Biden needs to back Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan’s visit to Saudi Arabia this weekend for talks with Saudi leaders – including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – will offer Sullivan an excellent opportunity to discuss with the Crown Prince the Saudi –based Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution published on 8 June 2022. Read more

Woeful

After the party is over, the hangover usually kicks in. Read more

Hypocrites

We Jews have always been outliers. Now it seems everyone else wants to catch up with us and claim victimhood, discrimination, abuse, and alienation and the only way to cope is to be mean to everyone else. We are admired and despised, and we are our own worst enemies. Read more

The coronation of King Charles will be more than an amazing spectacle

On Saturday, Britain’s King Charles III will be crowned in London’s Westminster Abbey. Read more

What a strategy for defeating Hamas and Hezbollah looks like

When word broke Tuesday that Khader Adnan—a senior terrorist and serial hunger striker from Iranian-controlled Islamic Jihad—had died in an Israeli prison after 83 days of refusing food, Hamas began shelling Israeli towns and villages in the western Negev. Read more

Driftwood The Musical – reviewed by Alex First

Set against the backdrop of the Holocaust, Driftwood The Musical is a deeply moving tale of tribulation and triumph. Read more

L’Chaim – To Life: Polish Government’s official 80th anniversary commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Maurice Klein speaks with Michael Zylberman, presenter of the 3ZZZ Yiddish hour. Read more

Shabbat Emor: Mourning

The Torah contains no specific rules about death and mourning for ordinary people. Read more

Australian Whitney Tribute Show – I’m Every Woman: Reviewed by Alex First

The plaudits are mind-blowing, the statistics staggering, the downfall tragic, but her musical legacy lives on. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Elias Solomon – a pioneer who contributed enormously to the city of Fremantle

Elias was born on 2 September 1839 in London, the youngest child of Leah and Moss Solomon. Read more

Can an uncircumcised Jewish male be buried in a Jewish cemetery?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Guardians of the Fallacy. Read more

The Jerusalem rally was a reminder that democracy didn’t lose; the left did

Those of us who were among the hundreds of thousands of participants in the right-wing rally in Jerusalem on Thursday evening weren’t surprised when the “resistance” bloc pulled a two-fer: downplaying the significance of and attendance at the event, on the one hand; and treating the happening as evidence that Israeli democracy is in danger of annihilation at the hands of fanatics, on the other. Read more

‘Righteous justice’: Credit Suisse’s Nazi bank accounts

There are times when the oldest jokes sound quite fresh. I am thinking of the one about the neophyte banker who visits a tailor to be fitted with a new suit. When he returns a week later to collect it, he discovers to his surprise that the pants are without pockets. “You told me you were a banker,” explained the tailor. “Whoever heard of a banker with his hands in his own pockets?” Read more

Selling Kabul: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

We are in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2013, as the US troops are starting a major withdrawal from the country. Read more

On the other hand

Despite all the doomsday commentators Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Independence Day), celebrating 75 years of re-established Jewish sovereignty, was a resounding success. Read more

L’Chaim to Life: Chris Cantor – Israel is an amazing and magical project

Morry Frenkel speaks with Chris Cantor, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Israel in Australia, about his role at the embassy, the collaborations between Israel and Colombia, and his view on Israel’s greatest achievements since the Declaration of Independence in 1948. Read more

The antisemitism that drives identity politics

A furore over a British Labour Party politician tells us a great deal about the tsunami of Jew-hatred rolling across Britain, America and the West. Read more

True West – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

Cain and Abel – biblical brothers at loggerheads. Read more

75 not out

As we celebrate seventy-five years of re-established Jewish independence, I can’t help thinking is Israel still loved at 75? Read more

Israel at 75

I have recently read two great books. “Israel’s Declaration of Independence: The History and Political Theory of the Nation’s Founding Moment” by Neil Rogachevsky and Dov Ziegler (Cambridge University Press). Just published. And the 2019 “A State at Any Cost: The Life of David Ben-Gurion” by Tom Segev (Picador). Read more

An afternoon among the angels

The best time to visit Mount Herzl Military Cemetery on Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day for the Fallen of Israel’s Wars) is in the afternoon. The morning rush has ended. The ceremonies are over. There are no jostling crowds craning their necks to see, no politicians, no photographers looking for the perfect picture to encapsulate the day. Read more

Michael Shafar – Well Worth the Chemo: as reviewed by Alex First

He’s such a naturally funny guy, quick-witted, endlessly talented and responsive. With his boyish charm and relaxed attitude, he welcomes audience interaction. Read more

Veterans of Israel’s War of Independence say the Holocaust was not why they fought

Many see the creation of the modern-day State of Israel as part of a historical narrative in which Israeli independence was a reaction to the Holocaust. Read more

Shabbat Acharei Mot & Kedoshim: Morality

For many of us reading the third Book of the Torah, Leviticus( Vayikra), is not a particularly inspiring or easy exercise. Read more

May 1 showdown threatens Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine & havoc

A showdown between Israel’s Government and High Court of Justice on 1 May concerning the demolition and evacuation of an illegal Bedouin encampment – Khan al-Ahmar – is threatening to shred the implementation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution, cause an international uproar and create a humanitarian crisis in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) and Gaza. Read more

A Good Person: a movie review by Alex First

Broken, bruised and beaten. Read more

Do animals have rights?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Resilience and love: Inge Woolf’s legacy

Finishing her memoir was Holocaust Centre of NZ founder Inge Woolf’s last wish, and the drive to do so consumed her final weeks. Read more

Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine key to end conflict in Middle East

Visits to Saudi Arabia this past week by Jordan’s King Abdullah, PLO President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh could be the prelude to negotiations with Israel to implement the Saudi-based 2022 Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (Saudi Solution) and end 100 years of unresolved conflict between Jews and Arabs. Read more

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