New Board for JewishCare

Sydney’s JewishCare has elected a new Board at its AGM. Read more

Tragedy of Mizrahi Jewish refugees emerges from the shadows

To properly understand how the Holocaust has been seared onto Israel’s collective consciousness, one should visit the country on the 27th of Nisan, a date in the Hebrew calendar that falls in either April or May in the solar one….writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more

Words matter: how vocabulary defines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Settlements or Jewish communities? West Bank or Judea and Samaria? East Jerusalem or eastern Jerusalem? Those are some of the language choices that journalists covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are faced with each day—and those choices should not be taken lightly, experts say…writes Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org Read more

David Williamson’s “Rupert” – reviewed by Deb Meyer

Sitting down to write this review, a strange sweet craving came over me. Read more

Of Dead Cricketers and Dead Shul-goers…writes David Werdiger

The national outpouring of grief following the tragic death of cricketer Phil Hughes after being struck by a cricket ball on the field has been quite overwhelming. Read more

Shake hands with a woman? – Ask the Rabbi

Rabbi Apple served for 32 years as the chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, Australia’s oldest and most prestigious congregation…he answers your questions. Read more

Is Israel a Jewish country?…asks Rabbi Laibl Wolf

If the world is a confusing place today, Israel is even more so as I am finding out on my visit here. Read more

What’s in a headline?…asks Emily Gian

These days when you consider the information you take in when looking at a newspaper article or an item on a website, everything often boils down to the headline which attracts the attention. Read more

My visits to Israel this year…

On the personal level there is something quite surreal about this year. Read more

Islamic State – Pope Calls For International Consensus

Pope Francis has made public his thoughts on the action necessary to counter Islamic State…writes David Singer. Read more

Coping with barbaric, religiously inspired terrorism

The horror that engulfed the entire nation of Israel in the wake of the barbaric murder of Jews engaged in prayer in a Jerusalem synagogue remains palpable…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

Bronfman returns and brings Mahler with him

He saw him rehearse the Brahms Piano Concerto No 1 with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra…now Fraser Beath McEwing reviews the concert itself. Read more

Mind the Gap…writes Michael Kuttner

Everyone traveling by train or underground will be familiar with the announcements of “mind the gap.” Read more

Gifted teacher

Rachelle Lever recently attended a Special Religious Education Celebration event held at Parliament House in Sydney, where she was one of 12 recipients of an award recognising their outstanding contribution for excellence, innovation and creativity in the way they deliver SRE to their students.  Read more

Yefim Bronfman, pianistic force, in two acts

J-Wire took its music reviewer Fraser Beath McEwing to watch one of the world’s top pianists Yefim Bronfman rehearse Brahms powerful Piano Concerto No1 with the Sydney Symphony orchestra followed by a private interview with the maestro…read his report. Read more

Folies Bergere…a film review by Roz Tarszisz

Judging by the recent spate of mature-age romances, coming of age stories are a trifle old hat. From writer and director Marc Fitoussi, this is a delightful coming of second age (or possibly third) tale. Read more

The Change Addict

I still recall a time when people kept things new and forever. Read more

Palestine – Continuing Jew-hatred Must Extract A Heavy Price

The slaughter of four Rabbis with axes, knives and guns whilst praying in a synagogue along with the serious wounding of six other Jews caught in this horrific blood bath – and the murder of a Druze police officer who went to their rescue – is the end result of endemic Jew-hatred…writes David Singer Read more

Don Pasquale…an opera review by Michelle Coleman

Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, in the tradition of opera buffa, is a comic masterpiece that is brought to life with wit and charm in Opera Australia’s 2014 Spring season. Read more

Take Your Pick

The carnage this week in a synagogue in Jerusalem when Arab terrorists shot and hacked to death worshippers during morning prayers, elicited four responses from media and politicians alike…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Another U.N. scandal

The latest release of a documentary by the Israel Resource News Agency exposes the ongoing scandal of how UNRWA, the organization established to deal with Palestinian Arab refugees, continues to not only perpetuate the problem but is itself the prime culprit in helping to foster hate and incitement against the Jewish State. Read more

Who’s blocking a two-state solution?

Does Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas want peace with Israel?…asks Lawrence Grossman/JNS.org Read more

Overlooked Palestinian terror group returns with a vengeance

The older I get, the more my childhood memories fade, but I still vividly remember the morning of Sunday, July 4, 1976…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org Read more

Favourite bookends and a bone-shaking middle

The grandeur and familiarity of Beethoven and Brahms sat either side of a pyrotechnic exhibition in sound at the SSO APT Master Series in the Sydney Opera House last night, writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more

Very much a live performance from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

The difference between a careful, note-perfect recording and a caution-to-the-winds live performance was graphically demonstrated by French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet last night, writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more

Ask the rabbi….orthodoxy

Q. What is the state of Jewish Orthodoxy today? Read more

The Knesset adopts Bolshevism

The Knesset discredited itself and cast an ugly blemish on Israeli democracy when, by a 2 to 1 majority (43–23), it passed a bill clearly designed to vindictively prejudice Israel’s largest circulating daily newspaper, Israel Hayom…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

Obama desperate for a deal with Iran at any price

Despite statements to the contrary, the Obama administration appears determined to achieve an “agreement” with Iran and seems willing to breach its repeated undertakings that it would never countenance Iran becoming a nuclear power…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

New website for Jewish Care

Melbourne’s Jewish Care has launched a new web site, Read more

R.E.L.A.T.E Part 1 – What comes first

Jewish marriage begins with the signing of the Ketuba (legal marriage document) in which the groom pledges to be a good and faithful husband…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more

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