Wistrich on “The Left, the Jews and Israel”
August 9, 2012 by Isi Leibler
Robert Wistrich, Hebrew University professor of European and Jewish History and director of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of antisemitism has just published his 29th book titled “From Ambivalence to Betrayal: The Left, the Jews and Israel”…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Emily on Egypt, Hamas and the Olympics
August 9, 2012 by Emily Gian
On Sunday evening, a group of terrorists stormed an Egyptian military post, killing 16 Egyptian soldiers and capturing their armoured personnel carrier…writes Emily Gian. Read more
Minister attends Victorian Plenum
August 8, 2012 by Michelle Coleman
Nicholas Kotsiras, Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship, last night attended the Plenum of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) at Beth Weizmann Community Centre. Read more
Salvos visit OBK
August 8, 2012 by Community Editor
A group of Salvation Army officers have visited Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen. Read more
A Mindset – Not Just a Response
August 3, 2012 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Gratitude is one of the most powerful and important values. Jewish literature is full of sources highlighting the importance of showing appreciation. Modern Psychology has proven that gratitude generates happiness along with other physical and emotional benefits…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more
Piano and passion aplenty – an SSO review
August 2, 2012 by Fraser Beath McEwing
Brahms, Dvorak and Rachmaninoff provided some of their most stirring music for the SSO to play last night as part of the Ausgrid Master Series, writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more
Palestine – Jews and Arabs, the Mandate and the Law
July 27, 2012 by David Singer
The Levy Commission’s resurrection of the Mandate for Palestine as the legal title deed establishing Israel’s entitlement to claim sovereignty in the West Bank has come 48 years after the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) first tried to bury it…writes David Singer. Read more
The Temple of Soul
July 27, 2012 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
This Sunday is Tisha B’av – 9th of Av, the day we mourn the destruction of the first and second Temples…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more
Response to the continuing saga afflicting Anglo Jewry
July 26, 2012 by Isi Leibler
Mr. Millis spins an extraordinary fantasy portraying himself as a devoted Zionist and yet was unable to refute even a single quote attributed to him in my recent column New scandal impacts on Anglo-Jewry. …writes Isi Leibler. Read more
No Illusions about Egypt
July 25, 2012 by Isi Leibler
The government of Israel is making all the right noises and appropriate statements expressing hope that the new government of Egypt will maintain the cold peace…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
One minute at the Olympics
July 25, 2012 by Emily Gian
Emily Gian writes on Bulgaria, the Olympics, BBC bias and the one minute’s silence witnessed by a few hundred people instead of billions… Read more
Sydney hosts student conference
Students came from around Australia recently to attend the Australian Conference of Rabbinical Students held at the Yeshiva Centre in Bondi. Read more
A Fresh Start
July 20, 2012 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
In the Jewish calendar we are in the midst of the “three Weeks”, the time when we mourn the destruction of the first and second Temples…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more
Palestine – United Nations Perfidy Exposed
July 20, 2012 by David Singer
The canard – supported by countless United Nations General Assembly Resolutions – that Jewish settlements in the West Bank are illegal in international law – has been dealt a crushing blow with the the recent release of the Levy Committee Report in Israel rebutting that claim. ..writes David Singer. Read more
Haredi Draft Bill: An Historic Missed Opportunity
July 20, 2012 by Isi Leibler
The breakdown between Likud and Kadima over the Haredi draft represented the loss of an historic opportunity for Israel to unite the nation and rescue a significant ever-growing sector of Israeli society from a life of poverty and ignorance…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Humanity Overboard
July 19, 2012 by Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence
Feb 24 this year marked the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Struma, a ship carrying approximately 790 Jewish refugees from Rumania to the British Mandate in Palestine…writes Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence. Read more
New Scandal impacts on Anglo-Jewry
July 19, 2012 by Isi Leibler
Mick Davis, head of the United Jewish Israel Appeal (UJIA), UK Jewry’s principal Jewish and Israel fund raising umbrella organization, has appointed an extremist critic of Israel to act as “PR and Communications Manager” – the leading spokesman for that body…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Book Review: Man in a Grey Suit
In a tragic coincidence, just as Glenn Ogias releases his book on his survival of an attack by a Great White shark, Australia’s news and commentary programs are full of stories about swimmers taken in Western Australia. Suddenly, everybody wants to question whether these monsters of the deep should be stripped of their protected status…writes Alan Gold. Read more
Olmert: Count Your Blessings and Retire Graciously
July 17, 2012 by Isi Leibler
Following the verdict of the Jerusalem District Court, I was very relieved that Ehud Olmert will not be behind bars, unless the “Holyland” trial determines otherwise. It would have reflected adversely on the state of Israel for a former Prime Minister to be incarcerated in addition to our former president…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Just one friend
July 13, 2012 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
One of the important relationships that form human existence is friends…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more
Palestine – Foreign Political Interference Dressed Up As Humanitarian Aid
July 13, 2012 by David Singer
Attempts by foreign Governments and international aid agencies to politically influence the outcome of negotiations begun under the Oslo Accords in 1993 – now seriously threaten the total abandonment of those Accords…writes David Singer. Read more
U.S. Elections are won by Jews!
July 12, 2012 by J-Wire
Throughout history antisemitism has reared it’s ugly head in countless societies around the world and in a number of forms…writes Raffe Gold. Read more
Netanyahu and the Haredim
July 10, 2012 by J-Wire
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s impulsive dissolution of the Plesner Committee dealing with the haredi draft was a blunder from he and the Likud faction are now trying to extricate themselves. If this fails, it will lead to his political undoing…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Palestine, Peoplehood and Presbyterians
July 9, 2012 by David Singer
The attempt by the Palestinian Arabs to create a second state – in addition to Jordan – reached the hallowed halls of the two million members of the Presbyterian Church in America this week…writes David Singer. Read more
Exhuming Arafat
July 8, 2012 by Emily Gian
When I came across some articles a few days ago about investigations into the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in 2004, I knew our local media would take immediate interest in the story…writes Emily Gian. Read more
People of the Book: Land Language Culture
The Department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies at the University of Sydney is presenting a one-day seminar on 15 July at the Sydney Jewish Museum. Presented by experts from the department, this seminar will examine the broad contours of Jewish history and belief as well as the sacred texts and languages that have accompanied Jews to all their habitations. Read more
A mixture of familiar and challenging music
July 5, 2012 by Fraser Beath McEwing
Stark English contrasts and Russian familiarity made for a rewarding program by the SSO last night as part of the Ausgrid Master Series…writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more
The Putin Visit in Retrospect
July 5, 2012 by Isi Leibler
The recent visit to Israel by Russian President Putin represents yet another example of the extraordinary and unpredictable events continuously impacting on Israel and the Jewish people…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Top organ gets top organist
July 1, 2012 by Fraser Beath McEwing
For those used to orchestral concerts, the Sydney Opera House was in unfamiliar mode for an organ recital by renowned US organist Cameron Carpenter at afternoon tea time last Saturday, writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more
Face to Face with Clive Lawton…a J-Wire video feature
Clive Lawton is a British educator who co-founded the Jewish learning initiative, Limmud. He goes Face to Face with J-Wire… Read more
