Feintooner
January 26, 2026 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Bored with Peace Read more
Bondi Beach massacre sparks online hate storm, report warns of normalised antisemitism
January 25, 2026 by Rob Klein
In the aftermath of the terrorist shooting at Bondi Beach, online platforms erupted in antisemitism and Islamophobia, according to a new report from the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI).
Trump’s end run around the old world order
January 25, 2026 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
The fact that it was formally unveiled in Davos, Switzerland, told us everything we need to know about President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace. Read more
Don’t forget Iran!
January 25, 2026 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
The pace and range of U.S. President Donald Trump’s foreign-policy initiatives are simply dizzying. Read more
On the other hand
January 25, 2026 by Michael Kuttner
Approximately 70,000 Israelis are estimated go hiking in the coming days, the Israel Nature and Parks Authority (INPA) said recently, issuing several warnings in light of recent stormy weather. Read more
A Caesar in the White House
January 23, 2026 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
This was the week when much of the West woke up to the realisation that the old world order was dead. A new one was being born, and they didn’t like it at all. And it’s far from clear that Israel can rest easy either. Read more
The Haskalah
January 23, 2026 by Jeremy Rosen
SHIR to perform at ‘Australia Day Live’ in historic first for Jewish music
January 23, 2026 by Rob Klein
SHIR will take to the stage at ‘Australia Day Live’ this Monday night on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House, marking a first for the national event and a moment of deep significance for the Jewish community.
Sold down the river
January 23, 2026 by Michael Kuttner
Betrayal and abandonment are situations that have regularly confronted Jews over the last two thousand years. Read more
Condolences are not leadership
January 22, 2026 by Michael Gencher
While Parliament has stood to offer condolence motions following the Bondi Beach terror attack, Australians have been told that unity, grief, and social cohesion are our shared response. Read more
Shabbat Bo
January 22, 2026 by Jeremy Rosen
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Coexistence and other Fighting Words
January 20, 2026 by Anne Sarzin
Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more
Joshua Belinfante: learning from master filmmakers, telling his own stories
January 20, 2026 by Rob Klein
Young Australian filmmaker Joshua Belinfante has been mentored by two of the world’s most influential directors, German Werner Herzog and Iranian Asghar Farhadi, experiences he describes as defining and deliberately challenging.
Zubin Mehta’s tone-deaf chutzpah
January 19, 2026 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
In an interview on Jan. 15 with India Today’s Rajdeep Sardesai, conductor Zubin Mehta proudly announced that he had cancelled all of his scheduled performances in Israel for the coming year “because of [his] objection to Mr. [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s way of treating the whole Palestinian issue.” Read more
United Nations has prolonged Jewish-Arab conflict since 1974
January 19, 2026 by David Singer
The United Nations (UN) has never been a real player in securing an end to the Jewish-Arab conflict since it extended a rousing welcome to Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Chairman Yasir Arafat on 13 November 1974. Read more
Unique Holocaust education programme “In My Pocket” expands to Lithuania
January 19, 2026 by Rob Klein
The “In My Pocket” initiative, an innovative Holocaust education programme developed in Australia, has now extended to Lithuania.
On the other hand
January 18, 2026 by Michael Kuttner
Israel’s first vertiport for aerial taxis is set to be built at Atidim Park, a major business and high-tech complex in Tel Aviv. Read more
The high stakes in Iran
January 16, 2026 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
The stupendous courage of the Iranian people has inspired awe at this massive display of unquenchable human spirit. Read more
From surviving to thriving: new research guides mental health care for childhood cancer
January 16, 2026 by Pesach Benson
When treatment for childhood cancer ends, the emotional consequences often continue long afterwards, according to a new Israeli study that points to persistent psychological distress among both survivors and their parents more than a year after therapy has been completed. Read more
Distorted language over war crimes
January 16, 2026 by Bruce S. Ticker
It’s elementary
January 16, 2026 by Michael Kuttner
It is amazing how something that is simple, basic, fundamental and easy to understand can frequently be made complicated and complex. Read more
Shabbat Vaeyra
January 16, 2026 by Jeremy Rosen
Hearing but not Listening Read more
10,000 Hours (Gravity & Other Myths)
January 16, 2026 by Alex First
Acrobatic excellence at a level you are most unlikely to have seen…writes Alex First. Read more
INTO THE FRAY: Much to worry about
January 15, 2026 by Martin Sherman
Looking back over the last several decades, citizens of Israel will find much reason for grave concern over the aptitude of the country’s leadership. Indeed, almost all of those who held- and some who still hold—senior positions of national responsibility have raised ideas, which have either precipitated trauma and tragedy or, by mere good fortune, have not done so. Read more
Adelaide Writers’ Week and the dangerous misuse of “free speech”
January 14, 2026 by Michael Gencher
The collapse of Adelaide Writers’ Week 2026 has been widely described as a free speech controversy. Read more
Can Trump avoid repeating Obama’s blunders vis à vis Tehran?
January 14, 2026 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
At the moment, it’s far from clear whether the growing anti-government protests inside Iran will succeed in toppling the Islamist tyrants that have ruled since 1979. Read more
Mamdani’s condemnation of Hamas is a step in the right direction
January 14, 2026 by Menachem Rosensaft
I consider the fact that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the antisemitic rhetoric used by demonstrators outside a Queens synagogue this past Thursday to be far more significant than quibbling over the timeliness of his response. Read more
Your say – the Wilcox cartoon
Reader Alan Slade writes: Read more
Feintooner
January 12, 2026 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon by Feintooner: The ups and downs of political protests Read more
United Nations remains epicentre of worldwide Jew-hatred
January 12, 2026 by David Singer
The United Nations has retained its position as the epicentre of world Jew-hatred in 2025, with the United Nations General Assembly adopting: Read more
