Asi Wind brings more than magic to Sydney

For Israeli-born magician Asi Wind, magic is not about fooling people. It is about reaching them. Read more

Wishful Thinking

Despite increasing worldwide outbreaks of the world’s oldest virus, there are still far too many Jews who prefer to remain in blissful denial. Read more

The law and Donald Trump: Twisting it in America, then Israel

It is not sufficient for President Trump to wreck America’s legal system, but now he is extending his crusade to twist the law overseas. Read more

Far-right antisemitism: “a growing cancer”

An article by my friend Thane Rosenbaum should be read by and circulated to all those ostrich-like political conservatives who ignore, deny or trivialise present-day antisemitism in their midst. Read more

The conversations that actually matter after Bondi

Since the Bondi massacre on 14 December, the Jewish community has carried a familiar mix of grief, vigilance, and exhaustion. Read more

Hannah Senesh: dream and reality

Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more

From grief to hope: reflecting on a solidarity visit to Australia 

A distance of 14,000 kilometres separates Sydney, Australia, from Jerusalem. Yet it is a distance that seems to vanish in a moment of a single embrace. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

Marianne Helene Mathy – distinguished teacher of opera and classical singing Read more

Campus antisemitism exposed, but community says response falls short

The Australian Human Rights Commission’s ‘Respect at Uni’ report, released this week, has exposed the deep and personal impact of antisemitism on Australian university campuses. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: UN Notes from the Underground Read more

Pressure Jordan – not Israel – to end the Jewish-Arab conflict

There is continuing pressure on Israel to agree to the creation of a Palestinian Arab state between Israel and Jordan (two-State solution). Read more

Gaza’s disarmament headache

Amid the blood-drenched madness of Hamas’s pogrom in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, there was yet method. Read more

The deepening madness against the Jews

The tsunami of global antisemitism in the wake of the massacre of Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023, and during the Gaza war that followed, has caused as much bafflement as horror at the sheer perversity of this malevolence. Read more

On the other hand

Israel’s reputation as a cybersecurity powerhouse was on full display this week at a major industry summit in Tel Aviv, where government officials, startups, and international investors gathered to address the growing threats in the digital domain. Read more

Hansel & Gretel- now a spectacular opera

An Opera Review by Victor Grynberg Read more

2026 is election year

2026 will see the Israeli people go to elections. Read more

Will they or won’t they?

We are living at a time when life-defining decisions are avoided, and indecision, equivocation and double-dealing prevail. Read more

Desecration

The Epstein scandal is possibly the most serious example of the abuse of power and wealth in recent years in an open society. Read more

Postcode Is No Test for Antisemitism

Antisemitism should never be assessed by postcode. Yet it seems we are doing exactly that, and for Jews outside the traditional population centres, it undeniably feels that way. Read more

UN Secretary-General Guterres tops list of world’s Jew-haters

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres showed why he tops the list of the world’s Jew-haters – when he addressed the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) on 3 February. Read more

The Epstein files’ toxic mix of true crime and conspiracy theories

The federal government’s release of the latest tranche of files related to the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein set off another surge in interest in a case that continues to possess a hold on the imaginations of growing numbers of people. Read more

The West’s pragmatic fallacy

When people are called pragmatic, it’s meant to imply reasonableness and the ability to compromise, occupying the sensible middle ground. Read more

Reconnecting through business: the story behind Australia’s new Jewish executive network

A new national network for Australia’s Jewish business executives is preparing to launch chapters in Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast, with its co-founder saying the aftermath of the Bondi terror attack sharpened the need for trusted, values-based leadership spaces.

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On the other hand

The Ministry of Transportation approved Tesla to participate in a trial in which the company’s vehicles will drive on roads with supervised autonomous driving systems. Read more

Holocaust Day Scandals

I have always been conflicted about the response to the Holocaust. As a young boy, I was shocked to see pictorial evidence of how cruel human beings can be to each other. Read more

Jewish power, Big Apple style

At least one Jewish entity is prepared to protect its borders from an impending invasion. Read more

Unravelled and unhinged

This year was always going to be filled with drama, but the current phenomena of unhinged reactions and unravelling agendas must win first prize. Read more

L’Chaim – to Life: Andre Oboler Podcast

Morry Frenkel speaks with Dr Andre Oboler, CEO and Managing Director of the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI), about the organisation’s recent report, The Bondi Beach Chanukah Massacre. Read more

Shabbat Yitro

Mount Sinai Read more

The problem with “as a Jew” politics

I’ve long thought it’s usually best not to give provocateurs any oxygen. Read more

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