Yom Hazikaron 2016: Are you connected to a victim?

Melbourne’s 2016 Yom Hazikaron commemoration co-hosting organisations invite members of the community who have a connection to a fallen soldier or a victim of terror to participate in this year’s ceremony by lighting a candle in his or her memory and/or sharing a story, poem or song related to their loved one. Read more

Shir Madness 2016

Registrations are now open for all singers, musicians and bands for this year’s Shir Madness which will take place in Sydney on multiple stages again at Bondi Beach Pavilion  on  Sunday 18 September. Read more

Is genetically modified food halachically acceptable?…ask the Rabbi

Rabbi  Raymond Apple answers your questions. Read more

Three voices on ABC radio on modern Israel

ABC’s Andrew West has presented thee voices on modern Israel in his current Religion and Ethics Report on Radio National. Read more

European Union Becomes Irrelevant In Resolving The Jewish-Arab Conflict

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Bensch on the beach

Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen is giving diners the opportunity to sink their toes into the sand and have a traditional Shabbat dinner on Tamarama Beach this summer. Read more

Saltpillar’s Raoul Salter remembers Charles Slucki

Melnpurne’s Saltpillar Theatre’s Raoul Salter remembers the late, great Charles “Sluggo” Slucki…a Henry Greener video interview. Read more

Eat Pray Nachas

Sydney’s Montefiore Home Hunters Hill campus is hosting  Waverley Council’s Eat, Pray, Naches exhibition until February 21. Read more

Did you attend Bushey Synagogue?

Rabbi Zorach Salasnik has been officiating at London’s Bushey Synagogue since 1979…and is about to retire. Do you have any memories of him? Read more

Israel can establish diplomatic relations with the Arab world by learning from Putin

The geopolitical landscape surrounding Israel is shifting in such a way that if navigated correctly could lead to full diplomatic relations between Jerusalem and Sunni Arab governments around the Middle East…writes Gidon Ben-Zvi. Read more

Tu Bishvat and the new BINA term

This coming Monday we will celebrate Tu Bishvat, known as the Rosh Hashanah of trees. It is customary to eat fruit on this day and thank G-d for the wonderful blessings that He gives us. Read more

Uncontrollable urges

This common medical condition seems to apparently afflict politicians, diplomats and media personalities alike especially when Israel is the object of their obsession…writes Michael Kuttner Read more

Looking for Grace – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

What do parents do when their teenage daughter disappears and they have no idea why or where she has gone? Read more

Challenging media bias

Zionism Victoria, in partnership with the Israel Advocacy Group, UIA and Zionist Federation of Australia, will present How to Challenge Media Bias, an informative media panel discussion moderated by Victorian State MP David Southwick. Read more

The challenge facing Israel’s Education Minister Naftali Bennett

Anyone following the leftist media in Israel could be forgiven for believing that Israel is undergoing a Kulturkampf and that a desperate struggle is taking place in the secular school stream to retain freedom of expression from an extremist government seeking to subvert democracy and promote fascism…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

Israel’s homegrown Islamic State threat grows larger…writes Sean Savage

While the threat of border clashes with Islamic State terrorists fighting in the Syrian civil war has concerned Israeli leaders for some time now, the recruitment of Israeli Arabs to form their own terror cells or launch lone wolf attacks inside of Israel—akin to the Paris and San Bernardino attacks late in 2015—has recently become a more serious threat for the Jewish state. Read more

Do animals know about God?…ask the rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple served for 32 years as the chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, Australia’s oldest and most prestigious congregation.  He answers the question. Read more

Opportunities for people with disabilities

Melbourne’s Jewish Care is encouraging people in the community living with disability to apply for its new Pathways to Employment program, scheduled to start early this year. Read more

Palestine – Obama’s Ignorance Becomes His Nemesis

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Silence is Golden (but my eyes still see)…writes Ted Lapkin

Per usual, the news last week has been mixed so we’ll go from bad to good in the hopes of concluding on an upbeat note that will help you usher in this week with a smile… Read more

The humiliation of America

So numerous were the omissions, distortions, and flights of extraordinary fancy in President Barack Obama’s Jan. 12 State of the Union address that you’d be hard-pressed to pick the most egregious passage. For what it’s worth, then, I offer my personal selection…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more

Birds of a feather

The company a person keeps is more often than not indicative of how they feel about certain things…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

PA’s uncertain future creates angst on both sides of Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The ongoing wave of Palestinian terrorism that has plagued Israel since last fall has also brought to the fore the Palestinians’ frustration with their own leadership. While Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has been blamed for inciting violence against Israelis, many Palestinians have become disillusioned with the PA’s corruption and inability to attain statehood…writes Sean Savage/JNS.org. Read more

Fiddler on the Roof: A review by Michelle Coleman

The lights went down, the curtain rose, the first strains of the orchestra filled the theatre… and in less than a minute the audience was clapping along enthusiastically. With its catchy tunes by Jerry Bock, witty lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and irresistible characters from Sholem Aleichem’s stories, Fiddler on the Roof spun its magic yet again – just as it did for the first time more than 51 years ago. Read more

Israeli Chief Rabbinate seeks to emulate role of the Vatican

The tensions created by the ultra-Orthodox Chief Rabbinate within Israeli society have extended to the Diaspora and are now undermining relations with the Jewish state…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

The Hateful Eight – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

Despite the likelihood of people getting shot and me being a bit squeamish, I enjoy a good western.

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Israel and the four powers…writes Ben Cohen

The rulers of the Arab Gulf states are, it seems, increasingly attentive to what Israel has to say about the balance of power in the region. As a rising Shi’a Iran faces off against a Sunni coalition led by Saudi Arabia, the core shared interest between Israel’s democracy and these conservative theocracies—countering Iran’s bid to become the dominant power and influence in the Islamic world—has rarely been as apparent. Read more

Is it right to criticise people harshly?…ask the rabbi

Is it right to criticise people harshly? Read more

Carol – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

Cigarettes are in important prop in any movie set in 1950s New York. Adapted from a Patricia Highsmith novel, The Price of Salt, we know exactly where we are when women sport pointy bras, men wear hats and smoking punctuates the drama. Read more

Transparency For Thee, But Not For Me…writes Ted Lapkin

Sorry to commence the New Year with a downer, but in one respect the first week of 2016 has proved very similar to the 52 preceding it. Read more

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