Unfair to women
February 8, 2019 by Jeremy Rosen
We live in interesting times where men may be women and women, men, and combinations of both and transitions in and out of the other. Read more
Always in the news
February 8, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
Since time immemorial Jews have always been in the news. Read more
Rhetoric and actions
February 7, 2019 by Ron Weiser
Prime Minister Netanyahu has stood head and shoulders above his political opponents for the past decade because he has managed to convince the electorate of two factors. Read more
Arctic: Double passes
February 6, 2019 by Arts Editor
A man stranded in the Arctic is finally about to receive his long-awaited rescue. However, after a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost. He must then decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown for potential salvation. J-Wire has ten double-passes to give away. Read more
Hamas and PFLP embroil USA and EU in plans to destroy Israel
February 6, 2019 by David Singer
Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs has issued a 79-page report exposing a network of members of Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) embedded in Pro-Palestinian non-Government organisations (NGOs) based outside Israel that openly operate in the USA and European Union (EU). Read more
Eavesdropping on heaven: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
February 6, 2019 by Fraser Beath McEwing
When a concert series combining the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir was announced, I had to be there – and so did a lot of other music lovers, judging by its sell-out. Read more
The Greens – ¡No pasarán! – they will not pass
February 5, 2019 by Michael Danby
By now you will know that I will not be contesting Melbourne Ports at the next election. It has been the greatest honour to represent you over 21 years in Federal Parliament. Read more
On the Basis of Sex – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
February 5, 2019 by Roz Tarszisz
One could be forgiven for thinking that the use of sex in a title meant a movie was about sex.
Belly-filling, heart-warming: An evening in Jerusalem’s Yachad Cafe
February 5, 2019 by Deborah Fineblum
It only happens once a month, so you’ll want to mark your calendar well in advance. Because, like with other classy German Colony restaurants, you’re better off making a reservation if you don’t want to be left outside in the Jerusalem cold, staring ravenously at the happy diners inside. Read more
Benny Morris: An unlikely proponent of incentivized Arab emigration
February 4, 2019 by Martin Sherman - Mida via JNS
As readers will recall, I have, for years, been urging the initiation of a large-scale initiative for the incentivized emigration of the Arab population in Judea-Samaria and Gaza, as the only viable policy option that can facilitate (albeit not ensure) the continued survival of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people—as it is, demonstrably, the only policy option that allows Israel to adequately contend with the geographic and demographic imperatives required for such survival. Read more
Can Gantz unseat Netanyahu?
February 4, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Political parties in Israel have recently kicked off their campaigns ahead of the April 2019 elections, a time in which public tension is rising rapidly and which appears to be becoming increasingly contentious. Read more
Family-friendly options added to UIA NSW 2019 Campaign
February 4, 2019 by Community newsdesk
UIA NSW has announced it will offer new inclusive and family-friendly events and options during its 2019 Campaign. Read more
Feintooner
February 4, 2019 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Lebanese-ah Hezboll-ah-Palooza Read more
Wh go to a doctor when the Torah reads “For I, the Lord, am your healer”
February 4, 2019 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Time to ask the rabbi… Read more
Wozzeck: an opera review by Victor Grynberg
February 3, 2019 by Victor Grynberg
After the glorious melodies of LA BOHEME and TURANDOT Opera Australia’s latest production is Alban Berg’s atonal opera, considered today a modern opera but written almost 100 years ago in 1925. Read more
West Side Story on the harbour
February 3, 2019 by Arts Editor
Opera Australia has revealed the full cast of exceptional performers who will take to its famous over-water stage for a brand new Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour production of the iconic Broadway musical, West Side Story. Read more
Anti-Semitism and the ‘visible’ Jews
February 3, 2019 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
One evening about 30 years ago, my girlfriend, who is now my wife, came home to our small flat in London, her eyes swollen with tears, and the backs of her knees and thighs covered in painful bruises. Read more
On the other hand
February 2, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
Israel’s myriad assortments of political parties are busy launching their manifestos in anticipation of elections in April. Promises of a future era of paradise flow like the winter rains. Read more
Sorry
February 1, 2019 by Jeremy Rosen
You are walking down a crowded New York street minding your own business, careful to avoid bumping into anyone else. Read more
Bogans’ Heroes
February 1, 2019 by Ross Mueller
School holidays are shuddering to a halt and family organisation is reaching fever pitch. This can be music to the ears of some parents who have been juggling their own return to work and holiday programs. Read more
Is Israel ready for a change at the top?
February 1, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
The wait is over for Israelis to finally hear from the man pundits think is most likely to succeed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more
Trump should reaffirm core Bush-Congress commitments to Israel
February 1, 2019 by David Singer
President Trump’s decision to reverse his partial US Government shutdown – the longest in history – could have important consequences for the release of his long-awaited plan to resolve the Arab-Jewish conflict – postponed yet again until after Israel’s elections in April. Read more
Call me Harry
February 1, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
Towards the end of last year, I attended a diplomatic conference in Jerusalem where attendees from the diplomatic corps, media and students of international affairs were present. Read more
A Jewish voice at the United Nations
February 1, 2019 by Dr Inna Rogatchi
There are people among us who believe that the commemorative events on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day is a formality, in the best case, and ‘an utter hypocrisy’ in the opinions of few who refuse to cohibit in their mind these annual international commemorations in the end of January with blossoming and free reigning antisemitism on so many levels and in so many countries, the UN itself including. Read more
I am a Zionist
January 31, 2019 by Perry Trotter
Israel’s deputy ambassador to New Zealand Kasa Bainesay Harbor tells why she is a Zionist. Read more
American Jewish leaders: Where are you?
January 31, 2019 by Isi Leibler
Israel is once again facing major new international military and political challenges. Yet despite our dysfunctional political system and the chaos associated with the impending elections, we have never been as militarily secure as we are today. Read more
Hebron: The city without a solution
January 30, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision not to extend the mandate of an international observer group in Hebron is likely to be denounced as yet another obstacle to peace, as well as being politically motivated. Read more
Group raises alarm over UNRWA’s anti-Israel incitement within its Jerusalem schools
January 30, 2019 by Josh Hasten - JNS
Perhaps unbeknown to many Israelis is the shocking fact that only 12 minutes from downtown Jerusalem by light rail, a neighbourhood exists within the city’s jurisdiction in which Arab children are being taught that they will one day destroy Israel and replace it with a Palestinian state. Read more
Holocaust denial, purposeful dementia and Israel
January 29, 2019 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
Memory loss can be a terrible disease. In the best case, it affects our recall of the minor details of an event, but in the worst case, such as with Alzheimer’s disease, it can lead to complete distortion of the past. Read more
Europe’s Jews vs. Israel
January 29, 2019 by Daniel Pipes - JNS.org
Note the contrast: When Matteo Salvini, Italy’s interior minister, recently visited Jerusalem, which he hailed as the capital of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called him a “great friend of Israel.” Back home, however, Italy’s liberal Jews denounced Salvini for, among other things, his Roma policy and his alleged “racism against foreigners and migrants.” Read more
