Treasures of Old Jewish Sydney: a book review by Anne Sarzin
May 16, 2024 by Anne Sarzin
Dr Jana Vytrhlik’s remarkable book, Treasures of Old Jewish Sydney: The story of a visual heritage, is an impressive contribution to knowledge on this subject, which she has researched for almost a decade. Read more
Next stop: New York
May 16, 2024 by Geoff Sirmai
Doron Chester is a young and in-demand musical theatre star – born and raised in Bondi and has been in constant work since graduating from the Australian Institute of Music with a Bachelor of Music (Music Theatre). Read more
A rabbi’s praise for Eden Golan
May 16, 2024 by Rabbi Chaim Ingram
I have had a near-zero interest in Eurovision for the past 45 years. Read more
Dry Bones: Kickstarted
May 16, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
On our own to face the enemies of Western civilization … Read more
The Three Musketeers: Part I D’Artagnan
May 16, 2024 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex First Read more
Shabbat Emor: Differences that Bind
May 16, 2024 by Jeremy Rosen
The book of Leviticus is concerned with difference. Read more
On Independence Day, Israelis choose life
May 15, 2024 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
The people of Israel are different. Despite a terrible war, on Israel’s 76th birthday, nothing is clearer than the strength of its extraordinary young people. Read more
After faulting ‘fog of war’ for cloudy Hamas casualty numbers, UN’s new stats still don’t appear to add up
May 15, 2024 by Mike Wagenheim - JNS
A day after a U.N. spokesman attributed a nearly 100% overcounting of Gazan women and children casualties to “the fog of war,” the global body now says that the overall death toll in Gaza due to the war remains the same. Read more
Jewish protesters removed from Johannesburg anti-Israel conference
May 15, 2024 by Rolene Marks - JNS
South African police forcefully removed a group of Jewish protesters from outside the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Read more
Dry Bones: Hamas mobs
May 15, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
Brainwashed for Palestinian terrorists … Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past
May 14, 2024 by Features Desk
Saul Symonds – barrister and Australian communal leader Read more
Dr. Phil’s moral clarity
May 14, 2024 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
It’s not surprising that the press had a field day following Dr. Phil’s interview on Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu. Read more
Dry Bones: Middle East Peace
May 14, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
The bitter truth… Read more
Feintooner
May 14, 2024 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Shoah Remembrance Day Shanda Read more
UN General Assembly embraces a phantom “State of Palestine”
May 13, 2024 by David Singer
The United Nations General Assembly’s determination that the State of Palestine is qualified for membership in the United Nations in accordance with Article 4 of the Charter of the United Nations. Read more
On the other hand
May 12, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
Switching from mourning to celebration is a unique feature of Jewish life. Read more
WWII poems in English and Yiddish
May 12, 2024 by J-Wire News Service
The Song Remains, an online anthology of over 160 Yiddish poems by 36 authors with English translations, will be launched later this month in New Zealand online. Read more
Henry Greener films AUJS rally in Melbourne
May 12, 2024 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
The AUJS Students Stand Up Against Hate Rally at Melbourne Uni was addressed by Alon Cassuto, Noah Loven, Holly Feldman, and four other Speakers appearing in Seg.2. Read more
World Problems
May 12, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
May 12, 2024 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex First Read more
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May 12, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
Slippery slope
May 10, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
Once started, a disastrous chain of events will inevitably follow and will be almost impossible to stop. Read more
Standing firm against Iran’s Jihad: A call to unite for the Free World
May 10, 2024 by Ran Yaakoby
On April 13, the world witnessed yet another escalation in Iranian aggression when the regime of the Islamic Republic launched a direct attack against Israel, using hundreds of drones, ballistic and cruise missiles. Read more
Dry Bones: We went to sleep and they came out of hibernation.
May 9, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
A new beginning Read more
Something to please everybody: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
May 9, 2024 by Fraser Beath McEwing
After a thorough Sibelius soaking from the previous Emirates Master Series concert, it was refreshing to return to the more familiar variety of Glinka, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky for last night’s SSO concert. Read more
Shabbat Kedoshim: Morality
May 9, 2024 by Jeremy Rosen
Chapter 19 of Leviticus, known as Kedoshim, Be Holy, includes a range of laws that concern ethical standards that were relevant then and today. Read more
L’Chaim to Life
May 9, 2024 by Features Desk
A/Prof Efrat Eilam – Calling anyone who is employed at an Australian university Read more
Biden’s double game on Hamas should fool no one
May 8, 2024 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
When President Joe Biden wants to say the right things about Israel and antisemitism, he knows how to do it. Read more
In seizing Rafah crossing, Israel turns tables on Hamas’s stalling tactics
May 8, 2024 by Yaakov Lappin
The decision by Israel’s War Cabinet to order the Israel Defence Forces to seize Rafah Crossing is strategically significant, as it will negatively impact Hamas’s ability to smuggle weapons and people back and forth from neighbouring Sinai. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past
May 7, 2024 by J-Wire
Moritz Gotthelf – Prominent Commercial Businessman and Community Stalwart Read more
