Jewish power, Big Apple style
February 6, 2026 by Bruce S. Ticker
At least one Jewish entity is prepared to protect its borders from an impending invasion. Read more
Unravelled and unhinged
February 6, 2026 by Michael Kuttner
This year was always going to be filled with drama, but the current phenomena of unhinged reactions and unravelling agendas must win first prize. Read more
L’Chaim – to Life: Andre Oboler Podcast
February 5, 2026 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Dr Andre Oboler, CEO and Managing Director of the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI), about the organisation’s recent report, The Bondi Beach Chanukah Massacre. Read more
Shabbat Yitro
February 5, 2026 by Jeremy Rosen
Mount Sinai Read more
The problem with “as a Jew” politics
February 5, 2026 by Michael Gencher
I’ve long thought it’s usually best not to give provocateurs any oxygen. Read more
Doctors Without Borders is getting the treatment it deserves
February 4, 2026 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
In a statement on Sunday, Israel’s Diaspora and Combating Antisemitism Ministry announced that it was “moving to terminate the activities of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)—Doctors Without Borders—in the Gaza Strip.” Read more
Jewish House launches ‘Unbreakable’ program to support Jewish adults facing antisemitism
February 4, 2026 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Jewish House has launched ‘Unbreakable’, a new self-guided online resilience program to support Jewish adults facing antisemitism, at an event in Sydney on Tuesday, 3 February 2026, alongside Minister for Multiculturalism Steve Kamper and Joseph La Posta, Coordinator General for Bondi Support.
Cocktail hour with Rosemary Curtin
February 4, 2026 by Alan Slade
There is something special about chamber music being heard in a chamber vis-s-vis in a concert hall. Read more
Trump shouldn’t fall into the Iran negotiations trap
February 3, 2026 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
President Donald Trump was re-elected to the presidency to drain the swamp in Washington, push back the tide of illegal immigration and roll back the dead hand of toxic woke leftism in American government and society. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past
Sir Peter Emil Herbert Abeles, AC – entrepreneur, businessman, transportation magnate, and benefactor Read more
Whose Land?
February 3, 2026 by J-Wire
Douglas Murray recommends it, Richard Kemp hosts it, Hugh Kitson directed it, and anyone who wants to defend Israel should watch it. Read more
Guterres chooses to prolong the Jewish-Arab conflict than end it
February 2, 2026 by David Singer
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the United Nations still continue to believe that the creation of a new Arab State between Israel and Jordan – located in Gaza, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem – is the only solution that can lead to the end of the 130-year-old Jewish-Arab conflict (two-state solution). Read more
The Watchmaker’s War
February 2, 2026 by Anne Sarzin
Nazis—and their nemesis—surface in 1950s Melbourne Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more
Stop chasing after the Saudis to join the Abraham Accords
February 1, 2026 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
The 12-day air campaign against Iran carried out by Israel last June, and then eventually joined by the United States, changed the strategic equation in the Middle East. Read more
Choosing optimism: Eddie Jaku’s story comes to the Sydney Opera House
February 1, 2026 by Rob Klein
The extraordinary life and outlook of Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku will be brought to the Sydney Opera House stage in May 2026 with the Australian premiere of The Happiest Man on Earth, a one-man play starring and produced by Anton Berezin.
On the other hand
February 1, 2026 by Michael Kuttner
The nonprofit organization Matnat Chaim (gift of life) is set to enter the Guinness World Records after successfully gathering more than 1,000 kidney donors in a single photograph on Sunday. Read more
The emergence of Holocaust erasure
January 30, 2026 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
International Holocaust Memorial Day has become a spur to write the Jews out of their own history. Read more
New Year for Trees
January 30, 2026 by Jeremy Rosen
The fifteenth of Shvat in Hebrew is Tu B’Shvat. This year it is on Monday the 2nd of February. Read more
Dodgy Deals
January 30, 2026 by Michael Kuttner
If it sounds too good to be true, you can guarantee that whatever deal has been touted will likely be doomed to unravel. Read more
Shabbat Beshalach
January 29, 2026 by Jeremy Rosen
Turandot—Terrific
January 29, 2026 by Victor Grynberg
An opera review by Victor Grynberg Read more
Enough already: Sophie Scamps and the Politics of “Division”
January 29, 2026 by Michael Gencher
Australia’s sense of safety has taken a hit, and we need to stop dressing it up as political debate. Read more
We Will Prevail: voices, fury and faith after Bondi
January 29, 2026 by Rob Klein
“We Will Prevail” is not a book written in hindsight. It was produced in the immediate wake of terror; while blood was still on the grass near Bondi Beach, many victims were still in hospital, and the shock of what had happened had barely begun to settle.
Brighton Shule welcomes new rabbi
January 28, 2026 by David Marlow
Brighton Hebrew Congregation has appointed Rabbi Gershom Baraza as its Congregational Rabbi, starting today. Read more
ABC to launch “National Forum” with antisemitism focus in first episode
January 28, 2026 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The ABC will launch a new live discussion programme, the ABC National Forum, in March 2026, with the inaugural episode focusing on the lives and experiences of Jewish Australians and the impact of antisemitism.
My Brilliant Career
January 28, 2026 by Alex First
A Melbourne Theatre Company production reviewed by Alex First Read more
Ran Gvili’s return must herald new national unity in Israel
January 27, 2026 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
One by one, Israelis removed the yellow ribbon from their jackets on Monday. From streets and squares across the country, the portrait of the last hostage was taken down. Ran Gvili was no longer in the hands of Hamas. Read more
Don’t mourn the Holocaust while supporting the genocide of living Jews
January 27, 2026 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
What does it say about a country where some rudimentary knowledge about the Holocaust is commonplace, but where misleading analogies about it are a routine occurrence in public discourse? Read more
The Traitors Circle
January 26, 2026 by Anne Sarzin
Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more
Albanese must reverse his recognition of the State of Palestine
January 26, 2026 by David Singer
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese needs to reverse his decision to recognise the non-existent “State of Palestine” – if his apology to Jewish Australians on 22 January 2026 for failing to prevent the Bondi Massacre on 14 December 2025 is to have any real meaning. Read more
