Problematic

For three millennia, the reaction towards Jews, Judaism and the Promised Land has been problematic. Read more

Shavuot and the Culture Wars

As far as the Bible was concerned, the festival of Shavuot ( Pentecost) that we celebrate this weekend was no more than a harvest festival.  Read more

Dershowitz: Amanpour equating terrorists and victims is beneath contempt

Rabbi Leo Dee, who said he is considering suing CNN for $1.3 billion, has retained the attorney and former Harvard Law school professor Alan Dershowitz on a pro bono basis. Read more

A Sydneysider joins the demonstrations in Israel

With his camera at the ready, Sydney photography enthusiast David Itzkowic hit the streets in Israel to capture the mood of the ongoing Saturday night protests in Israel. Read more

Verdi’s Requiem: A concert review by Shirley Politzer

Verdi’s Requiem, his largest and most significant choral work, performed recently by the Sydney Philharmonia Festival Chorus and Orchestra, is a musical setting of the Catholic funeral mass for four soloists, a double choir and orchestra. Read more

May-28 3pm Sydney: Melodies of Memory

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Shavout in Israel in the 1930s and 1940s

Bikkurim celebrates the presentation of the first fruits coinciding with Shavuot. Read more

Judicial reform: An urgent imperative

For months Israel has been engulfed in a tumultuous public dispute in the titanic clash between the advocates of a direly needed reform of the country’s system of law enforcement on the one hand, and its increasingly strident opponents on the other. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Joachim Matthias Wendt – Silversmith extraordinaire

Joachim was born on 26 June 1830 in Itzehoe, a small town in Holstein, Germany, which at the time was a Danish province. Read more

I Wanna Be Yours – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

Navigating the vicissitudes in a relationship can be tricky at the best of times, but cross-cultural unions, more often than not, face additional difficulties. Read more

Sadie Weiner 1926-2023

Sadie Weiner — beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother — passed away on May 15 in Perth. She was 96 and lived independently until the final few weeks of her life. Read more

Beautiful Highness: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

Today, deteriorating mental health is spoken about far more often than it used to be, which is a good thing, but what does it look like up close and personal? Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Singing from the same hymnal. Read more

Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine Solution: Alive or Dead?

Two seemingly contradictory news reports within the space of 48 hours have thrown into doubt the possible implementation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine Solution (HKOPS) to end the unresolved 100-year conflict between Jews and Arabs. Read more

Can you tell me something about Shavuot?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

The Coronation

Whatever one may or may not think of monarchy, the coronation of King Charles was a magnificent pageant. Read more

Christiane Amanpour and the Institutionalisation of media bias

At what point do we just shrug and no longer bother to even complain about a biased press? Read more

Soros, antisemitism and the progressive assault on language

One of the key characteristics of our difficult times is the way in which the progressive left has hijacked language. Read more

The weaponisation of antisemitism against conservatives

A conference held in London this week was subjected to an extraordinary onslaught on social and mainstream media from people who weaponised antisemitism against it. Read more

A Capital Offence

One of the synonyms for a capital offence is a heinous crime. Read more

Joe Biden’s empty words about antisemitism

For those who think what Jews need is more official recognition of their heritage, it was a great afternoon. Read more

Shabbat B’Midbar: War and Conscription

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Those irritating antisemitic thugs: how low can they go?

Two antisemitic thugs in London and Boca Raton, Florida, picked on Jewish targets their own size to badger, as disgusting as these attacks are. Read more

A blend of the familiar, the unfamiliar and the new: Music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

Having Wolfgang in your name would seem to direct your destiny towards musical composition. It certainly did with Erich Wolfgang Korngold, (1897 – 1957)  whose only symphony was played by the SSO last night. Read more

L’Chaim – to Life: Holocaust survivor Suzi Steed

Maurice Klein speaks with Suzi Smeed, who was just two years old when her family was swept up in the Hungarian Holocaust as the Nazis stormed into Budapest with the goal of rounding up all the Jews and freighting them to Auschwitz for extermination. Read more

May-28 3:00pm Sydney: In your 70s? A mix and mingle event

An opportunity to meet new people in your age group. Read more

In your 70s? A mix and mingle event

An opportunity to meet new people in your age group. Read more

Emanuel School empowers student leaders in sustainability

Sydney’s Emanuel School recently hosted the first Inter-School Student Leadership in Sustainability Symposium, bringing together senior student representatives and staff from various schools to share ideas and successes in implementing sustainable practices. Read more

What does Turkey’s election mean for Israel?

Turkey’s High Election Board (YSK) declared on Monday that the country would be heading to a runoff election in late May, after incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan failed to secure over 50% of the vote in Sunday’s election. Read more

Iran is stepping up pressure on its proxies to join forces against Israel

Heavy Iranian pressure on Hamas, Hezbollah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad to establish a “joint operational mechanism” to coordinate activities against Israel is reportedly causing internal divisions among the Iranian proxies. Read more

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