Explosive new Claims Conference scandals revealed
July 1, 2015 by Isi Leibler
It is now almost a decade since I began urging for drastic reform and change of leadership in the wake of successive scandals relating to the mismanagement of the Claims Conference, the organization entrusted to pursue justice on behalf of the Jewish people for Holocaust victims and survivors…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
How many of us are there?…asks Michael Kuttner
June 30, 2015 by Michael Kuttner
In recent days there has been media frenzy over a report issued by The Jewish People Policy Institute which purports to show that the number of Jews in the world today has reached or even surpassed the numbers recorded before the Holocaust. Read more
Identifying and combating the new antisemitism
June 30, 2015 by Isi Leibler
How does one effectively fight antisemitism and its newest mutation, anti-Israelism?…asks Isi Leibler. Read more
Dr Philip Mendes talks to The Shtick’s Henry Greener on BDS
June 30, 2015 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Dr Philip Mendes talks to The Shtick’s Henry Greener expanding on the content and issues surrounding the BDS Movement, pointing out that other countries should be boycotted for real war crimes and human rights violations. Read more
The Diary of Anne Frank…a theatre review by Deb Meyer
June 30, 2015 by Deb Meyer
“Why is The Diary of Anne Frank one of the most well-known books of all time?” asks my 14-year-old daughter, after we saw the play adaptation at Sydney’s New Theatre. Read more
Doron plays Hawke and Howard
June 28, 2015 by Geoff Sirmai
“Keating! The Musical” will be staged in the Bryan Brown Theatre in Sydney’s Bankstown next month with Doron Chester playing the dual roles of former Australian Prime Ministers Bob Hawke and John Howard. Read more
Mentoring to make a difference
June 26, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Hillel, a department of the Shalom Institute have launched a search for participants to apply for The Ideation Project. Read more
Does P5+1 = nuclear deal? Examining Iran’s negotiating partners
June 26, 2015 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
After more than a decade of intermittent negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, the so-called P5+1 powers—the United States, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, and China—are nearing a June 30 deadline to finalise the Framework for a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that was reached in April, or in other words, a final nuclear deal with Iran. Read more
(UN)limited obsessions continue…writes Michael Kuttner
June 26, 2015 by Michael Kuttner
Another week and more obsessive, unmitigated outpourings of condemnation issue forth from groups which are dedicated to slandering the Jewish State. Read more
Refugee Week – who cares for refugees?…asks Julie Nathan
June 25, 2015 by Julie Nathan
World Refugee Day, and Refugee Week in Australia, were recently celebrated in recognition of refugees, past and present, globally and nationally. It aimed also to raise greater awareness of the continuing plight of refugees. Read more
Palestine – European Union Risks “Jew-hater” Label…writes David Singer
June 25, 2015 by David Singer
The European Union (EU) runs the risk of being labelled “Jew-hater” – should it proceed with its plans requiring supermarkets and other retailers to label products made by Jews in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) differently from those made by Jews in Israel. Read more
Answering Pope Francis’s question about Auschwitz
June 24, 2015 by Rafael Medoff - JNS.org
The great powers had photographs of the railway routes that the trains took to… Auschwitz,” Pope Francis remarked this week. Read more
The blowback from the Oren revelations
June 24, 2015 by Isi Leibler
The fierce reactions to Kulanu MK and former Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren’s evaluation of the Obama administration in his new book, and in particular to three articles he penned titled “How Obama abandoned Israel,” “Why Obama is wrong about Iran being ‘rational’ on nukes” and “How Obama opened his heart to the ‘Muslim world,’” were predictable. Read more
What is Beit Rafael?
June 24, 2015 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
What is Beit Rafael in Melbourne? Shimon Allen and Ephraim Finch explain what it is to The Shtick’s Henry Greener. Read more
Adam Schwab at Chabad of Melbourne CBD
June 24, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
From mergers and acquisitions, lawyer to managing director of one of the fastest growing companies on the BRW list in just over ten years, Mount Scopus College alumnus Adam Schwab has quite a story to share. Read more
Friendship concert in Melbourne
June 24, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Luciano Pavarotti is dead and Andre Bocelli and Sarah Brightman are not in town. Even if they were, you probably couldn’t afford the tickets. Read more
Should rabbis keep out of politics?…ask the Rabbi
June 23, 2015 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple served for 32 years as the chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, Australia’s oldest and most prestigious congregation. He was Australia’s highest profile rabbi and held many public roles. He is now retired and lives in Jerusalem. Read more
Waging lawfare against Israel…writes Ted Lapkin
June 22, 2015 by Ted Lapkin
In Europe anti-Zionist activists are abusing national and international law in a coordinated campaign designed to chip away at Israel’s national legitimacy. Read more
Still alive, the first Arab boycott. Or, how do Israeli planes fly east?…asks Clive Kessler
June 22, 2015 by Clive Kessler
A London-based journalist, I recently saw, argues that we should refuse to refer to BDS. Read more
French rejection of Tel Aviv students echoes 1942 Benzion Netanyahu episode
June 19, 2015 by Rafael Medoff - JNS.org
The world-famous Louvre art museum stands accused of discriminating against Israeli students, after being exposed by some clever amateur investigative journalism that echoes a 1940s incident involving the father of Israel’s current prime minister. Read more
Partners in Hate…writes Michael Kuttner
June 19, 2015 by Michael Kuttner
We have just arrived back in Israel from a vacation in Switzerland. Read more
American Jews are in “Galut” – Exile…writes Isi Leibler
June 18, 2015 by Isi Leibler
The exceptional response to my column, “American Jewish leaders fail to respond to Obama’s threats,” combined with further developments on the American scene, have brought me to the sad conclusion that when the chips are down and when faced with adversity, American Jewish leaders in the greatest democracy in the world cannot shake off their “Galut” (Exile) mentality. Read more
BDS – Sinister Hoax With Genocidal Objective…writes David Singer
June 18, 2015 by David Singer
The Boycott Divestment and Sanctions campaign (BDS) instituted in 2005 by “Palestinian civil Society” against Israel and its civil society continues to attract people from all around the world – including Jews and Israeli Arabs – who support the campaign without realising its genocidal objective. Read more
The Imaginary Enemies of the Government of Israel…writes Rachel Liel
June 17, 2015 by Rachel Liel
The Palestinian attempt to remove Israel from FIFA and the warning of the CEO of Orange International about his desire to disconnect from his Israeli franchises put the movement to boycott Israel in the headlines. Read more
Far From the Madding Crowd…a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
June 16, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Spare me the misery is my usual reaction to anything connected to the novels of Thomas Hardy. I studied – somewhat loosely – Tess of the d’Urbervilles in high school and have steered clear of him ever since.
A Bissel of Songs
June 16, 2015 by Ayal Tusia
Melbourne’s Jewish Care asked residents to sing their favourite songs, in any language. What they heard was a wonderful collection of tunes in Yiddish, Russian and Hebrew. Read more
Movie giveaways
J-Wire has three double passes to give away for Israeli movie Zero Motivation opening at the brand new Lido Cinema in Melbourne’s Hawthorn on June 25. Read more
Carnival gets a $7,500 gift
June 16, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Attorney-General and MP for Vaucluse Gabrielle Upton has announced NSW Government funding of $7,500 for Maccabi NSW as part of the 2014/15 Sport and Recreation Events Program. Read more
Henry Greener interviews Gregory and Anna Vaisman
June 16, 2015 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
The Shtick’s Henry Greener interviews Gregory and Anna Vaisman, founders of Melbourne-based Sputnik TV. Read more
Women at a funeral? Ask the rabbi
June 15, 2015 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Is it true that women should not go to a funeral? Why not ask the rabbi? Read more
