Jewish origins of Mozart’s librettist a ‘poorly kept secret’

One of the most important librettists, or authors of operatic texts, in music history, was born Jewish, but his origins weren’t known widely until the Nazis banned works of Jewish artists during the Holocaust. Read more

Dry Bones: Urban warfare

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The Biden administration’s war against the government of Israel

The war rages in the Gaza Strip, northern Israel, Lebanon, Eilat and on the streets of Israel’s cities as Iran’s Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, Iraqi and Yemeni proxies maintain and escalate their operations against the Jewish state. Read more

Photographers who joined the Oct. 7 pogrom deserve censure, not awards

What is the obligation of a reporter or news photographer covering an act of terrorism or warfare? Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Philip Louis Frankel

Businessman, mason, chazan, sportsman, and loyal Jew Read more

HKOPS: The other two-state solution Biden could endorse

President Biden has for the first time suggested his readiness to abandon the failed two-state solution embodied in Security Council Resolution 2334 (Resolution 2334 two-state solution) – endorsing instead a different two-state solution that could possibly be the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS two-state solution). Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: US presents Israel with alternatives to Rafah battle Read more

Dry Bones

Unuseful idiots Pre-Islamic Europe Read more

Israel’s global isolation is caused by antisemitism, not bad policies

Israel’s critics and outright foes are right about one thing: Nearly six months after the Oct. 7 massacres, its isolation is growing. Read more

On the other hand

Another “only in Israel” event demonstrates the unique experience of living here. Read more

PJ Library hits the road – first stop Canberra

PJ Library, renowned for its global reach in promoting Jewish literacy and culture, is embarking on an exciting journey across New South Wales. Read more

Henry Greener talks with ECAJ’s Lynzi Bennun

Lynzi Bennun is the Digital Advocacy Director at ECAJ, the Sydney-based Executive Council of Australian Jewry, the roof body of the Australian Jewish community. Read more

Israel’s Orwellian nightmare

For the Jewish world, these are nightmarish, hallucinatory times. Israel is fighting a hydra-headed genocidal enemy that not only slaughtered 1,200 women, children and men and took more than 240 hostages but intends to repeat such atrocities until Israel is destroyed. Read more

Anatomy of an antisemite

Francesca Albanese is at it again, cloaking her Jew-hatred in legalese and justifying it through denial. Read more

Free speech

In my youth, I always regarded free, reasoned, civilised speech to be one of the most important and positive features of Western societies. Read more

Note the hypocrisy

The world’s glaring hypocrisy is on full display as Ramadan terror strikes once again. Read more

‘Storm over ultra-Orthodox recruitment won’t topple Netanyahu’

The issue of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) army enlistment reached a boiling point this week as the Netanyahu government failed, despite feverish efforts, to draft legislation to address the issue before a High Court-mandated Wednesday deadline. Read more

We have ten double passes for “Golda” to give away

Thanks to Transmission Films, we have ten (10) double passes to give away to GOLDA a film starring Helen Mirren, Camille Cottin and Liev Schreiber. GOLDA opens nationally in cinemas on May 2. Read more

Into the Fray: Elections: Why now is not the time

When Israeli voters next go to the polls over what led to the grim events of Oct. 7, their choices must not be driven by uninformed rumour, ill-informed speculation, and misinformed emotion. Read more

Shabbat Tzav Para: Humans First

We continue reading this week about the sacrifices. This is a controversial issue that challenges us to this day. Read more

Cirque du Soleil’s LUZIA

Cirque du Soleil reviewed by Alex First Read more

Chicago

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Trump: Only a fool would have not acted like Israel on Oct. 7

In a no-holds-barred interview, former U.S. President Donald Trump told Israel Hayom that he supports Israel’s defensive war against Hamas and that he would have responded to the Oct. 7 attack in a very similar way. Read more

Need money to complete a short film project?

Applications close for the JIFF Short Film Fund Monday 1 April. Read more

West Side Story – reviewed by Shirley Politzer

What makes a good night at the theatre?- a story that resonates, vibrancy, colour, emotion, great music, talented musicians and choreography, purposeful lighting, clear sound, the list goes on. Read more

Zombie! The Musical

A Sydney theatre review by Alex First Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Montreal Purim ShpieLibel 2024 Read more

Israel tags Guterres and UN as anti-Semitic and anti-Israel

Israel’s patience with the United Nations (UN) has finally, and justifiably, exploded with Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz calling out the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the UN and its agencies as being both antisemitic and anti-Israel.  Read more

The Great Divide

A Sydney theatre review by Alex First

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The Russian dictator’s double terrorism standards

Following Friday’s massacre at the Crocus City Hall concert venue in the outskirts of Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a video address to his nation. The slaying of “dozens of peaceful, innocent people … including children, teenagers and women,” he said, was a “bloody, barbaric, terrorist act.” Read more

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