Not quite a night for the mainstreamers, but . . .

The Sydney Symphony took a degree of risk in offering its APT Master Series concertgoers two works not high in the popularity stakes, writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more

J-Wire Been and Scene: Opening of the Anne Frank Exhibition

Click read more to see images of guests taken at the Anne Frank preview and official opening at the Sydney Jewish Museum….  Read more

Bashing Israel and Journalistic Integrity…writes Isi Leibler

Over the past few years, I have followed John Lyons’ Australian articles on Israel with increasing frustration. Read more

Alexander the Great

Those fortunate enough to have heard Alexander Gavrylyuk in the first of this year’s Pianists in Recital series will wonder if classical piano playing can get any better…writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more

Obama and Netanyahu Rift is Unbridgeable…writes Isi Leibler

In an unprecedented breach of diplomatic etiquette, President Obama once again sandbagged Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Read more

Palestine – Obama Lacks Understanding and Vision…writes David Singer

President Obama’s interview with Jeffrey Goldberg on 2 March exposed the President as a leader lacking in understanding and vision – bound to a 20 years old negotiating process that has proved an abject failure and will continue to do so until Obama finally declares it dead and buried. Read more

What a Sorry Mess…writes Michael Kuttner

Surveying the international landscape at present, one is left with an unmistakable impression of chaos, danger and failed policies. Read more

AIPAC 2014: Obama vs Netanyahu Face-off…writes Gabsy Debinski

What a whirlwind of a week it has been. Read more

JNF course – Walking the Land of Israel

Over 50 people have participated  in the first session of a new course, sponsored by the JNF and Mizrachi Synagogue: “Walking the Land of Israel”. Read more

Race Discrimination commissioner addresses the ANU

Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane’s delivered an important speech this week at the ANU in Canberra impacting on the Section 18C debate surrounding the appeal to the Federal government to repeal the section, part of the Racial Discrimination Act. Read more

Two turn 100

Two members of the community have reached their 100th birthdays and have been acknowledged by the Sydney Jewish Museum. Read more

Scholarships available

The Melbourne-based Adler Kaspi families and Caulfield Hebrew Congregation are pleased to announce the launch of the Adler – Kaspi Israel Scholarships, to be awarded annually in memory of Andrew Adler z’l and Shlomo Kaspi z’l. Read more

School of thought

Over 300 delegates attended Masada’s highly esteemed Cultures of Thinking in Schools Conference. Read more

The Insanity of Providing Platforms for our Enemies…writes Isi leibler

Anti-Zionist charades from the far-left-wing American Jewish community are now a daily occurrence. Read more

Success of Israel’s new natural gas deals hinges on fluctuating regional conditions

In early 2014, the partners controlling the Tamar and Leviathan natural gas fields off the northern coast of Israel have signed supply contracts with Jordan and the Palestinian Authority, establishing the Jewish state as a formidable regional energy supplier in the Middle East. Read more

Dealing with Information Overload

Over 30 people attended the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) Information Overload session presented by Maniya Director, Adam Slonim. Read more

Palestine – Jordan Gets Jittery Again…writes David Singer

Jordan has become increasingly jittery after US Secretary of State John Kerry’s framework agreement for peace missed meeting the second deadline for its release on 21 February – having initially been promised by the end of January. Read more

Yu’s many happy returns

Winner of the 2012 Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia, Avan Yu, returned to the city of his triumph with a memorable opening recital at the Mosman Art Gallery, writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more

Describing or Creating?…asks Rabbi Michoel Gourarie

Question:

You always emphasize the importance of positive speech. But it is not always possible. In times of crisis we need to be brutally honest without hiding behind false perceptions. You cannot describe an ill person as a picture of health and you can’t call a deficit a surplus. How can we speak positively and be realistic at the same time? Read more

Baruch Goldstein – 20 years on…writes David Wilder

The past week or so has witnessed a spate of “Remembering Baruch Goldstein” articles and video in the international media. Read more

Achtung! – All Jews Out…writes Michael Kuttner

Once upon a time not so many years ago, German politicians were telling Jews to get out and go to Palestine if they valued their lives. Well we all know how that eventually ended. Read more

The Best answer to Israel Apartheid Week? IDF Diversity Week…writes Gabsy Debinski

It’s a showdown. Israel Apartheid Week vs IDF Diversity Week; the irony is palpable. Read more

ABC’s Four Corners Stone Cold Justice Under the Microscope…write Jamie Hyams and Ahron Shapiro

The ABC programme Four Corners, together with the Australian newspaper’s Middle East correspondent John Lyons, produced a story, “Stone Cold Justice” about the alleged Israeli treatment of Palestinian minors it arrests in the West Bank. Read more

Psychiatrist joins JewishCare

Sydney’s JewishCare now offers the services of a psychiatrist working out of its Saber Street, Woollahra offices.  Read more

Sydney Theatre Company’s Noises Off – A theatre review by Deb Meyer

If the success of farce depends on the audience’s ability to relate to the characters’ predicaments (according to legendary theatre director Richard Cottrell), it’s no wonder Noises Off has been a favourite play amongst actors for many years. Read more

Ari Shavit: Confusing Self-Criticism with Self-Debasement…writes Isi Leibler

I have just finished reading Ari Shavit’s tour de force “My Promised Land”. It left me deeply disappointed and angry. Read more

Award for coordinating the gifted

Sydney’s Emanuel School’s Gifted and Talented Coordinator, Suzanne Plume, has been included on the prestigious SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) Honor roll. Read more

Hold your peace…writes Ron Weiser

Each and every person has their own ideas about how to resolve matters in the Middle East. Read more

Palestine – Kerry Oblivious To Demise Of Palestinian Authority…writes David Singer

US Secretary of State John Kerry and the US State Department continue to cling to the illusion that the Palestinian Authority still exists – despite PLO insistence that it does not following this Decree on 3 January 2013: Read more

Ben-Gurion University researcher may have cure for Type 1 diabetes

While methods of insulin administration have improved and modes of measuring how much insulin to give are far superior than they were in the 1920s, when insulin was discovered, there have been no major advancements toward a cure for Type 1 diabetes for almost a century. Read more

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