly, Iran exceeds uranium enrichment limit under 2015 nuclear deal. Now what?
July 2, 2019 by Jackson Richman - JNS
Iran has exceeded the uranium enrichment limit under the 2015 nuclear deal, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced on Monday. Read more
Is this all there is? Ask the rabbi
July 1, 2019 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Apple writes about reincarnation. Read more
Feintooner
July 1, 2019 by Feintooner
This week’s theme…Road Rage. Read more
Trump should champion legal migration from West Bank and Gaza
July 1, 2019 by David Singer
President Trump should consider championing legal, voluntary and financially-assisted emigration from Gaza and the West Bank by calling on Jordan and Egypt to open their border crossings and grant residency status to Gazan and West Bank Arabs seeking a better future for themselves and their families. Read more
Move over Franz, Lang Lang is in the building: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
June 30, 2019 by Fraser Beath McEwing
You know it’s a Sydney Opera House gala celebrity event when the concerto is played last. Read more
On the other hand
June 30, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
In addition to cutting edge technological achievements, Israel is also a country where miraculous events occur and history is made and rediscovered. Read more
Madama Butterfly reaches new heights: an opera review by Victor Grynberg
June 30, 2019 by Victor Grynberg
When Opera Australia premiered their new era digital sets last year with the production of AIDA not everybody was as enthusiastic as this critic. Read more
