Readers' Letters Archives – J-Wire

Two dichotomies

Mon, 06 May 2024 03:59:05 +0000

1 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Education Minister Jason Clare and their cohort frequently state “there is no place for antiSemitism or Islamophobia on our university campuses or anywhere else.” Why do they bracket antisemitism and Islamophobia when referring to uniquely antisemitic events? I am unaware of any Islamophobic gathering advocating “Israel will be free (of […]

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The PM meets with rabbis

Mon, 06 May 2024 00:33:58 +0000

I refer to your article about the rabbis meeting with the Prime Minister. The interesting and very troubling thing is that even at a time of crisis for the whole Jewish community, these Orthodox Rabbis could not bring themselves to invite the Masorti and Reform Rabbis to join them in seeking protection for all Jews. […]

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Reader’s letter: “Where’s the Jews?”

Sun, 04 Feb 2024 06:13:00 +0000

“Police find no evidence of anti-Semitic chant at pro-Palestine rally”. So the news headline summarised the police statement. Accurately. Really?! Only, and instead, “Where’s the Jews?” Innocuous? Here in this context those words mean either “Where are the Jews? We are after them, want to get at them” or “They’re not here, are they? We […]

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Readers letter: Petition to dismiss Qantas crew wearing Palestine pins

J-Wire — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 05:18:52 +0000

I am a member of the Jewish community, deeply disturbed by the recent actions of certain Qantas cabin crew members who chose to wear Palestinian badges while on duty. This act has not only politicised a neutral space but also affected many passengers like me who believe in keeping politics separate from services like air […]

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A partially religious assessment of the Hamas-Israel conflict

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 23:51:02 +0000

In an op-ed in The Australian, foreign editor Greg Sheridan gave a partially religious assessment of the Hamas-Israel conflict in a column headlined “Israel has acted with morality in Hamas war”. In part, he wrote, “There’s a lot of wishful thinking that Arab nations, Egypt, Jordan etc, might provide security.” He failed to mention the […]

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Readers letters: Adelaide Writers Week

J-Wire Staff — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 00:22:06 +0000

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? Robyn Manoy Sydney Yes, “a civil conversation in a garden about books” is a wonderful thing, and what the AWF has always been about, with many controversial and diverse opinions expressed […]

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A response to Michael Kuttner’s Brick Wall

Fri, 08 Oct 2021 01:40:26 +0000

I must respond to Michael Kutter and his Brick Walls story and I make the point that in recent years we have seen some changes here.

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John Lyons’ criticism of “the Jewish lobby”: A reader proffers an explanation

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 02:45:46 +0000

As a member of the Australian Jewish community (Australian first and foremost), I agree with most of John Lyons’ complaints.

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Facebook and SZCNSW

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 03:41:17 +0000

I have attended every Yom Hazikoron commemoration since JNF’s Aviva Kogus and Noga and Rami Ganor organised the first one in the King David Room of the now-vanished Hall Street Hakoah Club in the early 1990’s

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Bombing Auschwitz

Tue, 18 Feb 2020 01:40:16 +0000

David Ben-Gurion did not oppose bombing the Auschwitz death camp, as William Rubinstein erroneously claims (JWire, Feb. 16). Apparently Rubinstein is not familiar with the recent research on this subject by a number of Holocaust scholars.

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