On the other hand…writes Michael Kuttner
February 3, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
In a week when blacklists and boycott attempts abound and the Europeans demonstrate yet again how Poles apart we are, the Jewish State gets on with the job of promoting innovation and repairing humanity. Read more
Who owns the Holocaust?…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org
February 2, 2018 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
Who owns the Holocaust? That, ultimately, is the key question posed by the impending legislation in Poland that will criminalise any discussion, or investigation, or mere mention, of incidents of Polish collusion with the Nazi occupiers during World War Two. Read more
Just when you think you have heard it all
February 2, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
It seems there is no limit when it comes to covering news about Israel and Jews. This week in particular has served up yet more examples of the absurdities we face…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
UIA NSW innovating communal events
February 1, 2018 by Community newsdesk
In what is believed to be an Australian first for a Jewish fundraiser, UIA NSW will offer a childminding service at its 2018 General Division event headlined by Professor Alan Dershowitz on 25 February. Read more
Meet Moshe Kahn
February 1, 2018 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Rabbi Moshe Kahn, Director of Chabad Youth and DaMinyan in Melbourne talks to Henry Greener about his involvement with Chabad Youth, Camp Gan Yisroel and his vibrant congregation, DaMinyan. Read more
A message for the beginning of the school years
February 1, 2018 by Community newsdesk
Rabbi Benji Levy, Dean of Jewish Life and Learning at Sydney’s Moriah College has a message for schoolchildren as they enter a new year…and for everyone who desires success. Read more
New rabbi forJewish House
February 1, 2018 by Community newsdesk
Sydney’s Jewish House has welcomed Rabbi Mendel Grossbaum as new rabbinical lead for the organisation. Read more
Jewish Anzacs from Russia: Breaking Stereotypes
February 1, 2018 by Community newsdesk
The Australian Jewish Historical Society – Victoria Inc will host Dr Elena Govor at its AGM later this month. Read more
A peace of paper is not enough
February 1, 2018 by Rabbi Dr Danny Schiff
In 2018, we will mark 40 years since the 1978 Camp David accords that paved the way for peace between Egypt and Israel…writes Rabbi Dr Danny Schiff. Read more
The predictable liberal response to Pence
January 31, 2018 by Isi Leibler
Listening to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s address to the Knesset was a euphoric experience…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Jews and Poles don’t need to be enemies…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS.org
January 31, 2018 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Jews and Poles spent most of the first half of the 20th century at each other’s throats. Must they continue on the same destructive path as we head further into the 21st century? Read more
Why polls on a Palestinian state are a mirage
January 31, 2018 by Stephen M.Flatow - JNS.org
Ever wonder why polls consistently show that a large portion of the Israeli public supports creating a Palestinian state?…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org. Read more
Arabs are torch-bearers for Nazi antisemitism
January 30, 2018 by Lyn Julius - JNS.org
On the day that the world commemorated the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, the U.K. liberal newspaper The Guardian declared in an editorial : “The Arabs, meanwhile, cannot be blamed for feeling that Europe’s blood debt to the Jews was paid with what they see as their territory.” writes Lyn Julius/JNS.org. Read more
Israel cannot deny the reality that BDS is in decline
January 30, 2018 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
Recently, I’ve been nursing some concerns about the way the Israeli government is handling its response to the BDS campaign against the Jewish state, and with it the wider challenges of anti-Zionism and antisemitism in the Western world…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more
Spare us your Holocaust hypocrisy
January 30, 2018 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Last Saturday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date, which commemorates the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945, is the one most of the world uses to remember the Shoah, even if Israel and most Jewish communities primarily employ another date a week after Passover in the Hebrew calendar for Yom HaShoah. Read more
Creating strong foundations with Shabbat playgroup
January 29, 2018 by Leanne Shelton
Our Jewish sense of identity starts from a young age, and Sydney’s North Shore Temple Emanuel’s Shabbat Playgroup aims to create those strong foundations early on in life. Read more
A spirit to raise your spirts
January 29, 2018 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Why do Chasidim drink whiskey on a Yahrzeit?….ask the rabbi. Read more
Feintooner
January 29, 2018 by Feintooner
John Kerry’s advice to Abbas…this week’s cartoon from Feintooner. Read more
Jerusalem revisited
January 28, 2018 by Ron Weiser
Quite a chain of events have been crystallising over the past few weeks indeed…writes Ron Weiser. Read more
Why is there opposition to a Qatar investigation?
January 28, 2018 by Alan Dershowitz
In response to my recent op-ed about Qatar in The Hill titled “Why is Qatar being blockaded and isolated,” several critics have deliberately distorted my views…writes Alan Dershowitz. Read more
Tefillin wrap
January 28, 2018 by Community newsdesk
On Sunday February 4, Emanuel Synagogue will be participating in the World Wide Wrap from 9:00am. Read more
Trump readies to dump PLO for Jordan-Israel negotiations
January 28, 2018 by David Singer
President Trump and America’s UN Ambassador Nikki Haley – virtually within hours of each other – have laid the groundwork for Jordan to replace the PLO as Israel’s negotiating partner under President Bush’s 2003 Roadmap – endorsed by the United Nations, European Union, and Russia – and Bush’s 2004 Congress-endorsed commitments to Israel…writes David Singer. Read more
On the other hand…writes Michael Kuttner
January 27, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
Despite rain and snow Lake Kinneret is still well below a satisfactory level. There is however no shortage of good news which keeps Israel at the forefront of making the world a better place. Read more
How not to make friends and influence people
January 26, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
If ever one needed a crash course on the techniques involved in making or losing friends, recent events provided glorious examples…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
A good nose job is hard to find: Kosky’s The Nose premieres in Australia
January 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australian premiere of Barrie Kosky’s new production of the rarely performed Shostakovich classic The Nose has become the most highly anticipated production of Opera Australia’s Sydney Summer Season following its critically acclaimed debut in London in 2017. Read more
Should the US cut aid to the Palestinians?…asks Peter Wertheim
January 25, 2018 by Peter Wertheim
The US government recently announced that it will reduce its funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides aid to Palestinians, to $125 million per annum, down by $60 million. It accuses UNRWA of having close connections to Hamas and its racist, rejectionist ideology towards Jews and Israel, and of perpetuating rather than resolving the problem of Palestinian statelessness.[1] Read more
Busy OBK
January 25, 2018 by Community newsdesk
Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen has had its busiest day ever with 115 children coming from Oosh and 130 coming for a corporate event totalling 245 participants. Read more
What did you hear when Mike Pence spoke to the Knesset?
January 24, 2018 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
In Monday’s New York Times, columnist Max Fisher treated Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Israel as just another expression of what he considers the divisive policies of the Trump administration…Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS.org. Read more
Do the Jews control the World?
January 24, 2018 by Alan Dershowitz
Our secret is out. The Jews control the world! We own the media. Politicians do our bidding. Wall Street is a Jewish shtetle. Hollywood moguls make secret deals in Yiddish. Jewish professors propagandise their students to support Israel. Jewish puppet masters pull the strings and their compliant puppets simply follow…writes Alan Dershowitz. Read more
Seeking the perfect national leader
January 23, 2018 by Isi Leibler
We expect national leaders to behave in an exemplary manner and act as role models to be emulated…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
