Death of a Holocaust denier

Ali Larijani, the 67-year-old former head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, died a terrorist’s death last week. For much of his career, however, he served as a diplomat and was feted by regional and Western nations alike. Read more

Wimps and warriors

The war against Iran is having a most clarifying effect. It’s shining a light on those who are prepared to stand with civilisation against barbarism and flushing out those who are not. Read more

On the other hand

Despite another year of war on multiple fronts, prolonged instability, and national trauma, Israel remains near the top of the World Happiness Report and is once again ranked 8th in the world in the 2026 edition released today. Read more

Organic Saint-Saens

Oh, boy – did the Concert Hall of Sydney’s iconic Opera House get an acoustic workout in Saturday afternoon’s Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s Saint-Saens Organ Symphony concert! Read more

Stop waiting for it to pass. It won’t.

Last week should have put to rest any lingering hope that what we are seeing is temporary, exaggerated or confined to the margins. It is not. Read more

Brandolini’s Law

It was the historian Salo Wittmayer Baron who coined the phrase “The Oy Vay version of Jewish history.” Only looking at the bad and ignoring the glimpses of good. Read more

Third week and counting

Three weeks of missile and drone bombardments from Iran, together with disrupted sleep and siren-filled days, certainly make life here at the moment a rather action-packed experience. Read more

INTO THE FRAY: An ominous cloud of antisemitic vitriol and un-American invective

“A lot of Americans are embarrassed by the fact that our leadership rarely represents our best interest and seems to prioritize the best interests of Israel in every instance”—Ana Kasparian. Read more

JNF Australia launches emergency response campaign

JNF Australia has launched an emergency response campaign to support frontline emergency services and communities in Israel affected by ongoing security threats.

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Podcast: L’Chaim to Life – Gerard Healy

Morry Frenkel speaks with Gerard Healy, recipient of the 2026 Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) Medal of Honour for Courage Against Hate, former Australian rules footballer, AFL great, a three-time Swans’ best and fairest in the 1980s, a Brownlow medallist, SEN Radio broadcaster and respected commentator. Read more

Shabbat Vayikra

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A criminal offence: Columbia Professor Mamdani’s teach-ins at illegal encampments

The father of New York City’s new mayor is fond of interpreting Jewish history, so he should not mind if I interpret his history. Read more

Ali Larijani’s elimination signals a potential turning point in Iran

The elimination of Ali Larijani, the de facto ruler of Iran, alongside that of Gholamreza Soleimani, head of the Basij militia, is not merely another tactical success. It is a strategic turning point—and perhaps something more: an invitation to the Iranian people. Read more

West Gate

A Melbourne Theatre Company production reviewed by Alex First Read more

FLORA (The Australian Ballet x Bangarra Dance Theatre)

A Melbourne ballet reviewed by Alex First Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon:    Cardboard Confidence  Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

Zosia Mercer OAM– a true community stalwart Read more

Trump & Netanyahu need to agree on future of Judea and Samaria

It beggars belief that President Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can agree on prosecuting a war against Iran – but have been unable to agree on the way forward to ending the Arab-Jewish conflict in Judea and Samaria (West Bank). Read more

Inside Australia’s long fight against antisemitism

Australia’s antisemitism crisis did not begin with the Bondi terror attack on 14 December 2025, but that night forced the country to confront it. The massacre, which killed 15 people at a Chanukah gathering, turned a growing problem into a national reckoning. Read more

Varieties of Judaism

We Jews have always liked to argue about religion and who is kosher and who is not. Read more

On the other hand

This gives a whole new meaning to the expression “shell-shocked.” Read more

Jewish Australians urged to share experiences with Royal Commission on antisemitism

Jewish organisations are encouraging members of the community to make submissions to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, saying personal accounts will play a key role in the inquiry’s work.

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A shameful sham

It is increasingly pitiful to witness the antics of all those who now profess to hold the moral high ground but who were conspicuously silent when the Islamic Iranian regime suppressed and murdered its citizens. Read more

The ethnostate illusion

There’s been growing concern in America over the increasingly mainstream belief that Israel drags it into foreign wars, a belief given rocket fuel by the war against Iran. Read more

L’Chaim – to Life

Sharon Kuper chats with Mike Kelly on Iran, Gaza, Mosul, antisemitism in universities and the threats to civilisation. Read more

Shabbat Vayakhel Pekudei

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The definition of victory

The war in Iran is being viewed by the domestic populations in Israel and the United States in very different ways. Read more

Ausländer

Escape, exile, beginnings and endings   Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more

The verbal diarrhea that is Tucker Carlson

Here we go again, with a vengeance. As in the Peter Allen song from the 1979 movie, “All That Jazz,” it would seem that to the far-right provocateur Tucker Carlson, “everything old is new again.” Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon:  Succession: Nesting Ayadollahs  Read more

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