Youth and the Language of Love
November 17, 2012 by Michelle Coleman
How do we engage diaspora youth with Israel? This was the question posed by Israeli writer and media commentator David Hazony at the Zionist Federation of Australia’s biennial conference on Sunday…writes Michelle Coleman. Read more
Palestine – Jordan Preparing To Jettison PLO
November 16, 2012 by David Singer
Jordan appears ready to fill the negotiating void that will be left by the PLO – should its expected application to be admitted as a non-member observer state at the United Nations be successful on 29 November…writes David Singer. Read more
European Jews: Time to Wake up Now
November 15, 2012 by Isi Leibler
The time has come for European Jews to pull their heads out of the sand, face reality and ask themselves honestly whether there can be any meaningful prospects for their children to remain proud Jews in societies which have reverted to treating them as pariahs…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Top of the Pops?
November 15, 2012 by Lloyd Bradford Syke
Top Of The Pops is the kind of name someone with no marketing nouse apparently thought was a nifty one…writes Lloyd Bradford Syke. Read more
Melbourne Cup “winner” visits Jewish Care residence
November 14, 2012 by Ayal Tusia
Hava Nagila is a Shetland pony with a Jewish soul. Fed a special diet of gefilte fish, chopped liver and matzah, he sprinted across the line at Flemington this past Tuesday to claim his 10th Melbourne Cup title in as many years. Read more
Macquarie University excavates in Israel
Macquarie University has joined Tel Aviv University, Heidelberg University and a consortium of other institutions in the joint scientific inquiry of Tel Azekah – one of the great archaeological sites of ancient Israel. Read more
Remember, remember the fifth of November
November 12, 2012 by Michael Kuttner
Growing up as a child in New Zealand over 60 years ago I vividly remember the mounting excitement as November drew near and the time for fireworks loomed…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
How Old Are You?
November 9, 2012 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
The Talmud relates that the great sage Rabbi Elazar ben Azaria was asked to assume the leadership of the Sanhedrin – The Jewish Supreme Court. Although he was fully qualified and had all the necessary credentials, he was reluctant to accept, as he was only eighteen at the time..writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more
Palestine: Realities Overtaking Fairy Tales
November 9, 2012 by David Singer
The idea of reunifying a substantial part of the West Bank with Jordan received a further boost this week – when former head of the PLO Political Department – Farouk Kaddoumi – told the newspaper London-based newspaper Al – Quds Al – Arabi that giving the West Bank back to Jordan would be a “positive move.”…writes David Singer. Read more
Community Support for Israel
November 8, 2012 by Manny Waks
It is overdue that we examine the role of advocacy for Israel in our community organisations, particularly those that nominally are not designated a specific role to represent Israel’s interests…writes Manny Waks. Read more
New president for Moriah
November 8, 2012 by Community Editor
Giora Friede has been appointed president of Sydney’s Moriah College. Read more
Viva Montefiore!
November 5, 2012 by Sarah Hanniffy
Montefiore’s Randwick, Hunters Hill and Woollahra campuses took on a distinct Spanish flavour at a series of recent theme nights. Read more
Who am I?
November 2, 2012 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Many of us have sensitive and fragile feelings and emotions. We all hate to be criticized, we hate to fail, we stress out when we cannot solve a problem and we explode if someone insults us..writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more
Palestine – Falk’s Failed Philosophy Guarantees Continuing Conflict
November 2, 2012 by David Singer
Professor Richard Falk – United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 – has returned to world headlines with another controversial annual report…writes David Singer. Read more
An Election of Great Importance for Israel
November 1, 2012 by Isi Leibler
Next week’s U.S. presidential election will have major implications for the entire Western world but in particular for Israel. It is also noteworthy that Israel and the Jews have never featured so prominently in a presidential campaign. In last week’s debate on foreign policy between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney, both candidates competed to demonstrate their pro-Israel credentials and the Jewish state was mentioned no less than 34 times…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Ha’aretz and Apartheid: Take two
October 29, 2012 by Sharyn Mittelman
Last week Gideon Levy of Haaretz published an article on the results of a very misleading and flawed poll with the title “Survey: Most Israeli Jews would support apartheid regime in Israel” on October 24. Levy’s report was accompanied by an opinion piece entitled, “Apartheid without shame or guilt: That’s just the way we are”…writes Sharon Mittelman. Read more
Special Report: Netanyahu-Lieberman Unity Ticket – A Massive Gamble
October 29, 2012 by Isi Leibler
There may have been covert negotiations between Netanyahu and Lieberman for a long time. But as far as the Likud and Israel Beiteinu leadership and members were concerned – not to mention the public – the announcement was a bolt from the sky…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Chaos – Good or Bad?
October 26, 2012 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Do you ever feel like your life is out of control and completely chaotic? Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed and lost? Your plans aren’t working and you are confused about your future direction. There are relationship or financial difficulties to deal with and challenges that seem insurmountable. You are just a mess…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more
Palestine – Obama’s Befuddled Thinking Sends Peace Prospects Sinking
October 26, 2012 by David Singer
President Obama has dramatically lowered his support for Israel over the past four years when one compares his latest response to a questionnaire from the American Jewish Committee to the answers he provided before the 2008 elections…writes David Singer. Read more
Levy and Pollard: Ha’aretz and Fairfax: Polls, Apartheid and Rockets
October 26, 2012 by Emily Gian
On Tuesday, an article appeared in Israel’s Ha’aretz newspaper entitled ‘Survey: Most Israeli Jews would support apartheid regime in Israel’ by Gideon Levy, a regular writer for Ha’aretz and a staunch critic of many of Israel’s policies…writes Emily Gian. Read more
Turkey – Another Emerging Islamist Autocracy
October 25, 2012 by Isi Leibler
Bernard Lewis, one of the world’s greatest experts on the Islamic world, told me a few years ago that the emerging younger Iranian generation and the alienated middle class would bring about regime change. However, he also predicted that Turkey would evolve into an aggressive Islamist dictatorship and could become the greatest threat to Israel.
Alas, his prediction about Turkey is being realized…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
The truth about Israeli-Arabs and Israel’s ‘national priority areas’
October 24, 2012 by Or Avi-Guy
It was reported in the Age that visiting Israeli Human rights activist Hagai El-Ad, executive director of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) had, at a public meeting, expressed concerns that “the very idea of equality under the law for all citizens in Israel is increasingly under threat”…writes Or Avi-Guy. Read more
The Hitler Shield: Mocking the Dead at Facebook
October 24, 2012 by Andre Oboler
Facebook is sliding into moral decay. I would say slowly, but the pace of detrimental change appears to be increasing…writes Andrew Oboler. Read more
P Plate Inspiration
October 19, 2012 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Question:
Rabbi, I don’t mean to be nosy but I couldn’t help noticing that you are driving a car with P plates. Did you just learn to drive? Are they yours or were they left there by one of your teenage children? Read more
Palestine – Merging Banks Can Reap Huge Dividends
October 19, 2012 by David Singer
Prince Hassan Bin Talal – Jordan’s former Crown Prince and the uncle of Jordan’s current ruler – King Abdullah – has floated a possible new diplomatic initiative by reminding the world that the West Bank was once part of Jordan…writes David Singer Read more
The Hypocritical Protestant Churches
October 17, 2012 by Isi Leibler
The recent initiative by a group of Protestant Christian leaders calling on Congress to reevaluate military aid to Israel is a nauseating example of applying double standards against Jews and Israel under the cloak of piety and hypocritical sanctimoniousness…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Palestine: Great Expectations That Founder On Fiction
October 12, 2012 by David Singer
Israeli novelist David Grossman is working with Algerian writer Boualem Sansal to launch a writers’ drive for world peace at the World Forum For Democracy in Strasbourg this week…writes David Singer. Read more
OBK Caterer wins award
October 11, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
L’amour catering run by John Mulligan who operates out of Bondi’s Our Big Kithcen, has won a NSW State catering award. Read more
On Israeli Racism and Democracy
October 11, 2012 by Isi Leibler
Nothing makes us cringe more than screaming headlines reporting racist outbursts or hate crimes in our own country…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Palestine – Cutting Abbas Down To Size
October 5, 2012 by David Singer
PLO Chairman and Palestinian Authority President – Mahmoud Abbas – continues to promote the deceptive and misleading claim that the areas lost by Jordan and Egypt to Israel in the 1967 Six Day War constituted 22% – not 5% – of historic Palestine…writes David Singer. Read more
