Friends of Montefiore celebrate 30 years
June 7, 2013 by Ayal Tusia
The Friends of Montefiore Annual Brunch has celebrated its 30th year. Read more
Religious Tolerance and Mutual Respect rather than Polarization…writes Isi Leibler
June 6, 2013 by Isi Leibler
The pivotal breakthrough which now seems likely to oblige haredim to share the burden in terms of conscription and gainful employment, heralds a belated and dramatic review of the relationship between the State and Religion. The question is whether these changes will intensify the trends towards divisiveness and polarization or lead to mutual understanding and national unity. Read more
Fantasia – Illusions, Delusions and Confusion…writes Michael Kuttner
June 6, 2013 by Michael Kuttner
I remember as a child in New Zealand many years ago watching the first animated Walt Disney movie called Fantasia. Read more
A Musical Jigsaw in Three Parts
June 5, 2013 by Fraser Beath McEwing
Maybe it was my imagination that discovered some lateral thinking by the programmers for this stimulating Master Series concert…writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more
Palestine – The Abhorrent Arab Aberration…writes David Singer
June 5, 2013 by David Singer
Continuing international demands for an Israeli withdrawal from every square metre of the territory occupied by Israel in the Six Day War – now misleadingly termed ” The occupied Palestinian Territories ” (OPT) in countless UN General Assembly and Security Council resolutions – acquires particular resonance on the 46th anniversary of the outbreak of that War on 5 June. Read more
Palestine – Pouring Money into a Bottomless Pit
June 2, 2013 by David Singer
US Secretary of State John Kerry at a meeting of the World Economic Forum in Jordan this week proposed investing another four billion dollars in trying to resolve the 130 years old Jewish-Arab conflict…writes David Singer. Read more
Rhetoric v Reality
June 2, 2013 by Ron Weiser
No question that Yair Lapid was the outstanding success story of the Israeli elections held earlier this year…writes Dr Ron Weiser. Read more
Visiting Israel? New exhibition at the Israel Museum
This year’s annual exhibition in the Museum’s Ruth Youth Wing for Art Education focuses on sensory deception and on the gap between visual perception and reality. Read more
BJE Emet Guide
June 2, 2013 by Nanette Horak
In response to those seeking information on various aspects of all things Jewish, BJE is proud to announce its new initiative, ‘Emet’ – Parents’ Guide’. Read more
A Good Thief
May 31, 2013 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
There is a Jewish axiom that we can learn and draw inspiration from everything that we see and experience. Rabbi Zusha of Anipoli taught that we can even learn from a thief. By observing the seven behaviors of a burglar, we can design a formula for successful personal development…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more
God’s Neighbours – a film review by Michelle Coleman
May 31, 2013 by Michelle Coleman
It was with some trepidation that I sat down to watch Gods Neighbours, an Israeli film by Meni Yaesh about a group of young members of the Breslov Chassidic sect who take it upon themselves to police their neighbourhood and protect it from the scourge of immodestly dressed women, stores that are open on the Sabbath, and purveyors of pornographic material. Read more
Peres, Abbas, and Kerry: Fantasies and Realities…writes Isi Leibler
May 31, 2013 by Isi Leibler
Earlier in the week, I participated in “Breaking the Impasse”, an event held in Jordan under the auspices of the World Economic Forum. It was attended by some 300 Israeli and Palestinian leaders of commerce and industry who represent over 25% of the GDP of Israel and the Palestinian region. Some of the most prominent Israeli business personalities were present. Read more
A Global Tsunami of Anti-Semitism…writes Isi Leibler
May 28, 2013 by Isi Leibler
Participants at the fourth conference of the Global Forum for Combating antisemitism, held under the auspices of the Foreign Ministry this week in Jerusalem, will be provided with data highlighting the accelerated global erosion of the status of Jews and Israel. Read more
Palestine – Beware The Snake Oil Salesman…writes David Singer
May 27, 2013 by David Singer
Paul Larudee – one of the founders of the Free Gaza and Free Palestine Movements and an organizer in the International Solidarity Movement – has made some incredibly misleading statements in his latest article “The Palestine Liberation Movement is not about Anti- Semitism” – published in Dissident Voice on 23 May. Read more
Anne Frank in Sovereign Hill
Touring exhibition “Anne Frank – A History for Today” is now on show at Sovereign Hill’s Gold Museum in Victoria.
Raising funds for Maccabiah
May 24, 2013 by Geoff Sirmai
The Emanuel School is to host a huge ‘fun-raising’ night of laughter, benefiting the school’s Australian representatives at the 19th Maccabiah in July. Read more
Why worry?…asks Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
May 24, 2013 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Question:
I worry a lot. I am anxious about losing my job, I constantly think about the health of my family and am always scared about saying or doing something that will embarrass myself. How can I put a stop to this? Read more
94-yr-old publishes e-book
When in 1997, eminent scholar Dr. Israel Kipen penned Ahad Ha-am: The Zionism of the Future, widely regarded as the definitive and standard study of one of Zionism’s most towering and influential figures, he never imagined that his much lauded and classic text would be republished as an e-book in the second decade of the 21st century. Read more
Book review: Saving Your Life – One Day at a Time
May 24, 2013 by Ian Stokol
Dr Roy Sugarman PhD has published a book focusing on healthy aging…read Ian Stokol’s review. Read more
Campus virus – a worldwide pandemic…writes Michael Kuttner
May 24, 2013 by Michael Kuttner
During the waning years of the Weimar Republic in the early 1930’s, my late father was a student at the university in Karlsruhe, Southern Germany. Read more
Arafat in Therapy for Sydney
May 24, 2013 by Geoff Sirmai
Lawyer by day, actor by night, Jeremie Bracka will bring his hilarious hit one-man political comedy Arafat in Therapy to Sydney for four shows in July. Read more
Et tu, EU? No Dutch Treat her
May 23, 2013 by Ari Briggs
Ari Briggs is a former Sydnesider now resident in Israel and active with Regavim, an organisation fighting to save Israeli land claimed by the Bedouin. He recently addressed the Dutch Parliament in defence of Israel… Read more
The Gonski View
May 20, 2013 by J-Wire
Leone Hersh interviews David Gonski for j-junction Read more
Palestine – Turning Unreality Into Reality…writes David Singer
May 20, 2013 by David Singer
A TV show – “The President” – now being aired on Maan TV – a popular independent Palestinian radio station – presents an opportunity for the election-starved Palestinian Arabs to have their say on what they would do on a variety of subjects if they were elected as the President of Palestine. Read more
Exposed: Devastating New Claims Conference Scandal…writes Isi Leibler
May 19, 2013 by Isi Leibler
Last month I devoted a column to the ongoing disgrace of the Claims Conference and the failure by the management to take appropriate action to provide financial assistance to ailing survivors unable to afford food, medicine and other basic necessities to enable them to live out their remaining years with a modicum of dignity. Read more
Will the Stephen Hawking boycott of Israel lead to peace in the Middle East?
May 14, 2013 by Emily Gian
Many of you would have read last week of a decision by renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking to join the academic boycott of Israel by pulling out of the upcoming 2013 President’s Conference in Jerusalem. ..writes Emily Gian. Read more
Palestine – Hawking Needs to do More Talking…writes David Singer
May 14, 2013 by David Singer
The decision by eminent physicist Stephen Hawking to not attend the Presidential Conference organised by Israel’s President Shimon Peres has aroused dismay by his Israeli hosts and applause from the Palestinian academic community. Read more
Déjà Vu: “Peace in Our Time”…writes Isi Leibler
May 14, 2013 by Isi Leibler
“Peace in Our Time” was proclaimed by Neville Chamberlain in 1938 in defense of his disastrous Munich Agreement with Hitler. History testifies that his policy of appeasement and failure to confront the aggressive Nazi barbarians virtually made World War II inevitable. Read more
A case of shameful silence and deliberate inaction…writes Michael Kuttner
May 11, 2013 by J-Wire
The United States of America which prides itself as the torch bearer of justice, liberty and morality in the world is shockingly guilty of betraying these very virtues over its continued failure to bring to justice the murderers of many of its citizens at the hands of Palestinian Arab terrorists. Read more
Melbourne community farewells Croatian Consul
May 10, 2013 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has held a farewell reception for Antun Babic, Consul General for Croatia at the Jewish Holocaust Centre. Read more
