What really matters…writes Michael Kuttner

The latest buzzwords among the politically correct elites these days have become holy writ. Woe betides anyone who dares to challenge this example of religious dogma. Read more

So this is what peace looks like…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org

It’s not the end of the world just because an Egyptian athlete refused to shake hands with his Israeli counterpart at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro last week. After all, the Egyptian is the one who violated judo etiquette. He’s the one whom the fans booed. Read more

U.S. State Department calls Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority antisemitic

For the first time, the U.S. State Department has explicitly accused the Palestinian Authority (PA) of promoting antisemitism, a signal Jewish groups are hoping will lead to change in U.S. policy…writes Rafael Medoff/JNS.org. Read more

A Yazidi woman tells her story

Nadia Murad Basee Taha is a Yazidi woman from northern Iraq who was captured by Daesh (or ISIS) in mid-2014 will tell a seminar at Sydney University how she escaped. Read more

Palestine – Abbas Abandons Peace Negotiations With Israel

Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to prosecute Britain for publishing the 1917 Balfour Declaration amounts to an outright rejection of the right of the Jewish people to have their own State in former Palestine – the major stumbling block to peacefully resolving the Jewish-Arab conflict for the last 100 years…writes David Singer. Read more

Residents art exhibition

Residents, relatives and staff of Sydney’s Montefiore Home Randwick Campus to celebrate the work of three resident artists, June Lotzof, Audrey Goldberg, and the late Dr Zelman Freeman. Read more

Eyeless in Gaza…writes Michael Danby

The Reverend Tim Costello is the very image of the muscular, “socially concerned” Church Man. Read more

Kubo and the Two Strings – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

“I tell stories about epic heroes and monsters but I had no idea my stories were true” says boy hero Kubo, in the trailer for this enthralling animated action adventure from director Travis Knight (ParaNorman,Box Trolls).

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Ben-Gurion University Institute tackles water shortage, hygiene in developing countries

Israeli water experts believe by 2050, almost half of the world’s population will live in countries with a chronic water shortage…writes Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman/JNS.org. Read more

What is your World Vision?…asks Emily Gian

Two weeks ago, a story emerged from Gaza that was so explosive in its nature and content that it should have shaken the world. Read more

Has the Anti-Defamation League lost the plot?…asks Isi Leibler

I rubbed my eyes with incredulity when I read bizarre statements emanating from Jonathan Greenblatt the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), one of the most powerful American Jewish organisations whose principal mandate is to combat antisemitism. Read more

Keeping Warm with Soup & Chat While Supporting Others

What is the best way to make your winter Tuesdays more enjoyable? The answer is having a cup of hearty soup with a friend or two at the Melbourne Lamm Library! Read more

$500 membership for Sydney’s The Great Synagogue

The Great Synagogue has launched a $500 annual membership rate, which gives all benefits, including the right to sit in any seat without a dedicated brass plaque. Read more

Paging Amb. Ira Forman: Synagogue attacked, world is silent…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org

If a bomb was thrown at a prominent synagogue in Brooklyn, the media would treat it as front-page news and politicians would rush to condemn the assault. Read more

Religious v Secular Law?…ask the rabbi

Q. Which takes priority – religious or secular law? Read more

Responsible Citizenship and Speaking Up – Berlin’s Last Starlit Night

Two sisters, granddaughters of Holocaust survivors, team up for an exciting new theatrical/educational workshop for students in collaboration with Sydney Jewish Museum this September. Read more

Green Party Stirs Anti-Israel Election Acrimony

Twice, once before the election and once after the election the Green Party attempted to minimise and apologise for its anti-Israel politics, particularly during the recent federal election. Read more

By the Rivers of Babylon…writes Michael Kuttner

This Sunday, many Jews worldwide will be remembering the first exile of their ancestors from Judea to Babylon and subsequent calamities including the destruction of the first and second Temples. Read more

Holocaust savior Wallenberg executed in Soviet jail, former KGB chief’s diaries say

Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who courageously saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from deportation to the German death camps, was executed in a Soviet prison, according to the diaries of Ivan Serov, a former director of the Soviet spy agency KGB. Read more

At Rio, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia lose their Olympic spirit over Israel

More than 11,000 world athletes have converged on Brazil’s second largest city, Rio de Janeiro, for the 2016 Summer Olympics, which began on Aug. 5…writes by Sean Savage/JNS.org. Read more

Down Under – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

Examples of irony and idiocy litter this Australian black comedy from director and writer Abe Forsyth as he shows that bouts of bad behaviour can be interspersed with surprising moments of clarity and truth.

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Government to expel BDS activists. Bravo!…writes Isi Leibler

The decision by the Interior and Public Security ministers to form a special task force to expel foreigners engaged in Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activities is a long overdue but urgent call for remedial action against anti-Semites and renegade Jews who demonise and delegitimise us. Read more

Three peas in a pod…a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

Last night’s APT Master Series programme threw the orchestral gauntlet down to the SSO – and it delivered in spades, producing everything from passionate storms to gentle rain to exotic and erotic scenery. This orchestra was made for this music. Read more

Judaism in the Outback

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Trump Advisor Castigates Clinton Betrayal of Israel…writes David Singer

Donald Trump’s trusted co-advisor on Israel – David Friedman – has castigated Hillary Clinton for her role as Secretary of State in perpetrating one of President Obama’s worst foreign policy failures – trashing the letter from President Bush to Israel’s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dated 14 April 2004 – its terms having been overwhelmingly endorsed by Congress 502 votes to 12. Read more

Truman – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

“Truman doesn’t sound very Spanish” said my friend.  It turns out to be the name of a dog and the ostensible focus of this delightful film.

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Tishah B’Av: The rabbi answers questions

Rabbi Raymond Apple has a answers about Tishah B’Av…annual fast day in Judaism which commemorates the anniversary of a number of disasters in Jewish history, primarily the destruction of both the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. Read more

Israeli Musical Diplomacy: A Win over BDS and Israel Knockers

Steven Goldstein’s connection to Israel predates his now-renowned acting and operatic career…writes Eliana Rudee/JNS.org. Read more

Counterproductive and clueless…writes Michael Kuttner

Another week has passed with yet more manifestations of madness masquerading as gestures designed to promote an illusory peace. Read more

Israel – Clinton And Trump Must Honour Bush-Congress Commitments

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have yet to signal their readiness to honour the commitments made by President Bush in his letter dated 14 April 2004 to Israel’s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon…writes David Singer. Read more

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