Verbal pollution
One of the blights plaguing humanity these days is the increasing pollution which is causing ecological damage to our oceans and poisoning the air we breathe. Read more
Telethon Kid
August 4, 2023 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Sadness and Joy
August 4, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of Av, reminds us of the greatest catastrophes in our history. Read more
Is a US-Saudi-Israel deal really in the works?
August 3, 2023 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
According to New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman, President Joe Biden is trying to do Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a big favour. Read more
2:22 – A Ghost Story
August 3, 2023 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
L’Chaim – to Life: Peter Wertheim and the J7
August 3, 2023 by J-Wire
Morry Frenkel speaks with Peter Wertheim, Co-Chief Executive officer of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), about Australia’s involvement in the recently-formed J7, the Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism. Read more
Take it away Ludwig!
August 3, 2023 by Fraser Beath McEwing
A music review by Fraser McBeath McEwing Read more
Senior general analyses the threats to Israel’s security – both external and internal
August 2, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
In the latest Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) webinar, Lt. Gen. Moshe (Bogie) Ya’alon, former Israeli Vice Prime Minister, Minister for Defence and IDF Chief of Staff, spoke about “Countering Iran’s three front proxy war against Israel”. Read more
Untitled Three-Hander
August 2, 2023 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
From New Zealand’s Jewish Past: Joel Samuel Polack – one of New Zealand’s first Jewish settlers
August 1, 2023 by Features Desk
Our stories over the last three years have concentrated on amazing men and women who have contributed to the growth of Australia and its community. This week takes us across the sea to New Zealand to learn about their early pioneers. Read more
Chabad of RARA travels 20,000km to provide connection to every Jew in regional Australia
Chabad of Rural and Regional Australia, famously known as “RARA”, has had a record-setting past two months. During this time, eight bochurim have travelled thousands of kilometres around Australia in search of Jewish people in far-flung places. Read more
Normalising ties: Israeli, Saudi sources disagree on Palestinian linkage
August 1, 2023 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
In recent days, officials in Jerusalem and Washington have hinted at possible progress in normalising relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Read more
Sovereignty may be the price for normalisation with Riyadh
July 31, 2023 by Ariel Kahana
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that “we will one day be able to have railways connect Saudi Arabia and Israel,” just hours after a New York Times piece suggested that the kingdom was expecting the Jewish state to make significant concessions to the Palestinians as a precondition for normalization. Read more
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
