A voluminous night with Poulenc and Mahler…writes Fraser Beath McEwing
October 30, 2014 by Fraser Beath McEwing
Poulenc and Mahler made a satisfying pairing in the SSO Master Series at the Sydney Opera House last night. They both offered passages no louder than a purring cat juxtaposed with kegs of gelignite being ignited. Read more
The Farewell Party…a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
October 29, 2014 by Roz Tarszisz
Some stories are particular to their place. This Israeli film might have been set in any western country. Read more
Jacob’s House gets a facelift
October 29, 2014 by Ayal Tusia
Jewish Care Victoria has successfully secured a grant of $12,642 from the Marian & EH Flack Trust to redevelop the external areas of the Jacob’s House, a shared supported accommodation for adults living with a disability, based in Carnegie. Read more
Big Time at Our Big Kitchen
October 28, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Over the last few days, Bondi’s Flood St has been teeming with people in the successful search for no longer missing Michelle Levy and Our Big Kitchen across the road from search HQ at jewish House has been thanked by NSW Police for its backup support during the search. Read more
Three-legged care
October 28, 2014 by Warren Hurst
To coincide with National Youth Mentoring Week, Sydney’s JewishCare together with Raise and YWCA NSW and Australian Youth Mentoring Network staged a Guinness World Record attempt at the biggest 3 legged race. Read more
All You Need is Love…writes Rabbi Laibl Wolff
October 28, 2014 by Rabbi Laibl Wolf
I like Beatles’ music. It is original, fresh, and quirkily meaningful. But on 25th June 1967 John Lennon got it decidedly wrong. Not the music – just the title. Nothing wrong with the love part, but expressing love as a need has got it all wrong. Read more
Do You Believe In Love? (Ha’shadchanit)…a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
October 28, 2014 by Roz Tarszisz
“One must make compromises, life is not a bed of roses” sums up Tova the Matchmaker’s philosophy of relationships. Read more
The return of Palestinian unilateralism…writes Ben Cohen
October 28, 2014 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
It sometimes seems as if the see-saw debate about the true intentions of Mahmoud Abbas and his Palestinian Authority has been with us for an eternity. Read more
Metropolitan Opera Stifles Free Exchange of Ideas About a Propaganda Opera…writes Alan Dershowitz
October 25, 2014 by Alan Dershowitz
On Monday night I went to the Metropolitan Opera. I went for two reasons: to see and hear John Adams’ controversial opera, The Death of Klinghoffer; and to see and hear what those protesting the Met’s judgment in presenting the opera had to say. Read more
Truth is stranger than fiction…writes Michael Kuttner
October 25, 2014 by Michael Kuttner
Very often, especially in this part of the world, actual events, either in the past or currently, indeed seem stranger than fiction. Read more
Eponymous award
October 24, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Dr Peter Schiff has presented the 15th annual Peter Schiff Award to Associate Professor Mark Dean, senior staff specialist at Gosford Hospital in NSW. Read more
Gett, The Trial of Viviane Amsalem…a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
October 23, 2014 by Roz Tarszisz
Divorce is painful for all participants. Obtaining a gett, a Jewish divorce, is a confronting procedure, particularly for a woman. Read more
Café Monte Coffee Wins Bronze Award
October 22, 2014 by Natalie Shymko
At the Annual Golden Bean Coffee Roasters Competition, Montefiore’s Café Monte blend won a Bronze medal out of 1500 entries in the ’Milk Based (Latte)’ category. Read more
British vote epitomizes ignorance, opportunism and malice
October 22, 2014 by Isi Leibler
The British parliamentary resolution that called for the immediate and unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, endorsed by an overwhelming majority of 274 to 12, was an unprecedentedly aggressive act…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Skirt-fronting Putin Can Help Eradicate Islamic State Crisis…writes David Singer
October 22, 2014 by David Singer
The possibility of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott shirt-fronting Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Brisbane next month over the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH 17 in Ukrainian sovereign territory with the loss of all on board – including 38 Australians – has receded following Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s 25 minute meeting with Putin on the sidelines of the Asian Europe Summit held in Milan this week. Read more
Art meets Greed
October 21, 2014 by Rabbi Laibl Wolf
So what is art anyway?…asks Rabbi Laibl Wolf. Read more
Diaspora Jews a soft target…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org
October 21, 2014 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
Next week, the opera “The Death of Klinghoffer” opens in New York. Read more
Ask the Rabbi
October 20, 2014 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Got a question. usually Rabbi Raymond Apple has the answer. Read more
Bringing UNRWA’s accounts into account…writes David Bedein
October 18, 2014 by David Bedein
UNRWA, the United Nations Relief Works Agency runs refugee facilities for five million descendants of Arab refugees of the 1948 war. Read more
A Nation in Freefall … writes Gil Solomon
October 18, 2014 by Gil Solomon
In this and many other sites there are numerous well written articles advocating Israeli issues, but one has to wonder, where is the one and only indispensable advocate, the nation of Israel, speaking on its own behalf and presenting historical facts in one voice to the world at large? Read more
Is the status quo relating to the disputed territories sustainable?…asks Isi Leibler
October 15, 2014 by Isi Leibler
Israelis from all sides of the political spectrum desperately yearn that their dream of peace and a secure and stable relationship with their neighbors could be realized now. But alas, no quick fix is currently achievable. Read more
Simchat Torah explained by Rabbi Raymond Apple
October 14, 2014 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
The name Simchat Torah is ambiguous. The conventional translation helps very little. To say “The Rejoicing of the Torah” tells us two things, but not what we really need to know. Read more
Boots are made for walking…writes Rabbi Laibl Wolf
October 14, 2014 by Rabbi Laibl Wolf
Science is making impressive strides. Take sports-shoe shops for example. Read more
Living is Easy (With Eyes Closed)…a movie review from Roz Tarszisz
October 13, 2014 by Roz Tarszisz
There is something satisfying in the conventions of a good road movie. Read more
Eradicating Ebola Outbreak And Islamic State Scourge Require Same Prescription…writes David Singer
October 12, 2014 by David Singer
Ebola has now claimed over 4000 lives mainly in Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Read more
Sukkah Alert…writes Michael Kuttner
October 11, 2014 by Michael Kuttner
As soon as Yom Kippur is finished and then right up until the eve of Sukkot (Festival of Tabernacles) the sound of hammering and construction can be heard the length and breadth of Israel. Read more
A Sukkot message from Rabbi Raymond Apple
October 11, 2014 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
A Sukkot message from Jerusalem. Read more
Obama administration’s unprecedented outburst against Israel…writes Isi Leibler
October 8, 2014 by Isi Leibler
The exceptionally vicious U.S. condemnation of Israel with regard to housing construction in the Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem is not merely misguided, but also reflects irrational bias. Read more
Media misstate Palestinian ‘statehood’ dodge
October 8, 2014 by Eric Rozenman - JNS.org
News coverage of the Palestinian Authority’s “statehood” bid errs in ways strangely similar to failures during this summer’s Israel-Hamas war. Read more
Downsize your life…writes Rabbi Laibl Wolf
October 7, 2014 by Rabbi Laibl Wolf
Some people feel cozy and warm in a small apartment. Others can’t find enough space in a mansion. What is it about our relationship with space? Read more
