From Australia’s Jewish Past: Jonas Alfred Lipman – Actor, producer, film and theatre director, philanthropist and ‘colourful extrovert’
February 21, 2023 by Features Desk
Jonas, frequently known as “Joe’’, was born to Judah and Sylvia Lipman on 25 April 1877 in Adelaide, South Australia. Read more
Why do I see so many Orthodox Jews drinking?
February 20, 2023 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
Feintooner
February 20, 2023 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Inflated alliances Read more
Judges jeopardize Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine negotiations
February 20, 2023 by David Singer
The Government of Israel has been ordered to formulate and submit to the High Court of Justice by April 2 its plan for demolishing and evacuating the illegal Bedouin encampment of Khan al-Ahmar – compliance with which could have serious international repercussions and jeopardise negotiations begun on January 24 to create the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine. Read more
On the other hand
February 20, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
Living in Israel one does not need a calendar to know when the next holiday is due or indeed which it is. Read more
Art: Alex First reviews Rone – Time
February 20, 2023 by Alex First
Geelong-born, Melbourne-based former street artist Rone (birth name Tyrone Wright) has crafted a remarkable time capsule three years in the making. Read more
Contrasts
February 17, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
A reader of J-Wire commented to me that it was left-wing socialists who had settled and developed what was then Ottoman-ruled and later British Mandated Palestine. Read more
Can the whole world be wrong?
February 17, 2023 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
One of the mysteries of the war against Israel is the extent to which a monstrously twisted narrative about Israel and the Palestinian Arabs—casting the former as evil and the latter as sanctified victims—has been absorbed by so many people. Read more
Why?
February 17, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
Innocent worshippers were shot outside a synagogue. Read more
Opera Australia showcases premiere of Adriana Lecouvreur
February 17, 2023 by Features Desk
The Australian premiere of acclaimed Italian director Rosetta Cucchi’s production of Adriana Lecouvreur will feature an outstanding quartet of some of the world’s most extraordinary opera singers when it opens at the Sydney Opera House on Monday. Read more
Nosferatu, a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
February 17, 2023 by Alex First
The play starts with a heartfelt warning from one of the characters that only tragedy puts you on the map. Read more
Coming Out: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
February 16, 2023 by Alex First
Showmanship, humour, pathos, anger, overt messaging and song are part of this well-meaning but noticeably stretched offering. Read more
A chorus of regulars
February 15, 2023 by Henry Benjamin
Opera Australia is very proud of its chorus – proud enough to stage a new production of Chorus! in which each and every one of the 48 performers combines to be the stars of the show. Read more
A cavalier approach?
On 13 February 2023, J-Wire published an opinion piece by Ruthie Blum entitled: “Three Jewish Funerals and an Israeli Hate-Fest”. Read more
Feintooner
February 14, 2023 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Two-Face Too Often Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Judah and Adela Solomon – Adelaide City and Community Stalwarts
February 14, 2023 by Features Desk
Judah, the son of Moss Solomon and his wife Elizabeth, was born in London on 21 December 1818. Read more
Three Jewish funerals and an Israeli hate-fest
February 13, 2023 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
Imagine the scene on Saturday night at 8-year-old Asher Menachem Paley’s funeral. Read more
The ghost of Broome – does Judaism believe in ghosts?
February 13, 2023 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
Prima Facie: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
February 13, 2023 by Alex First
Tessa Ensler (Sheridan Harbridge) is a successful barrister. Read more
New two-state solution: Israel & Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine
February 13, 2023 by David Singer
Indications that a new two-state solution – Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine – continues to progress towards its successful implementation – were in evidence again this past week. Read more
We need a better definition of antisemitism
February 12, 2023 by Ben Cohen
In the world of Jewish advocacy, the “working definition” of antisemitism endorsed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) has almost acquired the status of a sacred text. Read more
It’s not about democracy
February 12, 2023 by Caroline Glick - JNS
What’s happening in Israel is not what it seems. The left, in all its component parts, is not fighting against an effort by the government and the Knesset to destroy Israel’s democracy. Read more
On the other hand
February 12, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
In the wake of the devastating Turkish earthquake, Israel’s emergency international aid organizations have swung into action. Read more
Can an earthquake bring Middle Eastern enemies together?
February 10, 2023 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
There is nothing that makes the human condition more visibly fragile than the kind of massive natural disaster that Turkey and Syria are now facing in the wake of a massive earthquake. Read more
How Britain has failed to prevent Islamist extremism and to protect Jews
February 10, 2023 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
While events in Israel continue to attract disproportionate and distorted global attention, Islamic extremism remains a threat inside Western society. Read more
Israeli Theocracy
February 10, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
In the febrile political polemic of our times, language is a victim as people use words loosely, inaccurately, and without thinking of their significance or meaning. Read more
Inconvenient Reminders
February 10, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
Sweeping embarrassing and painful occurrences under the proverbial carpet is a popular pastime for many. Read more
Wittenoom: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
February 9, 2023 by Alex First
Wittenoom, the former town and declared contaminated site in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, was, in short, a death trap. Read more
Shabbat Yitro: Pacificism
February 9, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
“And if you make for Me an altar of stones, do not build it out of hewn stones, because if you use your sword in making it, you will profane it” (Exodus 20:22). Read more
Spoiler Alert: a movie review by Alex First
February 9, 2023 by Alex First
As the title suggests, the outcome is writ large at the start of the film, which is based on a best-selling memoir by Michael Ausiello. Read more
