A time to say thank you

Walking down 3^rd Avenue and 85^th Street during a recent visit to New York, I was approached by a young, professionally-dressed woman who recognised me from news interviews. Read more

Anti-Israel demonstrators want to erase Jewish existence, including its music

Israel-haters had been advocating for a ceasefire in Gaza ever since the Hamas-led mobs of Palestinians completed their orgy of mass murder, rape, torture, kidnapping and wanton destruction on Oct. 7, 2023. Read more

The Rest of Our Lives

Road trip exposes family fault lines   Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more

The ceasefire illusion: confronting the hypocrisy of a movement that never wanted peace

Yesterday, I was confronted by someone who insisted that Israel had broken the ceasefire. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

Stephanie Deste – actor, dancer, radio broadcaster and beautician – Part 1 Read more

Trump & Bibi bury Biden/UN “State of Palestine” in Gaza’s rubble

President Trump’s confident declaration that the Israel-Gaza War is over has seen the State of Palestine envisioned and proposed by President Biden and adopted by the UN Security Council in Resolution 2735 on 10 June 2024 (Biden/UN State of Palestine) being buried in the rubble of Gaza: Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon:  Genocide by any other name Read more

‘Peeling away the layers of damage’

They have to learn how to live again—it’s like being reborn,” Tamar Pfeffer-Gik, a clinical dietitian at Rabin Medical Centre–Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah, told JNS on Wednesday about hostages returned from Gaza after two years in Hamas captivity. Read more

Mamdani’s anti-Israel obsession is key to his rise

With less than three weeks until Election Day in New York City, it’s clear that the hopes for preventing the election of Zohran Mamdani as the next mayor are dwindling. Read more

Hamas isn’t listening to your threats, Mr. President

Returning to Washington after his triumphant visit to Jerusalem to address the Knesset and to help welcome home the remaining hostages he helped free from Hamas in Gaza, President Donald Trump said something important. Read more

Sir Frank Lowy reflects on antisemitism

Last weekend, I was honoured to catch up again with Frank Lowy, surely Australia’s most successful 20th-century immigrant. Read more

The Secret of Secrets

Dan Brown and Jewish mysticism         Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more

L’Chaim to Life: podcast

Melanie Greenfeld – Australians against antisemitism are fighting a crisis of ignorance Read more

Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan takes one giant step forward for mankind

President Trump’s Peace Plan for Gaza has taken one giant step forward for mankind following Israel and Hamas signing a document headed: Implementation Steps for President Trump’s proposal for a “Comprehensive End of Gaza War” (See document below) Read more

Open season against the Jews

All bets are off. Clearly, there’s no limit to the world’s attempt to defame, delegitimise and destroy Israel, signalling through this incitement an implicit but unmistakable indication that it’s now open season on Jews wherever they are. Read more

Something is rotten in the states of Europe

The atmosphere in Europe is rotten. You can smell it in the expulsions at the Polytechnic University of Turin, in the beatings of Jewish students in Pisa, in assaults on tourists, in the closures of sports and cultural spaces, in protests and strikes framed as being in “solidarity” with Gaza. Read more

Fulfilling the promise

The Shabbat Torah portions which we read prior to Rosh Hashanah contain the farewell messages of Moshe to the Israelites as they stand ready to take possession of and settle the Promised Land. Read more

Here You Come Again

A Sydney musical review by Shirley Politzer Read more

L’Chaim to Life

Morry Frenkel speaks with Dr Ron Weiser, one of the organisers of the first Australian Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism, held recently on the Gold Coast. Read more

Job

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

From Qatar to the Gold Coast

Qatar is a small country with a tiny population of less than 400,000 citizens, but with immense wealth and an ideology that drives it. Read more

Israel chooses survival over surrender

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar put it bluntly: “Israel will not let the armed jihadists of Hamas be 1 mile from our children’s beds.” Read more

Why Lebanon and the Arab world still deny Palestinians citizenship

Lebanon has once again reiterated its position: Palestinian refugees will not be granted citizenship. Read more

Deborah Conway faces down antisemitism through Songs of Strength

While facing increasing discrimination, Deborah Conway is looking forward to performing at this month’s “Shir: Songs of Strength” concerts.

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A ‘Nakba’ in Times reporting

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From Australia’s Jewish past

Edna Luber-Smith – active and enthusiastic community stalwart Read more

On the other hand

The Land of Milk and Honey is preparing for another Rosh Hashanah. Read more

Two plans, one standard: why the islamophobia report must be judged against the antisemitism plan

In the space of just a few months, Australians have been handed two national reports on hate: one on antisemitism by Jillian Segal, and one on Islamophobia by Aftab Malik. Read more

Trump can reverse Obama & Biden sell-out of Jewish People to UN

President Trump is facing a deadline of 22 September – the date the United Nations General Assembly convenes to recognise a fictitious and non-existent State of Palestine – to reverse the sell-out of the Jewish People to the United Nations Security Council by Trump’s predecessors President Obama and President Biden. Read more

Carmel Reunion

I have just returned from a very moving and memorable reunion of pupils of the Jewish Boarding school Carmel College my father founded in 1948 until it closed in 1997. Read more

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