Lesser known works from two great composers: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
April 12, 2018 by Fraser Beath McEwing
If you want a Beethoven mass you’ve only got two choices: the more secularly accessible 1812 Mass in C major, Op.86 or the longer, holier and meatier 1824 Missa Solemnis which the SSO last presented in 2015. Read more
Yom Hashoah Sydney commemoration
April 11, 2018 by Henry Benjamin
Over 800 members of Sydney’s community and supporters packed the Clancy Auditorium at the University of New South Wales to participate in this year’s Yom Hashoah commemoration. Read more
Reflecting on Holocaust Remembrance in Australia
April 11, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The International Holocaust Remembrance Day has received almost 15,000 users on its new site launched at the end of January. Read more
Why the ABC should apologise for its Good Friday interview of Rev Dr Stephen Sizer
April 11, 2018 by Peter Wertheim
For centuries, Easter Holy Week was an occasion for incendiary sermons and outbreaks of mob violence against Jewish communities throughout Europe…writes Peter Wertheim. Read more
Rain or shine Eurovision contestants plant their roots in Israel
April 11, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A few weeks before they perform at the Eurovision in Lisbon, Portugal, approximately 30 of this year’s Eurovision Song contestants, including Israel’s Neta Barzilai, planted a tree in the hills of Jerusalem, Israel. Read more
Work begun at Next-Gen economic empowerment projects in Negev
April 11, 2018 by Altea Steinherz
Construction has just begun at the ambitious employment project at Idan HaNegev in Israel an initiative by Australian philanthropist Harry Triguboff. Read more
Growth trend in tourism continues
April 11, 2018 by Lydia Weitzman
According to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, 393,000 tourist entries were recorded in March 2018, about 34% more than March 2017. Read more
Israel’s Labor Party cuts ties with U.K. Labour head over antisemitic incidents
Israel’s opposition Labor Party has cut ties with the head of the United Kingdom’s Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, over concerns regarding antisemitism and his relationship with the Jewish community. Read more
Journalist killed on Gaza-Israel border was reportedly a Hamas officer
April 11, 2018 by Agencies
A journalist contracted by the Norwegian Refugee Council, who was killed on April 6 during the violence along the Gaza-Israel border, has reportedly been exposed as an officer in the Hamas terrorist group. Read more
Invasion of the ‘body counters’
April 11, 2018 by Stephen M.Flatow - JNS.org
Almost every headline about the latest Gaza violence focuses on the number of Arabs who were killed the previous day…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS. Read more
More than just bad optics on immigration?
April 11, 2018 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has had a lot of bad days recently…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more
Memorial Service for victims of the Holocaust
April 10, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
More than 200 members of the community gathered at the Martyrs’ Memorial at Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney to participate in the remembrance and name-reading ceremony ahead of Yom Hashoah. Read more
An award for George
April 10, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Association of Jewish Service & Ex-Service Men & Women (NAJEX) has conferred Honorary Membership on Sydney’s Masada College Senior History teacher George Charlton in recognition of his outstanding initiatives in educating students at Masada College about Australia’s military history and the sacrifices made by its soldiers. Read more
Matt gets Gold
April 10, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Para-swimmer Matt Levy has won the Gold for the 50m S7 freestyle and the second Gold for the Jewish contingent. Read more
New study finds intergenerational transmission of trauma highly evident among offspring caring for Holocaust survivor parents
April 10, 2018 by Elana Oberlander
More than 70 years since the end of World War II, there are still signs of intergenerational transmission of Holocaust trauma that are manifested in the way adult offspring of Holocaust survivors care for their elderly parents, according to a new study by researchers at Bar-Ilan University. Read more
Report: Israel notified US ahead of Syrian airstrike
April 10, 2018 by JNS
Israel reportedly informed the United States in advance of its airstrike in Syria early Monday morning, two U.S. officials told NBC News. Read more
On Zionism, progressives take a page out of the socialist playbook
April 10, 2018 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
There is a tragic account of the last moments of Grigori Zinoviev, the veteran Russian Bolshevik leader of Jewish descent who was executed by Stalin in 1936…writes Ben Cohen/JNS. Read more
Israeli airstrikes target Gaza following breach of border, planting of explosives
April 10, 2018 by JNS
Israeli Air Force fighter jets attacked terror targets in northern Gaza early Monday following the infiltration on Sunday of three Palestinian terrorists who planted improvised explosive devices on the border fence with Israel. Read more
Israel’s chief rabbi: Jews have a ‘moral obligation’ to help end the genocide in Syria
April 10, 2018 by JNS
Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef declared that Israel has a “moral obligation” to intervene in what he called a genocide being committed against the people of Syria by its president, Bashar Assad. Read more
Analysis: Latest Israeli airstrike in Syria likely stopped new Iranian threat
The recent missile strike on a military airbase deep in the central Syrian desert looks like the latest installment in a long-standing Israeli campaign to police its red lines against highly dangerous developments to its north…writes Yaakov Lappin/JNS. Read more
Feintooner
April 10, 2018 by Feintooner
What chemical weapons? This week’s cartoon. Read more
Jemima snares first Gold for Jewish athletes in track and field
April 9, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Jemima Montag has won the coveted Gold Medal in the 20km women’s walk at the Commonwealth Games on Queensland’s Gold Coast. Read more
Is there a Jewish perspective on ball tampering?
April 9, 2018 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Well there may be there is…why not ask Rabbi Raymond Apple. Read more
Maccabi future hockey stars wanted
April 9, 2018 by Community Editor
Melbourne’s Maccabi Hockey Club is looking for U14 Kids to join one of our hockey teams for the Winter season. Read more
The Partisans’ Song – Triumph Over Adversity
April 9, 2018 by Eli Rabinowitz
Anti-Israel rally in Melbourne
April 8, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
There was a pro-Israel presence at Saturday’s Melbourne anti-Israel/Jewish rally sponsored by Islamic Council of Victoria and a myriad of Palestinian activist groups and far-left political groups. Read more
Jordan considers replacing PLO as Israel’s negotiating partner
April 8, 2018 by David Singer
Two recent events confirm that Jordan is seriously considering replacing the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) as Israel’s negotiating partner to resolve the allocation of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) between Israel and Jordan. Read more
On the other hand
April 8, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
A record number of pilgrims, Jewish and non-Jewish, gathered in Jerusalem during the week of Passover and Easter. They were able to witness for themselves the exciting positive developments taking place here. Read more
Hamas inspired violent riots on Gaza-Israel border
The Australian Jewish Association (AJA) alerts the Australian public to the real facts on the ground in the past week’s conflict along the Israel Gaza border fence. Read more
Feintooner
April 5, 2018 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon – “Pieceful” Read more
