Debunking Holocaust Denial Theories…a book review by Alan Gold
May 9, 2016 by Alan Gold
Some books are ‘must-read’. Others are ‘should read’. And a lot are ‘toss away without reading so you don’t let the facts bother you.’ Read more
Monica Goldberg at the SWF
May 4, 2016 by Geoff Sirmai
Work by Sydney Jewish writer Monica Goldberg will feature in the Sydney Writers’ Festival later this month. Read more
Jewels and Ashes – A 25th Anniversary Edition: a book review by Alan Gold
April 25, 2016 by Alan Gold
Virginia Woolf once said that every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works. Perhaps the finest example in Australia today of the elemental truth of Woolf’s words is in the body of work produced over the past quarter of a century by Arnold Zable. Read more
Frank Lowy, A Second Life…a book review by Alan Gold
There are two lights which shine most brilliantly out of Jill Margo’s exceptional second volume of Frank Lowy’s biography. Read more
A new look at the Australia-Israel relationship
August 18, 2015 by Agencies
Australia and Israel’s complex relationship has received a fresh public examination with the release of the new academic collection, Australia and Israel: A Diasporic, Political and Relationship. Read more
I Gave a Gonski…selected speeches by David Gonski. A book review by Alan Gold
In his chapter on ‘Being a Chairman’, David Gonski says it’s easier to define a non-executive chairman by what he’s not, rather than by what he or she is. Which made me think of what the American astronomer, Clifford Stoll once said the internet age, “Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.”
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Adam Exx Exodus…a book review by Alan Gold
May 20, 2015 by Alan Gold
There is a class of books being published these days which are best described as ‘metabooks’. Read more
Book Review: LaKol Z’man
February 3, 2012 by Katja Grynberg
Katja Grynberg reviews LaKol Z’man – A Time For Everything by Yossi Huttler. This tiny book of tiny poems takes the reader through the year, month by month, on a journey of changing emotions and spirituality. Read more
