Shabbat Chukat Balak: Faith or magic

This week we have two very different weekly readings of the Torah combined into one. Read more

Is God Is – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

Revenge is the cornerstone of Is God Is, an incendiary play that explodes onto the MTC stage. Read more

The scorched earth prosecutors

On Thursday night, with sunken faces, Channel 13’s legal correspondents delivered the news: The judges presiding over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial for bribery and breach of trust had told the prosecutors and defence attorney last week that the prosecutors have not proven their charge of bribery, and are unlikely to succeed in doing so, since all their major witnesses have already testified. Read more

In My Pocket workshop in Perth

Recently, the Year 5 cohort at Perth’s Carmel School has been learning about child refugees today and those displaced from overseas. Read more

Book review – Care and Covenant- A Jewish Bioethic of Responsibility

Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen reviews Rabbi Jason Weiner’s book. Read more

Mozart as Wolfgang would have heard his music

In a program titled “MOZART”, Richard Tognetti and his Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO), augmented with musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) and guest musicians, gave the audience at Sydney’s City Recital Hall a real treat. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Love and War. Read more

New York Times remains silent on Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine

The New York Times (NYT) continues its year-long failure to report on or analyze the 2022 Saudi-based Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution to replace the failed two-state solution proposed by:

• The 2002 Saudi-inspired Arab Peace Initiative and
• The 2016 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334.

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Q. How can you prove there is a God?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

On the other hand

The best own goal of the season was scored by Indonesia which recently banned the Israel under 20 soccer team from competing in the world soccer cup competition. Read more

Nonprofit founded by Melbourne Jewish family changes lives in Cambodia

If an Australian Jewish high school student hadn’t missed a deadline in 2009, her family might not have gone on to found a nonprofit which is helping young people some 4,300 miles away in Cambodia. Read more

Getting the message

The definition of “getting the message” is to understand something that is not being said directly.

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Charter Schools and Isidore of Seville

I have always been a fan of Charter Schools (naturally, there are poor ones too). Read more

Shabbat Korach: Quakes, Fires, and Almonds

The earth opened up, fire from heaven, and sticks sprouted almond blossoms and nuts. Read more

Security.

A single word, depending on one’s viewpoint, has many different meanings, interpretations and derivations. Read more

Comprehensive study of hate incidents in Australia – updated         

A comprehensive study conducted in 2022 revealed a clear picture of the state of reported hate incidents in Australia from 2014 to 2021. Read more

Aida – an opera review by Murray Dahm

Verdi’s Aïda (1871) is a remarkable opera for all sorts of reasons. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past: Hyam (Henry) van der Sluice – Australia’s best kept secret – known Australia-wide as comic entertainer Roy Rene

Henry, to be known as Roy (Mo) Rene, was born on 15 February 1891, at Hindley Street, Adelaide. Read more

Lightscape, at the Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens: reviewed by Alex First

Following its success last winter, a new, gorgeous exhibition of colour and creativity returns to the Royal Botanic Gardens this year. Read more

What do Jews believe?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

The Victorian ALP conference

The Victorian ALP Branch resolution over the weekend was all about politics, not principle…writes Peter Wertheim. Read more

Henry Greener visits Marc Chagall

Henry meets Jade Niklai, curator of the Chagall Exhibition, now showing at the Jewish Museum of Australia in Melbourne. Read more

On the other hand

How many days of sunshine does Israel experience on an annual basis? Read more

Saudi US-Embassy tries to bury Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution

Saudi Embassy Spokesperson in Washington – Fahad Nazer – has tried to bury the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (Saudi Solution) – first published in the Saudi Government-controlled Al-Arabiya News on 8 June 2022 and then subsequently amended. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Propagandists of a feather Read more

Dubai’s hotel offers kosher food

A hotel in Dubai is now offering 24-hour Kosher room service. Read more

Challenging the BBC on Israel

For decades, the Western media has acted as a malevolent echo chamber for the demonisation of Israel. Read more

Henry Greener talks with Maureen Barten

Maureen Barten is the new President of Progressive Judaism Victoria. Read more

It’s not a laughing matter

Quite often, one is faced with a situation so absurd that laughter seems to be the only suitable response. Read more

Masterclass – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

Oh my. What a breakout, beguiling, absurdist, slapstick comedy Masterclass is. Read more

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