Israel has repeatedly been mugged by reality
January 21, 2024 by Ron Weiser
At its core, Zionism is all about Jewish self-determination. Read more
On the other hand
January 20, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
“The avocados have arrived.” Read more
Priscilla
January 19, 2024 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex First Read more
World In Crisis
January 19, 2024 by Jeremy Rosen
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
January 19, 2024 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
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
January 19, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
“From Paris to the Hague sees the return of the same old plague.” Read more
Dry Bones: Here’s the beef!
January 18, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
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
January 18, 2024 by Jeremy Rosen
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
January 18, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Genocide allegations against Israel endanger Jews everywhere
January 17, 2024 by Rabbi Warren Goldstein
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?
January 17, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
Ten months from now, could Trump return? Like Shrek? Will we still be fighting this war for survival? Read more
Rabbi Genende joins AIJAC
January 17, 2024 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Rabbi Ralph Genende has been appointed as The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council’s Interfaith and Community Liaison. Read more
Into the Fray: Incredible imbecility
January 17, 2024 by Martin Sherman
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
January 16, 2024 by Ben Kepes
My father had a lifelong enmity for Germany. Read more
Legends in Concert
January 16, 2024 by Alex First
A review by Alex First Read more
President Isaac Herzog: 100 days of war
January 15, 2024 by Isaac Herzog
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
January 15, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
Germany speaks up … Read more
Feintooner
January 15, 2024 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Hague Hoax Read more
Q. Do Jews take astrology seriously?
January 15, 2024 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
On the other hand
January 14, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
The main topic on Israelis’ minds at the moment is all about “the day after.” Read more
UN, PLO & Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine bury South Africa at ICJ
January 14, 2024 by David Singer
South Africa must substantiate that the “Palestinian people” constitute a national, ethnical, racial or religious group under Article II of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention) – if its case against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is to get over its first hurdle. Read more
The Interpretation of Cakes
January 14, 2024 by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen
A book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen Read more
The ICJ and the crime of genocide
January 12, 2024 by Ran Yaakoby
The definition of genocide was coined in 1944 by Jewish Lawyer Raphael Lemkin, who promoted the establishment of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 1948, in the aftermath of the Holocaust committed by the Nazis against the Jewish people during WWII. Read more
The post-Oct 7 era of official antisemitism begins
January 12, 2024 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
It’s easy to think of the opening of the International Court of Justice’s trial of Israel that began this week in The Hague as just more of the same from the international community. Read more
The Beekeeper
January 12, 2024 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex First Read more
Mourning
January 12, 2024 by Jeremy Rosen
Most of us are in a state of mourning at this moment. If not for our personal losses, then for the nation’s deaths, wounded and abused. Read more
New Year – Old Realities
January 12, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
As predicted, all the unsolved challenges from the old year have reappeared with a vengeance in the new year. Read more
Gaza’s “fake journalists”
January 12, 2024 by Justin Amler
After the killing of two Al Jazeera journalists last Sunday in Gaza as the result of an Israeli airstrike, fingers were immediately pointed at Israel, accusing the Jewish state of deliberately targeting journalists. It’s not a new accusation and one that has been levelled at Israel in the past. Read more
The Holdovers
January 11, 2024 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex First Read more
Mean Girls
January 11, 2024 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex First Read more
