Shatter a baby against a rock?…ask the rabbi
May 23, 2016 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
A psalm appears to bless someone who shatters “infants against the rock”. Can this be right? Read more
Audience in embryo
May 23, 2016 by Fraser Beath McEwing
It doesn’t take much imagination to look over the aging sea of regular Sydney Opera House orchestral audiences to know that in 20 years from now the tide could have gone out – never to come back in, writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more
A morally and politically dysfunctional Government…writes Isi Leibler
May 22, 2016 by Isi Leibler
The recent shenanigans of the government sickened even those reconciled to the reality that a total lack of ethics pervades the Israeli political arena. Read more
A Visit to the Old and New Hells of Europe Provides a Reminder of Israel’s Importance…writes Alan Dershowitz
May 22, 2016 by Alan Dershowitz
I just returned from a week-long journey through Hell! It began with a visit to the Auschwitz and Birkenau death camps in Poland, as a participant of the March of the Living, following a Conference commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Nuremberg laws and the 70th Anniversary of the Nuremberg trials. Read more
Meet Andi Lew: A Henry Greener video interview
May 22, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Andi Lew is a holistic wellness lifestyle fitness and food coach. A very active young modern-day super goddess, with many media appearances, Andi has written six books, the latest being “Wellness Loading”, about how to Disconnect to Reconnect, a digital detox. Read more
In your actions…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
May 20, 2016 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
I would like to share with you something personal. Read more
Happy 100th Anne!
May 20, 2016 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jewish Care Victoria has joined Gary Smorgon House resident Anne Bernstein in celebrating her 100th birthday. Read more
Self-inflicted disasters and delusions…writes Michael Kuttner
May 20, 2016 by Michael Kuttner
Every year at this time our misnamed “peace partners” and their cheer leaders mourn the re-establishment of the Jewish State. Read more
Palestine – Politicians Peddling Propaganda Forfeit Credibility…writes David Singer
May 19, 2016 by David Singer
Senator Lee Rhiannon – a member of the Greens Party holding a pivotal position in Australian politics – authorised and printed a deceptive and misleading pamphlet which was distributed at a protest rally addressed by her last Sunday in Sydney “against Israeli Apartheid and commemorating Al Nakba 68 years on.” Read more
Talking faith
May 19, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Judaism was featured at the recent “Talking Faith?” Forum organised by Interfaith Network and Dandenong Library in their annual panel discussion to shine the light on major religions in order to promote dialogue, respect and understanding. Read more
ADL applies moral equivalence to Israelis and Palestinians
May 19, 2016 by Isi Leibler
The Anti-Defamation League’s new National Director, Jonathan Greenblatt, previously a special assistant to U.S. President Barack Obama, has begun to court the liberal glitterati and their media by following the Obama lead and creating daylight between the ADL and the Israeli government…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Nakba Day – commemorating the Arab failure to destroy Israel
May 18, 2016 by Julie Nathan
In cities around the world, anti-Israel protesters commemorate Al-Nakba Day on May 15. ‘Nakba’ is Arabic for ‘catastrophe’…writes Julie Nathan. Read more
Experts say North Korea an overlooked player in Mideast threat landscape
May 18, 2016 by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - JNS.org
North Korea has provided the technology or weapons for Hamas’s cross-border attack tunnels from Gaza to Israel, Hezbollah’s Scud-D missile stockpile in Lebanon, and Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility. Yet the totalitarian state in East Asia doesn’t seem to frequently enter the Western public discourse on Middle East threats…writes Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman/JNS.org. Read more
Is it true that someone must suck the blood at a circumcision?…ask the Rabbi
May 17, 2016 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple answers your questions. Read more
My Name is Asher Lev…a theatre review by Deb Meyer
Over the years, non-Jewish book reviewer Doug Cannon and his Dad would occasionally have a conversation about Chaim Potok’s classic novel. Read more
“Questions remain unanswered”: Senate Committee report
May 16, 2016 by Michael Danby
The Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee has released its report on its inquiry into the ‘Partial Suspension of Sanctions Against Iran’…writes Michael Danby. Read more
An evening with a remarkable pianist…a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
May 15, 2016 by Fraser Beath McEwing
While there are many valid opinions as to who is the best classical pianist in the world, you do know when you’re in the presence of a contender. That was how I felt after hearing Alexander Gavrylyuk in recital at the Theme & Variations Foundation fundraiser last night. Read more
UN Security Council Moves To End Anonymity On Internet…writes David Singer
May 15, 2016 by David Singer
Ending the plague of anonymity on the Internet seems closer to fruition following moves this week by the UN Security Council. Read more
On air with Rachael Kohn
May 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
On Radio National, Rachael Kohn speaks with author Chaim Potok’s daughter Naama and a Melbourne couple who have turned their home into a public art gallery. Read more
Defining Morality
May 13, 2016 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Most normal human beings have a desire to pursue moral behaviour. The only question is what the definition of morality is. The Oxford definition – principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour – only shifts the question from ‘what is moral?’ to ‘what is right?’ Read more
Return and renewal
May 13, 2016 by Michael Kuttner
As I write these lines Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day for Fallen soldiers and terror victims) is concluding…says Michael Kuttner. Read more
A conversation with Isi Leibler
May 12, 2016 by Michael Kuttner
On 7 June, Bar Ilan University will confer a well-deserved Doctorate Honoris Causa on former Melbournian Isi Leibler in recognition of his many years of service to the Jewish People and the State of Israel. Read more
In the beginning – retold…a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
May 12, 2016 by Fraser Beath McEwing
Whether you believe in the Big Bang or the Bible when deciding how everything started, Haydn’s The Creation stands inarguably as one of the most outstanding musical works of the 18th Century. Read more
Meet Ronen Heine: a video interview from The Shtick
May 11, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Ronen Heine is a Start Up Lawyer, working with The Mamilla Project, where Coaches work with game-changing entrepreneurs who would benefit from start-up boot camps, a trip to Israel and on-going coaching. Read more
National Volunteer Week at the Monte
May 11, 2016 by Natalie Shymko
Sydney’s Montefiore Home celebrated National Volunteer Week 2016 with an Israeli breakfast and presentation of service awards at the Randwick Campus. Read more
Jewish novelist Michael Chabon rails against fictional ‘occupation’
May 11, 2016 by Stephen M.Flatow - JNS.org
As a novelist, Michael Chabon has a vivid imagination…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org. Read more
NSW Labor president to address plenum
May 11, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Labor president Mark Lennon will address the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum next week. Read more
Holocaust commemoration in cathedral
May 11, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Council of Christians and Jews has held a Holocaust commemoration at Sydney’s St Mary’s Cathedral. Read more
On celebrating Independence Day…writes Isi Leibler
May 10, 2016 by Isi Leibler
Last week, we commemorated the genocidal murder of 6 million Jews – the most barbaric episode in our 2,000 years of exile which was sporadically interspersed with discrimination, persecution, expulsion and pogroms. Read more
My Name is Naama Potok
May 10, 2016 by Roz Tarszisz
Naama Potok, daughter of acclaimed Jewish author, Chaim Potok, is in Sydney to promote the stage version of his novel My Name is Asher Lev.
