L’Chaim to Life: Adelaide Writers’ Week must not embrace antisemitic hate
February 23, 2023 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with Justin Amler, policy analyst at the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) and L’Chaim – To Life regular contributor about the Writers Week at the upcoming Adelaide Festival 2023 in early March. Read more
NGOs front and centre in the battle over reforming Israel’s legal system
February 23, 2023 by Etgar Lefkovits
Much-needed reform that will correct an overreaching Supreme Court and thereby make Israel more democratic, or a threat to the democratic values of the state that will destroy the political system’s checks and balances? Read more
A new page in the Russo-Iranian partnership
February 23, 2023 by Ilan Berman
In July 2022, against the backdrop of the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin embarked on a notable foreign trip. Read more
The Mousetrap: a theatre review by Alex First
February 23, 2023 by Alex First
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap opened in London’s West End on 25th November 1952 and has been running continuously (save for the COVID lockdown) ever since. Read more
Josh Piterman talks to J-Wire
February 22, 2023 by Alex First
Popular musical theatre performer Josh Piterman has just landed one of the roles of his life. Read more
South African activist changes after not finding ‘Black Only’ restrooms in Israel
February 22, 2023 by TPS-IL
Desperate to find a restroom after a nearly nine-hour flight from Johannesburg, South African university student Klaas Mokgomole grabbed his carry-on and hurried off the plane…writes David Karsh. Read more
Adriana Lecouvreur: An opera review by Victor Grynberg
February 22, 2023 by Victor Grynberg
Francesco Cilea’s ADRIANA LECOUVREUR is a rarely produced opera nowadays, and this critic doesn’t recall ever seeing it before. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Jonas Alfred Lipman – Actor, producer, film and theatre director, philanthropist and ‘colourful extrovert’
February 21, 2023 by Features Desk
Jonas, frequently known as “Joe’’, was born to Judah and Sylvia Lipman on 25 April 1877 in Adelaide, South Australia. Read more
Why do I see so many Orthodox Jews drinking?
February 20, 2023 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
Feintooner
February 20, 2023 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Inflated alliances Read more
Judges jeopardize Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine negotiations
February 20, 2023 by David Singer
The Government of Israel has been ordered to formulate and submit to the High Court of Justice by April 2 its plan for demolishing and evacuating the illegal Bedouin encampment of Khan al-Ahmar – compliance with which could have serious international repercussions and jeopardise negotiations begun on January 24 to create the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine. Read more
On the other hand
February 20, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
Living in Israel one does not need a calendar to know when the next holiday is due or indeed which it is. Read more
Art: Alex First reviews Rone – Time
February 20, 2023 by Alex First
Geelong-born, Melbourne-based former street artist Rone (birth name Tyrone Wright) has crafted a remarkable time capsule three years in the making. Read more
Contrasts
February 17, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
A reader of J-Wire commented to me that it was left-wing socialists who had settled and developed what was then Ottoman-ruled and later British Mandated Palestine. Read more
Can the whole world be wrong?
February 17, 2023 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
One of the mysteries of the war against Israel is the extent to which a monstrously twisted narrative about Israel and the Palestinian Arabs—casting the former as evil and the latter as sanctified victims—has been absorbed by so many people. Read more
Why?
February 17, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
Innocent worshippers were shot outside a synagogue. Read more
Opera Australia showcases premiere of Adriana Lecouvreur
February 17, 2023 by Features Desk
The Australian premiere of acclaimed Italian director Rosetta Cucchi’s production of Adriana Lecouvreur will feature an outstanding quartet of some of the world’s most extraordinary opera singers when it opens at the Sydney Opera House on Monday. Read more
Nosferatu, a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
February 17, 2023 by Alex First
The play starts with a heartfelt warning from one of the characters that only tragedy puts you on the map. Read more
Coming Out: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
February 16, 2023 by Alex First
Showmanship, humour, pathos, anger, overt messaging and song are part of this well-meaning but noticeably stretched offering. Read more
A chorus of regulars
February 15, 2023 by Henry Benjamin
Opera Australia is very proud of its chorus – proud enough to stage a new production of Chorus! in which each and every one of the 48 performers combines to be the stars of the show. Read more
A cavalier approach?
On 13 February 2023, J-Wire published an opinion piece by Ruthie Blum entitled: “Three Jewish Funerals and an Israeli Hate-Fest”. Read more
Feintooner
February 14, 2023 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Two-Face Too Often Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Judah and Adela Solomon – Adelaide City and Community Stalwarts
February 14, 2023 by Features Desk
Judah, the son of Moss Solomon and his wife Elizabeth, was born in London on 21 December 1818. Read more
Three Jewish funerals and an Israeli hate-fest
February 13, 2023 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
Imagine the scene on Saturday night at 8-year-old Asher Menachem Paley’s funeral. Read more
The ghost of Broome – does Judaism believe in ghosts?
February 13, 2023 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
Prima Facie: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
February 13, 2023 by Alex First
Tessa Ensler (Sheridan Harbridge) is a successful barrister. Read more
New two-state solution: Israel & Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine
February 13, 2023 by David Singer
Indications that a new two-state solution – Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine – continues to progress towards its successful implementation – were in evidence again this past week. Read more
We need a better definition of antisemitism
February 12, 2023 by Ben Cohen
In the world of Jewish advocacy, the “working definition” of antisemitism endorsed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) has almost acquired the status of a sacred text. Read more
It’s not about democracy
February 12, 2023 by Caroline Glick - JNS
What’s happening in Israel is not what it seems. The left, in all its component parts, is not fighting against an effort by the government and the Knesset to destroy Israel’s democracy. Read more
On the other hand
February 12, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
In the wake of the devastating Turkish earthquake, Israel’s emergency international aid organizations have swung into action. Read more
