Connections to the past

The Zionist Council of Victoria is inviting community members who have lost a loved one, friend or family, through terrorism or military action to participate in next year’s Yom Hazikaron commemoration. Read more

While he was Sleeping….writes Gabsy Debinski

We went to sleep last night with the sad knowledge that an 18-year old Israeli soldier, Eden Atias, had been stabbed by a Palestinian youth while he slept on a bus stopped at Afula’s central bus station. Read more

A medal for Jewish ambo chaplain

On Thank A Paramedic Day, NSW Ambulance Chaplain Rabbi Dovid Slavin has received a medal in recognition of his long standing service to the ambulance service. Read more

Farewell Fanny Faye

It is an extraordinary achievement for a foreigner to tread the boards at the Comedie Francaise in Paris, the legendary heart of French theatrical tradition. Fanny Faye, a gifted actress and pianist, spent an exhilerating year in dramatic productions in that internationally renowned theatre, generally cast as aristocratic characters , reflecting her natural elegance and refinement, in roles such as the baroness in Un Chapeau de Paille D’Italie by Eugene Labiche. Read more

Learning disorder expert to visit Australia

Emanuel School’s Wolanski Family Specialist Learning Centre is delighted to host  ‘An evening with Barbara Arrowsmith Young’  Read more

The BDS movement and the opportunistic exploitation of self-denying Jews…writes Philip Mendes

Australian and other western Jews are just as divided as the Israelis themselves on potential solutions to the Middle East conflict. Read more

Palestine – Kerry Destined for Political Scrapheap

US Secretary of State – John Kerry – has again succeeded in muddying the waters with the following headline-grabbing sentence uttered by him after meeting PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem this week: “Let me emphasise that the position of the United States is that we consider now, and have always considered, the settlements to be illegitimate”…writes David Singer. Read more

No Illusions Concerning the Obama Administration…writes Isi Leibler

Israel is heading for what could be its most severe confrontation with the United States, despite reassuring words from the Obama administration to the contrary. Read more

The Individual and the Whole…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie

The holiest Jewish object is the Sefer Torah – the Torah scroll. In this scroll there are six hundred thousand letters. For a Torah to be kosher every letter must be carefully written. Each letter is a critical part of the whole Torah. If one letter is missing the entire Torah scroll is invalid.   Read more

Sydney Theatre: Atomic

Apples and Pears: Sydney Theatre

Hiding from the criminal mate he betrayed, lonely chess-mad Max hatches a winning plot to defeat his rival. Read more

Israel winning in hate sporting arena

Sport is supposed to transcend politics. International sporting competitions aim to bring talented people together in an atmosphere of mutual respect, tolerance and fierce competition. Read more

Painful Anatomical Symptoms

A new book published in the United States this week reveals that President Obama considers the Prime Minister of Israel to be a pain in the tuchus. Read more

An End to Jewish Life in the Diaspora?…asks Isi Leibler

The recent Pew Research Center survey of American Jews has ignited discussions extending from gloomy predictions of the inevitable demise of Diaspora Jewry by assimilation to optimism over the finding that the number of Jews has risen from the 5.5 million estimated in the 2001 National Jewish Population Survey to 6.7 million. Read more

Internet – Fertile Field Promoting Jew-hatred and Jew-bashing…writes David Singer

The Internet has become one of the major contributors to the growing spread of Jew-hatred and assaults on Jews world wide. Read more

Political Insomnia

The South African Minister of International Relations was reported in the Israel media this week as confessing to having sleepless nights over the fact that houses were being built for Jews in what she considers Palestinian Arab “occupied” territory. Read more

Kindness – Strength or Weakness?…asks Rabbi Michoel Gourarie

Kindness and charity are one of most honourable and elevated traits. Read more

Israeli Dance Company Wellington Bound

Ohad Naharin will bring his Batsheva Dance Company to New Zealand next year. Read more

A Full House for Murray Perahia

Making his Australian debut at the Sydney Opera House, acclaimed American pianist, Murray Perahia, attracted a sold out audience that gave him a rousing Friday night reception, writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more

The Butterfly Boy – a book review

They say don’t judge a book by its cover. Read more

Yitzhak Rabin 18 years on: have we gone full circle?…asks Gabsy Debinsky

Next Monday will mark the 18^th anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. Read more

Straws in the Wind…writes Michael Kuttner

Jack Straw, a former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, has caused controversy because of his statements recently about Israel. Read more

Turkey’s Erdogan – an Autocratic Islamist Bigot…writes Isi Leibler

After over 50 years of Israeli-Turkish intelligence co-operation and sharing, the Turkish disclosure to Iran of the identities of Mossad operatives – apparently subsequently executed, illustrates the depths to which Israel-Turkey relations have descended under Islamist autocrat, Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan. Read more

Palestine – Bandar Candour Can Help End Arab-Jewish Conflict…writes David Singer

Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief – Prince Bandar bin Sultan – made a secret visit to Jordan this week – according to a report in Ammon News dated 25 October – reportedly meeting with Jordanian officials to discuss recent developments in the region – especially the Syrian file. Read more

Making Morality Attractive…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie

Q: Recently some friends got really upset with me suspecting me of doing something wrong which I hadn’t actually done. I am very comfortable within myself knowing that it is untrue and that I am completely free of any wrongdoing. I have been totally misjudged. How much effort do I need to invest to convince them of my innocence? Read more

Is the Palestinian Prisoner Release Set for Round 2?

Reports have been circulating that next week the Israeli government will release the second round of Palestinian prisoners; a precondition attached to the renewal of peace talks…writes Gabsy Debinski. Read more

Israel’s latest Nobel laureate in chemistry on understanding how enzymes work

What is behind Israel’s recent string of Nobel Prize winners?…writes Alina Dain Sharon. Read more

United Nations: The Farce Continues…writes Michael Kuttner

Just when you thought that this world body couldn’t sink any lower they amaze us all and prove everyone wrong. Read more

Making Jerusalem into a Storyworld…writes Alan Gold

How do you tell the 3000 year history of Jerusalem, through the interconnected lives of two families traced through the millenia? Read more

No End to Claims Conference Distortions and Shamelessness…writes Isi Leibler

Less than six months after the Board of Directors of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) brushed off allegations of managerial negligence and insufficient oversight, and re-elected all officers to another term of office, instead of seeking to mitigate their previous failures by belatedly reforming the organisation, Chairman of the Board, Julius Berman and his acolytes have launched a media campaign to exonerate themselves. Read more

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