School of Rock The Musical

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Paddington in Peru

A movie review by Alex First Read more

Nosferatu

A movie review by Alex First Read more

Chabad North Queensland celebrates 50 years of public menorah lighting 

Sunday, the fifth night of Chanukah, marked a significant milestone for Chabad North Queensland as they commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s public menorah lighting initiative. Read more

Chanukah without Omri

Omri is not just my husband; he is a devoted father, a talented 47-year-old shiatzu therapist, and a piece of our nation’s heart…writes Lishay Miran-Lavi. Read more

Jimmy Carter: A Jewish Tragedy

Among many other time-tested attributes, the Jewish people have a long memory. Read more

Jimmy Carter’s personal virtue didn’t ensure a virtuous or successful presidency

The stock of historical figures rises and falls with the changing times that follow them. Read more

Alex First names the best of Melbourne theatre in 2024 but a Sydney production tops the list

The world of creative theatre is one of many hues. As a Melbourne-based reviewer, naturally I see most productions in that city. Read more

Alex First names his best movies of 2024

Top of the list is Zone of Interest. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon:  Poles put out  Jewish welcome mat at Auschwitz memorial Read more

Eradicating Jew-hatred at United Nations is long overdue

Ongoing attempts at the United Nations (UN) to denigrate, delegitimise and isolate Israel continue to give the UN the dishonour of being designated the epicentre of the worlds current Jew-hatred. Read more

Syria’s Jewish community: $10 billion lost to persecution and confiscation, report says

A new report detailing the financial losses of Jewish refugees from Syria estimates that the community lost $10 billion, driven out of the country by state-sponsored discrimination and persecution. Read more

“The 2,000 Kidnapped Spanish Jewish Children”

A film dedicated to the families of October 7 hostages Read more

A real Chanukah gift? The release of the hostages

My younger brother Evyatar turns 24 on Dec. 28. His Hebrew birthday falls on the eighth night of Chanukah, the second of Tevet. I should be planning his celebration…writes Ilay David. Read more

Dry Bones

2025

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On the other hand

You know that it is that time of the year when sufganiyot (donuts) appear in the shops and chanukiyot (menorot) are erected on streets. Read more

INTO THE FRAY: Gaza—A sense of Déjà vu

All the current “mainstream” proposals for the “Day After” in Gaza represent the triumph of misguided hope—or at least, misconceived correctness—over bitter experience. Read more

The real message of Chanukah

In Israel, tails are up. Despite the acute national trauma over the plight of the hostages, the continuing (if sporadic) missile attacks and the losses of soldiers’ lives that are still being sustained, there’s a general optimism that the Jewish state is winning this war and that genocidal Iran is staring at defeat. Read more

Orgies

Since we are in the midst of party season, I am reminded of the strange history of Jewish parties that went wrong. Read more

Anora

A movie review by Alex First Read more

Better Man

A movie review by Alex First Read more

The Room Next Door

A movie review by Alex First Read more

Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz

Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more

Shabbat Mikeytz: Dreams

Dreams play a very important part in the biblical narrative. Read more

Dry Bones: Chanukah

Chanukah – Out of darkness comes light … Read more

Bethlehem’s last Christians face persecution, violence, and erasure

The Christians of Bethlehem face a crisis as their dwindling community faces systematic Palestinian discrimination, harassment and violence in the cradle of Christianity, as well as being erased from the Palestinian Authority curriculum. Read more

By any other name: Her voice will be heard – Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin

Holiday reading: Jewish claimant to Shakespeare’s plays Read more

‘The Palestinian cause was liquidated on October 7th’ says Syrian activist in Jerusalem

Rawan Osman has come a long way from Lebanon, where she grew up hating Jews, to arriving in Jerusalem to speak at an event Friends of Zion Museum  on Sunday night. Read more

Fighting with fire

I’ve attended many pro-Israel rallies over the years and have been a speaker at most of them – but my first experience of a ‘counter rally’, where pro-Pally protesters turn up to disrupt, was in 2018. Read more

Meet SmartAid’s Shachar Zahavi

Today Alethea Gold is on a shopping spree, but not for Chanukah or Christmas gifts. She is shopping for wheelchairs. Read more

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