Dunera: Thomas Keneally In Conversation

Join Alte Zagen’s latest guest speaker Thomas Keneally live in conversation. Read more

Sep-17 11am Zoom: Dunera presents The Merchant Of Venice – Live Discussion

Following Streamed Shakespeare’s all virtual production of ‘The Merchant of Venice’ last month (trailer here) this roundtable will host the Director and Actors live in conversation. Read more

Dunera: The Merchant Of Venice – Live Discussion

Following Streamed Shakespeare’s all virtual production of ‘The Merchant of Venice’ last month (trailer here) this roundtable will host the Director and Actors live in conversation. Read more

Heart of Violence: Why People Harm Each Other – a book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

Paul Valent brings two unique interests in writing this book. Not only was he the long-serving President of the Child Holocaust Survivors Melbourne but he has been a major voice in the study of Trauma and Founder of the Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Read more

Rosh HaShanah

Rabbi Raymond Apple writes… Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon….All Aboard. Read more

Rudd regales crowd with vision for the Middle East

Over 800 people registered last week to watch former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, a self-described “passionate supporter of Israel”, speak with NIF Australia executive director Liam Getreu about Israel and the Middle East on Zoom. Read more

Netanyahu: ‘We are on the threshold of a new era’

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a gathering of ministers on Sunday of his “warm conversation” on Friday with U.S. President Donald Trump and Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, to discuss the “establishment of peaceful relations” between Jerusalem and Manama. Read more

Oman welcomes normalisation between Bahrain and Israel

Oman welcomes Bahrain’s move to normalise relations with Israel, the Oman News Agency reported on Sunday. Read more

The Weizmann Institute of Science and Mohamed bin Zayed University in the UAE to collaborate on Artificial Intelligence research

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in the United Arab Emirates has been signed. Read more

Trump triumphs as PLO continues to dig its own grave

President Trump’s announcement on 11 September that Israel would shortly be signing a peace treaty with a fourth Arab State – Bahrain – and possibly several others very soon – has triggered a spiteful response from Saeb Erekat, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Read more

Whose shofar are we blowing?

Harry Browne, chairman of the shul building fund, approached Jack Greene for a donation. Read more

Israel to enter full lockdown ahead of High Holidays: controversy ensues

Israel will enter a full country-wide lockdown on Friday ahead of the High holidays and the Jewish New Year as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection rate in the country remained very high and as ministers are opposing various aspects of the closure. Read more

NSW Jewry: vital statistics

The JCA has released a report on the NSW Jewish community based on the national 2016 census and the Gen17 2017 findings in its national survey of Australian Jewry. Read more

Luxury hotel to host Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur services

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On the other hand

We seem to be exceeding a series of records at the moment. Read more

Word Zionist Congress online

The 38th World Zionist Congress(WZC)  this year will convene online through a special broadcast centre in Jerusalem. Read more

Meet Rabbi Dr Orna Triguboff

Kabbalah Teacher Rabbi Dr Orna Triguboff is Spiritual Director at the Neshama Life Organisation. She talks with Henry Greener. Read more

Active COVID-19 cases down to five at Melbourne’s Jewish Care residential home

Of the 33 Elders who contracted COVID-19 at Jewish Care’s residential home in Windsor, two sadly passed away and 31 have now been found negative of the virus. Read more

Jordan is harbouring brutal terrorists wanted by France and America

Speak to policy analysts or policy-makers about the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and you’ll frequently encounter a series of truisms. Read more

Turkey’s bid to return to Ottoman-era glory endangers Israel and the region

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has high ambitions. He wants to take his country back to what he perceives as the glory days of the Ottoman Empire, but the leader, who has been described as “pugnacious” and has been at the pinnacle of power since 2002, appears to be leading the country down the wrong path as he quashes secularism, supports radical Islamism, suppresses democratic reforms and adopts a forceful foreign-policy approach that aims to assert Turkish hegemony in the region. Read more

Kushner: Peace deal to foster greater ‘interaction between Israel and Bahrain’

Senior adviser to the president Jared Kushner said he thinks the announcement by Bahrain and Israel to normalize ties will lead to greater understanding and cooperation between the people of both countries. Read more

Jewish and pro-Israel groups welcome Israel-Bahrain normalization agreement

Jewish and pro-Israel groups instantly applauded Israel and Bahrain for agreeing on Friday to normalize relations between the two countries—the second of its kind between Israel and a Persian Gulf nation in the wake of the United Arab Emirates. Read more

Rabbis and politics

Rabbis should stay out of politics! Here we go again with this nonsense. This may sound strange coming from me. I have consistently deplored religious politics and the negative, destructive influence that rabbis and religious parties have on Israeli life. But I believe there is a difference between party politics and political issues. Read more

A chat with Dov Farkas

Caulfield Shule’s Cantor Dov Farkas leads the Caulfield Hebrew Congregation in their prayer, with a magnificent tonal voice that is virtually rapturous. Read more

Learning from the painful past

The anniversary of the outbreak of World War II has just passed and for Jews, in particular, it represents a grim reminder of lost opportunities and fateful decisions. Read more

When rabbis should not keep quiet

The former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, Jonathan Sacks, has come in for some stick over remarks he recently made about religion and politics. Read more

UNRWA communications director to address pro-BDS conference

The communications director of the U.S. office of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency’s (UNRWA) is scheduled to address a conference next week hosted by American Muslims for Palestine (AMP). Read more

OU to oversee kosher food in hotels throughout UAE

In response to a request from the leadership of the United Arab Emirates, Orthodox Union Kosher, the world’s largest kosher certification agency, will be the leading kosher certification agency within the Emirates and do so in partnership with the local Jewish community. Read more

Norway arrests suspect in 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant in Paris

Norwegian police arrested a suspect in a 38-year-old terrorist attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris that left six people dead and at least 20 wounded. Read more

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