Slain soldier’s father becomes advocate ‘for right vs. wrong’
March 20, 2018 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
Stuart Force never imagined that he would spend his retirement traveling across the United States, knocking on doors on Capital Hill…writes Sean Savage/JNS. Read more
La Boheme ready to launch on Sydney Harbour
March 20, 2018 by Arts Editor
The countdown to one of the world’s greatest outdoor opera spectaculars has begun – Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. Read more
The secrets of happiness (or unhappiness) revealed
March 19, 2018 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
What makes us happy—or unhappy?…asks Ben Cohen/JNS. Read more
Why are served egg and salt water on Pesach?…ask the rabbi
March 19, 2018 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Questions on Pesach….Rabbi Raymond Apple answers them. Read more
Feintooner
March 19, 2018 by Feintooner
Gravity and Gravitas…draws Feintooner. Read more
The Trump administration just doesn’t get Gaza
March 18, 2018 by Stephen M.Flatow - JNS.org
The Trump administration’s conference on the situation in the Gaza Strip this week “focused on the need for the Palestinian Authority to take control over Gaza,” a White House official told the Israeli newspaper Haaretz…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS. Read more
How much do the Palestinians pay for terror?
March 18, 2018 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
The foreign-policy establishment is scared—and with good reason…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more
Meet Sderot’s Rabbi Ari Katz
March 18, 2018 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Rabbi Ari Katz from Yeshivat Hesder Sderot, on the border of Gaza, chats with Henry Greener about the amazing work going on in Sderot Army Study Program.
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On the other hand…
March 18, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
With election speculation subsiding and the winter session of the Knesset ending we can now concentrate on productive good news of which there is no shortage…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
Israeli artist hosted at the ANU
March 18, 2018 by Arts Editor
A Jerusalem-based multidisciplinary artist working mainly in bonsai, figurative sculpture, and mixed-media installations is being hosted by the National Arboretum Canberra, and the ANU School of Art and Design for a one-month residency. Read more
Trump gets Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrein, UAE, and Oman talking
March 18, 2018 by David Singer
President Trump has amazingly managed to cut through 100 years of Arab-Jewish antagonism by hosting a conference at the White House on 13 March with representatives from 20 countries – including Israel and seven Arab states (“Conference”)…writes David Singer. Read more
You’re fired!
March 16, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
Food items more often than not have a use by or expiry date clearly marked. It’s a pity that the same health warning is not employed when it comes to political leaders and aspiring politicians…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
Understanding Israel’s love affair with Trump
March 15, 2018 by Evelyn Gordon - JNS
Bipartisanship was the watchword at last week’s AIPAC conference, but it’s no secret that pro-Israel Democrats have trouble swallowing Israelis’ enthusiasm for President Donald Trump, whose approval rating in Israel hit 67 percent even before he decided to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Read more
How to separate chaos from policy
March 15, 2018 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Another day, another Trump outrage…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more
An excitingly unexpected concert: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
March 15, 2018 by Fraser Beath McEwing
Last night’s APT Master Series concert at the Sydney Opera House dispensed with a curtain raiser and jumped straight into the drawcard: Nelson Freire playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major (Emperor) with Donald Runnicles conducting the SSO. Read more
Accusing Putin of antisemitism
March 15, 2018 by Isi Leibler
A very significant portion of my life has been devoted to personally combating Russian antisemitism…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Don’t repeat nuclear history
March 14, 2018 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
It’s not clear what U.S. President Donald Trump thinks he can accomplish when he meets with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in May…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more
Trump cites Iran-deal wrangles in Tillerson firing, Iran hawk Pompeo in at State
March 14, 2018 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
President Donald Trump fired U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday, while announcing that CIA Director Mike Pompeo would replace Tillerson at the State Department…writes Sean Savage/JNS. Read more
Is there a religious problem with gambling?….ask the Rabbi
March 12, 2018 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple says a lottery ticket is OK, but…. Read more
Will Lorde’s concert in Florida be canceled after she boycotted Israel?
March 12, 2018 by Adam Shay - JNS
Florida State Representative Randy Fine called for the cancellation of Lorde’s upcoming concert in Florida, following the cancellation of her appearance in Israel in June 2018. Read more
From the embassy to an undivided Jerusalem
March 12, 2018 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
(JNS) It turns out that moving the U.S. embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is even more controversial than some of the Trump administration’s critics thought…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more
AIPAC leadership losing the plot…writes Isi Leibler
March 12, 2018 by Isi Leibler
The American Jewish leadership’s downward spiral has accelerated. This can be traced back to its cowardly silence when then-President Barack Obama began treating Israel as a rogue state and applied moral equivalence to Israelis defending themselves and Palestinian terrorists. Read more
Feintooner
March 12, 2018 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon – Domino theory. Read more
Applications Open for the Fourth Year of Naomi Chazan Fellowship
March 12, 2018 by Community newsdesk
Applications have opened for the fourth year of the New Israel Fund Australia’s flagship program, the year-long Naomi Chazan Fellowship. Read more
Gift of Life testing in Canberra
March 11, 2018 by J-Wire Staff
The ACT Jewish community was invited to be tested as potential life-saving blood stem cell donors for Jewish blood cancer patients whose family members were not found to be matching.
The testing session on behalf of the Gift of Life was held at the Jewish Community Centre in Canberra.
Israel, Trump and United Nations should boycott Abbas and PLO
March 11, 2018 by David Singer
Israel’s Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu – has used his address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) – to savage the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) policy that rewards Palestinian murderers of Israelis and other innocent civilians with lifetime payments…writes David Singer. Read more
What Is a “Refugee”? The Jews from Morocco versus the Palestinians from Israel
March 11, 2018 by Alan Dershowitz
What Is a “Refugee”? The Jews from Morocco versus the Palestinians from Israel…writes Alan Dershowitz. Read more
Quo vadis, Palestinians?
March 11, 2018 by Ron Jontof-Hutter
Palestinians are constantly urged by their leaders to engage in rage. Indeed, Abbas walked out of the UNSC meeting, not bothering to hear Ambassador Haley’s speech…writes Ron Jontof-Hutter. Read more
On the other hand
March 11, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
The winter rains have already ceased although political storms keep rumbling, but positive developments in many fields continue to precipitate…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
The right is sticking by what they think is right
March 9, 2018 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
On his visit this week to Washington, D.C., Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu probably exchanged a wry word or two with President Donald Trump about their similar predicament. Both are under siege from a legal, political and media establishment determined to lever them out of office…writes Melanie Phillips/JNS. Read more
