From Australia’s Jewish Past: Sir Otto Frankel – world-renowned geneticist, plant breeder, cytologist and genetic conservationist

Otto Herzberg-Frankel was born in Vienna on 4 November 1900, the third of four sons of a prominent and wealthy lawyer and his wife Therese. Read more

Courage to Care goes national

Leading community organisation Courage to Care reached a historic milestone this week by forming a new national body, Courage to Care Australia Ltd. Read more

Orlando: A New Musical

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Why are Jews supposed to pray three times a day?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Rising Antisemitism and soaring Factophobia Read more

Holocaust survivor saved from Hamas buries son, fears for captive family

“This is a second Holocaust for me,” said survivor Ruth Haran, 87, who is reliving a childhood nightmare. Read more

Defoe’s Plague

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

On the other hand

Faced with modern-day barbarians at Israel’s borders, one would think that most would stand in solidarity with those massacred and kidnapped. Read more

UN non-support for Israel spawns worldwide network of Jew-haters

An organised international Jew-haters network has been unleashed following the failure of the United Nations (UN) to cooperate with Israel by evacuating Gaza’s children, women, the sick and the elderly to safe havens outside Gaza to enable Israel to quickly hunt down and kill those monsters in Gaza responsible for the horrific massacre in Israel of 1400 civilians and abducting over 200 as hostages on October 7. Read more

Media wars

Not so long ago, I was watching television news coverage of the bombings in Ukraine. I told my wife that it was hard to imagine what it would be like. Read more

Ben Cohen: A letter to the rest of the world

Dear non-Jews, Read more

Monday – ABC – Australian Story – Libbi Gorr

Whatever happened to Elle McFeast? Read more

ISRAELOPHOBIA: The Newest Version of the Oldest Hatred & What to do about it

A book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen Read more

Hostages

We are in the midst of a horrendous hostage crisis. Kidnapping is such a fundamental crime that it is one of the Ten Commandments. Read more

Unsurprising

It is astounding to see that there are still individuals who are surprised by subsequent developments following the Hamas pogrom. Read more

Shabbat Vayeyra: Who is Sodom today?

Can a whole society be corrupt? Surely, some people must be able to see when things begin to go wrong, or peer pressure is just too powerful to resist. Read more

A concert not to be missed: A music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

Although there were three omissions from last night’s Emirates Master Series SSO concert, they didn’t detract from an outstanding event. Read more

L’Chaim – to Life: Ilana Maizels – JNF Emergency Appeal for Israel’s South

Maurice Klein speaks with Ilana Maizels, Executive Director of JNF Victoria. Read more

Dark laughter: How Israelis are using humour in a time of war

“They’re cockroaches. Instead of Iron Dome we need a big Iron Shoe to stomp out every one of them,” the mild-mannered pediatrician grinned at me after he had examined my daughter’s ailing foot. “Give her Nurofen for three days after meals. That should do the trick.” Read more

One Life

A movie review by Alex First – a movie about saving Jewish children Read more

In the Club

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Israel’s ambassador to NZ: “If you wish to help Hamas, pressure Israel”.

Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand, Ran Yaakoby, has penned this article following NZ’s vote at last Saturday’s UN’s Security Council for an “immediate, durable and sustainable humanitarian truce”. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past: Maurice Ashkanasy QC – Melbourne barrister and Jewish community leader

Maurice was born was born Moshe Ashckinasy on 3 October 1901 at Mile End Old Town, London. Read more

‘Startup On Steroids’: Civilians raise US$3.7M to equip IDF troops

The famed ingenuity that earned Israel the moniker “Startup Nation” has spread to the home front during the war triggered by the October 7 massacre in southern Israel, in which Hamas terrorists killed 1,400 people, wounded thousands more and abducted hundreds into Gaza. Read more

Does Judaism have a problem with people being ambitious?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

UN and OIC refuse to cooperate with Israel

The Executive Committee of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)  meeting held on 18 October 2023 “to discuss the ongoing Israeli military aggression against the Palestinian people” marks a shameful and disturbing new low point in Islamic-Christian-Jewish relations. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: H*A M*A*S*H: Notes from the Underground Read more

Into the Fray: Gaza – misconceptualising the conflict; miscomprehending the enemy

There is a prevailing myth that the general population in Gaza is the hapless victim of its radical leadership. This is demonstrably false. Read more

Image is nothing, moral clarity is everything

It is the most natural human reaction after someone experiences trauma, loss, and heartache to reach out, to want love, sympathy, warmth, and comfort from friends, family – even strangers. We all need people to reassure us that they feel our pain and that they care about us. Read more

Woollahra mayor visits Israel’s ambassador

The mayor of the Sydney municipality of Woollahra visited Canberra yesterday with a personal message to Israel’s ambassador to Australia. Read more

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