The UN’s bankrupt persecution of Israel

The U.N.’s persecution of Israel continues apace. Last week, a U.N. commission endorsed the usual slanders about supposed Israeli “crimes against humanity” and genocide. Read more

Biden & UN Security Council ignore HKOPS – opening gates to hell

June 17, 2024 by  

President Biden and the UN Security Council have combined to threaten Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran, Gaza and the West Bank, turning into one giant killing field. Read more

Feintooner

June 17, 2024 by  

This week’s cartoon:  Bridging the Israel-Hamas gaps Read more

Responding to Hezbollah’s strategic offensive

June 16, 2024 by  

Hezbollah is burning a swathe through northern Israel. The nature reserves, grazing land, fields and orchards are burning to the ground. Military bases, including several strategic assets, are incurring major damage. More than 1,000 homes have been destroyed. Businesses are bankrupt. Read more

How António Guterres betrayed the Jews

June 16, 2024 by  

Back in February, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a speech at the Ohel Jakob synagogue in Munich in which he struck most of the right notes. Read more

On the other hand

June 16, 2024 by  

Celebrating Shavuot in Israel makes one realize what this festival is really all about. Read more

The Woman in Black

June 15, 2024 by  

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

The looming choice for Diaspora Jews

Is it time for the Jews of Britain, Europe and America to leave? Read more

The Music of John Williams: a music review by Alan Slade

June 14, 2024 by  

“The Music of John Williams – Iconic Film Scores Live in Concert” played to a capacity audience in the Concert Hall of Sydney’s iconic Opera House on opening night, June 13, featuring 80 members of the SSO and 120 singers of the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs conducted by Nicholas Buc. Read more

Knee-jerk script

June 14, 2024 by  

Whenever Israel acts to counter terror, you can confidently predict the pre-ordained reactions. Read more

The Sitting Duck

June 13, 2024 by  

A political thriller concerning a trade union official and whistleblower who wasn’t believed after a violent personal attack, The Sitting Duck, is based on fact. Read more

Inside Out 2

June 13, 2024 by  

A movie review by Alex First Read more

The Exorcism

June 13, 2024 by  

A movie review by Alex First Read more

Daniel Kitson Collaborator

June 13, 2024 by  

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Waiting for War in Haifa

June 11, 2024 by  

Metula. Shlomi. Kiriyat Shmona. Margaliot. These were small, quaint towns before October 7, 2023. Read more

Dry Bones: Shavuot

The birth of the Jewish nation … Read more

Biden and UN wake up: Time you backed Israel to vanquish Hamas

June 11, 2024 by  

President Biden and the United Nations continue to call on the Hamas Government in Gaza to accept a ceasefire – whilst Hamas’s tactics are to prolong the Israel-Gaza war, isolate Israel internationally and spark worldwide calls for Israel’s elimination following Hamas’s heinous blood-letting invasion of Israel on 7 October 2023. Read more

“No Innocent Civilians,” a former Gaza man’s dire warning to the world

June 11, 2024 by  

In a deeply personal interview, former Khan Yunis resident Dor Shachar, who escaped from his home and converted to Judaism over two decades ago, sheds light on the deeply ingrained culture of hatred and violence in Gaza. Read more

Feintooner

June 11, 2024 by  

This week’s cartoon: From Alahambra to Gaza. Ole’! Read more

INTO THE FRAY: Fickle Feckless France- Egalite, fraternite …antisemitisme

June 9, 2024 by  

The French Foreign Ministry advanced two claims as the rationale for its decision to support the ICC—both equally risible and ridiculous. Read more

Dry Bones: Good news

A turning point? Read more

On the other hand

June 9, 2024 by  

Fifty-seven years ago, the illegal Jordanian occupation of half of Israel’s Capital came to an end. Read more

The Middle East’s fateful moment

If people think the war in Gaza is intolerable, they should buckle up for what may now be coming. Read more

The Evolution of Shavuot

June 7, 2024 by  

Shavuot, more than any other festival, illustrates the ongoing way in which a Biblical festival and, indeed, many Biblical laws have evolved in unusual, unpredictable ways. It reinforces the reality (much disputed) that Jewish Law and custom are constantly renewing, evolving and changing. Read more

Foolish Folly

June 7, 2024 by  

Absurdity knows no bounds when it concerns Israel, as this past week once again demonstrates. Read more

Blackout Stories

June 6, 2024 by  

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Julia

June 5, 2024 by  

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Zones of chaos as Hamas struggles to maintain its grip on Gaza

June 4, 2024 by  

After eight months of war, Gaza no longer has a governing continuum, and parts of it have become islands where various degrees of both chaos and governance exist. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past

June 4, 2024 by  

David Samuel Benjamin – Merchant and Prominent Jewish and Non-Jewish Organisational ‘’Mensch’’ Read more

Dry Bones: Fog of War

The first casualty of every war is the truth… Read more

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