‘The Palestinian cause was liquidated on October 7th’ says Syrian activist in Jerusalem

Rawan Osman has come a long way from Lebanon, where she grew up hating Jews, to arriving in Jerusalem to speak at an event Friends of Zion Museum  on Sunday night. Read more

Fighting with fire

I’ve attended many pro-Israel rallies over the years and have been a speaker at most of them – but my first experience of a ‘counter rally’, where pro-Pally protesters turn up to disrupt, was in 2018. Read more

Meet SmartAid’s Shachar Zahavi

Today Alethea Gold is on a shopping spree, but not for Chanukah or Christmas gifts. She is shopping for wheelchairs. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Vatican naïveté scene Read more

Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution refuses to implode

The Saudi-based Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS) to end 100 years of conflict between Arabs and Jews refuses to implode – despite the best efforts of the United Nations and world media to ignore HKOPS existence since its publication on 8 June 2022. Read more

Welcome to ‘Paddystine’

The other day, during a discussion with a colleague about the wave of pro-Hamas, antisemitic hysteria sweeping the Republic of Ireland, I unthinkingly quipped that the people of Eire should rename themselves “Paddystinians.” Read more

On the other hand

Following the devastation of forests and plant life in the north of Israel caused by Hezbollah, the Jewish National Fund is now dedicating enormous resources to rehabilitation. Read more

A history of Chanukah

We like to think that Chanukah was the great victory of Judah, the son of Mattityahu the Priest ( who initiated the resistance ) against the mighty Syrian or Seleucid Greeks over two thousand years ago. Read more

The walls around Israel’s enemies keep falling

The current negotiations for the release of the hostages, whether finalized or still in progress, are quite significant, akin to the sudden fall of the Bashar Assad regime and the collapse of Hamas and Hezbollah, as they are another wall falling within the fierce and determined front aimed at the destruction of the State of Israel. Read more

The diplomatic crisis between Israel and Ireland

Among Western countries that have expressed hostility to Israel, Ireland has long stood out as the most vicious. Read more

Will Syria become a battleground between Turkey and Israel?

Israel’s relationship with Ankara has been characterized by fluctuations over time, marked by periods of cooperation and tension. However, Turkey’s recent posture, particularly in the aftermath of the Hamas-led massacre on Oct. 7, 2023, has been increasingly antagonistic and inconsistent. Read more

Rededication

Chanukah marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after its liberation from illegal foreign occupation forces. Read more

A laugh and a tear with David Baddiel

Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more

Shabbat Vayeyshev

Tamar the Righteous Woman Read more

Dear Evan Hansen

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

Patrick Reginald Levy – Patrick Partners Stockbrokers and Sydney’s largest brokerage house of the seventies Read more

Handel’s Messiah

A music review by Shirley Politzer Read more

Australia joins Jew-haters at United Nations

Australia has twice in the past two weeks joined the baying mob at the United Nations General Assembly acting illegally in violation of article 80 of the United Nations Charter – which reserves the right of the Jewish people to reconstitute the Jewish National Home in Gaza and in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) under articles 6 and 25 of the League of Nations 1922 Mandate for Palestine. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon:  Finding a pot of hate at the end of the rainbow Read more

Israel Alone: a book by Bernard-Henri Levy

    Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more

‘Pure Make-Believe’ – Separating Divestment from Antisemitism

Letter-writer Paul Cunningham picked an especially dreadful week for Jews to proclaim that antisemitism is not tied to divestment from Israel, a divisive topic in his home state of Maine in the United States. Read more

A tale of two types of Israelis

A few weeks spent in Israel is like going on a rollercoaster of emotional ups and downs. Read more

The Wind and the Sun

A few weeks ago, The Economist ran an article referring to Sir Isaiah Berlin. Read more

On the other hand

Israel is a world leader in many fields and a leading nation of innovative initiatives. Read more

INTO THE FRAY: Macron on the wrong side of history

The election of Donald Trump and the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria will compel a recalibration of recalibration of France’s past policies. Read more

Repercussions and Reverberations

This has been a vintage week where predictable events have followed dramatic consequences. Read more

Shabbat Vayishlach

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“Moral relativism and factual confusion” in speech from Penny Wong

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has expressed deep disappointment at the inappropriate moral relativism displayed by Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong during her Hawke Lecture on December 9 at the University of South Australia. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

Frederick Hart Pollock – actor, publican and lessee-manager of the Theatre Royal Adelaide Read more

Can Abu Muhammad al-Julani redefine leadership in post-war Syria?

Whatever the future holds for Syria, all eyes will be on rebel leader Abu Muhammad al-Julani. Read more

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