Shavout in Israel in the 1930s and 1940s
May 23, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Bikkurim celebrates the presentation of the first fruits coinciding with Shavuot. Read more
Judicial reform: An urgent imperative
May 23, 2023 by Martin Sherman
For months Israel has been engulfed in a tumultuous public dispute in the titanic clash between the advocates of a direly needed reform of the country’s system of law enforcement on the one hand, and its increasingly strident opponents on the other. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Joachim Matthias Wendt – Silversmith extraordinaire
May 23, 2023 by Features Desk
Joachim was born on 26 June 1830 in Itzehoe, a small town in Holstein, Germany, which at the time was a Danish province. Read more
I Wanna Be Yours – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
May 23, 2023 by Alex First
Navigating the vicissitudes in a relationship can be tricky at the best of times, but cross-cultural unions, more often than not, face additional difficulties. Read more
Beautiful Highness: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
May 22, 2023 by Alex First
Today, deteriorating mental health is spoken about far more often than it used to be, which is a good thing, but what does it look like up close and personal? Read more
Feintooner
May 22, 2023 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Singing from the same hymnal. Read more
Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine Solution: Alive or Dead?
May 22, 2023 by David Singer
Two seemingly contradictory news reports within the space of 48 hours have thrown into doubt the possible implementation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine Solution (HKOPS) to end the unresolved 100-year conflict between Jews and Arabs. Read more
Can you tell me something about Shavuot?
May 22, 2023 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
The Coronation
May 19, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
Whatever one may or may not think of monarchy, the coronation of King Charles was a magnificent pageant. Read more
Christiane Amanpour and the Institutionalisation of media bias
May 19, 2023 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
At what point do we just shrug and no longer bother to even complain about a biased press? Read more
Soros, antisemitism and the progressive assault on language
May 19, 2023 by Caroline Glick - JNS
One of the key characteristics of our difficult times is the way in which the progressive left has hijacked language. Read more
The weaponisation of antisemitism against conservatives
May 19, 2023 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
A conference held in London this week was subjected to an extraordinary onslaught on social and mainstream media from people who weaponised antisemitism against it. Read more
A Capital Offence
One of the synonyms for a capital offence is a heinous crime. Read more
Joe Biden’s empty words about antisemitism
May 18, 2023 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
For those who think what Jews need is more official recognition of their heritage, it was a great afternoon. Read more
Shabbat B’Midbar: War and Conscription
May 18, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
Those irritating antisemitic thugs: how low can they go?
May 18, 2023 by Bruce S. Ticker
Two antisemitic thugs in London and Boca Raton, Florida, picked on Jewish targets their own size to badger, as disgusting as these attacks are. Read more
A blend of the familiar, the unfamiliar and the new: Music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
May 18, 2023 by Fraser Beath McEwing
Having Wolfgang in your name would seem to direct your destiny towards musical composition. It certainly did with Erich Wolfgang Korngold, (1897 – 1957) whose only symphony was played by the SSO last night. Read more
L’Chaim – to Life: Holocaust survivor Suzi Steed
May 18, 2023 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with Suzi Smeed, who was just two years old when her family was swept up in the Hungarian Holocaust as the Nazis stormed into Budapest with the goal of rounding up all the Jews and freighting them to Auschwitz for extermination. Read more
What does Turkey’s election mean for Israel?
May 17, 2023 by Shimon Sherman
Turkey’s High Election Board (YSK) declared on Monday that the country would be heading to a runoff election in late May, after incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan failed to secure over 50% of the vote in Sunday’s election. Read more
Iran is stepping up pressure on its proxies to join forces against Israel
May 17, 2023 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
Heavy Iranian pressure on Hamas, Hezbollah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad to establish a “joint operational mechanism” to coordinate activities against Israel is reportedly causing internal divisions among the Iranian proxies. Read more
The Gaza Strip and learning to live with insoluble problems
May 16, 2023 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Upon its conclusion, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rightly lauded the Israel Defence Forces for its brilliant work during “Operation Shield and Arrow.” Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past: Saul Solomon – Photographer
May 16, 2023 by Features Desk
Saul was born on 15 January 1836 in Knightsbridge, London. Read more
Israel under fire and the West’s pusillanimous response
May 15, 2023 by Richard Kemp
When Russia invaded Ukraine last year, Western governments, international organisations, media and human rights groups quite rightly rallied around without hesitation, recognising the need to give unreserved moral support to a nation defending itself from violent attack. Read more
Why are uncultured people called Philistines?
May 15, 2023 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
Feintooner
May 15, 2023 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: The shield and arrows of outrageous fortune Read more
Islamic Jihad eases way for Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine
May 15, 2023 by David Singer
The decapitation of Islamic Jihad’s senior leadership in Gaza should help facilitate negotiations to successfully implement the creation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine and end 100 years of conflict between Jews and Arabs. Read more
Book Club: The Next Chapter – a movie review by Alex First
May 14, 2023 by Alex First
Book Club: The Next Chapter is a feel-good sequel to the 2018 film Book Club. Read more
Germany’s far-right comes to Yad Vashem
May 14, 2023 by Ben Cohen
Ever since its foundation in 1953 by an act of the Knesset, Yad Vashem in Jerusalem has served admirably as Israel’s national memorial to the Holocaust. Read more
On the other hand
May 14, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
Usually on Lag B’Omer, we make sure to shut all our windows so that smoke from the bonfires does not enter. Read more
This middlebrow concert was a sheer delight – a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
May 12, 2023 by Fraser Beath McEwing
While my reviews usually concentrate on the Emirates Master Series because that’s supposed to attract the most musically sophisticated crowd, last night’s SSO program of the Rach 2 and a Respighi tone poem was a delicious diversion. Read more
