Parade (Soundworks Productions)
July 31, 2023 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
What is one to make of Albert Einstein’s statement that “The Jewish God is simply a negation of superstition”?
July 31, 2023 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine key to a Saudi-Israel peace
July 31, 2023 by David Singer
President Biden and New York Times Columnist Thomas Friedman are attempting to resuscitate the failed solution they have both championed for decades to end the 100-years old Jewish-Arab conflict: Creating an independent Palestinian Arab state between Israel and Jordan (“the two-state solution”). Read more
Feintooner
July 31, 2023 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Trains, Pains and Saudi Deals
Messianism and the 9th of Av
July 28, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
Regardless of how well or poorly Jews have integrated into their host societies, in each generation, they have fasted over the two destructions of Jerusalem and the Temple in 586 BCE and 70 CE. Read more
June (Fabricated Rooms)
July 28, 2023 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Why compromise is unlikely in Israel’s crisis
July 28, 2023 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
The night before Monday’s Knesset vote on the first of the government’s proposed judicial reforms, a video filmed on the escalators in Jerusalem’s central train station went viral on social media. Read more
The day after
Trying to predict events when it comes to Israel and the region is fraught with uncertainty. Read more
Shabbat VaEtchanan: Law or Lore
July 27, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
The reading from the Torah this week is remarkable in that it combines the two most important texts in the Torah. Read more
Tisha B’Av at the Western Wall in 1967
July 26, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
We publish archived JNF photos of Tisha B’Av shortly after the liberation of the Western Wall during the 1967 Six-Day War. Read more
Rough Trade (Rogue Projects)
July 26, 2023 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Not when it’s against the Jews
July 26, 2023 by David Cumin
I believe in judging people for their actions, which is why I am so appalled that the New Zealand government would fund an organisation that teaches children to glorify terror and employs staff who incite violence and praise Hitler on social media. Read more
Walanbaa Yulu-Gi: Burn the Floor
July 25, 2023 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Lewis Wolfe Levy – widely respected businessman, politician and community stalwart
July 25, 2023 by Features Desk
Lewis was born on 13 June 1815 in London, the son of Benjamin Wolfe Levy, a merchant, and his wife Martha, who was also a Levy prior to their marriage. Read more
Far Away
July 24, 2023 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Bloom
July 24, 2023 by Alex First
A Melbourne Theatre Company production reviewed by Alex First Read more
Tishah B’Av – the fast that will become a feast
July 24, 2023 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
One day the Tishah B’Av fast will become a yom-tov…writes Rabbi Raymond Apple. Read more
Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine will end West Bank confrontations
July 24, 2023 by David Singer
The continuing silence of any Israeli non-government organisations (NGOs) to endorse the implementation of the 2022 Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS) is of grave concern as the security situation in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) worsens. Read more
Herzog’s lamentable performance
July 23, 2023 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Far from the diplomatic triumph that some are making it out to be, Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s address to Congress this week left a bad taste in the mouth. Read more
On the other hand
July 23, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
We are at the moment in the midst of the three-week period leading up to Tisha B’Av when Jews worldwide commemorate the destruction of the two Temples, exile and other associated catastrophes. Read more
Shabbat Devarim: The books of the bible
July 21, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
Why do we call the fifth book of the Torah that we start this week Devarim but non-Jews ( and some Jews) call it Deuteronomy? Read more
Utopia
July 21, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
In 1551 the English diplomat and scholar Sir Thomas More, living in the reign of King Henry 8th, wrote a book called Utopia. Read more
Unhinged
July 21, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
I am not sure what is actually causing the insanity currently being displayed internationally and domestically. Read more
Henry Greener chats with Rabbi Menachem Aron
July 20, 2023 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Chabad of RARA Director Rabbi Menachem Aron and his crew of volunteers meet the needs of people living in rural and regional Australia without any Jewish facilities or infrastructure. Read more
Unity on the Gold Coast
July 20, 2023 by Ron Weiser
Against the background of increasingly heated internal opposition, the direction of the Israeli government is becoming clearer. Read more
L’Chaim to Life: Ronit Fraid – JNF celebrating Israel, and securing our future
July 20, 2023 by Community newsdesk
Podcast: Maurice Klein speaks with Ronit Fraid, President of JNF Victoria. Read more
Food for thought – a letter from America
July 20, 2023 by Bruce S. Ticker
In The Philadelphia Inquirer’s food section, a Palestinian chef opened up a whole new front…quite an unappetising one…in the propaganda wars over Israel. Read more
Oppenheimer
July 20, 2023 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex First Read more
Into the fray: D-Y-S-T-O-P-I-A!!
July 19, 2023 by Martin Sherman
The opponents of the proposed judicial reform are not defending liberal democracy, but promoting Orwellian dystopia. Read more
Barbie
July 19, 2023 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex First Read more
