Manny Waks on a special visit to Melbourne

Child sex abuse advocate Manny Waks is in Melbourne to attend the Malka Leifer. He talks with Henry Greener. Read more

The real threat to Israeli democracy

The huge demonstrations that continue in Israel and turned violent this week are fueled by the claim that the government’s judicial reform package spells the end of Israeli democracy. Read more

Nicanor Day

It’s the festival you might never have heard of, Nicanor Day, the 13^th of Adar, the day before Purim. Read more

Israel is our business

Israel’s Six-Day War disrupted Benjamin Netanyahu’s graduation plans at Cheltenham High School, located less than a mile from the Philadelphia neighbourhood where I grew up. Read more

Recycling

When one thinks of recycling, the generally accepted definition is the process of collecting and processing materials that would otherwise be thrown away as trash and turning them into new products. Read more

Creed III: a movie review by Alex First

After retiring from the ring three years ago, Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) lives to fight another day in Creed III. Read more

Readers letters: Adelaide Writers Week

There’s a huge difference between free speech and hate speech, or speech inciting violence. How can the daughter of Holocaust survivors not know this? Read more

Rabbi Garry Robuck talks Purim with Henry Greener

Progressive Rabbi Gary Robuck talks about Purim and the joyous events that will be happening at Melbourne’s Temple Beth Israel (TBI), where he has been Head Rabbi for just over a year, with his wife Jocelyn. Read more

Empire of Light: a movie review by Alex First

Set in the English coastal town of Margate during the turbulent early 1980s, Empire of Light is a sensitive drama romance. Read more

L’Chaim – to Life: Julie Nathan on Report on Antisemitism in Australia 2022

Morry Frenkel speaks with Julie Nathan, Research Director at the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), about the recently published Report on Antisemitism in Australia 2022. Read more

Shabbat Tetzaveh & Zachor: Amelek

The Shabbat before Purim is always called Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat when we remember. Read more

Judge the Jewish rioters, but don’t rationalize Arab murderers

In terms of the amount of coverage it has received in the media, the most important event in the Middle East in the last week was a riot carried out by Jews that took place in the town of Huwara following a terrorist attack committed by Palestinian Arabs that took the lives of two young Jewish men. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Celebrating National Council of Jewish Women NSW Division’s 100th anniversary

Whilst NCJWA NSW is not the only organisation in our community to have reached its 100^th anniversary – it certainly is a milestone to celebrate and provides the year ahead with lots of activity. Read more

FOJAM: Carole King – Hits & Rarities

Be prepared to come on a journey of surprise and nostalgia as we traverse this songwriting queen’s catalogue, with each singer performing a hit and a rarity that you may well know but may not know was written by one of the greatest Jewish songwriters of our time, Ms Carole King. Read more

Knesset: Effect judicial reform and defeat the rule of law mafia

In Israel, the legislature is not sovereign to legislate, and the executive lacks actual control to execute the instructions of the legislature. Read more

Tell me about Purim

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Secret talks paving way for Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine

The bombshell revelation that senior aides of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have been holding secret talks for almost two months further confirms the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s (PLO) acceptance of the Saudi-based Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (Saudi Solution) as the basis for negotiating an end to 100 years of conflict between Arabs and Jews. Read more

‘Gobblefunk:’ Author Roald Dahl’s antisemitic legacy

In common with many people who spent their childhood in the 1970s, I loved Roald Dahl’s novels for children, especially “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Read more

One year into the war, the displacement, physically and emotionally, of Ukrainian Jews

The term “displaced persons” doesn’t always adequately capture how much of a geographical impact wars have. Read more

On the other hand

This week we travelled to the north of Israel to visit our youngest son. Read more

The Great Synagogue’s WOW ‘Women of Worth’

Sydney’s The Great Synagogue’s WOW ‘Women of Worth’ is back, and this must-do special day will be held on Sunday 12 March 2023. Read more

NSW Multiculturalism Minister visits Newtown synagogue

NSW Multiculturalism Minister Mark Coure has addressed Sydney’s Newtown Synagogue. Read more

Cruel Intentions: The 90’s Musical – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

Cruel Intentions: The 90’s Musical sizzles with powerhouse performances and a rousing score. Read more

The Rocky Horror Show: reviews by Henry Benjamin

With a massive musical intro, it was time again to see the Roxy Cinema candy seller part the curtains and send us off on to the wild ride that is The Rocky Horror Show. Read more

Biden’s less than ironclad commitment to Israel

Forget the bromides about America’s “unbreakable bond” with Israel and how the United States is Israel’s “greatest friend.” Over the past week, the Biden administration has crossed two ominous red lines. Read more

Why I am a liberal

I recently came across a book called “The Call of the Tribe: Essays” by the Peruvian Nobel Prize Winner Mario Vargas Llosa. Read more

New scholarships offered to Jewish women by JOFA

JOFA Australia, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, seeks to expand the spiritual, ritual and intellectual opportunities for women within the framework of halakha (Jewish law), by advocating meaningful participation for women in family life, synagogues, houses of learning and Jewish communal organisations to the fullest extent possible. Read more

Pre-Purim portents

Rosh Chodesh Adar (the new month of Adar) has arrived, and that means Purim is not far away. Read more

Dangerous times, and they are of our own making

I can’t recall having seen such a tumultuous first 60 days of any new Israeli government. Read more

Shabbat Terumah: The Lost Ark

The Tabernacle was the House of God, symbolising the Divine Presence. Read more

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