Emilia Perez

A movie review by Alex First Read more

New brooms

Monday, 20 January 2025, promises to be the start of a major political cleaning operation in Washington. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Bipolar-Bipartisan hostage negotiation tactics Read more

Elon Musk: End X members banning access to themselves

Elon Musk needs to end X members banning other members from engaging with, following or messaging them – what I define as “X Member Censorship” Read more

Forged in fire: Gaza war showcases women’s integration into the IDF

“It’s amazing how, in this war, you see female doctors, paramedics and pilots. You hear them on the radio and you see them on the ground. Gradually the barrier was broken,” Lt. Col. Shani Kisri, medical chief of the Israel Defence Forces’ 162nd Division, told JNS on Friday. Read more

Legends in Concert

A music review by Alex First Read more

Bearded

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Conclave

A movie review by Alex First Read more

Too high a human cost: controlling the West Bank

Off-duty Israeli police officer Elad Yaakov Winkelstein’s son was sitting in his car Monday morning when terrorists murdered the master sergeant, 35, in an Arab village in the northern West Bank. Read more

A fake genocide meets a real one

For more than a year, Jews inside and outside the State of Israel have been besieged by false claims of the “genocide” of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Read more

On the other hand

Many foreign airlines are still refusing to fly to Israel and this is creating a bonanza for Israeli companies. Read more

Yeshivas: A place where you sit!

What is a Yeshivah?  A place where you sit, literally. Of course, you can do many things when you sit. From meditation to wasting time! Read more

Home truths

Will unpalatable and uncomfortable truths continue to be swept under the carpet this year? Read more

Shabbat Vayechi

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Dreyfus trip to Israel a gimmick

The announcement of Mark Dreyfus’s visit to Israel is a pre-election gimmick by the Prime Minister. Read more

Crime fiction: Every city has an evil shadow

Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Move On Massacre Read more

Biden’s Medal of Freedom for George Soros: A dangerous misstep

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Saudi Arabia denies access to its Al Arabiya news site

Saudi Arabia’s state-owned international news channel Al Arabiya has denied me access to its website – apparently for the sin of writing extensively and positively about the Saudi-based Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS) – published in Al Arabiya on 8 June 2022. Read more

Thank you very much, President Carter

A few years ago, during his visit to the Israeli presidential residence, I approached President Carter and told him that in my opinion, he was the best US president that we Israelis have had experienced…writesYoramDori

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On the other hand

Jerusalem is growing in leaps and bounds. Read more

Migration and Assimilation

There are very different reasons why Jews have always migrated, and many have assimilated. Read more

Oblivious

As we transition to a new civil year, it is glaringly transparent that many remain deliberately oblivious to lurking threats and dangers. Read more

Shabbat Vayigash

Politics
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School of Rock The Musical

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Paddington in Peru

A movie review by Alex First Read more

Nosferatu

A movie review by Alex First Read more

Chanukah without Omri

Omri is not just my husband; he is a devoted father, a talented 47-year-old shiatzu therapist, and a piece of our nation’s heart…writes Lishay Miran-Lavi. Read more

Jimmy Carter: A Jewish Tragedy

Among many other time-tested attributes, the Jewish people have a long memory. Read more

Jimmy Carter’s personal virtue didn’t ensure a virtuous or successful presidency

The stock of historical figures rises and falls with the changing times that follow them. Read more

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