Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: The Secretary Whisperer. Read more

Dry Bones: It’s criminal

Will ‘wokeism’ destroy Western civilisation? Read more

Biden’s and Blinken’s words do real harm

Words matter. That’s the thing to remember about the libellous descriptions of Israel’s efforts to eradicate Hamas terrorists that came forth from both U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in recent days. Read more

Mitch Albom’s new Holocaust novel is about ‘price we pay for the lies we tell’

On a visit to Yad Vashem 10 years ago, Mitch Albom, the sports journalist turned inspirational book author, was struck by a story that emerged from one of the video displays. Read more

IDF ready for war to expand north, commander says

The Israel Defence Forces is committed to changing “the security reality” in northern Israel, a senior IDF commander pledged to northern residents on Friday, amid continued Hezbollah attacks and Israeli Air Force strikes on Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon. Read more

When fighting antisemitism, you can’t pick and choose

It was one of those incidents that you never expect will happen to you, but when it does, it changes your life irrevocably. Read more

Meet Colin Krycer

Henry Greener chats with Colin Krycer who has recently been awarded an OAM. Read more

On the other hand

According to the Israel Meteorological Authority, this winter has seen the most beneficial rainfall in thirty years. Read more

South Africa. Time to leave?

Why is South Africa leading the outpouring of hatred towards Israel? Is the writing on the wall? Is it because of endemic anti-Semitism? Or is there something more to this than meets the eye?
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‘Is this the little play I carried?’: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ turns 60 

As the Good Book says … Read more

L’Chaim to Life: Senator Simon Birmingham

Maurice Klein speaks with Senator Simon Birmingham, Liberal Party Senator for South Australia since May 2007 and is the current Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs. Read more

Olamit Wolf feeds the troops: she chats with Henry Greener

Olamit Wolf is a foodie with a huge mission…to provide masses of healthy, nutritious, convenient food daily to the IDF soldiers, the evacuees and the injured in Israel. Read more

INTO THE FRAY: Comparing Coalitions

While the current coalition is far from unblemished, things could be worse—and have been recently, Read more

Israel must dismantle and replace UNRWA

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks following revelations that approximately 10% of its 12,000 Gaza workforce are linked to Hamas, with at least 12 participating directly in the terrorist group’s Oct. 7 massacre. Read more

Candide

A Melbourne operetta review by Alex First Read more

Beware of the small print

When offered a deal that sounds too good to be true, it is always advisable to read the small print. Read more

Shabbat Mishpatim: Laws and Words

After the so-called Ten Commandments (which are principles) we come to a section called Mishpatim. Read more

Force of Nature: The Dry 2

A movie review by Alex First Read more

The 7 Deadly Myths: Antisemitism from the Time of Christ to Kanye West

Alex Ryvchin’s book reviewed by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen Read more

Researcher has sounded alarm for decades about hate in UNRWA camps

Palestinian children in U.N. Relief and Works Agency camps, mere yards from the border with Israel, talk in a video about killing Jews and returning to their land. “The actions of Hamas match the ideology of UNRWA,” the narrator says. Read more

‘Farce, desperate scheme to save UNRWA,’ critics slam UN review of its agency’s neutrality

Following allegations that a dozen employees of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East participated directly in Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel, the United States and other nations announced their suspension of future funds, pending an investigation. Read more

Hitler’s Jewish Soldier: Part 1 on SBS Thursday

Dubbed “The Mascot,” Hitler’s youngest soldier was, remarkably, a Jewish boy who hid his secret in Australia for almost fifty years before embarking on a rollercoaster ride to uncover his true identity. Read more

Australia’s Jewish Past: Barbara Nancy Brash – renowned artist and printmaker

Barbara’s grandfather, Marcus Brasch, as we have known from last week’s story and that of Lena Brash, became the owner of the largest music business in Australia – Brashs. Read more

‘Allowing Hamas to stay in Gaza is not acceptable’

An interview with Israel’s former U.N. envoy Danny Danon. Read more

Riyadh wants declaration on Palestinian state for Israel ties

Arabia would suffice with a declared Israeli commitment to the two-state solution in order to normalise ties with Jerusalem as part of a broad agreement, including a defence pact with the United States. Read more

Israel & Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine: Biden’s new solution?

President Biden needs to urgently answer three questions following these remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast: Read more

Groundhog Day: The Musical

A Melbourne theatre reviewed by Alex First Read more

It’s Biden who’s playing politics with the Gaza war, not Bibi

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reputation as a master political schemer and a cynical seeker of power is so deeply embedded in the public consciousness that there is literally nothing he can do without being accused of acting only to seek some sort of advantage over his opponents. Read more

This is not 1938

The International Court of Justice has delivered its interim judgment on the South African government’s “genocide” charge against Israel. Read more

America and Britain cross a treacherous red line

Fears that the Biden administration’s bear hug of embattled Israel is the prelude to eating it alive were dramatically enhanced this week. Read more

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