Dry Bones: High Court decision

Jewish unity in a time of war… Read more

Lightscape

A Melbourne spectacle at the Royal Botanic Gardens, reviewed by Alex First Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past

Morris Mondle Phillips – a trailblazer for the legal profession Read more

Dry Bones: History Books

History books. Read more

All of France raped a 12-year-old Jewish girl

The 12-year-old Jewish girl just raped in Paris had committed two mortal sins in the eyes of the rapists: She was Jewish. Read more

Twelve tough questions and simple answers about Israel

My good friend, Taglit-Birthright Israel’s CEO Gidi Mark, challenged me recently: “Can you offer short, punchy answers to some of the pressing questions our participants have—and some of the accusations being thrown at them?”…writes Gil Troy. Read more

Biden & UN must rethink two Arab States in former Palestine

Security Council Resolution 2735 adopted on 10 June calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza-Israel War -has included a call for the creation of a new Arab State between Israel and Jordan – the two successor States to the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine and currently sovereign rulers in 94% of former Palestine: Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Feasting on Famine Read more

Israeli self-repairing glass might revolutionize satellites, biomedicine and more

Israeli researchers have unveiled a highly transparent, self-repairing adhesive glass that forms spontaneously upon contact with water. Read more

A Kiwi in Kibbutz Kfar Aza

The man with the microphone explains that Shavout is an agricultural festival where we celebrate the crops harvested throughout the previous year. He tells us that the most important crop is not the apples, the wheat or the avocados. The harvest most cherished is the children born into the community during the past 12 months…writes David Kepes. Read more

Israel’s challenges

Prime Minister Netanyahu is a man under huge pressure on multiple fronts. Some of his own making and some not. Read more

On the other hand

Israel’s summer has kicked in with soaring temperatures. Read more

When Night Comes (Broad Encounters)

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

The Last Train to Madeline

If you are looking to attend a superbly executed, exciting and energetic new play featuring top-notch acting, look no further than Fever103 Theatre’s The Last Train to Madeline. It is a breath of fresh air. Read more

The ‘Gaza famine’ myth

It’s now quite clear that there are simply no facts at all—none—that will alter the fixed narrative of lies, distortions and blood libels with which the liberal internationalist order is demonizing and delegitimizing Israel. Read more

Frantz Fanon

As a student I was a fan of Frantz Fanon, a black Frenchman born in Martinique. He was a psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary, and writer whose work was and remains influential in the fields of post-colonial studies, critical theory, and Marxism. Read more

Senseless Silence

There comes a time when in the face of unremitting enmity, silence is no longer a viable option. Read more

The Choir by ABBA The Museum

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Despicable Me 4

A movie review by Alex First Read more

Shabbat Beha’alotecha – A Just War

Amongst the many topics in this week’s Torah reading is the seemingly incidental one of the two silver trumpets. Read more

Terezin Memorial director’s connection to Holocaust is deeply personal

The two teenage Jewish girls from the former Czechoslovakia lived just 60 miles apart in 1942, but in totally different worlds, the one speaking German and the other Czech. Read more

Time to unmask the pro-Hamas thugs

Americans have seen this movie before. Politically motivated masked thugs who gather to intimidate, silence and sometimes inflict violence on the objects of their hate are nothing new in this country. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past

Rabbi Lazarus Morris Goldman – his whole soul was dedicated to life in Australia – an achiever and most dedicated human being Read more

Iran’s fingerprints on Oct. 7 massacre ‘well-documented’

When thousands of Hamas-led terrorists murdered some 1,200 Israeli men, women and children on Oct. 7 and kidnapped hundreds of others, it further exposed how Iran supported and funded Hamas and continues to foment regional unrest. Read more

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

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

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

Responding to Hezbollah’s strategic offensive

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

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

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

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