With call for Palestinian state at UN, Lapid has defined Israel’s upcoming fifth election

With just 29 words, from the stage at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, temporary caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid may have completely changed Israel’s fifth election landscape from the first four election cycles over the past two-and-a-half years. Read more

The real reason for the war against Israel and the West

As soon as it emerged that Israel’s acting Prime Minister Yair Lapid would tell the United Nations General Assembly this week that he supports the establishment of a Palestinian state, he was engulfed by outrage, incredulity and dismay. Read more

Beethoven and Schumann favourites: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

Every so often, Australian international pianist and teacher Sarah Grunstein forsakes New York to visit to her original home, Sydney and gives a recital in the Opera House’s Utzon Room. Read more

Pray for peace – prepare for action

Peace is always at the forefront of our prayers, but at the same time, most of us should have learnt from bitter past experience that being aware of the challenges ahead is a priority. Read more

Jordan-PLO-Hamas-UN-EU coy on Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine

Jordan, Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Hamas, United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) now have to choose between two very different two-state solutions to end the 100 years old Arab-Jewish conflict. Read more

Activist for life and enlightenment: In memory of Halina Strnad (21/04/1930 – 06/09/2022)

Halina Wagowska was born in Poland and grew up in the city of Poznań, in which her loving parents (‘my fount of all wisdom’) had instilled within her a resilience and strength of character that would serve her well in later years…writes Geoff Allshorn. Read more

Rosh Hashanah and two rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Kahn talks to podcaster L’Chaim – To Life, and Kew Hebrew Congregation’s Rabbi Shmueli Feldman takes to YouTube, both with messages for Rosh Hashanah. Read more

Ken Burns puts America under the microscope

Ken Burns can’t recall ever learning about the Holocaust in school. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: George Barron Goodman – the colony’s first professional photographer

George was born on 10 April 1815 in London.  He was the third son of a wealthy Jewish family who lived in  Regents Park. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…The Incredible ScHmULK snubs Marvellous SABRA Read more

UN must evaluate Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution

The General Debate of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly to be held from 20 to 26 September will not be hearing the words “Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine” mentioned even once by the Heads of State and Government meeting at the UN Headquarters for their annual talkfest to discuss world issues. Read more

What did God really want?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

The momentous task facing King Charles III

For the past week, normal life in Britain has effectively been put on hold as the country has undergone an astonishing catharsis. Read more

America’s Holocaust failure through the lens of 21st-century politics

Every generation views history through the prism of its own experiences and interests. So, it was probably inevitable that when Ken Burns, America’s great documentary filmmaker, took up the story of the Holocaust, it would be told primarily in terms of ideas that resonate with the PBS audience for which it was produced. Read more

When Christians blow the shofar, it’s a wake-up call for Jews

They were blowing the shofar, but it wasn’t Rosh Hashanah…writes Sarah Ogince. Read more

On the other hand

During the Hebrew month of Elul the sounds of the shofar can be heard every morning loud and clear, issuing forth from minyanim up and down the country. Read more

Jack Ritch: A quiet achiever and unsung hero

Jack Howard Ritch was born during World War II in Glasgow on 11th December 1941, the first child of Doris and Eddie Ritch. Read more

A Jewish Girl in Paris: a book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

It is now over 75 years since the end of the Shoah and World War II. One wonders how many more novels have yet to emerge. This is one of the better ones. Read more

Changing of the guard

In the words of A.A. Milne, “they are changing the guards at Buckingham Palace.” Read more

Abbas once again set to demonize Israel as he pushes Palestinian propaganda at the UN

The 77th session of the UN General Assembly opens this week. It is expected that the Palestinian Authority’s President Mahmoud Abbas will once again force the Palestinian question to the forefront of the international agenda. Read more

L’Chaim to Life: Jeff Schneider – an update on Jews in Tasmania

PODCAST: Morry Frenkel speaks with Jeff Schneider, President of the Hobart Synagogue, the oldest Australian shule still in use. Read more

How do we shape our future and what should or can that look like?

We are in a period of reflection during this month of Elul, and with the reminder from the daily blowing of the shofar, that we are approaching the Jewish New Year and the Ten Days of Awe. Read more

A week of sadness, celebration and continuity

The sidra of Ki Tavo contains the following verse, which in many ways encapsulates the life of Queen Elizabeth II. Read more

Shabbat Ki Tavo: Rewards and punishment

The Torah this week contains blessings and warnings. Read more

In sickness and in health, Israel’s medical technology companies are here for you

The entrepreneurial ecosystem in Israel creates opportunities for start-ups to become advanced, commercially viable, and promising businesses. Read more

The Phantom of the Opera: a review by Victor Grynberg

A season virtually sold out before opening night was a definite indication that the local audience was expecting something special from the first Sydney Opera House staging of this mega-hit. Read more

Tehran’s accelerating march to a nuclear weapons arsenal

Since the start of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the West, Tehran has managed to create an impression that it has kept to the terms of the various agreements reached and that it was the West, and above all, the United States, which violated them. There were two purposes to pursuing this diplomatic strategy. Read more

Do religious Jews have a right to reject basic secular education?

After more than a century of biased reporting about Israel, contempt for Zionism, and a lack of interest in reporting about anti-Semitism, readers are right to regard any coverage of the Jewish community by The New York Times with scepticism, if not justified suspicion, of ill intentions. Read more

From Australia’s past: James Larra  – from convict to a most colourful personality

James Larra was born in 1749 in London.  His correct family name was Lara, and he was a descendant of a prominent Spanish-Jewish family. Read more

King Charles III

Carmel College was a Jewish Public School my late father had founded in England in 1948. I had the honour to be its headmaster and then Principal from 1971 -1984. Read more

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