Ask the rabbi
January 29, 2019 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Can you be unethical in business and yet keep a kosher home? Ask the rabbi… Read more
L-E-V: an experience in dance
January 28, 2019 by J-Wire
L-E-V Dance Company, renowned as an innovative leader in the thriving Israeli contemporary dance scene, will appear at Sydney’s Opera House between Jan-31 and Feb-03. Read more
How not to remember the Holocaust
January 28, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
While Israel and Jewish communities commemorate the Holocaust with a Yom Hashoah on the 27th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan (which this year falls on May 2), the rest of the world does so on Jan. 27, which marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945. Read more
Burundi, a nation in crisis, receiving Jewish assistance
January 28, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Philip Feinstein has visited the camps in some of the countries in which Burundian refugees are taking shelter: Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya. Read more
Feintooner
January 28, 2019 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…The Jig is Up. Read more
On the other hand
January 27, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
We have just celebrated Tu B’Shevat – the Jewish festival devoted to planting trees and ecological awareness. Right on cue, the first buds are appearing and some trees are already blossoming. Read more
As its popularity is challenged, Hamas keeps watchful eye over its Palestinian rival in Gaza
January 27, 2019 by Yaakov Lappin
Tensions between Israel and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip have sparked a number of armed conflicts and smaller scale flare-ups in the last decade. Yet within Gaza there is a web of internal tensions and simmering rivalries between Palestinian factions. So far, these have not posed a threat to Hamas’s iron grip on its enclave, but as its popularity is questioned, that might change one day. Read more
Behind Europe’s antisemitism ‘perception gap’
January 27, 2019 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
A comprehensive survey of European attitudes to antisemitism released last week by the European Union displays what its authors call a “perception gap.” In this context, the term means that Jews in Europe regard the problem of antisemitism as far more immediate, pressing and urgent than do their non-Jewish fellow citizens. Read more
Israel’s foes finally admit that rocks can kill
January 25, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
As far as the mainstream media is usually concerned, when rocks are thrown in the Middle East, it’s nothing to get too worked up about. Read more
Abbas, Malaysia and the UN – perfect partners
January 25, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
It is said that marriages are made in heaven. However, when it comes to Abbas, Malaysia and the United Nations we can confidently claim that their partnerships were forged in hell. Read more
When the Law is Petty
January 25, 2019 by Jeremy Rosen
Halacha is often translated as Jewish Law. But that is inadequate and misleading. Nowadays we usually use the word law, as in, say, Roman Law, American Law or Civil Law to mean Jurisprudence. Read more
Parental PTSD affects health behaviour and ageing among offspring of Holocaust survivors
January 24, 2019 by Elana Oberlander
A new study on intergenerational transmission of trauma has found evidence that Holocaust survivors suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and their adult offspring exhibit more unhealthy behaviour patterns and age less successfully in comparison to survivors with no signs of PTSD or parents who did not experience the Holocaust and their offspring. Read more
Time to tell the truth about the Palestinian issue
January 24, 2019 by Alan Dershowitz
The front page of the New York Times Sunday Review featured one of the most biased, one-sided, historically inaccurate, ignorant and bigoted articles ever published by that venerable newspaper. Read more
Marching with devil worshipers
January 24, 2019 by Alan Dershowitz
Those women and men who marched in the Woman’s March under the leadership of Linda Sarsour and Tamika Mallory colluded with evil. Read more
Mishpacha
January 24, 2019 by Jonah Solomons
Follow the adventures of a Jewish family some of whom you might recognise… Read more
“State of Palestine” set to confront Trump at United Nations
January 23, 2019 by David Singer
The bizarre Handover ceremony of Egypt’s Chairmanship of the Group of 77 to the “State of Palestine” for 2019 will enable this non-existent and non-member State of the United Nations to play a leading role in the 74 years old farce –“The Question of Palestine and the United Nations” (PUN). Read more
Jerusalem…and its university
Jerusalem, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, was a fitting home to Australian students who took part in the Mishpatim program in Israeli and International Law last month…writes Mandy Blumenthal. Read more
Challenges of the new IDF Chief of Staff
January 21, 2019 by Efraim Inbar
The most important role of any IDF chief of staff, including Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi, is to prepare the army for the next war…writes Efraim Inbar. Read more
Dear Mr Jankelowitz
January 21, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A Melbourne grandfather was shocked by the recent story of Sydney’s Moriah College’s refusing a graduate’s child because the child’s grandmother had been converted to Judaism at the pluralistic Emanuel Synagogue…he shares a letter he penned to the school’s president, Stephen Jankelowitz. Read more
Kenny’s Kitchen
January 21, 2019 by Community newsdesk
Malaysian Kenny Kevin Widjaja came to Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen on a chef apprenticeship through Le Cordon Bleu Chefs Australia. Read more
On the other hand
January 21, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
Islamic jihadists are busy exporting terror to all parts of the world. Meanwhile, Israel works non stop to make the world a better place…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
Feintooner
January 21, 2019 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Building Bridges, not walls. Read more
Turandot: re-working lifts opera to new heights
January 20, 2019 by Victor Grynberg
Giacomo Puccini is rightly acclaimed for so many brilliant operas, and for many of the arias and duets in his less successful works. Read more
Green Book – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
January 20, 2019 by Roz Tarszisz
There’s invariably a good soundtrack to an American road trip movie and this one – inspired by a true story – is no exception.
Oaths
January 18, 2019 by Jeremy Rosen
Anyone who has attended a Kol Nidrei service will know that there are seven terms in Hebrew and Aramaic for vows and oaths…writes Jeremy Rosen. Read more
NIF to Host ‘Tribute to Amos Oz’ Event
January 18, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Marking the recent passing of acclaimed Israeli author Amos Oz NIF Australia will curate an evening to celebrate his life and reflect on his literary and political legacy. Read more
An open letter to Dr. Tveit, head of World Council of Churches
January 18, 2019 by Professor Gerald Steinberg
Gerald M Steinberg writes…Dear Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, Read more
Why Trump’s peace plan doesn’t matter
January 18, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Earlier this week, Israeli television broadcast a report about the details of the Middle East peace plan that the Trump administration is planning to unveil at some point in the future…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more
Will we ever learn?
January 18, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
It seems that no matter how many times we are faced with life-threatening situations many people never seem to draw the logical conclusions….writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
Trump plan for Israel-Jordan-Egypt negotiations hits brick wall
January 17, 2019 by David Singer
President Trump’s self-styled deal of the century aimed at resolving the 100 years-old Arab-Jewish conflict has now been postponed beyond February for a further unspecified period of months – signalling Jordan and Egypt are still refusing to step up and negotiate with Israel on Trump’s plan. Read more
