The Six Day War: Why did Israel go to war?
June 4, 2017 by Agencies
Find out about the early steps that led to the 1967 Six Day War – a war that changed the future of Israel. Surrounded by enemy neighbours and only nine miles wide at its narrowest point, Israel was vulnerable. Read more
Jewish Care receives registered charity tick of approval
June 4, 2017 by Community Editor
Jewish Care Victoria is pleased to have been approved to use the Registered Charity Tick that was recently introduced by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). Read more
Will 1/3 of Brits vote for a hard left anti-Semite?…asks Alan M. Dershowitz
June 4, 2017 by Alan Dershowitz
On June 8, British voters will head to the polls. Recent numbers show the gap closing between British Prime Minister Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Read more
Wonder Woman – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
June 2, 2017 by Roz Tarszisz
As I have been pleasantly surprised before by films I might not have considered my ‘thing’, I did not hesitate to give this action sci-fi fantasy a go.
Jewish Conspiracy Behind US-Saudi Arms Deal?
June 2, 2017 by Simon Plosker
New Zealand’s role in the passing of UN Resolution 2334 in December 2016 appeared to unleash a wave of anti-Israel bias in the New Zealand media..writes Simon Plosker/Honest Reporting. Read more
Rabbi Steven Greenberg for Yom Limmud
June 2, 2017 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Dr Mark Cherny talks with Henry Greener about Rabbi Steven Greenberg about the first openly gay orthodox Rabbi, who founded Eshel, a support, education and advocacy organisation for LGBT Orthodox Jews. Read more
Job to the left of me, crazy girls to my right: Israel Festival blends artistic lines
June 2, 2017 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
The Israel Festival, taking place from June 1st to June 18th, 2017, is a sensory delight..writes Gidon Ben-Zvi. Read more
The Six Day War #1
June 2, 2017 by Agencies
Get a first look at the project that’s been 50 years in the making. June 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War – a war that changed the course of Israel and the region forever. Experience the dramatic events of 1967 and how they transformed the State of Israel. Read more
Trump: allergic reactions
June 2, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
Allergies manifest themselves in a myriad of ways ranging from mild irritations to life threatening situations…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
The Ghetto Cabaret
June 2, 2017 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Galit Klas is excited about “A Night to Remember: The Ghetto Cabaret”, a Yiddish theatrical show she created and is directing, to be performed at The Kadimah in Elsternwick..she talks with Henry Greener. Read more
BDS Back to Front
June 1, 2017 by Ron Jontof-Hutter
The BDS phenomenon is not new…writes Ron Jontof-Hutter. Read more
Why I’m presenting at Limmud Oz 2017…writes Debbie Scholem
May 30, 2017 by Debbie Scholem
There’s a huge looming issue in our Jewish homes, seldom discussed. It is how Jewish parents deal with their intermarried offspring. Read more
Locking into our collective long-term memory…writes Rabbi Chaim Ingram
May 30, 2017 by Rabbi Chaim Ingram
One of the symptoms of growing old is forgetting what you did yesterday – and remembering with stark clarity something you did fifty years ago! Read more
Feintooner
May 29, 2017 by Feintooner
Feintooner turns his crayons to last year’s Iran deal…. Read more
Love is in the Air…with apologies to John Paul Young
May 29, 2017 by Ron Weiser
So things are getting a little clearer after President Trump’s visit to the Middle East, a place by the way he apparently thinks does not include Israel…writes Ron Weiser. Read more
Jewish Care Signs MOU with Jewish Mediation Centre
May 28, 2017 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jewish Care Victoria’s Individual and Family Support Service recently signed an MOU with the Jewish Mediation Centre, formalising the relationship between the two organisations. Read more
From Greeley, Colorado to Manchester, U.K.
May 28, 2017 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
For those—like me—who’d never really given any thought to singer Ariana Grande before the terrorist atrocity at her concert in the British city of Manchester, it took a few minutes to figure out the correspondence between her audience and the target selection of suicide bomber Salman Abedi…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more
Taking Trump seriously, but not literally, in the Middle East
May 28, 2017 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
In a seminal piece for The Atlantic last September, journalist Salena Zito explained a simple truth that most people hadn’t grasped about the man who was about to be elected the 45th president of the United States…writing Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS.org Read more
Why aren’t Muslim countries leading the charge on aid for the Palestinians?
May 28, 2017 by Ariel Ben Solomon - JNS.org
Why aren’t Muslim countries leading givers to the Palestinian cause? The question has renewed relevance upon a United Nations agency’s recent release of its list of donors…writes Ariel Ben Solomon/JNS.org. Read more
Farewell to Wagner and Hello to Kindertransport
May 26, 2017 by J-Wire
Annie Byron has been acting in Sydney since the early 1970s but this year will the first in which she will have performed in two productions with strong Jewish themes. Read more
JERUSALEM, D.C….writes Michael Kuttner
May 26, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
Jerusalem, David’s Capital, has seen many spectacles in its three thousand years history. Read more
Schizophrenic: An American Zionist in Israel
May 25, 2017 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
The Jewish Agency, Nefesh B’Nefesh, Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and other organisations charged with convincing world Jewry that its destiny is intertwined with that of Israel fail to mention, on their glossy websites and in their slick public relations toolkits, the single greatest sacrifice one makes when embarking on an open-ended Zionist adventure: cultural DNA…writes Gidon Ben-Zvi. Read more
Drumming up community support at Jewish Care’s Annual Appeal Dinner
May 25, 2017 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jewish Care Victoria has hosted 400 supporters at its 2017 Annual Appeal Dinner. Read more
Shula meets New York City’s top cop
May 25, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Shula Endrey-Walder attended the ‘Partners for Life’ dinner in support of Gift of Life the organisation she head is Australia where she met the New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill. Read more
Trump signals Abbas must end indiscriminate slaughter of Jews
May 25, 2017 by David Singer
The horrific carnage perpetrated in Manchester on 22 May presented an emotion-charged backdrop to two meetings the next day between President Trump and President Abbas in Bethlehem and President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu in Jerusalem…writes David Singer. Read more
After Trump visit, the onus rests on us…writes Isi Leibler
May 24, 2017 by Isi Leibler
Overall, U.S. President Donald Trump has delivered. He will not have satisfied the delusional aspirations of Israel’s radical right but, despite some missteps before he arrived, highlighted by hostile and misleading press reports, the Trump visit was favourable for Israel and outlined parameters of what can be achieved with the Palestinians. Read more
Trump and Bibi: Feintooner cartoon
May 24, 2017 by J-Wire
Feintooner on President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read more
Terrorism persists because it works…writes Alan M. Dershowitz
May 24, 2017 by Alan Dershowitz
Every time a horrendous terrorist attack victimises innocent victims we wring our hands and promise to increase security and take other necessary preventive measures. But we fail to recognise how a friends and allies play such an important role in encouraging, incentivising, and inciting terrorism. Read more
Tsujii set the feet stamping…a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
May 23, 2017 by Fraser Beath McEwing
Japanese pianist, Nobuyuki Tsujii, sent the usually reserved Sydney Recital Hall audience into rapturous applause last night, and it wasn’t because he has been able to totally conquer the restrictions of blindness from birth. Read more
Trump crisis shouldn’t mask new opportunities for Middle East peace
May 23, 2017 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
By any standards, it was an extraordinary week for U.S.-Israel relations—and that was before President Donald Trump even arrived in Israel for his official visit…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more
