On the other hand

The Land of Milk and Honey is preparing for another Rosh Hashanah. Read more

Two plans, one standard: why the islamophobia report must be judged against the antisemitism plan

In the space of just a few months, Australians have been handed two national reports on hate: one on antisemitism by Jillian Segal, and one on Islamophobia by Aftab Malik. Read more

Trump can reverse Obama & Biden sell-out of Jewish People to UN

President Trump is facing a deadline of 22 September – the date the United Nations General Assembly convenes to recognise a fictitious and non-existent State of Palestine – to reverse the sell-out of the Jewish People to the United Nations Security Council by Trump’s predecessors President Obama and President Biden. Read more

Carmel Reunion

I have just returned from a very moving and memorable reunion of pupils of the Jewish Boarding school Carmel College my father founded in 1948 until it closed in 1997. Read more

The 39 Steps

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

A shocking watershed for America

The murder of the young conservative activist Charlie Kirk wasn’t just a horrifying crime. Read more

Selective morality

Israel currently faces an international firestorm of conscious hypocrisy and moral blindness wrapped in a veneer of mass myopia. Read more

America’s unreliable Middle East ‘ally’ is Qatar, not Israel

The anger from the international community, as well as the Muslim and Arab world, about Israel’s airstrike on members of the Hamas leadership in Doha, Qatar, was matched only by the outrage coming from the American foreign-policy establishment. Read more

Abraham: the First Jew

Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more

Shabbat Ki Tavo

Mount Ebal Read more

Landmark Jewish music event ‘Songs of Strength’ set to unite community

Following the success of the ‘Songs of Hope’ concert in Sydney last year, ‘Songs of Strength’ will also be staged in Melbourne this September, bringing the biggest night of Jewish music in years to Melbourne.

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Israel shatters Hamas’s Doha sanctuary

In one dramatic strike, Israel has upended the rules of the game. Read more

Which council offers wise counsel?

“Are you the Judean People’s Front?” Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

Werner Felix Baer – musician, composer, and broadcaster
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Sorry, Baby

A  movie review by Alex First Read more

Israeli & Saudi solutions can resolve Judea & Samaria claims

A new solution to end Jewish and Arab claims to sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) has emerged this past week: Israel will annex 82% under a plan proposed by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich with the remaining 18% becoming exclaves of Jordan as predicated in the 2022 Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution authored by Ali Shihabi – an advisor to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (Smotrich-Shihabi solution) Read more

Giveaways: Went up the Hill

Thanks to Vendetta Films, we have five double passes to give away to Went Up The Hill, a film starring Vicky Krieps and Dacre Montgomery, opening in selected cinemas in Sydney and Melbourne on August 28. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: The International Association of Genocidal Scholars Read more

The same hatred, a new generation

On 31 August 2025, thousands marched across Australia under the banner of the “March for Australia.” Read more

Why the IAGS resolution is fundamentally flawed

The inherent problem with the International Association of Genocide Scholars’ recent “Resolution on the Situation in Gaza” is not its criticism of the policies and actions of the government of the State of Israel. Read more

INTO THE FRAY: The “emirates” plan – A political train wreck in the making

Despite the glaring and perilous flaws in the two-state paradigm, not everything that is not a two-state proposal is a better policy option. The “emirates” plan is a prime example of this. Read more

On the other hand

The daily demonising of Israel has well and truly embedded itself in the minds of millions around the globe. Read more

A time to stand strong with Jews in the land Down Under

The Jewish community of Australia has long served as a model of integration, resilience and commitment. Read more

An alternative universe

Israel’s elimination last weekend of Abu Obeida, the spokesman of Hamas’s military wing, was a far more significant development than many at first realised. Read more

Knaves and fools

Knaves are dishonest, deceitful, and untrustworthy individuals, whereas fools are characterised as foolish, ignorant, or lacking in wisdom. Read more

The Roses

A movie review by Alex First Read more

‘20 square kilometres of Gaza City left to seize’

As the IDF masses troops on the outskirts of Gaza City, Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir declared on Tuesday that the military will not stop until it achieves a “decisive victory.” Read more

Trump and Rubio reject the Palestinian victimhood narrative

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio invited the scorn of the world with his announcement last week that Washington was barring officials from the Palestinian Authority from entering the country in order to attend the meeting this month of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Read more

What a croc!!!! Israel ‘destroy(ed) the two-state solution’?

Quite the mystery. Who destroyed the two-state solution? Let us investigate Riyad Mansour’s slam-dunk allegation as to which party “destroy(ed) the two-state solution.” Read more

Bizet’s Carmen: new production absolutely dazzling

An opera review by Victor Grynberg Read more

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