The politics of selective outrage
March 4, 2026 by Michael Gencher
Today, one politician offered the predictable line that “Australia’s voice should be one that supports restraint, reinforces international law, and works towards a more stable and peaceful region”, echoing statements we have heard repeatedly from others over the past few days.
Netanyahu’s long road to confronting Iran
March 4, 2026 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
For decades, Israel’s leader has maintained that survival demands strength. After Oct 7, that doctrine became a policy to reshape the region.
Iran’s shadow in Australia’s antisemitism debate
March 4, 2026 by Adam Kreuzer
As Australia’s Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion begins its work, a series of public mourning notices issued by numerous Shi’a Islamic centres in Australia following the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has added a sharp new edge to an already tense national conversation.
From Australia’s Jewish past
March 3, 2026 by Features Desk
Friedrich Wilhelm – Fred David – renowned aeronautical designer Read more
A perpetrator of the Holocaust does not belong on Broadway
March 2, 2026 by Menachem Rosensaft
Pierre Laval, the prime minister of the Nazi-collaborationist French government based in Vichy during most of World War II, was evil incarnate. Read more
Saudi Arabia may soon be joining the Abraham Accords
March 2, 2026 by David Singer
The US-Israel joint attack on Iran on 28 February could well see Saudi Arabia deciding to join the Abraham Accords sooner rather than later – as Saudi Arabia’s own territory – housing US military assets – is right now coming under attack from Iran’s missiles. Read more
Four inseparable friends and the enduring legacy of Bondi
March 2, 2026 by Rob Klein
Marika Pogany went down to Bondi Beach with three close friends for a celebration on an idyllic Sydney summer afternoon. They were all in their 80s, and they had enjoyed this kind of outing for years. They talked about the chaos of Bondi traffic while settling into their white plastic chairs to enjoy the Chanukah by the Beach gathering.
On the other hand
March 1, 2026 by Michael Kuttner
Israel has launched the bidding process for the construction of the Tel Aviv metro, one of the country’s largest-ever infrastructure projects, expected to cost $50 billion and carry two million passengers daily in the coastal metropolis. Read more
The crumbling wall of Hamas propaganda
February 27, 2026 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Stone by stone, the wall of lies constructed in the West to defame, delegitimize and destroy Israel is crumbling away. Read more
Zachor Purim
February 27, 2026 by Jeremy Rosen
This coming Shabbat, before Purim, is always called Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat of remembering. Read more
Purim portents
February 27, 2026 by Michael Kuttner
According to the Oxford dictionary, a portent is “a sign or warning that something, especially momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen.” Read more
Ed Sheeran Loop Tour
February 27, 2026 by Alex First
The Melbourne concert reviewed by Alex First Read more
Howling in protest
February 26, 2026 by Anne Sarzin
Book Review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more
L’Chaim – to Life: Jeremy Suss
February 26, 2026 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Jeremy Suss, President of the Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS). Read more
INTO THE FRAY: The deradicalization of Gaza and other myths
February 26, 2026 by Martin Sherman
The recipe for deradicalisation for Gaza is likely to prove a dangerous and unrealistic pipe dream. Read more
Author Marisa Meltzer reflects on fame, feminism and Jewish identity ahead of Sydney visit
February 26, 2026 by Rob Klein
New York-based journalist and author Marisa Meltzer has built her career exploring women the world too often flattens into symbols, from the founder of Weight Watchers to Jane Birkin, the actress, singer and style icon. In each case, she digs past the caricature to reveal the vivid, complicated human story beneath.
Monday Morning Cooking Club is back with a book for the next generation
The Monday Morning Cooking Club did not set out to build a publishing brand. It set out to save recipes. The project began in 2006 when six women from Sydney’s Jewish community came together to write a cookbook for charity. Read more
The audacity of APAN: antisemitism on trial, and the activists lining up to rewrite it
February 24, 2026 by Michael Gencher
Australia has established a Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion because something has gone badly wrong in this country. Read more
Trump’s Board of Peace scraps United Nations two-state solution
February 23, 2026 by David Singer
President Trump’s Board of Peace at its first meeting in Washington this week scrapped the United Nations (UN) Security Council proposal for the creation of a new Palestinian Arab State in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem (two-state solution). Read more
A Jewish antisemite returns to the scene
February 22, 2026 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
The current row involving the Belgian foreign minister, the Israeli foreign minister and the U.S. ambassador to Brussels over the ongoing Belgian police investigation into three mohels reveals a great deal about how antisemitism functions these days. Read more
On the other hand
February 21, 2026 by Michael Kuttner
Israel’s National Transplant Centre announced on Sunday that the first month of 2026 has set a record for organ donations and transplants in the country. Read more
Fight! Fight! Fight!
February 20, 2026 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
A lively debate is underway in the Jewish world about whether Jews are wise to present themselves as victims. Read more
Jesse Jackson and the betrayal of the civil-rights movement
February 20, 2026 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Being an aide to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., as well as one of his companions in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968—the day the leader of the civil-rights movement was shot and killed—conferred a certain status on Rev. Jesse Jackson that amounted to secular sainthood. Read more
Asi Wind brings more than magic to Sydney
February 20, 2026 by Rob Klein
For Israeli-born magician Asi Wind, magic is not about fooling people. It is about reaching them. Read more
Wishful Thinking
February 20, 2026 by Michael Kuttner
Despite increasing worldwide outbreaks of the world’s oldest virus, there are still far too many Jews who prefer to remain in blissful denial. Read more
The law and Donald Trump: Twisting it in America, then Israel
February 19, 2026 by Bruce S. Ticker
It is not sufficient for President Trump to wreck America’s legal system, but now he is extending his crusade to twist the law overseas. Read more
Far-right antisemitism: “a growing cancer”
February 18, 2026 by Menachem Rosensaft
An article by my friend Thane Rosenbaum should be read by and circulated to all those ostrich-like political conservatives who ignore, deny or trivialise present-day antisemitism in their midst. Read more
The conversations that actually matter after Bondi
February 18, 2026 by Michael Gencher
Since the Bondi massacre on 14 December, the Jewish community has carried a familiar mix of grief, vigilance, and exhaustion. Read more
Hannah Senesh: dream and reality
February 18, 2026 by Anne Sarzin
Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more
From grief to hope: reflecting on a solidarity visit to Australia
February 17, 2026 by Doron Almog
A distance of 14,000 kilometres separates Sydney, Australia, from Jerusalem. Yet it is a distance that seems to vanish in a moment of a single embrace. Read more
