IsraAid, JDC, Chabad assist Ukrainians on the ground in wake of dam flooding
June 9, 2023 by J-Wire
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
June 9, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
“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
June 9, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
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?
June 8, 2023 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
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
June 8, 2023 by Community newsdesk
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
June 8, 2023 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.
Emanuel School recognised as a 5-Star employer by Choice
June 8, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
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
June 8, 2023 by Fraser Beath McEwing
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
June 8, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
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
June 8, 2023 by Features Desk
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
June 7, 2023 by Alex First
Half a century on, the Rocky Horror Show remains a delightful, bizarre and engaging romp that encourages audience participation. Read more
Peter Gaspar’s remarkable story
June 7, 2023 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Join the Melbourne Holocaust Museum on 18 June for a truly extraordinary opportunity to hear the firsthand account of a Holocaust survivor, Peter Gaspar. Read more
Limmud in Your Lounge Returns to Sydney
June 7, 2023 by Community newsdesk
Sydney’s Jewish community will see the return of Limmud in Your Lounge, a highly anticipated event featuring thought-provoking discussions on Jewish ideas and culture. Read more
Cairns Jewish teens distribute toys to hospitalised children
June 7, 2023 by Community newsdesk
Children in Cairns base hospital got a happiness boost on Monday when teens from Chabad North Queensland gave them bags filled with gifts. Read more
Vivaldi vs Piazzolla: Live at the Great
June 7, 2023 by Features Desk
The Live at the Great series continues featuring one of Australia’s foremost violinists and a didgeridoo player. Read more
‘From the deepest hole to the highest mountain’
June 6, 2023 by Etgar Lefkovits
The view from atop the world’s highest peak was breathtakingly stunning. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Vaiben Louis Solomon
June 6, 2023 by Features Desk
Vaiben was born on 13 May 1853 in Adelaide, the son of Judah Moss Solomon – nephew of Emanuel and Vaiben – and mother Rachel. Read more
Burst pipes or bad history? Wellington City Council’s new role as the arbiter of international conflicts
June 6, 2023 by Juliet Moses
On 15 May, newbie Wellington City Councillor Nikau Wi Neera tweeted a photo of himself grinning like a schoolboy who has just been gifted a PlayStation and clutching a piece of paper. Read more
IsraAID heads guests at Sydney breakfast
June 6, 2023 by A J-Wire community service announcement
IsraAID leaders Global CEO Yotam Polizer and Chief Development & Communications Officer Tamar Kosky Lazarus will be guests at breakfast in Sydney sponsored by the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies and Stand Up. Read more
Euphoria: an installation at the Melbourne Town Hall
June 6, 2023 by Alex First
As Gordon Gekko, in the 1987 Oliver Stone-directed hit film Wall Street, Michael Douglas said “greed, for lack of a better word, is good”…writes Alex First. Read more
Feintooner
June 5, 2023 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Love is Blind Read more
New Torah L’am scholarships on offer to Jewish women
June 5, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Australia is to partner with leading Jewishly UK to offer the Torah L’Am Course. Read more
Why is black the colour associated with bereavement and mourning?
June 5, 2023 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi! Read more
Historian Martin Kramer cites paradox behind Israel’s judicial reform controversy
June 5, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
AIJAC’s latest webinar featured eminent historian Professor Martin Kramer, past Director of Tel Aviv University’s Middle East Centre and Fellow at the Washington Institute for Middle East Policy. Read more
Biden in bind as Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution turns 1
June 5, 2023 by David Singer
President Biden must be feeling decidedly uncomfortable as the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS) approaches its first birthday – with Israel and Saudi Arabia negotiating to possibly implement its terms – mediated by Bahrain – not the US. Read more
The Biden administration’s anti-antisemitism travesty
June 4, 2023 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
What’s the use of the definition of antisemitism by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance? Read more
Ahlam Tamimi’s 16th victim
June 4, 2023 by Ben Cohen
Twenty-two years after a Palestinian suicide bomber devastated the Sbarro pizza restaurant in downtown Jerusalem, the 16th victim of that massacre succumbed to her injuries. Read more
The Egypt border attack: Key questions
June 4, 2023 by Yaakov Lappin
There are several critical questions that the joint Israeli-Egyptian investigation into the deadly terrorist attack on the two countries’ shared border on Saturday must address. Read more
On the other hand
June 4, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
One of the funniest aspects of life in Israel, at least for English-speaking Olim, are the numerous bloopers that appear when Hebrew notices, signs and instructions are translated. Read more
Climbers – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
June 4, 2023 by Alex First
It’s all good, clean, innocent, engaging, adventurous and flirtatious fun, until it isn’t. Read more
