From Australia’s Jewish past

Slawa Duldig née Horowitz – inventor, artist, interior designer, and teacher Read more

No compromises with Hezbollah, evacuees returning to northern Israeli ghost town urge

Marking nine months away from their homes, evacuated residents of Israel’s northern border communities trekked to the abandoned town of Shlomi to call on the government to make no compromises with Hezbollah. Read more

‘A Divided Kingdom’: The discord within Hamas’s fragmenting leadership

After nine months of war, the Hamas leadership is fragmenting as internal conflicts and airstrikes on key figures take a toll. Read more

The Great Synagogue’s WOW ‘Women of Worth’ is back

The day-long event at Sydney’s The Great Synagogue promises inspiring speakers, a variety of interactive discussions, and fun activities. Read more

For many Palestinians, the ‘day after’ should look just like the ‘day before’

More than nine months after the Israel-Hamas war began, many Palestinians are convinced that the “day after” in the Gaza Strip will be a return to the pre-Oct. 7 era, in which the Iran-backed terrorist group still has control of the coastal enclave. Read more

Jewish World must confront Biden and UN on anti-Jewish policies

The Jewish World needs to denounce the decision forged by President Biden with the United Nations Security Council on 10 June – covertly embodied in Resolution 2735 – calling for the unification of Gaza and the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority (Biden/Security Council solution). Read more

Netanyahu’s challenge in Congress

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned speech this month to the United States Congress poses complex challenges to Israel…writes Avinoam Bar-Yosef. Read more

‘If Israel comes to rescue you, we’ll kill you’

Andrey Kozlov, rescued from Hamas captivity by the Israel Defence Forces on June 9, feels fortunate to have survived his ordeal. Read more

On the other hand

Would you get into a stranger’s car if they offered you a ride? Read more

The problem is what Biden remembers, not what he forgets

Reviews of President Joe Biden’s much-anticipated July 11 NATO press conference were mixed. Read more

The war against the Jews

We have to face without flinching what is now undeniable: There is a war across the globe raging against the Jewish people. It’s a war not just to destroy their national homeland but to drive them out of people’s heads, their conscience and their world. Read more

A murder during the British Mandate

Alexander Rubowitz, a sixteen-year-old Jerusalemite, left his home on May 6, 1947, and never returned. Read more

Sanitisation

The only way to eliminate lethal pathogens is to thoroughly sanitize the infected areas. Read more

Painting a portrait of Rabbi Paul Lewin

Renowned local artist Ann Milch has completed a portrait of Rabbi Paul Lewin, marking his twenty years of dedicated service to Sydney’s The North Shore Synagogue’s congregation. Read more

A night of musique française

Although all three of last night’s SSO composers were French, they presented clearly contrasting works, with not a whiff of impressionism from any. Read more

Alan Gold: 1945-2024

Alan Gold was a man of words. His professional life was filled with them, with over 20 books, countless book reviews, columns, and speeches to his name. Read more

Shalom Australian Jewish Book Awards

Sydney-based Shalom has announced the creation of a new prize under the banner of the Shalom Australian Jewish Book Awards to recognise excellence in contemporary Australian fiction and non-fiction and to inspire and support current and future Jewish Australian authors. Read more

The 80th anniversary of the deportation of Jews from Rhodes

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Kamala Harris thinks campus antisemites are very fine people

One of the inevitable results of President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance last month and subsequent refusal to drop out of the 2024 presidential race in November is the increasing attention being paid to his running mate. Read more

Shabbat Chukat: The Unknowable

There are various words for law in the Bible. Read more

L’Chaim to Life: Dan Coleman – It’s not easy being a Jewish Green

Morry Frenkel speaks with Dan Coleman, an environmental activist for almost 40 years, co-founder in 2016 of the Jewish Greens Working Group and since January this year, a former member of the Australian Greens, about his time as a ‘Green’ and the circumstances that led him to resign from that party. Dan also talks about the dismal outlook for the environment due to global governmental inaction. Read more

A conversation with conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya

Lidiya Yankovskaya left her home city of St Petersburg in 1995 to seek a new home with her family in Albany, New York, escaping the rampant antisemitism sweeping the Russian city. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past

Robert Pikler – violinist, violist and conductor Read more

On the other hand

Who doesn’t relish the taste of homemade Shabbat meals? Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Elections and Deceptions Read more

UN can no longer ignore Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution

President Biden has ended the Security Council’s failed eight-year pursuit to achieve a nebulous two-state solution embodied in Resolution 2334 (2016) – replacing it with his own specific two-state solution contained in United States of America Draft Resolution S/2024/448  – adopted by the Security Council 14-0 as Resolution 2735 on 10 June. Read more

Can Israel afford to stand up to America?

There’s no denying the severe tensions between the Biden administration and the Israeli government over the war being waged against Israel by Iran and its proxies. Read more

L’Chaim to Life: Senator Paul Scarr “a lack of specific programs to combat antisemitism”

Morry Frenkel speaks with Senator Paul Scarr, member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and Liberal Senator for Queensland, who is currently chairing the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee enquiring into right-wing extremist movements in Australia.

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Il Trittico – an opera review by Murray Dahm

Puccini’s Il Trittico is a peculiar piece. Its name is the Italian for a triptych, three panels of the same (usually religious) artwork related to one another. Read more

Freedom march in Melbourne on Sunday

This Sunday, July 7, a freedom march will take place around Caulfield Park to mark nine months since the unprecedented attack on Israel by Hamas in which some 1200 people were brutally murdered and more than 240 were taken hostage. Read more

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