Broadway Cares cares about Gaza, but not Israel
February 20, 2024 by JNS
If you’re a Broadway theatre fan, you’re probably familiar with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Read more
And the winner is: Hamas!
February 20, 2024 by Alan Dershowitz
What will happen if Hamas is allowed to win this war? Read more
Dry Bones: Massive movements online
February 20, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
Jews are a convenient target for those crazing over the “mass movement of the day.” Read more
The blindness of Western political leaders and media
February 20, 2024 by Ron Weiser
The question we need to address at some point, is how does the narrative get so upended that history, facts and logic are simply tossed aside? Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Bernard Rubin – racing driver and pilot
February 20, 2024 by Features Desk
Bernard was born in Carlton, Melbourne, on 6 December 1896. Read more
ICJ signals United Nations could be on Genocide Watch
February 19, 2024 by David Singer
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has signalled that the United Nations could come under ICJ scrutiny if it fails to take any steps that could prevent genocide being committed in Gaza. Read more
Feintooner
February 19, 2024 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Oscar for Best Massacre Read more
Dry Bones: The awards
February 18, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
Hollywood has been too intimidated by woke antisemitism to respond with any decency to Oct. 7. Read more
The myth of British exceptionalism
February 18, 2024 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
That old image of the Jewish family with a packed suitcase at the ready in case they are compelled to leave their home suddenly has returned with a vengeance across Europe. Read more
On the other hand
February 18, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
A fascinating piece of news caught my attention this week. Read more
Who is afraid of education?
February 18, 2024 by Jeremy Rosen
Education has been a core value in Judaism from the very start. Read more
The Whisper
February 18, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
The antisemitism crisis is out of control
February 16, 2024 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
The war in Gaza is prying open a potentially game-changing fissure in British politics that has wider implications for the Western world. Read more
Dry Bones: We are fighting evil
February 16, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
We are fighting evil. Read more
Meet Me at Dawn
February 16, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
What a contrast
February 16, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
Argentina’s newly elected president’s recent visit to Israel was a politically refreshing breath of fresh air. Read more
Shabbat Trumah: Repititions
February 15, 2024 by Jeremy Rosen
The word Trumah , which is the title of this week’s reading from the Torah, refers to three different types of either obligatory or voluntary donations that were designed to fund the construction of the Tabernacle and maintain its running costs. Read more
Judicial reform controversy emboldened Israel’s enemies
February 15, 2024 by Khaled Abu Toameh
The controversy over the judicial reform proposed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government last year was what likely encouraged Iran’s terror proxies Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis to attack Israel. Read more
Fallen Leaves
February 15, 2024 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex First Read more
Herzog: South African case a ‘blood libel’ against the Jews
February 14, 2024 by David Isaac
One of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s chief concerns for Israel and the civilised world is the corruption of the international legal system, which “has begun to ignore reality and truth.” Read more
Dry Bones: Contemporary semantics
February 14, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
Speaking to a “woke” world that rewrites history… Read more
The Wharf Revue: Pride in Prejudice
February 14, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
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From Australia’s Jewish past
February 13, 2024 by Features Desk
Zara Baar Aronson OBE – Sydney-based journalist, editor, welfare worker, feminist and restaurateur. Read more
The Rocky Horror Show
February 12, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
UN keeps Gazans penned in Gaza, Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine buried
February 12, 2024 by David Singer
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres continues to wring his hands in anguish as the humanitarian crisis threatens to worsen in Gaza – whilst he still refuses to take any action to transfer Gaza’s women, children, the sick and elderly to 50 UN refugee camps providing safe havens outside Gaza in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and the West Bank. Read more
Feintooner
February 12, 2024 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: The Secretary Whisperer. Read more
Dry Bones: It’s criminal
February 11, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
Will ‘wokeism’ destroy Western civilisation? Read more
Biden’s and Blinken’s words do real harm
February 11, 2024 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Words matter. That’s the thing to remember about the libellous descriptions of Israel’s efforts to eradicate Hamas terrorists that came forth from both U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in recent days. Read more
Mitch Albom’s new Holocaust novel is about ‘price we pay for the lies we tell’
February 11, 2024 by JNS
On a visit to Yad Vashem 10 years ago, Mitch Albom, the sports journalist turned inspirational book author, was struck by a story that emerged from one of the video displays. Read more
IDF ready for war to expand north, commander says
February 11, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
The Israel Defence Forces is committed to changing “the security reality” in northern Israel, a senior IDF commander pledged to northern residents on Friday, amid continued Hezbollah attacks and Israeli Air Force strikes on Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon. Read more
