Cloud Cuckoo Land

This past week has provided further proof of how many are afflicted with absurd fantasies and an unrealistic state of mind. Read more

Comfort Ye! Comfort Ye!

The Shabbat after the fast of the Ninth of Av, is called Shabbat Nachamu, the Shabbat of Comfort. Its name comes from the 40^th Chapter of the Biblical Prophet Isaiah and let us ignore the debate about how many Isaiahs there were. Read more

October 7 and the tsunami of anti-Jewish hate      

There is a long-standing perception that anti-Jewish racism stems predominantly from the far right and from those of European ethnicity.

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Holocaust survivor Olga Horak OAM passes away at 98, leaving a legacy of hope and education

Olga Horak OAM, a Holocaust survivor and passionate educator, has passed away at the age of 98. Read more

Shabbat Vaetchanan – The Shema

Apart from the opening statements of the so-called Ten Commandments, there is very little that we would call theology in the Torah. Read more

Freddie de Tommaso “Il tenore”

A music review by Shirley Politzer Read more

MP calls on Victorian premier to confront threatening behaviour

Liberal Victorian State MP David Davis has addressed parliament on the behaviour of some pro-Palestine protestors. Read more

Three Israeli universities make Shanghai Ranking’s top 100 list

Three Israeli universities cracked the world’s top 100 institutions, and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev climbed a dramatic 200 places in the prestigious Shanghai Rankings, which was released by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy on Thursday morning. Read more

Cancelling pianist for Gaza comment an error: orchestra

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra says removing a pianist following his comments on Gaza was an error. Read more

Manny Waks’s alleged abuser to fight charges at trial

A man accused of molesting victim advocate Manny Waks more than three decades ago has been committed to stand trial on four child abuse offences.
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Snapchat hate: Sydney Jewish students targeted in antisemitic attack

NSW Police have been called in after students from a Sydney boys’ high school posted a video performing the Nazi salute and other antisemitic messages to a Jewish group chat. Read more

Hamas fired rockets from humanitarian corridor

Hamas fired rockets towards Israel from a location adjacent to the Khan Yunis humanitarian corridor, prompting an Israeli airstrike on the source of the launch, the Israel Defense Forces said on Wednesday morning. Read more

US ‘strongly opposes’ Ben-Gvir’s visit to Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit to the Temple Mount on Tuesday “demonstrated blatant disregard for the historic status quo with respect to the holy sites in Jerusalem,” according to Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state. Read more

Police called as Pro-Palestine protest disrupts marathon Inner West Council Meeting

A meeting of Inner West Council in Sydney was abruptly halted on Tuesday night when a large group of pro-Palestine protesters, led by Greens supporters, disrupted proceedings. Read more

Iran rejects mediation, claims right to hit Israel back

Iranian officials say only a truce deal in the Gaza Strip will hold Iran back from retaliation against Israel for the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Read more

Emanuel School Announces New Principal

Sydney’s Emanuel School has announced that Linda Emms will assume the role of Principal beginning in January 2025. Read more

Why most American Jews will and should vote for Kamala Harris

Caroline Glick, the former Jerusalem Post columnist who authored a pro-Trump, anti-Harris hit piece published by J-Wire a few days ago, views the world through such a hardline right-wing prism that a point-by-point refutation of her article, while probably fun to write, would not be particularly instructive. Read more

US approves large-scale weapons package for Israel

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has approved the sale of F-15 jets and equipment along with tank cartridges to Israel as the war continues. Read more

Rising Up: Moriah launches major capital campaign

Moriah College, a cornerstone of Jewish education in Sydney, is embarking on its most ambitious capital campaign in nearly four decades: the Rise Up Moriah campaign. Read more

Asylum seekers from Gaza shouldn’t be let in: Dutton

Palestinians fleeing the war in Gaza shouldn’t be allowed to come to Australia because it puts our national security at risk, Peter Dutton says. Read more

Herzog on Tisha B’Av: ‘Bring them home’

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday evening called for the redemption of the 115 captives still being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in a special message broadcast a rally held at “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv. Read more

Gal Gadot faces antisemitic campaign after ‘Snow White’ trailer

The release of the trailer for Disney’s live-action remake of “Snow White” has sparked an antisemitic campaign on social media against Israeli actress Gal Gadot. Read more

Palestinians loathed Hamas’s corrupt Qatar club

Hamas leaders have every right to be disappointed with West Bank Palestinians for not demonstrating in large numbers to mourn the death of Ismail Haniyeh, the chairman of the terrorist group’s “political bureau.” Read more

The Greens call for sanctions against Israel

Senator Fatima Payman has joined The Greens in their motion in the Senate today calling for sanctions against Israel, its prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli government. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past

Julia Rachel Rapke – feminist and civil rights activist Read more

‘Not who we are’: premier condemns far-right protest

A far-right protest march through Brisbane has been condemned by Queensland’s premier and the Jewish community. Read more

UK, Germany, France urge Iran not to attack Israel

The United Kingdom, Germany and France issued a joint statement on Monday urging Iran to refrain from attacking Israel, which they warned would exacerbate tensions and jeopardize a ceasefire deal in Gaza. Read more

Hamas rejects US-Egyptian-Qatari invite to ceasefire talks

The Hamas terrorist group on Sunday announced that it will not attend a final round of negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage release agreement set for this Thursday. Read more

Trump’s rhetoric vs. Harris’s policies

Former President Donald Trump drives liberal Jews to distraction when he says that American Jews have to be crazy to vote for his Democratic opponent. They call him an antisemite. But he keeps on saying it. Read more

Israeli, US Defence Chiefs discuss Iran threat as nuclear sub, strike force deployed to region

The Pentagon took the unusual step of publicizing the deployment of a nuclear-powered submarine to the region on Monday. Read more

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