On the other hand

Israel’s summer has kicked in with soaring temperatures. Read more

When Night Comes (Broad Encounters)

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

The Last Train to Madeline

If you are looking to attend a superbly executed, exciting and energetic new play featuring top-notch acting, look no further than Fever103 Theatre’s The Last Train to Madeline. It is a breath of fresh air. Read more

The ‘Gaza famine’ myth

It’s now quite clear that there are simply no facts at all—none—that will alter the fixed narrative of lies, distortions and blood libels with which the liberal internationalist order is demonizing and delegitimizing Israel. Read more

Frantz Fanon

As a student I was a fan of Frantz Fanon, a black Frenchman born in Martinique. He was a psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary, and writer whose work was and remains influential in the fields of post-colonial studies, critical theory, and Marxism. Read more

Senseless Silence

There comes a time when in the face of unremitting enmity, silence is no longer a viable option. Read more

The Choir by ABBA The Museum

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Despicable Me 4

A movie review by Alex First Read more

Shabbat Beha’alotecha – A Just War

Amongst the many topics in this week’s Torah reading is the seemingly incidental one of the two silver trumpets. Read more

Terezin Memorial director’s connection to Holocaust is deeply personal

The two teenage Jewish girls from the former Czechoslovakia lived just 60 miles apart in 1942, but in totally different worlds, the one speaking German and the other Czech. Read more

Time to unmask the pro-Hamas thugs

Americans have seen this movie before. Politically motivated masked thugs who gather to intimidate, silence and sometimes inflict violence on the objects of their hate are nothing new in this country. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past

Rabbi Lazarus Morris Goldman – his whole soul was dedicated to life in Australia – an achiever and most dedicated human being Read more

Iran’s fingerprints on Oct. 7 massacre ‘well-documented’

When thousands of Hamas-led terrorists murdered some 1,200 Israeli men, women and children on Oct. 7 and kidnapped hundreds of others, it further exposed how Iran supported and funded Hamas and continues to foment regional unrest. Read more

The UN’s bankrupt persecution of Israel

The U.N.’s persecution of Israel continues apace. Last week, a U.N. commission endorsed the usual slanders about supposed Israeli “crimes against humanity” and genocide. Read more

Biden & UN Security Council ignore HKOPS – opening gates to hell

President Biden and the UN Security Council have combined to threaten Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran, Gaza and the West Bank, turning into one giant killing field. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon:  Bridging the Israel-Hamas gaps Read more

Responding to Hezbollah’s strategic offensive

Hezbollah is burning a swathe through northern Israel. The nature reserves, grazing land, fields and orchards are burning to the ground. Military bases, including several strategic assets, are incurring major damage. More than 1,000 homes have been destroyed. Businesses are bankrupt. Read more

How António Guterres betrayed the Jews

Back in February, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a speech at the Ohel Jakob synagogue in Munich in which he struck most of the right notes. Read more

On the other hand

Celebrating Shavuot in Israel makes one realize what this festival is really all about. Read more

The Woman in Black

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

The looming choice for Diaspora Jews

Is it time for the Jews of Britain, Europe and America to leave? Read more

The Music of John Williams: a music review by Alan Slade

“The Music of John Williams – Iconic Film Scores Live in Concert” played to a capacity audience in the Concert Hall of Sydney’s iconic Opera House on opening night, June 13, featuring 80 members of the SSO and 120 singers of the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs conducted by Nicholas Buc. Read more

Knee-jerk script

Whenever Israel acts to counter terror, you can confidently predict the pre-ordained reactions. Read more

The Sitting Duck

A political thriller concerning a trade union official and whistleblower who wasn’t believed after a violent personal attack, The Sitting Duck, is based on fact. Read more

Inside Out 2

A movie review by Alex First Read more

The Exorcism

A movie review by Alex First Read more

Daniel Kitson Collaborator

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Waiting for War in Haifa

Metula. Shlomi. Kiriyat Shmona. Margaliot. These were small, quaint towns before October 7, 2023. Read more

Dry Bones: Shavuot

The birth of the Jewish nation … Read more

Biden and UN wake up: Time you backed Israel to vanquish Hamas

President Biden and the United Nations continue to call on the Hamas Government in Gaza to accept a ceasefire – whilst Hamas’s tactics are to prolong the Israel-Gaza war, isolate Israel internationally and spark worldwide calls for Israel’s elimination following Hamas’s heinous blood-letting invasion of Israel on 7 October 2023. Read more

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