Feintooner
July 1, 2024 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Debate Stakes Read more
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
June 30, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
On the other hand
June 29, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
It is amazing how many times we encounter a connection with New Zealand. Read more
The driver of Western Jew-hatred
June 28, 2024 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Jew-hatred in the Diaspora is out of control and escalating. Read more
Shlomo Ben Yosef (1913-1937)
June 28, 2024 by Jeremy Rosen
Once again, we find ourselves torn between negotiation or warfare. Read more
Myopia
June 28, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
An affliction is running rampant and has developed an uncanny resistance to any sort of countermeasures. Read more
Shabbat Shelach Lecha – Mental Fortitude
June 27, 2024 by Jeremy Rosen
The reading this week is mainly concerned with the 12 men sent by Moses to tour the land of Israel prior to the invasion. Read more
Dry Bones: High Court decision
June 26, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
Jewish unity in a time of war… Read more
Lightscape
June 26, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne spectacle at the Royal Botanic Gardens, reviewed by Alex First Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past
June 25, 2024 by Features Desk
Morris Mondle Phillips – a trailblazer for the legal profession Read more
Dry Bones: History Books
June 24, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
History books. Read more
All of France raped a 12-year-old Jewish girl
June 24, 2024 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
The 12-year-old Jewish girl just raped in Paris had committed two mortal sins in the eyes of the rapists: She was Jewish. Read more
Twelve tough questions and simple answers about Israel
My good friend, Taglit-Birthright Israel’s CEO Gidi Mark, challenged me recently: “Can you offer short, punchy answers to some of the pressing questions our participants have—and some of the accusations being thrown at them?”…writes Gil Troy. Read more
Biden & UN must rethink two Arab States in former Palestine
June 24, 2024 by David Singer
Security Council Resolution 2735 adopted on 10 June calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza-Israel War -has included a call for the creation of a new Arab State between Israel and Jordan – the two successor States to the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine and currently sovereign rulers in 94% of former Palestine: Read more
Feintooner
June 24, 2024 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Feasting on Famine Read more
A Kiwi in Kibbutz Kfar Aza
The man with the microphone explains that Shavout is an agricultural festival where we celebrate the crops harvested throughout the previous year. He tells us that the most important crop is not the apples, the wheat or the avocados. The harvest most cherished is the children born into the community during the past 12 months…writes David Kepes. Read more
Israel’s challenges
June 24, 2024 by Ron Weiser
Prime Minister Netanyahu is a man under huge pressure on multiple fronts. Some of his own making and some not. Read more
On the other hand
June 23, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
Israel’s summer has kicked in with soaring temperatures. Read more
When Night Comes (Broad Encounters)
June 22, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
The Last Train to Madeline
June 22, 2024 by Alex First
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
June 21, 2024 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
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
June 21, 2024 by Jeremy Rosen
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
June 21, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
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
June 20, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Despicable Me 4
June 20, 2024 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex First Read more
Shabbat Beha’alotecha – A Just War
June 20, 2024 by Jeremy Rosen
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
June 19, 2024 by Etgar Lefkovitz - JNS
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
June 18, 2024 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
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
June 18, 2024 by Features Desk
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’
June 17, 2024 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
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






