Feintooner

This week’s cartoon:  Liberty, Intifada, Fraternity. Read more

On the other hand

Have you ever purchased items from a family-owned and staffed shop, as opposed to a supermarket or a store which is part of a large chain? Read more

Jewels (The Australian Ballet), reviewed by Alex First

With music by Gabriel Faure, Igor Stravinsky and Piotr Ilyich Tschaikovsky and choreography by George Balanchine, Jewels – by name and nature – is a gem. Read more

Blasphemy and Brian

In 1997 “The Life of Brian” by Monty Python comedians was a tremendous hit in Britain and a scandal. Read more

Eight Seasons – at the Great Synagogue: a music review by Shirley Politzer

Vladimir Fanshil, conductor, pianist and founder of Live at Yours, promised us “an immersive musical experience in the architectural marvel that is the Great Synagogue” and that’s exactly what we got on Tuesday night for the “Eight Seasons” concert. Read more

It’s time to dismantle the United Nations

The malevolent scapegoating of Israel by the United Nations has long been a scandal.

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Heads in the sand

According to a popular and widely accepted myth, it is believed that ostriches spend a large part of their day with their head in the sand. Read more

Opera expert Murray Dahm meets opera conductor Stuart Stratford

Murray Dahm has spoken to Stuart Stratford, making his Opera Australia debut as the conductor of Aida. Read more

L’Chaim – to Life: Major Rami Sherman – On tour with “Operation Entebbe: A First Hand Account”

Maurice Klein speaks with Major (Ret) Rami Sherman, who was the Operation Officer of the Sayeret Matkal unit under the command of Yonatan Netanyahu, being part of the 33 officers and soldiers comprising the first unit assault team who freed the hijacked hostages at the Entebbe terminal 47 years ago. Read more

Shabbat Chukat Balak: Faith or magic

This week we have two very different weekly readings of the Torah combined into one. Read more

Is God Is – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

Revenge is the cornerstone of Is God Is, an incendiary play that explodes onto the MTC stage. Read more

The scorched earth prosecutors

On Thursday night, with sunken faces, Channel 13’s legal correspondents delivered the news: The judges presiding over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial for bribery and breach of trust had told the prosecutors and defence attorney last week that the prosecutors have not proven their charge of bribery, and are unlikely to succeed in doing so, since all their major witnesses have already testified. Read more

Book review – Care and Covenant- A Jewish Bioethic of Responsibility

Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen reviews Rabbi Jason Weiner’s book. Read more

Mozart as Wolfgang would have heard his music

In a program titled “MOZART”, Richard Tognetti and his Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO), augmented with musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) and guest musicians, gave the audience at Sydney’s City Recital Hall a real treat. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Love and War. Read more

New York Times remains silent on Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine

The New York Times (NYT) continues its year-long failure to report on or analyze the 2022 Saudi-based Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution to replace the failed two-state solution proposed by:

• The 2002 Saudi-inspired Arab Peace Initiative and
• The 2016 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334.

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Q. How can you prove there is a God?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

On the other hand

The best own goal of the season was scored by Indonesia which recently banned the Israel under 20 soccer team from competing in the world soccer cup competition. Read more

Nonprofit founded by Melbourne Jewish family changes lives in Cambodia

If an Australian Jewish high school student hadn’t missed a deadline in 2009, her family might not have gone on to found a nonprofit which is helping young people some 4,300 miles away in Cambodia. Read more

Getting the message

The definition of “getting the message” is to understand something that is not being said directly.

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Charter Schools and Isidore of Seville

I have always been a fan of Charter Schools (naturally, there are poor ones too). Read more

Shabbat Korach: Quakes, Fires, and Almonds

The earth opened up, fire from heaven, and sticks sprouted almond blossoms and nuts. Read more

Security.

A single word, depending on one’s viewpoint, has many different meanings, interpretations and derivations. Read more

Comprehensive study of hate incidents in Australia – updated         

A comprehensive study conducted in 2022 revealed a clear picture of the state of reported hate incidents in Australia from 2014 to 2021. Read more

Aida – an opera review by Murray Dahm

Verdi’s Aïda (1871) is a remarkable opera for all sorts of reasons. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past: Hyam (Henry) van der Sluice – Australia’s best kept secret – known Australia-wide as comic entertainer Roy Rene

Henry, to be known as Roy (Mo) Rene, was born on 15 February 1891, at Hindley Street, Adelaide. Read more

Lightscape, at the Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens: reviewed by Alex First

Following its success last winter, a new, gorgeous exhibition of colour and creativity returns to the Royal Botanic Gardens this year. Read more

What do Jews believe?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

The Victorian ALP conference

The Victorian ALP Branch resolution over the weekend was all about politics, not principle…writes Peter Wertheim. Read more

Henry Greener visits Marc Chagall

Henry meets Jade Niklai, curator of the Chagall Exhibition, now showing at the Jewish Museum of Australia in Melbourne. Read more

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