Shabbat Beshalach: Ancient events modern lessons

When Moshe led the Children of Israel out of Egypt, they headed due east. Read more

Letter from America: Now they are getting in my face

In my neighbourhood in Philadelphia, in my haven away from obnoxious, law-breaking pro-Hamas activists, a billboard sponsored by an Arab/Muslim group emerges ahead for motorists travelling south on Bustleton Avenue that posted the words, in black print, “Don’t stop talking about…” followed below in blood-red larger print: “PALESTINE.” Read more

Seventeen

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Fatal Amnesia

There are many contagious diseases to which humanity can succumb. Read more

How Kabbalah changed Judaism

There has always been a strong mystical strain of Judaism, going as far back as the prophet Elijah and the chariot that took him up to heaven. Read more

Henry Greener chats with Yossi Goldfarb

Yossi Goldfarb talks about Current Affairs relating to the ongoing Gaza War and how it affects our community and his position as President of Zionism Victoria. Read more

Hamas is weakening, but the campaign against it will be lengthy

While the Israel Defence Forces is gaining ground against Hamas by the day, destroying it as a military force will take time, according to former IDF officers. Read more

Malevo

A Melbourne entertainment review by Alex First Read more

Dry Bones: With allies like these …

An Israeli twist on the age-old adage, “With friends like these, who needs enemies?” Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…Two-State Haste makes Waste. Read more

Biden opens UN door to Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution

President Biden has seemingly indicated that he is now prepared to consider backing the normalisation of relationships between Israel and Saudi Arabia – if both acknowledge they favour implementing any solution – other than Biden’s preferred two-state solution – to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read more

The Iron Claw

A movie review by Alex First Read more

Israel has repeatedly been mugged by reality

At its core, Zionism is all about Jewish self-determination. Read more

On the other hand

“The avocados have arrived.” Read more

Priscilla

A movie review by Alex First Read more

World In Crisis

According to Bartelby in the Economist last week, we are heading towards a global disaster. Read more

The West’s lethal error in the war against Israel

In the current war in the Middle East, it’s a given that a distinction must be drawn between Hamas and the “ordinary” Palestinian Arab residents of Gaza. Read more

From Paris to The Hague

“From Paris to the Hague sees the return of the same old plague.” Read more

Dry Bones: Here’s the beef!

Israeli “cultivated beef” technology enables the production of steaks and burgers without slaughtering animals and just received government approval for sale to the public. Read more

Shabbat Bo: Lessons from the Exodus

There are two themes amongst the many in this week’s Torah that stand out as being particularly relevant at this moment in time. Read more

All the Rest

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Genocide allegations against Israel endanger Jews everywhere 

The South African government’s application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on grotesquely false allegations of genocide against Israel needs to be seen for what it is: A defamatory lie that not only threatens the Jewish state but stigmatises and endangers Jews throughout the Diaspora. Read more

Dry Bones: Trump again?

Ten months from now, could Trump return? Like Shrek? Will we still be fighting this war for survival? Read more

Into the Fray: Incredible imbecility

The historical record bodes ill for initiatives to engineer a Pax Israeliana (an Israel-induced peace) between Israel and its Arab adversaries. Read more

A visit to Germany and Hungary

My father had a lifelong enmity for Germany. Read more

Legends in Concert

A review by Alex First Read more

President Isaac Herzog: 100 days of war

A hundred days have passed since life was halted, the skies darkened, and we, all of us, were exposed to a boiling and horrifying cauldron of terror and deep-seated hatred unleashed upon us. Read more

Dry Bones: The ICJ farce

Germany speaks up … Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Hague Hoax Read more

Q. Do Jews take astrology seriously?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

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