Freddie de Tommaso “Il tenore”

A music review by Shirley Politzer Read more

Why most American Jews will and should vote for Kamala Harris

Caroline Glick, the former Jerusalem Post columnist who authored a pro-Trump, anti-Harris hit piece published by J-Wire a few days ago, views the world through such a hardline right-wing prism that a point-by-point refutation of her article, while probably fun to write, would not be particularly instructive. Read more

Herzog on Tisha B’Av: ‘Bring them home’

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday evening called for the redemption of the 115 captives still being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in a special message broadcast a rally held at “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv. Read more

Palestinians loathed Hamas’s corrupt Qatar club

Hamas leaders have every right to be disappointed with West Bank Palestinians for not demonstrating in large numbers to mourn the death of Ismail Haniyeh, the chairman of the terrorist group’s “political bureau.” Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past

Julia Rachel Rapke – feminist and civil rights activist Read more

Trump’s rhetoric vs. Harris’s policies

Former President Donald Trump drives liberal Jews to distraction when he says that American Jews have to be crazy to vote for his Democratic opponent. They call him an antisemite. But he keeps on saying it. Read more

Biden and United Nations: Are you listening to Netanyahu?

On June 10, President Biden and the United Nations Security Council slipped into Security Council Resolution 2735, their vision of the Palestinian Arab state they would both like to see created between Israel and Jordan.
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L’Chaim to Life: Debbie Lee, Festival Director of Melbourne Jewish Book Week

Morry Frenkel speaks with Debbie Lee, Festival Director of Melbourne Jewish Book Week, about the exciting program for the upcoming 2024 festival with the theme, Belonging. Read more

On the other hand

Watergen is an innovative Israeli company that has developed a machine that produces clean drinking water from the air. Read more

Eulogies

The accepted protocol when speaking at a funeral is to praise the deceased’s achievements and overlook any negative traits. Read more

The Ninth of Av: Fasting and Self-flagellation

Both Christianity and Islam have long and controversial traditions of penance that involve flogging oneself with whips or scourges that inflict pain. Read more

La Rondine

A Melbourne opera review by Alex First Read more

SIX

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Shabbat Devarim: What’s in a Name? 

Why do we call this the fifth book of the Torah that we start this week, Devarim?  Read more

The Importance of Being Earnest

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Plenty to love in Mendelssohn and Bruckner

A music review by Fraser Beath McEwing Read more

Josh Shapiro and the unmaking of a vice president

There was probably more than one reason why Vice President Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz rather than Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to be her running mate. Read more

50 Shades: The Musical Parody

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Sifting through the bias about Netanyahu, Hamas and Harris

The search for objective truth is both difficult and by nature a subjective exercise. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past

Sir Philip David Phillips – an outstanding and respected lawyer gifted with an exceptional memory Read more

Eli Bibas fears for lives of kidnapped son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren

“Ariel loves Batman. He drew a picture and asked his teacher to write on it, ‘I fly and save people who are stuck in a pit,’” Eli Bibas, whose son Yarden, daughter-in-law Shiri and grandsons, Ariel and Kfir were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas to Gaza, told JNS on Wednesday. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Escalation is in the eye of the beholder Read more

Biden, Bibi, MBS, Guterres & Abdullah can no longer ignore HKOPS

President Biden, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS), UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Jordan’s King Abdullah (“The Group of 5”) need to meet urgently to discuss the implementation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine Solution (HKOPS). Read more

The Art of Banksy – Without Limits

An art review by Alex First Read more

Israelis accept the breach in relations with the Biden administration

Israelis hunkered down Thursday night and braced for Iran’s promised retaliation for Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah and Hamas terror masters Fuad Shukr and Ismail Haniyeh. Read more

Eylon Levy is giving people the words they need to defend Israel

Eylon Levy became an Internet meme after the U.K. Sky News presenter Kay Burley asked him on Nov. 23 if the Jewish state values Palestinians less than Israelis since it is willing to engage in lopsided prisoner swaps, with each Israeli exchanged for many more Palestinians. Read more

L’Chaim to Life

Morry Frenkel speaks with Joe Gersh, former ABC Director. Read more

Would our government defend us?

Imagine an extreme far-right militia invaded New Zealand, murdered 3,000 people and took 250 citizens hostage – back to their massive compound. Imagine that affiliated militia continued to fire thousands of rockets into our country, occasionally breaking through defences and exploding in neighbourhoods. Read more

On the other hand

With Israel’s summer in full heat mode, one certain food item is the “hot” favourite to keep cool. Read more

English

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

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