Outrageous
March 15, 2019 by J-Wire
If your children engaged in outrageous behaviour every day from the time they were babies until well after teenage years wouldn’t you be inclined to do something about it? Read more
Rockets on Tel Aviv an escalation that could cost Hamas dearly
March 15, 2019 by Yaakov Lappin
Thursday night’s twin rocket attack on greater Tel Aviv from the Gaza Strip marks a dramatic escalation of the security situation that could prove to be highly costly for Hamas. Read more
Forming the new Palestinian Authority government
March 15, 2019 by JNS
Two developments currently taking place in the Palestinian arena deserve our attention, and both of these are interlinked: the proposed new government in Ramallah and the situation at the Al-Aqsa plaza on the Temple Mount…writes Pinhas Inbari. Read more
Masks
March 15, 2019 by Jeremy Rosen
In Biblical Hebrew, there is no word for face. The Bible uses the word Panim, which literally means, faces. Read more
Letters of Loss and Refuge: an exhibition at Sydney’s B’nai B’rith Centre
March 15, 2019 by Community newsdesk
The exhibition “Letters of Loss and Refuge” will open at the B’nai B’rith Centre in Kensington on Sunday. Read more
Hezbollah’s wing
March 15, 2019 by J-Wire
Last week, the United Kingdom took the principled decision to ban the Iranian-Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah in full. Read more
Intolerance at Jerusalem’s holy places
March 14, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
How much violence should be tolerated at holy sites? If your answer is selective rather than a total condemnation, then we have a problem. And, unfortunately, that happens to be the case with some people concerning recent events in Jerusalem. Read more
Israel’s Women’s Rights Lawyer in Australia
March 13, 2019 by Roz Tarszisz
Israeli lawyer Orly Erez-Likhovski will be the 2019 distinguished UIA Progressive Appeal speaker in Melbourne and Sydney.
Bondi humanitarian of the year
March 13, 2019 by Community newsdesk
Our Big Kitchen’s Laya Slavin was recognized as ‘Bondi Humanitarian of the Year’ from a field of very accomplished women. Read more
Netanyahu reaffirms that Israel is the Jewish State
March 13, 2019 by David Singer
It is amazing that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still needs to reaffirm to Israelis that Israel is the Jewish State. Read more
‘Bibi or Tibi’ debate is about Zionism, not racism
March 12, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
He’s done it again. After being called out for allegedly employing racist incitement against Israeli Arabs during election campaigns, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being attacked again for saying things that hurt the feelings of Israel’s non-Jewish citizens and offend the sensibilities of some Jews. Read more
Salome: an opera review by Victor Grynberg
March 12, 2019 by Victor Grynberg
Once banned. Still shocking. But Salome is bloody and fantastic. Read more
BJE staff cook up Hamantaschen
March 12, 2019 by Community newsdesk
Some of BJE staff went to Bondi’s Our Big Kitchen (OBK) to bake Hamantaschen. Read more
An opera star continues his ascendancy
March 11, 2019 by Alan Slade
The star of Massenet’s “Werther”, currently playing at Sydney’s iconic Opera House in the recently upgraded Opera Theatre is Michael Fabiano. Read more
Feintooner
March 11, 2019 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Anti Anti-Hate Resolution. Read more
Ask the Rabbi….
March 11, 2019 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Is space travel kosher? Ask the rabbi. Read more
Leave the graves of Jedwabne alone
March 10, 2019 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” These words, from George Orwell’s famous novel 1984 were often called upon during the Cold War as a pithy explanation of the principles on which Communist propaganda operations were based. Read more
What won’t change if Gantz replaces Netanyahu
March 10, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
For years, we’ve been told that support for Israel is being undermined by two factors. Read more
On the other hand
March 9, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
Israel’s space capsule is orbiting in space and hopefully is still on course for a moon landing on 11 April. Read more
Martina Navratilova and transgender
March 8, 2019 by Jeremy Rosen
In my younger days, Martina Navratilova was considered one of the very best female tennis players. Read more
Infectious epidemic
Inoculations have eliminated many deadly diseases but recently because too many individuals have declined to be vaccinated measles is staging a dangerous comeback. Read more
How antisemitism became unleashed in the West
March 8, 2019 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Why is antisemitism now out of control in the West? Read more
Getting to the truth about the Vatican and the Holocaust
March 8, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Historians have long sought access to the Vatican’s private World War II-era archives. Read more
Looking for Jews to kill
March 7, 2019 by Stephen M.Flatow - JNS.org
Amir Daraj and Yusuf Anqawi went looking for Jews to kill the other day. Read more
The Palestinians continue to prove the peace fantasists wrong
March 7, 2019 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
The Palestinians have been busy for the past week demonstrating in word and deed that U.S. President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” will be dead on arrival. Read more
Freedom Talk – Dr Munjed Al Muderis
Munjed Al Muderis fled Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, endured a terrifying sea journey to Australia and then faced brutal mandatory detention in the remote north of Western Australia. Read more
Zionism Revisited
March 7, 2019 by Danny Hochberg
There are so many events that could be said to be defining moments in Zionism’s short history. Read more
Netanyahu could still be Israel’s next Prime Minister
March 6, 2019 by David Singer
The cards have certainly been stacked against Benjamin Netanyahu being Israel’s next Prime Minister after three recent major developments – but he is by no means down and out. Read more
Sometimes Always Never – a film review by Roz Tarszisz
March 6, 2019 by Roz Tarszisz
It’s always good to learn something new, however obscure, and it’s not giving anything away to say that the film’s title refers to which buttons a man should do up on a three-piece suit – starting from the top.
The Israeli election: how the players line up
March 4, 2019 by Ron Weiser
A month ago we raised three questions in regards to the forthcoming Israeli elections. Read more
