Biden must champion the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution
October 21, 2024 by David Singer
Israel’s elimination of 16 Hamas and Hezbollah leaders since 7 October 2023 has paved the way for President Biden to achieve what no other American President has accomplished: A Roadmap to finally end the unresolved 100 years-old conflict between Arabs and Jews. Read more
Australia admonishes Israeli, backs US Gaza aid call
October 16, 2024 by AAP
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has condemned the number of civilian deaths in Gaza and backed an American ultimatum to Israel to force a rise in the flow of aid. Read more
Columbia magazine’s troubling silence on antisemitism
October 16, 2024 by Menachem Rosensaft
I have read the autumn 2024 issue of Columbia Magazine, the glossy publication sent to around 350,000 graduates of the university’s undergraduate schools, cover to cover. Read more
The Festival of Succot
October 16, 2024 by Jeremy Rosen
Regime change only solution for Iran, observers say
October 15, 2024 by David Isaac - JNS
Tehran’s ballistic-missile bombardment of Israel on Oct. 1, the hot topic has been which Iranian assets to hit in Israel’s expected retaliatory strike. Some observers say the target should be regime change. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past
October 15, 2024 by Ruth Lilian
Dr Ernst Leslie Fuchs – a key advocate of the International Modern Movement in Australian architecture Read more
Lessons learnt after October 7
October 15, 2024 by Julie Nathan
A year after the October 7 massacre of Israelis in 2023, what have we learnt? For Jews in the diaspora, there have been several lessons. Read more
Feintooner
October 14, 2024 by Feintooner
Jew-hatred at United Nations could have been avoided
October 14, 2024 by David Singer
The beginnings of the Jew-hatred endemic in the United Nations today can be traced to President Obama and Vice President Biden failing to veto Security Council Resolution 2334 (Resolution 2334) – adopted on 23 December 2016 – as both were in the very act of preparing to vacate the White House to make way for Donald Trump. Read more
INTO THE FRAY: November: Persian preferences
October 14, 2024 by J-Wire
Translated into Persian, the search for peace and regional stability—the oft-aired aspiration of the Biden-Harris administration—means giving Tehran the bomb. Read more
War fatigue settles among Palestinians
October 13, 2024 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
One year after the Hamas atrocities in southern Israel ignited a multi-front war between the Jewish state and Iran’s regional proxies, a discernible trend is emerging among many Palestinians, especially those in Gaza. They are getting tired of the war. Read more
On the other hand
October 13, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
This year’s celebrations of Sukkot will be rather surreal in Israel. Read more
The pro-Palestinian protest marches are the antithesis of peaceful
October 13, 2024 by Ron Weiser
Much has changed in Israel in the past few weeks, whilst many things remain the same. Read more
The Jewish moment
October 11, 2024 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Earlier this week, there was a sound that has become all too rare. It was a Western political leader expressing unequivocal moral clarity. Read more
Days of judgment
October 11, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
One of the prayers recited during Rosh Hashanah services deals with what may lie ahead in the year to come. Read more
Yom Kippur Eve
October 11, 2024 by Jeremy Rosen
Hope or Trust? Read more
Deborah Conway: new challenges for a brave artist
October 10, 2024 by Anne Sarzin
A book review by Anne Sarzin Read more
L’Chaim to Life
October 10, 2024 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Peter Hartcher, award-winning political and international editor of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age newspapers, and non-resident Fellow at the Lowy Institute, about his op-ed in the above papers, titled, ‘Too ugly to imagine: Australia can’t allow ancient hatreds, like antisemitism, to fester’. Read more
Moira hones actors’ skills
Sydney’s B’nai B’rith Players have fine-tuned their acting skills under the tutorage of well-respected producer/director Moira Blumenthal. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past
October 8, 2024 by Ruth Lilian
Stefan Friedrich Smerd – world-renowned solar physicist Read more
October 7 and the antisemitic flood
October 7, 2024 by Andre Oboler
In Australia, it is now October 7, the first anniversary of the horrific Hamas terrorist attack that killed 1,200 people in Israel. Read more
Feintooner
October 7, 2024 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Persona non grata race to disgrace. Read more
Israel condemns United Nations & Secretary-General Guterres
October 7, 2024 by David Singer
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Israel Katz have launched an unprecedented attack on the United Nations (UN) and its Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the eve of the first anniversary of Gaza’s invasion of Israel. Read more
A poem for October 7
October 7, 2024 by Menachem Rosensaft
october 7 mourning in fury Read more
Explainer: Why southern Lebanon is key to the Israel-Hezbollah conflict
October 6, 2024 by Pesach Benson
The volatile region of southern Lebanon has long been a focal point in the ongoing Israel-Hezbollah conflict. Read more
‘Regional stability’: The Mirage of the Middle East
October 6, 2024 by Bruce S. Ticker
To “pursue regional stability” is probably the most worrisome phrase uttered to date by any political leader, namely New York’s U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, in spite of Israel’s astonishing rout of Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Etudes/Circle Electric (The Australian Ballet)
October 6, 2024 by Alex First
A ballet review by Alex First Read more
Tina: The Tina Tuner Musical
October 6, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Dry Bones
October 2, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
It’s not just New Year…. Read more
Netanyahu rebounds after political and military successes
October 1, 2024 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a spectacular and dramatic week. Read more
