Douglas Murray: Trump will bring ‘seismic change’ to the world

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will bring about a “seismic change” to a world in need of urgent reforms, the British conservative political thinker and journalist Douglas Murray said in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Read more

University ‘incubator’ for Jewish hatred, inquiry told

Jewish students are “hiding” their religion on campus amid a rising tide of hatred, a parliamentary inquiry into anti-Semitism at universities has been told. Read more

Doxxing outlawed

The Australian parliament has passed landmark legislation to strengthen privacy protections for all Australians and outlaw doxxing. Read more

Steven Lowy signals first half 2026 opening for Hakoah

The Hakoah Club’s redevelopment at White City is now projected to be completed in the first half of 2026, President Steven Lowy announced at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday evening. Read more

Chabad St Kilda Synagogue targeted with antisemitic vandalism

Chabad St Kilda synagogue which is also the home of Rabbi Effie Block and his family was targeted with antisemitic graffiti, including the word “Free Gaza” and “Jews Kill babies”, emblazoned on the front gate, door, and defacing the Rebbetzin’s car. Read more

The goal that has Jess Fox fired up after golden Games

Champion paddler Jess Fox says her best is yet to come as she admits surprise at the adulation in Australia for her sporting successes. Read more

Hail, hail, the gangs are here

In the not so distant past whenever it was opportune to ambush, vilify and attack Jews the authorities would organize various gangs to implement their plans. Read more

The Savanarola Moment

People are asking why now are we experiencing such a tsunami of hatred? Read more

Lior captivates audience in historic Emanuel Synagogue sanctuary

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Lior performed to a packed house at Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue, inaugurating the synagogue’s restored art-deco Heritage Sanctuary. Read more

Goodrich

A movie review by Alex First

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Second man charged in Sydney antisemitic vandalism case

A 19-year-old man has been charged over a series of antisemitic vandalism attacks in Woollahra in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, marking the second arrest in the case. The incidents, which targeted vehicles and buildings with offensive graffiti, occurred on Nov. 21 and caused nearly $100,000 in damages. Read more

Dismantle the United Nations

After the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued warrants for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Israeli defence minister, Yoav Galant—on the basis of malevolent falsehoods and serial abuses of its own processes—people said in outrage that it was high time the ICC was defunded and dismantled. Read more

The Hall (Bullet Heart Club)

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

US influencer barred in New Zealand after Australia ban

Conservative US political commentator Candace Owens has been refused a visa to enter New Zealand for a speaking engagement because she had been banned from another country, immigration officials say. Read more

Shabbat Toldot

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What a truce ending Israel-Hezbollah war includes

Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah have started implementing a ceasefire as part of a US-proposed deal for a 60-day truce to end more than a year of hostilities. Read more

Adolf Eichmann’s executioner dies at 86

Shalom Nagar, a former Prison Services officer who hanged Adolf Eichmann, died at the age of 86. Read more

Southern Lebanese residents prematurely returning to homes, prompting Israeli warnings

Hours after a ceasefire went into effect, residents of southern Lebanon began returning to their homes on Wednesday morning, prompting Israeli warnings not to do so until the army withdraws from Lebanon. Read more

Improving our appearance makes us better contributors to society

Does the global beauty trend have positive social aspects as well? A new study from Tel Aviv University shows that people who make an effort to improve their appearance—whether this effort is real or imagined, in the physical world or on social media—act more kindly towards others and are twice as likely to donate to charity. Read more

A necessary though imperfect deal caps Netanyahu’s finest hour

There are many reasons to worry that the impending ceasefire with Hezbollah terrorists that Israel has chosen to accept is a bad bargain. Read more

Why Holocaust education isn’t enough to combat antisemitism today

In the face of rising antisemitism, public schools, secular organizations and well-meaning institutions often turn to Holocaust education as their primary tool for addressing hatred against Jews…writes Steve Rosenberg. Read more

Israeli combat medic on life support since Oct 7 attacks dies of injuries

Sgt.-Maj. Yona Betzalel Brief, a 23-year-old soldier, died of injuries from Hamas’s October 7 attack, the Israel Defence Forces announced on Tuesday. Read more

Review calls for safer, more inclusive Sydney University

The Hodgkinson External Review Report has recommended that the University of Sydney enforce “strict limits on disruptive protests,” including banning encampments and protests in buildings, to create a “safe and inclusive environment for all students,” particularly marginalised groups such as the Jewish community. Read more

Reaction to ceasefire

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has supported the deal, saying it was “a critical step for alleviating immense human suffering and ensuring displaced communities on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border can return home”. Read more

Tensions as Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes effect

A ceasefire accord has cleared the way for an end to a conflict across the Israeli-Lebanese border that was ignited by the larger Gaza war in 2023. Read more

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire at 1pm today

A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah is set to take effect after both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the United States and France, US President Joe Biden says. Read more

Beefed-up hate laws won’t touch religious free pass

Religious exceptions to anti-vilification laws will be guaranteed as protected groups are expanded and criminal offences created to stamp out deepening hate and division. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past

Jacob (Yankev) Waislitz – World-renowned Yiddish Actor and Director Read more

Robert Manne’s Memoir: a witness to history

 

Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more

Jessica Fox wins another top gong at Sport NSW awards

Champion paddler Jessica Fox has won another gong, named Sport NSW’s athlete of a year for a remarkable sixth time.
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