Shabbat Behar & Bechukotai
May 22, 2025 by Jeremy Rosen
Nice Work If You Can Get It
May 20, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne musical reviewed by Alex First Read more
Little People of the Book
May 20, 2025 by Community newsdesk
More than 100 children and adults gathered at Emanuel Synagogue and Emanuel Woollahra Preschool for the first Little People of the Books event. Read more
MDA Milk Bank: a symbol of unity and compassion
May 20, 2025 by Tammy Porat
The Magen David Adom Milk Bank is a life-saving initiative that provides breast milk to babies who require nutritional support, regardless of their religious or cultural background. Read more
Academic freedom for some
May 20, 2025 by Greg Bouwer
How New Zealand universities marginalise pro-Israel voices. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past
May 20, 2025 by Ruth Lilian
Sarah Saqui – great-aunt to May Saqui, and a most interesting lady Read more
Feintooner
May 19, 2025 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: The Ups and Downs of Parallel Pursuits Read more
Humans 2.0
May 19, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne Circa performance reviewed by Alex First Read more
United Nations readies to increase Jew-hatred worldwide
May 19, 2025 by David Singer
A scheduled United Nations high-level conference to take place on June 17-20, 2025, in New York will be the trigger point for increased demonstrations against Jews and Israel worldwide. Read more
Israel’s role in Trump’s vision for the Mideast
May 18, 2025 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
Two major misconceptions continue to distort the conversation about the Middle East, Israel and the war in Gaza. Read more
On the other hand
May 18, 2025 by Michael Kuttner
The thirty-third day of counting the Omer, known as Lag B’Omer, is being celebrated this week. Read more
The gold-plated peacenik in the White House
May 16, 2025 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
When Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election last year, many in Israel thought they’d dodged a bullet. Read more
More than an ambulance service
May 16, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
From high-tech innovation to humanitarian heroism, Magen David Adom is saving lives every day—and now Australians can step up and help carry the stretcher figuratively. Read more
Echoes of a disastrous past
May 16, 2025 by Michael Kuttner
Students of history will recognise current developments as yet another disastrous rerun of past failed political objectives. Read more
Woke Aida
May 16, 2025 by Jeremy Rosen
The opera Aida was composed by Giuseppe Verdi and first performed in 1871. Read more
Nakba Day advice for Melbourne readers
May 16, 2025 by A J-Wire community service announcement
The Victorian CSG has advice ahead of Sunday’s Nakba Day march. Read more
The useful idiots of Sydney University: a cautionary tale of ignorance and antisemitism
May 16, 2025 by Michael Gencher
If you’ve ever wondered what “useful idiots” look like in 2025, the University of Sydney’s Student Representative Council (SRC) Special General Meeting (SGM) on 14 May provided a textbook case. Read more
Les Misérables
May 15, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Shabbat Emor
May 15, 2025 by Jeremy Rosen
An Eye For An Eye Read more
The pope’s ‘divisions’ and the war against the Jews
May 14, 2025 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
In an era when religion seems to be in steep decline throughout Europe and North America, it might strike some people as curious that the election of a new pope would be treated as such an earth-shaking event. Read more
Hebrew University Medical students operate “Hospital for Bears” in memory of fallen classmates
May 14, 2025 by Danae Marx
Students at the Hebrew University’s Faculty of Medicine have held a special event called Hospital for Bears, dedicated to the memory of two of their classmates. Read more
Special barmitzvah for Yehuda
May 13, 2025 by Zaki Heler
Ahead of his Bar Mitzvah celebrations, Israeli teenager Yehuda Neeman returned to the site where he had received lifesaving treatment as a baby, following a devastating car accident, reuniting with the Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics who saved his life. Read more
Family Romance
May 13, 2025 by Anne Sarzin
Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past
May 13, 2025 by Ruth Lilian
Arthur Schüller – founder of the Neuroradiology Discipline Read more
No, Trump isn’t about to recognize a Palestinian state
May 12, 2025 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
Non-Shabbat-observant Israelis awoke on Saturday to fake news that, in Winston Churchill’s witty words, “got halfway around the world before the truth had a chance to put its pants on.” Read more
Hadestown
May 12, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Time fake news was abandoned
May 12, 2025 by David Singer
Responsible media outlets need to stop quoting undisclosed sources if they wish to retain their credibility. Read more
Feintooner
May 12, 2025 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: The Not So Big Tent Read more
Rabbi Joseph Telushkin illuminates moral imagination
May 12, 2025 by Rob Klein
Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue has hosted the esteemed Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, a celebrated Jewish scholar and New York Times bestselling author, for an insightful lecture on the vital concept of moral imagination. Read more
When did the current wave of antisemitism begin?
May 11, 2025 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
In nearly 30 years of writing and speaking about global antisemitism, I’ve been asked more than once if it’s possible to pinpoint when this present wave of hatred first reared its head. Read more
