Talmud on a desert island

One of the longest-running radio program series on the BBC is Desert Island Discs.   Read more

A convict Shabbat at Sydney’s Great

‘Convict Shabbat’ will celebrate all those in the Sydney community who are the descendants of convicts. Read more

L’Chaim to Life: A podcast with Rabbi Leo Dee

Maurice Klein speaks with Rabbi Leo Dee, about the heartbreaking tragedy that has befallen the beautiful Dee family at the hands of and Jew and Israel-hating Palestinian terrorism. Read more

Shabbat Lech Lecha: All About Spirit

This week’s Torah reading is dominated by the story of the 12 men sent by Moses to scout out the Land of Canaan. There’s a dispute as to whether they went to tour, to undermine, or to spy. The Torah uses all three words. Read more

Chorus Oz – Mahler’s 8th Symphony – reviewed by Shirley Politzer

Do you like to sing in the shower? Dance around the house singing songs? Have you always wanted to share your love of singing but perhaps have no opportunity, then Chorus Oz is for you. Read more

National interfaith group discusses challenges facing indigenous Australians

The challenges facing indigenous Australians and the merits of proposed remedies took centre stage in the recent National Dialogue between the Uniting Church in Australia and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry. Read more

A new Shaliach for AUJS

The Zionist Federation of Australia and the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) has welcomed Tobias Siegal, who began his work as the Australasian Union of Jewish Students’ (AUJS) shaliach last week. Read more

Rigelotto: Reviewed by Murray Dahm

Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto (1851) was the composer’s sixteenth opera. Read more

Napoleon was right about the Jews

With the barrage of untruths emanating from Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas and his underlings, it is always a welcome and refreshing phenomenon when world leaders recognise and speak the truth about Israel and the Jews…writes Joseph Frager. Read more

The 2023 Community Crisis Golf Day to support Jewish House

The 2023 Community Crisis Golf Day, a charitable event organised in support of Jewish House, proved to be an astounding triumph. Read more

Peter Wertheim: Nazi symbols ban a step in the right direction

Federal Attorney General Mark Dreyfus will shortly introduce to the parliament The Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Bill. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past: Izzy Orloff – Famous Fremantle photographer

He was born Abraham in Ukraine on 21 March 1891, the youngest of nine children of Rafael Orloff, draper, and his wife Rachel. Read more

Robyn Archer: An Australian Songbook – reviewed by Alex First

The highly entertaining two-hour show could be called the soundtrack of the glorious Robyn Archer’s life. Read more

Do you agree that the original Chassidim were reformers of Judaism?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: More for Less, More or Less Read more

The Culture: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

Will (Mina Asfour) and Katie (Laura Jackson) are millennial best friends who live together. Read more

Google ends UN burying Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution

Google has ended the United Nations (UN) continuing effort to ignore the existence of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS) as an alternative solution to replace the failed UN two-state solution contained in UN Security Council Resolution 2334  passed on 23 December 2016 (UNSCR 2334). Read more

IDF’s ‘Special in Uniform’ band hits 500-show milestone 

Most Israeli bands and performers would be happy to land a few gigs a month, but how many have clocked 500 performances in the past 14 months? Read more

On the other hand

Most countries, including Israel, have designated parking areas reserved for drivers with mobility problems. Read more

IsraAid, JDC, Chabad assist Ukrainians on the ground in wake of dam flooding

When the Kakhovka Dam collapsed on June 6, flooding southeastern Ukraine—killing several people and stranding thousands—those in the region turned to the Israeli non-governmental organisation IsraAID for help…writes Rachel Avraham. Read more

How unsurprising

“Life is full of surprises. Not all these surprises are pleasant, so you need to be ready for what life brings you.” Read more

Happiness

The American constitution says that Americans have the right to happiness. What is happiness? Can the pursuit of happiness be a right, an experience, a state of mind, or an aspiration? Read more

Why can’t we talk about Ukrainian antisemitism?

How important is the struggle against antisemitism to the liberal corporate media? How much of it a priority is it for the organised Jewish world? Read more

New president, new logo

 Progressive Judaism Victoria has announced its refreshed visual identity, coinciding with the appointment of new president Maureen Barten. Read more

Death of a Salesman – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

Almost three-quarters of a century after it was written, the power, passion and desolation intrinsic to Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (1949) remains intact.

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Emanuel School recognised as a 5-Star employer by Choice

Sydney’s Emanuel School has been selected as a 5-Star Employer of Choice by The Educator magazine. Read more

A mass that pleased the masses

For Mozart fans, last night’s concert by the SSO was a welcome and balanced blend of the master’s work. Read more

Shabbat Bha’alotecha: Arguments

The Torah this week starts very optimistically with the events that come at the end of the first year when they are within sight of the Promised Land. Read more

L’Chaim – to Life: Alan Jackson

Maurice Klein speaks with Alan Jackson. He was Sgt Major Alan Jackson in the IDF Tzanchanim (Paratroopers) under the command of Mordechai (Matta) Gur, and was one of the first soldiers in the IDF to reach the Kotel in the 1967 Six Day War. Read more

Rocky Horror Show – a Melbourne theatre review

Half a century on, the Rocky Horror Show remains a delightful, bizarre and engaging romp that encourages audience participation. Read more

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