From Australia’s Jewish Past: Lena Brasch – Actor and Artists Model – Part 1

Selina Venus Brasch was born in North Melbourne on 9 November 1874. She was the youngest child of Wolfe and Esther Brasch. Read more

Doing good deeds or praying – which is more important?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon:  Papal Bull 1943-2023 Read more

Maestro: a film review by Alex First

American conductor, composer, pianist, teacher and author Leonard Bernstein (25^th August 1918 to 14^th October 1990) was feted the world over for his talent. Read more

UN and Biden continue to ignore Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine

The passage of United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 2720 on 22 December signals that the UN and President Biden will not be playing any constructive role in resolving the future of Gaza and its population after the Israel-Gaza War is ended. Read more

Iconic Jewish Women

The inspiring life stories of fifty-nine remarkable Jewish women from past and present come together to create the perfect gift for young girls on the precipice of their teenage years as well as the adults in their lives. Read more

L’Chaim to Life: Michelle Pearse – Silence no more: confronting antisemitism in Australia

Michelle Pearse, CEO of The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL), calls out this rampant spread of hatred that demands our collective voice and strong, decisive leadership. Read more

On the other hand

Israel’s war against terror has unleashed an unprecedented tsunami of Jew hate not seen since the days of the 1930s. Read more

Dry Bones: Resupplying Hamas

What the “humanitarian aid” in Gaza really means. Read more

Oct 7: Not an international crime to kill soldiers, says UN’s Francesca Albanese

Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur for Palestinian rights, has courted controversy among Israel supporters for her one-sided faulting of Israel for its conflict with the Palestinians and comments she has made which have been widely interpreted as antisemitic. Read more

Rising from the ruins of a generation of Israeli doctrine

Two underlying assumptions guided Israel’s security establishment for the past generation. The first asserted that with the end of the Cold War, the era of conventional wars had ended. In the present age, brains, rather than brawn, would rule the roost. Read more

Biden needs to sober up about the Palestinians

It’s a debate the Israeli government neither wants nor thinks it needs to engage in right now. Read more

The revival of an ancient calumny

There’s an unmistakable drumbeat to the antisemitism that’s erupted across the West in the wake of the Oct. 7 pogrom. In response to the genocidal Jew-hatred fuelling Hamas and the Palestinian Arabs, an even older form of the oldest hatred has surfaced—Christian hostility to the Jews. Read more

Dry Bones: Whose rules?

The world failed to come to Israel’s defence after Oct. 7. Read more

If I Am Not for Me

Community Security Trust v Shtadlanut Read more

Three wise men

According to Christian tradition, it was about this time of the year that three “wise” men appeared in Bethlehem to visit a newborn Jewish baby. Read more

Podcast: L’Chaim to Life: Michael Gawenda – Journalists are thrashing their own brand

Morry Frenkel speaks with Michael Gawenda, three-time Walkley award recipient,  former editor and editor-in-chief of The Age and inaugural Director of the Centre for Advanced Journalism, at the University of Melbourne, about the current state in Australia of journalism and the way it is practiced by journalists, particularly with reference to the Israel-Gaza war. Read more

A soldier’s tale: The parakeet in the abandoned school on the Gaza border

Sderot is located less than a mile from the Gaza Strip. Some ninety per cent of the town’s 30,000 residents fled on October 7 after Hamas invaded southern Israel. Read more

Shabbat Vayigash: Diplomacy

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‘It reminded me of the Holocaust,’ says grandma freed from Gaza

Terrified, hungry and all alone in captivity in Gaza for over a month, Argentinian-born Ofelia Roitman hoarded small pieces of pita bread from the meagre rations she received from her Hamas terrorist captors. Read more

Why is there no Palestinian state?

When Jesus the Jew walked the laneways and pathways of Jerusalem, he saw neither mosque nor church, for the religions they represented had not yet come into existence. Read more

L’Chaim to Life: Senator Jacqui Lambie – Terrorists don’t care; so smarten up Australia

Maurice Klein speaks with Senator Jacqui Lambie, the Independent Senator for Tasmania, who does not hold back in calling out terrorism and the rising level of hateful antisemitism in Australia. Read more

Behind the headlines

Media headlines about the current campaign to deal with Hamas generally fail to convey the human dramas involved…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Lalla Miranda – a forgotten brilliant soprano

Lalla was born in Melbourne in 1874 and grew up in a house named ‘Natal House’ after her parents had visited South Africa before settling in Fitzroy. Read more

‘Shadows of Children’: Israel’s youngest hostages face long journey to recovery

Is it OK to eat? Can we look out the window? Is it alright to leave the room? Read more

Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine offers Gazans hope post-war

The Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS) is shaping up as the only solution capable of providing the besieged population of Gaza with a better future after the Israel-Gaza war ends. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Gaza Fatah Fatwah Read more

Any problem for a Jew wishing a Christian “Merry Xmas”?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

On the other hand

Israel has always been known as the country where volunteering is of prime importance. Read more

Wrath of God II: To win, Israel must assassinate Hamas leaders everywhere

Israel’s military achievements against Hamas are impressive. As part of its campaign to destroy the terrorist group, Israel has reportedly struck over 22,000 targets in the Gaza Strip and has killed some 7,000 fighters since the war broke out. Read more

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