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The fateful question for Diaspora Jews

Featured Articles Melanie Phillips - JNS.org -
The current onslaught against the Jewish people is causing many Diaspora Jews to ask themselves profound and unsettling questions. Israel...

Myths

Featured Articles Jeremy Rosen -
The word myth can be understood in many different ways. Originally Greek, it literally meant telling stories. All cultures and...

The real meaning of ‘Naaseh V’Nishma’ after October 7

Featured Articles J-Wire News Service -
Every year around Shavuot, people start talking about cheesecake, all-night learning and staying awake until sunrise. And honestly, I love...

How to define an antisemite

Featured Articles JNS -
The rise of Jew-hatred in America can be reversed, but only if it is fought differently. The hate-mongers have been...

New Mitzvah Tank to bring Jewish life to regional Australia

Have You Heard? Rob Klein -
An intimate Lag B’Omer gathering at Chabad Brisbane marked the formal opening of the newly renovated Queensland Mitzvah Tank...

Antizionists who condemn antisemitic crimes are gaslighting us

Featured Articles Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org -
Attempts to separate the movement to accomplish the genocide of half the world’s Jews in Israel from attacks on...

Royal Commission hearings to begin this week as submissions pass 5,700

Australia & NZ Rob Klein -
The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion will open its first public hearings in Sydney this week, following...

How to defend against antizionism – Part 3

Featured Articles Joshua Dabelstein -
An Arsenal Against Antizionism: How to Reclaim the Language (click here for part 1) (click here for part 2) If antizionism...

How to defend against antizionism – Part 2

Featured Articles Joshua Dabelstein -
Hostility as a Virtue: The Moral Logic of Antizionism (click here for part 1) Distinct forms of anti-Jewish hostility are produced...

How to defend against antizionism – Part 1

Featured Articles Joshua Dabelstein -
Part 1: Diagnosing the problem Today we rely on the word 'antisemitism' to describe all anti-Jewish sentiment. The word...

Rainbow Seder in Melbourne offers queer Jews a place at the table

News Rob Klein -
A Rainbow Seder held in Melbourne ahead of Pesach has drawn a strong response from attendees, with many describing...

Jack’s journey from dairy farm to Judaism

Featured Articles Rob Klein -
Jack O’Shea grew up on a dairy farm in northern Victoria where he had never met a Jew. Today...

Author Marisa Meltzer reflects on fame, feminism and Jewish identity ahead of Sydney visit

Featured Articles Rob Klein -
New York-based journalist and author Marisa Meltzer has built her career exploring women the world too often flattens into...

Reconnecting through business: the story behind Australia’s new Jewish executive network

Featured Articles Rob Klein -
A new national network for Australia's Jewish business executives is preparing to launch chapters in Sydney, Melbourne and the...

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...

Upholding the values that define us as a people

Featured Articles Menachem Rosensaft -
Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress, is demonstrating both courage and integrity in urging...

Curses – ancient and modern

Featured Articles Michael Kuttner -
It is amazing how very often the weekly Torah portion that we read in Synagogues on Shabbat contains startling...

“I’m That Jew” creator Eitan Chitayat: “We need to be visible, not just proud”

News Rob Klein -
In an exclusive interview with J-Wire on the eve of his visit to Australia, Israeli branding expert and Jewish identity...

Torah among sacred texts set for destruction by NZ National Library

News Greg Bouwer -
The New Zealand National Library is under fire after it was revealed that more than 500,000 books — including...

“Don’t Just Be Jewish; Do Jewish”: Zack Bodner’s Bold Blueprint for the 21st Century

Featured Articles Rob Klein -
In an exclusive interview with J-Wire ahead of his visit to Australia for the Sydney Jewish Writers' Festival, Zack...

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