From Australia’s Jewish Past
November 4, 2025 by Ruth Lilian
Moses Isidore Goodman AM – pianist, composer and conductor Read more
Feintooner
November 3, 2025 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Feeding the Mamdani Menagerie Read more
UN, UNRWA, Jordan & Egypt complicit in Gaza civilian casualties
November 3, 2025 by David Singer
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 – Francesca Albanese – has been roundly condemned by Italy following the release of her Report on October 25: Gaza Genocide: a collective crime. Read more
Hair
November 3, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
New York holds its breath
October 31, 2025 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
With the Islamist Zohran Mamdani poised to be elected mayor of New York City next week, many have been scratching their heads over how any Jew could be voting for him. Read more
Incurable idiocy
October 31, 2025 by Michael Kuttner
Like a terminal illness, the genie of Jew and Israel hate cannot be put back in the bottle. Read more
A thought
October 31, 2025 by Jeremy Rosen
What is Wrong with Us? Read more
Shabbat Lech Lecha
October 30, 2025 by Jeremy Rosen
The Wandering Jew
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When you stand with an antisemite . . .
October 30, 2025 by Menachem Rosensaft
Menachem Rosensaft’s third essay focusing on Zohran Mamdani, tipped to be elected mayor of New York next week. Read more
In praise of ringing out danger
October 29, 2025 by Menachem Rosensaft
Not an ordinary requiem
October 28, 2025 by Shirley Politzer
A music review by Shirley Politzer Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past
October 28, 2025 by Ruth Lilian
Stephanie Deste – actor, dancer, radio broadcaster and beautician – Part 2 Read more
Broken Windows and Antisemitism
October 27, 2025 by Michael Easson
Businessman and former trade union leader, Dr Michael Easson, spoke yesterday at the Australians Against Antisemitism Rally at Martin Place in Sydney. Read more
Trump ban on Israel annexing part of West Bank is not forever
October 27, 2025 by David Singer
President Trump’s strident warning to Israel not to annex Judea and Samaria (West Bank) appears to presently apply to all of that territory, but not preclude Israel eventually annexing part of that territory after Trump’s 20-point peace plan for reconstructing Gaza has begun to be implemented. Read more
Feintooner
October 27, 2025 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Hamasniks on Holiday Read more
James Blunt: ‘Back to Bedlam’ 20th Anniversary Tour
October 27, 2025 by Alex First
A music review by Alex First Read more
Here You Come Again
October 24, 2025 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
The Letters of Frank Loesser
October 24, 2025 by Anne Sarzin
Broadway’s golden age and Frank Loesser Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more
Mish Mash
October 24, 2025 by Michael Kuttner
“A disorganized and confused mixture of different things, often suggesting a lack of planning or cohesion.” This definition seems to describe the current chaotic situation. Read more
The threat posed by Zohan Mamdani
October 24, 2025 by Menachem Rosensaft
By publicly and forcefully denouncing Zohran Mamdani as “a danger to the security of New York’s Jewish community,” Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of New York City’s Park Avenue Synagogue has demonstrated yet again why he is one of the most important and most influential Jewish leaders on the American scene. Read more
Galloping Islamization in Britain and America
October 24, 2025 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
In Britain and the United States, there are signs that creeping Islamization has now accelerated to a gallop. Read more
What would a Mayor Mamdani mean for American Jews?
October 24, 2025 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
The most famous former resident of New York City summed up the state of the mayor’s race succinctly. In the words of President Donald Trump, it’s “not looking too good” for either man trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from being elected mayor on Nov. 4. Read more
A time to say thank you
October 23, 2025 by Michael Oren
Walking down 3rd Avenue and 85th Street during a recent visit to New York, I was approached by a young, professionally-dressed woman who recognised me from news interviews. Read more
Anti-Israel demonstrators want to erase Jewish existence, including its music
October 21, 2025 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Israel-haters had been advocating for a ceasefire in Gaza ever since the Hamas-led mobs of Palestinians completed their orgy of mass murder, rape, torture, kidnapping and wanton destruction on Oct. 7, 2023. Read more
The Rest of Our Lives
October 21, 2025 by Anne Sarzin
Road trip exposes family fault lines Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more
The ceasefire illusion: confronting the hypocrisy of a movement that never wanted peace
October 21, 2025 by Michael Gencher
Yesterday, I was confronted by someone who insisted that Israel had broken the ceasefire. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past
October 21, 2025 by Ruth Lilian
Stephanie Deste – actor, dancer, radio broadcaster and beautician – Part 1 Read more
Trump & Bibi bury Biden/UN “State of Palestine” in Gaza’s rubble
October 20, 2025 by David Singer
President Trump’s confident declaration that the Israel-Gaza War is over has seen the State of Palestine envisioned and proposed by President Biden and adopted by the UN Security Council in Resolution 2735 on 10 June 2024 (Biden/UN State of Palestine) being buried in the rubble of Gaza: Read more
Feintooner
October 20, 2025 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Genocide by any other name Read more
‘Peeling away the layers of damage’
October 19, 2025 by Amelie Botbol - JNS
They have to learn how to live again—it’s like being reborn,” Tamar Pfeffer-Gik, a clinical dietitian at Rabin Medical Centre–Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah, told JNS on Wednesday about hostages returned from Gaza after two years in Hamas captivity. Read more
