Deconstructing the Oslo Accords 25 years later: Was it a gift or a curse?

It’s hard to believe that it’s been a quarter of a century: Sept. 13 marks the 25th anniversary of the 1993 signing of the U.S.-brokered Declaration of Principles between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation. Read more

Henry Greener talks with Josh Burns

Josh Burns is the Labor Candidate for the Federal Seat of McNamara. Read more

Annual accounting…writes Michael Kuttner

Well run businesses and enterprises undertake annual stocktaking in order to assess past performances, current achievements and future prospects. Read more

Jordan’s re-entry into West Bank looms large as Trump dumps PLO

Two major developments this past week could see a large part of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) being reunified with Jordan – as existed between 1950 and 1967 – or becoming a Jordanian enclave-under President Trumps’ yet-to-be- announced “ultimate deal” intended to resolve the100 years-old Arab-Jewish conflict…writes David Singer. Read more

A Rosh HaShana letter from Rabbi Milecki

Why Didn’t You Take the Money and Run?…Rabbi Benzion Milecki answers to his former congregants…
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5779: A new year of hope

Those of us privileged to live in Israel should give thanks to the Almighty and appreciate the extraordinary achievements of the past year and pray that this momentum is maintained in the coming year…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

Building partnership for good of the community

In a great example of community partnership in action Sydney’s JewishCare and the Folk Centre have entered into a new agreement. Read more

Charity begins at home

This is the time of the year when many of us have spent a great deal of money on summer vacations. So it is appropriate to think about how much we give charitably to those less fortunate than we are. Read more

The rabbi’s Rosh Hashanah feature

Rabbi Raymond Apple writes about Rosh HaShanah. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…A Rabid Response. Read more

Vanessa Redgrave: Still hating after all these years

The spectacle of thespians making political interventions is rarely a dignified one. But that hasn’t stopped Hollywood’s elite from radical posturing; from the old days, Marlon Brando is one example, Jane Fonda another, while in our own time we can give a mention to Sean Penn, for his embrace of the late Venezuelan dictator (and the author of that country’s present misery) Hugo Chávez…writes Ben Cohen/JNS. Read more

What’s on and off the table when it comes to Middle East peace

Long eluding his predecessors, U.S. President Donald Trump has not shied away from attempting to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which he has called the “deal of the century”…writes Sean Savage/JNS. Read more

On the other hand

As we stand on the cusp of a new year with all its challenges we can take comfort in the knowledge that Israel’s commitment to advancing and improving lives at home and abroad will remain constant…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Rosh HaShanah melodic message from Boys Town Jerusalem

Enjoy this short video which was filmed for Rosh HaShanah on the Boys Town Jerusalem campus. Read more

The Miseducation of Cameron Post: a movie review by Elana Bowman

Being sent away for being gay? The terrible tragedy is that Cameron does not come out, she is found out at her prom no less by her prom date, and she is sent away post-haste by her very misguided guardians. Read more

The Corbyn Question: What’s driving UK Jews to Israel

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Fickle friends…writes Michael Kuttner

Throughout our very long history, with a few exceptions, we have been abandoned by those who claimed to be our “friends.” Read more

Special gifts for special forces

Just after their graduation from Boys Town Jerusalem’s College of Applied Engineering – and just before they began their five-year service in the Israeli Defence Forces – 50 young men were given a special gift of love. Read more

Trump turns screws as PLO creates fake news on Jerusalem and refugees

President Trump cancelled more than $US200 million in aid to the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) this week – following his earlier decisions: Read more

A moving feast of Johannes: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra devoted its prowess to a whole program by one composer in the APT Master Series concert last night. And while that didn’t cast a wide musical net, it delivered an outstanding experience for those who are partial to Johannes Brahms. Read more

Why are we Jewish?…a two-part essay by Rabbi Chaim Ingram

In the first part of this essay, I cited the JCA/Monash University Gen17 survey and discussed the disturbing implications of the finding that “remembering the Holocaust” (95% of respondents) appeared to be the main identifier of Jewish identity in Australian Jewry…writes Rabbi Chaim Ingram. Read more

The Israel-Hamas deal: Escape from Oslo

Extricating itself from President Bill Clinton’s December 2000 “peace” parameters is a supreme Israeli interest. Ironically, this goal is being made feasible by the crystallizing deal with Hamas over the Gaza Strip…writes Gershon Hacohen/JNS. Read more

You Were Never Really Here: a movie review by Elana Bowman

Meet Joe. He carries the darkness within him, so it’s no surprise he is characterised as a slightly overweight, full of scars, totally unkempt, and seems to be falling apart, so he comes across as a lumbering hitman who is tasked with being brutal. Read more

Visiting Progressive rabbi for the Act Jewish community

The ACT Jewish Community has announced that Rabbi Gary Robuck will be leading High Holyday services this September for members of its Progressive congregation.  Read more

Henry Greener talks with Rabbi Zevi Slavin

Meet Biblical Scholar Rabbi Zevi Slavin, Resident Scholar at Spiritgrow has been studying Jewish Philosophy and Mysticism, observing Contemporary Echoes of an Ancient Wisdom. Read more

Kids get a ‘time out’ from the unrest near Gaza

For five months now, since March 2018, Israeli communities bordering Gaza have sustained ongoing terrorism and arson from hundreds of rockets and incendiary devices, causing constant stress and chaos for the 50,000 people who call this region home…writes Rachel Kontorovich/JNS. Read more

Why we still need heroes like John McCain

Even in this era of cynicism, honoring heroism and national service remains essential. Without it, the ideas that bolster America and Israel suffer…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more

A prelude to Rosh HaShanah

Rosh HaShanah prelude from Rabbi Raymond Apple. Read more

Why are we Jewish?…a two-part essay by Rabbi Chaim Ingram

If I am I because I am I

and you are you because you are you

then I am I and you are you.

But if I am I because you are you

and you are you because I am I

then I am not I and you are not you

(R’ Menachem Mendel of Kotsk 1787-1859) Read more

Feintooner

Balancing out global terror. Read more

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