Two plus two for the price of one

The final International Pianists in Recital series held in Sydney’s Angel Place City Recital Hall presented a sold out house to dual pianists Katia and Marielle Labeque, writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more

Palestine – Billions In International Donor Funds Allegedly Go Missing…writes David Singer

Billions of euros in European aid to the PLO and Hamas between 2008 and 2012 may have been misspent, squandered or lost to corruption – according to an unpublished report by the European Court of Auditors – a Luxembourg-based watchdog – disclosed in an article appearing in The Sunday Times on 14 October. Read more

Jewish group supports breast cancer detection tool employing blind women

As of 2005, German gynaecologist Dr. Frank Hoffmann was no longer allowed to send women under the age of 50 to get mammograms without first finding a breast abnormality during his routine examination…writes Alina Dain Sharon. Read more

The Goal

The Torah begins by describing the six days of creation…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more

World Premier of Ron Elisha Play

Sydney will host the first performance of a new play by celebrated playwright Ron Elisha. Read more

Hamas’s Terror Tunnel: for Israel it’s Catch-22…writes Gabsy Debinsky

This week Israel made public its discovery of an underground terror tunnel leading from Gaza into Israel, before blowing it up on Tuesday. Read more

Electing the Mayor of Jerusalem…writes Isi Leibler

Jerusalem is one of the most colorful and contentious cities in the world. Read more

Blowing NAJEX’s trumpet

The N.S.W. Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen & Women (NAJEX)has appointed Louis Orner as its Honorary Bugler. Read more

Palestine – World Bank Exposes PLO’s Disastrous Miscalculations…writes David Singer

The failure by the PLO to accept two offers made by Israel in 2000/1 and 2008 ceding Israel’s claims in more than 90% of the West Bank have been political and economic catastrophes for West Bank Arabs – as substantiated by a World Bank Report published this week titled “West Bank and Gaza , Area C and the Future of the Palestinian Economy”. Read more

Effective Treatment

Question: I have come to the realization that I have a real temper problem…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more

A Week of Success Stories…writes Gabsy Debinski

Those of you who follow the communal press would have seen the debate that arose as a result of my advocacy update on the J Street conference last week. Without wanting to rehash this territory, I am posting a link to my response in conjunction with the ZFA here. Read more

J-Street not a “Pro-Israel” Organisation…writes Isi Leibler

At its fifth annual national conference last week, J Street advanced its objective of gaining recognition as a mainstream Jewish organization with the inclusion of a wide range of prominent American and Israeli political figures amongst its speakers. Read more

Door to Door Theatre

Moira Blumenthal Productions will present From Door to Door by James Sherman from 12th to the 24th November at the theatrette in the Sydney Jewish Museum. Read more

No Will No Way writes Michael Kuttner

Herzl stated that if you will it, it will not be a dream. The resurrected Jewish State is ample proof of that and therein lies a lesson for all of us today. Read more

Syria – Security Council International Conference Pure Pipe-dream…writes David Singer

It seems incredible that after 17 months of wrangling, the best the U.N. Security Council could agree on is calling for another International Conference, which has no possible chance of convening –  let alone helping –  to peacefully resolve an end to the 30 months old conflict in Syria. Read more

On Galus Australis

Unhappy with the ZFA…

 

Can You Wait?

One of the interesting agricultural commandments in the Torah is called Orlah. It states that when we plant a tree we are prohibited to eat its fruit for the first three years. Read more

Zubin said it all

At his fifth and final curtain call at the end of the Sydney Opera House concert by the Australian World Orchestra, celebrated conductor, Zubin Mehta, held up his hands for silence. Read more

Netanyahu – “If Needed Israel Will Stand Alone”

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu did us proud when he addressed the United Nations General Assembly this week.  Read more

The J-Street Crowd and its idiosynchrasies…write Gabsy Debinski

“Peace and security. Nobody should choose between peace and security. The State of Israel doesn’t need to choose between peace and security…. As I’m fighting for peace – and there is a political price for it – in the negotiations room, I’m fighting also for Israel’s security. And I’m here today in order to ask you, this special audience, those who are fighting for peace: In your quest for peace don’t abandon Israel’s security needs.”…Tzipi Livni. Read more

On Galus Australis: A Peaceful Divorce

The Hebrew term for Collaborative Practice is ‘Lehitgaresh beshalom’ – to divorce in peace. But, can a divorce process ever be peaceful?….Read more

The Trouble with Marrying Kosher…writes Tami Sussman

He’s 26. He’s got a masters in neuroscience, an athletically muscular body, a perfectly unobtrusive nose and a wicked sense of humour. Read more

Israel Invited To Help Destroy Chemical Weapons In Syria…writes David Singer

The passage of Security Council Resolution 2118 (2013)  on  27 September  calling for the collection and destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons – is a welcome breakthrough in ending the deadlock that has paralysed the Security Council’s ability to act constructively to end the civil war in Syria for the past thirty months. Read more

President Obama and Israel: Looming Confrontations…writes Isi Leibler

One might have hoped that Obama’s calamitous mishandling of recent Middle East crises, climaxing with his disastrous response to the Syrian use of chemical weapons, would have taught him a few lessons on regional politics. Read more

Steering clear of terrorism talk…writes Gabsy Debinski

The world has been rocked by tragedy over the past week.   Read more

Anti-Semitism in Belgium Reaches New Heights…writes Isi Leibler

I have devoted numerous columns of late to the tsunami of antisemitism sweeping throughout Western Europe, noting that aside from the frenziedly antisemitic Islamic extremists, the principal perpetrators are left wing activists frequently led by those purportedly promoting human rights. Read more

Flattering Fliter

The third International Pianists in Recital concert for the year demonstrated Argentinian Ingrid Fliter’s mastery over Haydn, Schubert and Chopin, writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more

An Illegitimate Celebration…writes Michael Kuttner

 On Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) hundreds of thousands of Israelis are celebrating this Biblical Festival in an illegitimate manner. That’s not my description but rather that of the European Union and the rest of the UN whose warped definition of Judea, Samaria, the Golan and half of Jerusalem as illegally “occupied” seems to have become something almost divinely ordained. Read more

Syria – London Eleven Need Help From Heaven…writes David Singer

Only divine intervention now seems likely to justify continuing support for the anti- Assad forces in Syria by the group known as the London 11 – United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Read more

Race Discrimination Commissioner delivers address

Australian Race Discrimination Commissioner Dr Tim Soutphommasane has delivered this year’s Peace and Understanding Lecture mentioning videos in which viewers are encouraged to kill Jews. Read more

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