Feintooner

July 1, 2024 by  

This week’s cartoon: Debate Stakes Read more

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

June 30, 2024 by  

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

On the other hand

June 29, 2024 by  

It is amazing how many times we encounter a connection with New Zealand. Read more

The driver of Western Jew-hatred

Jew-hatred in the Diaspora is out of control and escalating. Read more

Shlomo Ben Yosef (1913-1937)

June 28, 2024 by  

Once again, we find ourselves torn between negotiation or warfare. Read more

Myopia

June 28, 2024 by  

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  

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

Jewish unity in a time of war… Read more

Lightscape

June 26, 2024 by  

A Melbourne spectacle at the Royal Botanic Gardens, reviewed by Alex First Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past

June 25, 2024 by  

Morris Mondle Phillips – a trailblazer for the legal profession Read more

Dry Bones: History Books

History books. Read more

All of France raped a 12-year-old Jewish girl

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

June 24, 2024 by  

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  

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  

This week’s cartoon: Feasting on Famine Read more

A Kiwi in Kibbutz Kfar Aza

June 24, 2024 by  

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  

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  

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

When Night Comes (Broad Encounters)

June 22, 2024 by  

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

The Last Train to Madeline

June 22, 2024 by  

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

June 21, 2024 by  

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  

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  

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Despicable Me 4

June 20, 2024 by  

A movie review by Alex First Read more

Shabbat Beha’alotecha – A Just War

June 20, 2024 by  

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

June 18, 2024 by  

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

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