Hollywood outlier: Elliott Gould focuses the camera on real life

July 1, 2025 by  

It’s difficult to imagine a face like Elliott Gould’s becoming a matinee idol today. It is angular and brooding, with eyes that have carried a weight beyond their years and a voice that teetered between irony and sincerity. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

July 1, 2025 by  

Reca (Rebecca) Stone – a true woman of worth Read more

Jewish Country Houses

June 30, 2025 by  

Book review by Anne Sarzin Read more

Dragging American Jews through the mud in New York mayoral race

June 30, 2025 by  

In his pursuit of political power, Zohran Mamdani insists on dragging American Jews through the mud.

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Feintooner

June 30, 2025 by  

This week’s cartoon: Saved by the Yell Read more

Trump & Bin Salman: opt for the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine

June 30, 2025 by  

In a remarkable about-face, Ali Shihabi, an advisor to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has abandoned his 2020 plan calling for a new political entity comprising Jordan, Gaza and part of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) to be created and named The Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine (HKOPS).
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On the other hand

June 29, 2025 by  

Some semblance of normality has returned to daily life after two weeks of interrupted sleep involving running to and from the bomb shelter. Read more

All is Good … in the Glow of Moonlight

June 29, 2025 by  

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Axis of hypocrites

June 27, 2025 by  

The existing axis of evil has sustained a major blow in its hitherto unchallenged march towards imposing its malign machinations on intended victims. Read more

Yalta

June 27, 2025 by  

Anyone interested in history will know that the Yalta Conference was a meeting between the leaders of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union that took place in February 1945, towards the end of the Second World War. Read more

Happy-Go-Wrong

June 27, 2025 by  

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

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Rabbi Shmotkin brings message of inner health to Australia

June 26, 2025 by  

When Rabbi Levi Shmotkin first began reading the letters of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, writing a book was the furthest thing from his mind. Read more

Lang Lang solo recital featuring romantic music

June 26, 2025 by  

A music review by Shirley Politzer Read more

L’Chaim to Life: David Slade

June 26, 2025 by  

Maurice Klein speaks with David Slade, president of UIA-Keren Hayesod Victoria. Read more

Shabbat Korach

June 26, 2025 by  

Unpredictability Read more

Israel wins stunning 12-Day War

With U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire, Israel is emerging as the true victor of what Trump has aptly termed the 12-Day War with Iran. Read more

Soldier Boy

June 25, 2025 by  

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Lightscape, at the Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens

June 24, 2025 by  

 An installation reviewed by Alex First Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

June 24, 2025 by  

Julius Stone AO OBE – a premier legal theorist, brilliant scholar, philosopher, and writer Read more

Would anyone but Trump have done it?

Donald Trump appears to have fooled both his friends and foes. And he has done something none of his predecessors dared to do. Read more

Feintooner

June 23, 2025 by  

This week’s cartoon: Nuclear Shrinkage Read more

Trump was not fiddling whilst Israel burned

June 23, 2025 by  

President Trump’s devastating attack on Iran’s Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites could see Trump shortly reveal his long-awaited solution on the future of Judea and Samaria (West Bank). Read more

The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück

June 22, 2025 by  

Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more

On the other hand

June 22, 2025 by  

What a difference a week can make. Read more

Lang Lang at the Opera House

June 22, 2025 by  

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) hosted a beautiful evening of French music of the Romantic era featuring the dazzling pianist Lang Lang. Read more

Fox fired up for canoe world titles after rough results

June 22, 2025 by  

Jessica Fox has had mixed results since her stunning double Olympic triumph, but the canoe great expects to again deliver at the world championships in Penrith. Read more

The return of the neocon canard

Earlier this week, an out-and-out antisemite was revealed to be holding a senior position in the Pentagon. Read more

INTO THE FRAY: Emmanuel the Egregious

June 20, 2025 by  

With the war raging between Iran and Israel, few news items beyond reports from the battlefront itself make it into international headlines. Read more

Worthless words versus resolute resolve

June 20, 2025 by  

Worthless dialogue, diplomatic fudging and unattainable guarantees were never going to prevent the Iranian regime from acquiring weapons of mass destruction. Read more

‘Israel is waging this war for the entire Western world’

June 19, 2025 by  

Although his city was devastated by Iranian ballistic missiles in the early morning hours of June 15, Bat Yam Mayor Tzvika Brot is convinced that Israel will emerge victorious and safer after the war against Iran. Read more

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