Mike Pence takes a ‘victory lap’ in Israel after Jerusalem policy changes
January 23, 2018 by Adam Abrams - JNS.org
Vice President Mike Pence is using his trip to the Middle East this week as an opportunity to tout the Trump administration’s recent policy changes on Jerusalem…writes Adam Abrams/JNS.org. Read more
Meet Shira Nussdorf
January 23, 2018 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Shira Nussdorf talks to Henry Greener on all three segments about her shtick as a community building journey Read more
An Israeli Carmen
January 23, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
After a sell-out season in 2016, John Bell’s vibrant production of Bizet’s Carmen, featuring gypsy girls and bull-fighting boys in eye-popping colours, returns to the Sydney Opera House next month. Read more
Is there a religious revival?…ask the rabbi
January 22, 2018 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple give his point of review. Read more
Feintooner
January 22, 2018 by Feintooner
Ministry of Truth…this week’s cartoon. Read more
Victoria Government House Open Day
January 22, 2018 by Community newsdesk
Bring along a picnic and enjoy the grounds and surrounds of Victoria’s historic Government House as part of an Open Day on Australia Day, Friday, 26 January 2018. Read more
PLO ditches Trump, undermines future UN and EU support…writes David Singer
January 21, 2018 by David Singer
PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s extraordinary two-hour-long anti-American and Jew-hating diatribe delivered on January 14 must inevitably see… Read more
Why honouring the ‘Founders’ still matters…writes Ric Benjamin
January 21, 2018 by Ric Benjamin
Our citizenship saga around the intent of Section 44 in the Australian Constitution and the on-going saga about gun control in the US around the wording of the 2nd Amendment to their Constitution have opened up a debate about how we should deal with our founding legal documents. Read more
On the other hand…writes Michael Kuttner
January 20, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
While the rest of the world continues to obsess over what we may or may not do Israel gets on with innovating, assisting and making the planet a better place. Read more
Tunnel vision…writes Michael Kuttner
January 19, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
Tunnels have been in the news recently. Read more
A rare opportunity to see one of Sydney’s top chefs in action
January 19, 2018 by Community Editor
Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue is providing an exclusive opportunity to see award-winning chef, Michael Rantissi demonstrate some of the delicious dishes from his new book and taste the results. Read more
AAJS conference in Perth
January 19, 2018 by Community newsdesk
The Australian Association for Jewish Studies (AAJS) will hold its 30th annual conference at Curtin University next month in Perth. Read more
UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Liberation of Auschwitz commemoration
January 18, 2018 by Community newsdesk
The Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants together with the Sydney Jewish Museum invite you to commemorate UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Liberation of Auschwitz. Read more
The Shape of Water – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
January 17, 2018 by Roz Tarszisz
The story of an amphibious man-like creature is not new. While film making has come a long way since Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) there is still a strong sense of deja vu in this latest offering from Guillermo Del Toro who wrote the story, directed and co-wrote the script.
Washington’s paradigm shift on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
January 17, 2018 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
The Trump administration’s approach to the Palestinians represents what Mideast experts and Israel advocates are describing as a paradigm shift in Washington, D.C.—acknowledging that Palestinian rejectionism lies at the root of the Arab-Israeli conflict, rather than reflexively blaming the Jewish state for the impasse in negotiations. Read more
Terrorism and rejectionism: twin threats to peace and security
January 16, 2018 by Richard D. Heideman - JNS.org
The recent moves at the United Nations by the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), who sought the vote condemning U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, mark the latest use of rejectionism as a tool in the PA-PLO arsenal of diplomatic warfare against Israel—and now America…writes Richard D. Heideman/JNS.org. Read more
How do you deal with a rabbi who has lost credibility?…ask the rabbi
January 15, 2018 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple answers this interesting question… Read more
Feintooner
January 15, 2018 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Trump rattles the cage. Read more
Israel-Jordan negotiations could follow PLO threat to boycott Trump
January 14, 2018 by David Singer
The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) threat to refuse to negotiate with Israel unless President Trump withdraws his recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel could see Jordan replacing the PLO as Israel’s negotiating partner to end the 100 years-old Arab-Jewish conflict…writes David Singer. Read more
NZ must reconsider unconditional support of UNRWA
January 14, 2018 by IINZ
Over the past nine years, New Zealand has contributed $10.4m to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) but has never once publicly condemned their egregious inefficiency, history of staff inciting and supporting terror, use of schools and other buildings as militant bases, or allegations of corruption. Read more
Don’t diagnose President Trump – respond to him
January 13, 2018 by Alan Dershowitz
The 1964 presidential election was the second in which I voted. Lyndon Johnson who had succeeded John Kennedy, was running against Barry Goldwater…writes Alan Dershowitz. Read more
On the other hand…writes Michael Kuttner
January 13, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
Winter is well and truly here but rainfall is still far below what we require. Meantime there is no shortage of further medical advances, amazing innovations and heartwarming human drama. Read more
Swinging Safari – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
January 12, 2018 by Roz Tarszisz
Blasts from the past can be fun. This latest offering from writer/director Stephan Elliott with lava lamps, high waisted bellbottoms, parents behaving badly and a bunch of feral children looked to be just the ticket for the summer holiday season.
Turn off the taps…writes Michael Kuttner
January 12, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
For far too long, terror groups and those associated with them have been awash with funds provided by Governments which deliberately ignore the consequences of their generosity. Read more
Israel bans entry for 20 BDS groups, shows it ‘won’t turn a blind eye’ to delegitimisation
Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry on Jan. 7 published a list of 20 organisations affiliated with the BDS movement that will be barred from entering the country, marking the Israeli government’s first major step to ban entities that seek to undermine the Jewish state since legislation targeting such groups was passed last year. Read more
The Post – a movie review by Glen Falkenstein
January 10, 2018 by Glen Falkenstein
You could easily think this Pentagon Papers retrospective is a lock for Best Picture. It isn’t. Read more
Date for November
January 10, 2018 by Rabbi Fred Morgan
Planning is already well underway for the Union for Progressive Judaism’s biennial conference in Melbourne in November 2018. Read more
New York Times accuses Israel of ‘annexation’ and ‘apartheid’ over political moves
January 9, 2018 by Adam Abrams - JNS.org
At the start of 2018, a purportedly emboldened Israeli right initiated new political measures that seemingly enhance Israel’s sovereignty in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem following the recent U.S. policy changes on the Jewish state’s capital…writes Adam Abrams/JNS.org. Read more
Israel’s emerging ‘liberal nationalist’ figure
January 8, 2018 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
The crowd in Jerusalem’s Zion Square is civil as protesters hold up signs decrying alleged government corruption. Standing on the stage, Dr. Yoaz Hendel, with his trademark tussled hair, addresses the crowd…writes Israel Kasnett/JNS.org. Read more
Is Man a sinner? Ask the rabbi
January 8, 2018 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple answers the question… Read more
