New Zealand is ‘near zero’ when it comes to commercializing innovation, Israeli entrepreneur says

New Zealanders are well known for their ‘kiwi ingenuity’, but Israeli entrepreneur Isaac Bentwich, says our ideas have “near zero” commercial value. Read more

Newts News

Newt’s News discusses Australia’s Shame in regard to the dysfunctional off-shore processing of Asylum Seekers, with clips from Eva Orner’s documentary “Chasing Asylum” and excerpts from an interview with Eva. Read more

Some get it but many never will…writes Michael Kuttner

In a few days time most of us here in Israel will be celebrating the anniversary of the liberation of half our Capital from illegal Jordanian occupation. Read more

Double strength…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie

This coming Shabbat in Shul we complete the entire book of Vayikra (Leviticus). Read more

Meet Romi Grossberg

Romi Grossberg has written a book about Emotional Intelligence, which she spoke about at the Melbourne Jewish Writers Festival, with Danny Blay. Her work with the slum kids in Tiny Toones is shown with a clip from the first Tedx Talk ever held in Phnom Penh. A Henry Greener video interview. Read more

Queen of the Desert – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

Being of a more practical than romantic bent, I watched explorer Gertrude Bell (Nicole Kidman) gadding about the desert  swathed nun-like in beige linen and all I could think was – slap on a hat woman or you’ll end up with a ruddy complexion. But this being art, she remains pale as a lily.

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God Willing – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

It’s not that often you get a good laugh at the movies. First time director/writer Eduardo Falcone provides plenty of laughs but it’s nicely calibrated and not slapstick, well perhaps only a little.

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Partition: parallels between the Indian sub-continent and Palestine.

This year marks the seventieth anniversary of the partition of India. Yet this tragedy, which resulted in over a million deaths and the displacement of 15 million people, has not been commemorated. Indeed there is no permanent museum marking this watershed event in India…writes Suzanne Rutland. Read more

Palestine – European Union Must End PLO Subjugation And Exploitation

The European Union (EU) possesses the financial levers to end 10 years of exploitative rule by the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in not holding any elections in the West Bank during that period. Read more

Iran’s Holocaust cartoon contest is no caricature of regime’s identity

A haredi Jew looks into a mirror and sees the face of Adolf Hitler gazing back at him…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more

American Jewish leaders fail to confront the anti-Israeli bandwagon…writes Isi Leibler

The confusion and uncertainty arising from the presidential election campaign, together with the hostility generated by the changes in the Israeli coalition, has emboldened a number of prominent Jewish progressives to initiate a new crusade implicitly criticising the security policies of the democratically elected Israeli government. Read more

Israeli WW1 expert talks on Australia-Israel connection and Beersheba commemorations

Eran Tearosh, Chairman of the Society for the Heritage of World War I in Israel has addressed an Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council luncheon, discussing efforts to raise awareness of Australia’s pivotal and historic role in the region and the upcoming centenary of the famous Australian light horse charge in Beersheba. Read more

Max Lemberg gets a surprise visit

 

Fifty years ago Max Lemberg started his teaching career at Sydney’s Moriah College…and last week members of the school’s Student Council visited him to wish him a happy 98th birthday. Read more

Does Pentecost equate with Shavu’ot….ask the rabbi

In old Anglo-Jewry they didn’t use Hebrew names for festivals when they could use English…writes Rabbi Raymond Apple. Read more

Hate education for Palestinian children…partly financed by Australia

The latest in a series of videos exposing hate education in United Nations Relief and Works Agency schools has been released. Read more

Defiant carvings on a Jerusalem prison wall

In late autumn 1947, Shmuel Matza, then a 20-year-old member of the Etzel (also known as Irgun) Jewish underground paramilitary organisation, was detained in Jerusalem’s Kishle prison by the British on suspicion of possessing illegal arms…writes Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman/JNS.org Read more

A fight for peace and harmony

Headlines from the Middle East rarely feature what I believe to be one of the most important stories around: the fight for peace and harmony in a region fraught with tensions…writes Danny Hakim. Read more

Kosher Kepos

Sydney’s famous Kepos & Co restaurant will once again be kashered featuring Shavout-inspired menus. Read more

Palestine – Rhiannon Propaganda Pamphlet Threatens Greens Political Integrity

Australian Greens Leader Senator Richard Di Natale needs to immediately shred a misleading and deceptive pro-Palestinian pamphlet authorised and printed by Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon…writes David Singer. Read more

Incessant interference…writes Michael Kuttner

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France vs. Egypt: a matchup of Israeli-Palestinian peace summits

As part of the latest European effort to spur a renewal of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls visited Israel and the Palestinian territories this week…writes Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org. Read more

Finding it again

Can you find respect for a person again once you have lost it? Rabbi Michoel Gourarie explores this problem. Read more

The end of democracy…writes Ron Weiser

“The end of democracy” trumpeted the headlines. Read more

I stand by my critique of ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt…writes Isi Leibler

Jonathan Greenblatt’s response to my criticism of his embrace of J Street, alleging that I distorted his message, is disingenuous and reaffirms my assessment.

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Is This the Real World – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

Reviewing movies takes me to places I might otherwise not go.  In the past I might have considered myself a tad old to enjoy a story about a teenage boy but was engrossed by this debut film from writer/director Martin McKenna.

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NCJWA Cooking Demo…photo gallery

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Sykes-Picot at 100: Mideast chaos highlights the perils of drawing borders

One-hundred years ago this month, British colonel Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes and French diplomat François Marie Denis Georges-Picot divided the Middle East loosely and arbitrarily between Great Britain and France…writes Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman/JNS.org. Read more

Gaza reconstruction falls by the wayside as Arab states leave Palestinians hanging

When it comes to the security situation at Israel’s borders in recent years, no border has been more perilous for the Jewish state as its southern boundary with the Gaza Strip…writes Sean Savage/JNS.org. Read more

Exploring Creativity Through Cooking with Jewish Care’s Disability Residents

Galit Ben David’s cooking passion started at home. Read more

False analogies to the Nazis dishonour their victims and the truth

There have been numerous examples of discourse over the last few years which make analogies between the policies and practices of Nazi Germany and of contemporary Australian governments…writes Julie Nathan. Read more

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