Dark laughter: How Israelis are using humour in a time of war
November 2, 2023 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
“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
November 1, 2023 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex First – a movie about saving Jewish children Read more
In the Club
November 1, 2023 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Israel’s ambassador to NZ: “If you wish to help Hamas, pressure Israel”.
November 1, 2023 by Ran Yaakoby
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
October 31, 2023 by J-Wire
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
October 30, 2023 by John Jeffay - No Camels
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?
October 30, 2023 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
UN and OIC refuse to cooperate with Israel
October 30, 2023 by David Singer
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
October 30, 2023 by 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
October 29, 2023 by Martin Sherman
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
October 27, 2023 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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
October 27, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The mayor of the Sydney municipality of Woollahra visited Canberra yesterday with a personal message to Israel’s ambassador to Australia. Read more
True colours
It is at times like these when one can discover who is genuine and who is “missing in action”. Read more
Universalism and Tribalism
October 27, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
Dry Bones: The modern dilemma
October 26, 2023 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
Hamas’s war against Israel is Iran’s war against the modern world. Read more
Sydney greengrocer donates sale proceeds to UIA’s Victims of Terror Fund
October 26, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Steven Zhang, a local resident of St Ives and owner of the St Ives Greengrocer, has supported the local Jewish community in St Ives by donating sale proceeds to victims of terror in Israel through UIA. Read more
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
October 26, 2023 by Alex First
A musical comedy reviewed by Alex First Read more
Manifesto
October 26, 2023 by Alex First
A Melbourne dance review by Alex First Read more
Henry Greener hears current news from Joel Burnie
October 26, 2023 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Joel Burnie discusses the Israel/Gaza situation. As Executive Manager at The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council, he knows so much more than most…!! Read more
L’Chaim to Life – a podcast: Shay Klein – The A-Team feeding the IDF in the South
October 26, 2023 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with his cousin Shay Klein in Israel, who with hundreds of volunteers and donors, has joined Tzachi Kafri and “The A-Team” setting up a temporary food station to feed and provide some comforts for the IDF soldiers preparing for the incursion into Gaza. Read more
Israel’s ‘Iron Parrot’ awaits reunion with owner
October 26, 2023 by Pesach Benson
The rescue workers of Magen David Adom’s Ashdod station refer to their feathered friend as the Iron Parrot. Read more
Shabbat Lech Lecha: Bad people and good
October 26, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
We are living under conditions that remind us of how much we Jews can be hated and to what extremes our enemies can go in order to express such hatred. Read more
Biden changes stance on adopting UN two-state solution
October 25, 2023 by David Singer
President Biden has seemingly changed his mind following the horrific Simchat Torah massacre and hostage-taking in Israel on 7 October. Read more
Kfar Aza, Be’eri and Hamas’s own footage stand witness to a massacre
October 25, 2023 by Israel Kasnett
Israel and a significant portion of the international community have been deeply affected by the events of Saturday, Oct. 7, when Hamas carried out a coordinated land, air and sea attack on multiple communities on the Israeli side of the Gaza border. Read more
A plaudit for barrister Adam Butt
October 24, 2023 by Suzanne Rutland
Professor Suzanne Rutland pens an article on Adam Butt, the barrister who represented five Jewish students who had been bullied through antisemitism at Melbourne’s Brighton Secondary College and took the Victorian Government to court. Read more
Dry Bones: Generations
October 24, 2023 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
Hamas’s Oct 7 pogrom has changed us. Read more
Ceasefire advocates are Hamas’s useful idiots
October 24, 2023 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
It’s been more than two weeks since the atrocities of Oct. 7 shocked the world with the deliberate cruelty and barbarism exhibited by Hamas terrorists as they conducted what has been aptly described as pogroms inside Israel. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Aaron Bolot – award-winning architect from the 1930s to 1960s
October 24, 2023 by Features Desk
Aaron Bolotinskiy, later known as Bolot, was born on 14 February 1900 in Crimea – near the Black Sea – and, together with his family, migrated and settled in Brisbane in 1911. Read more
Three generations wiped out by Hamas in Kibbutz Be’eri
October 24, 2023 by Etgar Lefkovits
A 73-year-old grandmother, her 43-year-old son and barely 10-month granddaughter. Three generations of one Israeli family brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 were laid to rest Sunday side by side, the infant sharing the same coffin as her father. Read more
Israel didn’t start this war, but Israel must finish it
October 23, 2023 by Aviel Sheyin-Stevens
On October 7, 2023, Hamas jihadists from Gaza malevolently carried out sheer wanton attacks on Israel. Read more
