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Mel Brooks turns 100

News JNS -
Jewish comedy legend Mel Brooks celebrated his 100th birthday on Sunday, as he prepares to release the long-awaited sequel...

Jewish Archaeology

Featured Articles Jeremy Rosen -
We live in a world of lies and misrepresentations. Nowhere is this more obvious than in regard to the...

Shabbat Korach

Featured Articles Jeremy Rosen -
Korach leads a rebellion against Moshe in this week’s Torah reading. Overwhelmingly, Rabbinic commentators condemn him for using religious arguments...

New book records Shepparton’s lost Jewish farming community

Books David Marlow -
Physiotherapist Devorah Zmood has launched her first book, “Shepparton Jewish Agricultural Settlement Migrant Stories”, documenting the history of the...

Why Iran will not collapse after leadership change

Featured Articles JNS -
The primary domestic tensions are directed towards the regime itself, rather than between completely fractured armed population groups. By Farid...

Darwin honours Australia’s only Jewish premier

Australia & NZ Rob Klein -
A ceremony in Darwin honouring Australia’s only Jewish state premier, Vaiben Louis Solomon, has highlighted the long but little-known...

Jewish Queen Berenice and the Roman Empire

Books Anne Sarzin -
Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin While eclipsed in history and literature, right up to the present day, by the...

Journey through history: Sydney Jewish Museum announces Berlin and Poland tour

Have You Heard? J-Wire Newsdesk -
The Sydney Jewish Museum is offering Australians a rare opportunity to walk in the footsteps of history with its...

JIFF Review – ‘Among Neighbours’ – Surviving the Holocaust, only to face murder at home

Featured Articles Rob Klein -
Among Neighbours is an engaging documentary that tackles one of the most uncomfortable parts of Holocaust history, the attacks...

Queensland Jewish community celebrates 160 years with “less oy, more joy”

Community Rob Klein -
The Queensland Jewish community is celebrating 160 years of Jewish life in Queensland, marking the milestone with events highlighting...

Historic first: Holocaust included in draft NZ Year 10 curriculum

News Greg Bouwer -
For the first time in New Zealand history, the Holocaust is explicitly included in the draft Year 10 Social Sciences curriculum,...

NSW Jewish Board of Deputies celebrates eight decades of strength and service

News Rob Klein -
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies celebrated eight decades of resilience and service with a major function at Parliament House on...

Abraham: the First Jew

Books Anne Sarzin -
Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Abraham The First Jew, Anthony Julius’s biography of our forefather Abraham, is a prodigiously...

Honouring Phil Lamason: a New Zealand memorial with a Jewish resonance

News Greg Bouwer -
The small New Zealand town of Dannevirke is preparing to honour one of its most remarkable sons, Squadron Leader...

Shabbat Eykev

Featured Articles Jeremy Rosen -
CHOSEN It still amazes me how often I hear non -Jews claim that we Jews are so arrogant and exclusive...

Ruptured

Books Anne Sarzin -
Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin - Shattered dreams and fragile hopes In Ruptured, a book published today, thirty-six courageous Jewish...

Sir Thomas More

Featured Articles Jeremy Rosen -
I was always interested in history. Having been brought up in England, I have a particular interest in its...

Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The whole equation

Books Anne Sarzin -
Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin This book, at this particular juncture in our history, is immensely important exactly because...

From Australia’s Jewish past

Featured Articles Ruth Lilian -
Sarah Saqui – great-aunt to May Saqui, and a most interesting lady At the end of April, you may remember...

From Australia’s Jewish past

Featured Articles Ruth Lilian -
Signora Rosina Tedeschi – Amazing woman and Italian tutor – extraordinaire – Part 2 Soon after Guido’s release from internment,...

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