Can Trump’s outside-in formula work? …asks Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS.org
May 23, 2017 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Much of the attention being given to President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East has focused on whether his first foreign trip will provide much of a distraction from his growing domestic troubles. But the real substance centres on his plan to solve a problem that has eluded all of his predecessors: the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Read more
Rabbi gets updated
May 21, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Jewish chaplain for NSW Rabbi Mendel Kastel has spent three days on specialised training at the NSW Police Academy in Goulburn. Read more
A breakthrough in the cause of delirium
A world-first study lead by Associate Professor Gideon Caplan at Sydney’s Prince of Wales Hospital has identified a breakthrough in the cause of delirium. Read more
Chabad ACT expands to new building
May 19, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Chabad ACT is expanding into an additional building in Giralang, Canberra. Read more
Learning by choice…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
May 19, 2017 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Yesterday I came across a podcast in which Alan Jones (a Sydney radio host) discusses the value of daily homework, with a school principal. Read more
Will common sense finally Trump endemic bias?
May 19, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
We are currently in the throes of a frenetic frenzy in advance of the visit of Donald Trump to Israel…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
From matzo balls to footballs
May 18, 2017 by Arts Editor
Yvette Wroby has written a love story about family and footy, a story which involves both matzo balls and footballs. Read more
Jewish-Aboriginal relationships
May 18, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Shadow Federal Minister for Human Services Linda Burney addressed the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum on the Jewish-Aboriginal relationship. Read more
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
May 18, 2017 by Roz Tarszisz
Shlemazel* is the best Yiddish word to describe Norman.
Israel’s First World Problems: On Aerosmith and security prisoners
May 18, 2017 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
Israel’s much touted economic miracle, given official sanction when the country joined the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2010, has brought with it a slew of first world injuries…writes Gidon Ben-Zvi. Read more
The Battle for Jerusalem
May 18, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Five days before the Six Day War broke out in June 1967, Abraham Rabinovich arrived in Jerusalem as an American reporter. Read more
Trump must honour Bush-Congress deal with Israel…writes David Singer
May 18, 2017 by David Singer
President Trump’s historic visit to Israel on 22 May presents the perfect opportunity for him to deliver on the promises he made to Israel during last year’s Presidential election campaign. Read more
In Jerusalem, now reunified for 50 years, ‘conflict is not a bug, it is a feature’
May 17, 2017 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
For Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat—who has navigated numerous conflicts, while simultaneously supervising the rapid growth of residential neighbourhoods, commercial centres, parks and transportation infrastructure during nearly nine years in office—conflict is part of his city’s DNA…writes Alex Traiman/JNS.org. Read more
Israel braces for its latest battlefront: the sea
May 17, 2017 by Yaakov Lappin
Amid a quiet-yet-massive arms race between Israel and Hezbollah, both sides are preparing for the possibility of a war branching out to sea…writes Yaakov Lappin/JNS.org Read more
The Sense of an Ending – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
May 16, 2017 by Roz Tarszisz
British actors can do grumpy old men really well, and the protagonist here is very good at it.
The drumbeat against Jewish ritual in Europe sounds once more…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org
May 16, 2017 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
This past week, Jewish ritual observance has come under attack in both Belgium and Norway. While there is nothing suggesting the respective moves against shechita (kosher slaughter) in Belgium and brit milah (Jewish circumcision) in Norway were coordinated, both speak to an ingrained tendency in Europe that dismisses these core requirements for Jews as no more and no less than cruelty of a particularly Jewish sort. Read more
The foolish embassy expectations game
May 16, 2017 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
When President Donald Trump heads to the Middle East later this month, the world will be primarily watching closely to see if he makes any of his trademark gaffes that set off a cultural land mine in Saudi Arabia or Israel. But the more important question is whether he will use the trip to actually make policy…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS.org Read more
Feintooner
May 15, 2017 by Feintooner
This week cartoon: Relativity Read more
The (not-so-hungry) Hunger Strike…writes Emily Gian
May 15, 2017 by Emily Gian
I took a gap year from University in the early days of the Second Intifada. At that time, sadly, there were terrorist attacks occurring in Israel, sometimes on a daily basis. In those days, there was one Palestinian terrorist whose name kept popping up again and again – Marwan Barghouti. Read more
Lauder promoting Abbas as respectable moderate fraught with danger
May 14, 2017 by Isi Leibler
Last week, World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder released a series of statements confirming that he had encouraged U.S. President Donald Trump to recognise that peace between Israelis and Palestinians was now attainable. He also stressed that he considers PA President Mahmoud Abbas to be a moderate committed to peace…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Wagner: to play or not to play
May 14, 2017 by Community Editor
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Vic Alhadeff conducted a Q and A on “You shall not play Wagner” with its South African playwright Victor Gordon from South Africa at the Eternity Theatre in Sydney’s Darlinghurst. Read more
Don’t Tell – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
May 14, 2017 by Roz Tarszisz
Paedophilia may not sound like the subject for a night out at the movies, but director Tori Garrett has created a compelling Australian tale of lost innocence.
New Bar-Ilan University study reveals crucial role for partners of depressed mothers
May 12, 2017 by Elana Oberlander
Maternal depression negatively impacts children’s emotional and cognitive development and family life. Read more
Rodney Horin in conversation with Henry Greener
May 12, 2017 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Rodney Horin in conversation with Henry Greener about transitioning to Aged Care and the Financial Literacy Forum he and Jeffrey Appel will be presenting at Melbourne’s Blake Street Shul on May 16. Read more
A private art museum in Melbourne
May 12, 2017 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Leah Justin talks with Henry Greener about Justin Art House Museum, the unique gallery in Melbourne she shares with her architect husband Charles Justin…a video report. Read more
An honest enemy is better than a false friend
May 12, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
Since Biblical times the Jewish People has experienced endlessly the validity of this admonition…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
Art of the Deal: Is Trump’s Bestseller the Secret to Peace in the Middle East?
May 11, 2017 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
United Nations web of deceit snares International Court of Justice
May 10, 2017 by David Singer
The United Nations publication “The Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem 1917-1988” (“Study”) has falsely misrepresented that the Mandate for Palestine was a class A Mandate – deceiving the International Court of Justice and many other reputable sources…writes David Singer. Read more
Nine challenges confronting Israel…writes Isi Leibler
May 9, 2017 by Isi Leibler
Not since the creation of the state has Israel found itself in such an advantageous position. Read more
New potential donors…including popular rabbi
May 9, 2017 by J-Wire
25 people celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut at Sydney’s Moriah campus become potential blood stem cell donors to save the lives of Jews diagnosed with blood cancer. Read more
