Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Houthis hit by the long arm of justice Read more

An ‘abject, squalid, shameless’ debate at the Oxford Union

In an era dominated by social media and defined by short attention spans, it’s striking that longer, more involved debates hosted by elite institutions still matter. Read more

On the other hand

At a time when tourists are thin on the ground it is a pleasure to meet and greet those who despite everything visit Israel. Read more

Adrift

All signs point to democratic societies and countries having no idea of what should be done to thwart impending chaos. Read more

The acceptable hatred of Jews

There’s something deeply disturbing about the act of prejudice. Read more

Understanding the importance of J.D. Vance

If there’s one political story that never gets as much attention as it deserves, it’s the choice of a vice-presidential nominee. Read more

L’Chaim to Life

Morry Frenkel speaks with Emeritus Professor Konrad Kwiet, Resident Historian at the Sydney Jewish Museum, about his view that Holocaust and antisemitism education has done nothing to prevent the recent global upsurge in hate crimes and antisemitism. Read more

Shabbat Balak – Listening to Magicians

It seems strange that the whole part of the Torah we read this week should be named after a Midianite/Moabite King, Balak, and devoted to a non-Jewish magician Bilam. Read more

The posturing over a problematic, peaceful panel

You may have heard about the furore surrounding a “problematic panel” on the exterior of the new Resettlement Centre in the Waikato, New Zealand. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

Slawa Duldig née Horowitz – inventor, artist, interior designer, and teacher Read more

No compromises with Hezbollah, evacuees returning to northern Israeli ghost town urge

Marking nine months away from their homes, evacuated residents of Israel’s northern border communities trekked to the abandoned town of Shlomi to call on the government to make no compromises with Hezbollah. Read more

‘A Divided Kingdom’: The discord within Hamas’s fragmenting leadership

After nine months of war, the Hamas leadership is fragmenting as internal conflicts and airstrikes on key figures take a toll. Read more

For many Palestinians, the ‘day after’ should look just like the ‘day before’

More than nine months after the Israel-Hamas war began, many Palestinians are convinced that the “day after” in the Gaza Strip will be a return to the pre-Oct. 7 era, in which the Iran-backed terrorist group still has control of the coastal enclave. Read more

Jewish World must confront Biden and UN on anti-Jewish policies

The Jewish World needs to denounce the decision forged by President Biden with the United Nations Security Council on 10 June – covertly embodied in Resolution 2735 – calling for the unification of Gaza and the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority (Biden/Security Council solution). Read more

Netanyahu’s challenge in Congress

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned speech this month to the United States Congress poses complex challenges to Israel…writes Avinoam Bar-Yosef. Read more

‘If Israel comes to rescue you, we’ll kill you’

Andrey Kozlov, rescued from Hamas captivity by the Israel Defence Forces on June 9, feels fortunate to have survived his ordeal. Read more

On the other hand

Would you get into a stranger’s car if they offered you a ride? Read more

The problem is what Biden remembers, not what he forgets

Reviews of President Joe Biden’s much-anticipated July 11 NATO press conference were mixed. Read more

The war against the Jews

We have to face without flinching what is now undeniable: There is a war across the globe raging against the Jewish people. It’s a war not just to destroy their national homeland but to drive them out of people’s heads, their conscience and their world. Read more

A murder during the British Mandate

Alexander Rubowitz, a sixteen-year-old Jerusalemite, left his home on May 6, 1947, and never returned. Read more

Sanitisation

The only way to eliminate lethal pathogens is to thoroughly sanitize the infected areas. Read more

A night of musique française

Although all three of last night’s SSO composers were French, they presented clearly contrasting works, with not a whiff of impressionism from any. Read more

Alan Gold: 1945-2024

Alan Gold was a man of words. His professional life was filled with them, with over 20 books, countless book reviews, columns, and speeches to his name. Read more

Kamala Harris thinks campus antisemites are very fine people

One of the inevitable results of President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance last month and subsequent refusal to drop out of the 2024 presidential race in November is the increasing attention being paid to his running mate. Read more

Shabbat Chukat: The Unknowable

There are various words for law in the Bible. Read more

L’Chaim to Life: Dan Coleman – It’s not easy being a Jewish Green

Morry Frenkel speaks with Dan Coleman, an environmental activist for almost 40 years, co-founder in 2016 of the Jewish Greens Working Group and since January this year, a former member of the Australian Greens, about his time as a ‘Green’ and the circumstances that led him to resign from that party. Dan also talks about the dismal outlook for the environment due to global governmental inaction. Read more

A conversation with conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya

Lidiya Yankovskaya left her home city of St Petersburg in 1995 to seek a new home with her family in Albany, New York, escaping the rampant antisemitism sweeping the Russian city. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past

Robert Pikler – violinist, violist and conductor Read more

On the other hand

Who doesn’t relish the taste of homemade Shabbat meals? Read more

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This week’s cartoon: Elections and Deceptions Read more

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