Handel’s Samson: A music review by Shirley Politzer

Cheering, foot stomping, loud clapping, and a standing ovation were how Handel’s Samson oratorio was received at the concert hall of the Sydney Opera House. Read more

Israel hits Syria, rockets fired towards Golan Heights

Israeli jets have hit Syrian military targets in response to rockets launched towards Israeli-controlled territory overnight, Israel’s military said, as violence flared again following cross-border exchanges of fire during the week. Read more

Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine threatens conflict industry

Ten months have passed since the Saudi-based Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution was published in Al-Arabiya News on 8 June 2022 (Saudi Solution) – yet not one word has appeared in the major international or any other news services – my publishers excepted – scarcely subjected to any analysis by the multiple think tanks, non-Government organisations [NGOs] and analysts around the world or been mentioned at the United Nations even once. Read more

Funeral of British-Israeli terror victims Maya and Rina Dee

British-Israeli terror victims Maya and Rina Dee were laid to rest on Sunday afternoon, as their mother fights for her life. Read more

Rolling Thunder Vietnam (Australian tour) reviewed by Alex First

Rolling Thunder Vietnam is a deeply emotional, richly rewarding musical and narrative experience that takes you to the heart of the highly divisive Vietnam War. Read more

Police allow Jewish visitors ascend Temple Mount

Israeli police allowed Jewish visitors to enter the Temple Mount on Sunday morning after the conclusion of Muslim dawn prayers. Read more

Have you heard?

This year we have struck the jackpot as Pesach, Ramadan and Easter all coincide. Read more

Penny Wong condemns escalating Middle East violence

Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has condemned escalating violence and terror attacks in the Middle East.  Read more

The last Nuremberg prosecutor passes away at 103

Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who prosecuted Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was among the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi labour and concentration camps, has died. Read more

Italian tourist killed in Tel Aviv car-ramming attack

An Italian tourist was killed and seven other foreigners were wounded on Friday night in a car-ramming attack in central Tel Aviv. Read more

Two Israeli sisters killed in Palestinian shooting attack in Jordan Valley

Two British-Israeli sisters were killed and their mother critically wounded on Friday in a Palestinian shooting attack in the Jordan Valley. Read more

Screams as Iron Dome takes out rocket

TPS report 10:30pm AEST:  In the last hour, a heavy rocket barrage was fired at Israel’s northern border from the direction of Lebanon. Some rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome system, but there was a number that fell within Israeli territory. Read more

Apr-20 7:40pm SBS World Movies: The Catcher was a Spy

This gripping, stranger-than-fiction espionage thriller brings to life the incredible true story of Moe Berg, a professional baseball player who became a World War II spy. Read more

Apr-18 4:55pm SBS World Movies: The Scarlet and The Black

Based on the humanitarian works of Irish-born Vatican priest Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, who saved thousands of escaped prisoners of war, Jews and Italian Resistance families in occupied Rome during the World War Two, by hiding them in the church. Read more

Apr-17 11:55pm SBS-World Movies: The Invisibles

While Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels infamously declared Berlin ‘free of Jews’ in 1943, 1,700 Jews managed to survive in the Nazi capital through to the end of World War II. Read more

Jerusalem Post columnist Gil Troy speaks to media in Sydney

Historian and Jerusalem Post columnist Gil Troy addressed an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) media luncheon on March 31 about the protests in Israel resulting from the current Government’s attempts to pass extremely controversial judicial reforms and now the apparent firing of Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for expressing his concerns. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Guess who’s not coming for dinner Read more

Air: A movie review by Alex First

How do you make a compelling film when the outcome is clear for the world to see? Read more

Apr-25 9:00am SBS World Movies: Between Worlds

25-year-old Oliel lies severely injured and unconscious in hospital after a terror attack in Jerusalem. Read more

Apr-24 11:40pm SBS- World Movies: The Counterfeiters

Salomon ‘Sally’ Sorowitsch is an expert Jewish counterfeiter, enjoying the good life, until he’s sent to Mauthausen concentration camp. Read more

Apr-25 10:25am SBS-TV: Belsen: The Untold Story

Belsen: The Untold Story is a film telling the untold story of the infamous Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where over 50,000 people, mostly Jews, died primarily from starvation and disease in the last phase of WWII.

Israel hits Gaza as Netanyahu vows enemies will pay

Israeli jets have hit sites in Lebanon and Gaza in retaliation for rocket attacks it blames on the Islamist group Hamas as tensions following police raids on the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem this week threaten to spiral out of control.
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A chat with David Southwick

David Southwick, Liberal State MP for Caulfield, talks with Henry Greener about the state of Victoria, Malka Leifer’s guilty verdict, and his gig at this year’s Yom Ha’atzmaut event as DJ Dave for a good cause. Read more

Julia: A Sydney theatre review by Alex First

Brilliantly performed by Justine Clarke, who, as the 27^th Australian Prime Minister, displays determination, indignance and frustration, I would suggest one’s political predilection will have a fair say in how Joanna Murray-Smith’s words go down. Read more

Israeli offering named best single malt whisky in world

M&H Distillery (Milk and Honey) received the accolade of “Best Single Malt Whisky in the World” for its Element Sherry Cask at the prestigious World Whiskies Awards 2023 competition. Read more

Terrorists in Gaza launch nine rockets at Israel on eve of Passover

Sirens went off twice in Israel on Tuesday night—the night before Passover—as terrorists launched nine rockets from the Gaza Strip towards Israel. Read more

Who will control Israel’s new National Guard?

Israel Police Commissioner Yaakov “Kobi” Shabtai on Tuesday continued his attacks against the proposal to create an independent National Guard, after meeting the previous evening with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. Read more

Jake selected for Sydney FC opening eleven

18-year-old Jake Girdwood-Reich keeps making small steps forward in his short professional football career with Sydney F.C. Read more

Linoleum – a movie review by Alex First

A quirky, feel-good, sci-fi comedic drama, Linoleum concerns a decent man of science in Ohio who has always aspired to become an astronaut. Read more

Hackers launch massive attack on Israeli universities

A hacker group known as Anonymous Sudan is believed responsible for a massive cyberattack on Israeli universities on Tuesday, said Checkpoint, a cybersecurity company. Read more

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