Here
November 1, 2024 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex Firxt Read more
Your Name Means Dream
November 1, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Dilemmas
November 1, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
We are faced with a situation in which difficult choices have to be made. Read more
A day with an IDF artillery battalion
November 1, 2024 by Yaakov Lappin
Israel Defence Forces Artillery Corps units, which stand guard in the country’s north and south, ready at a moment’s notice to rain fire on the enemy, are the last thing Hezbollah and Hamas want to face across a battlefield. Read more
Shabbat Noach
October 31, 2024 by J-Wire
A match made in war
October 29, 2024 by Etgar Lefkovitz - JNS
When the young American social media consultant volunteering in Israel saw a handsome IDF soldier recuperating in the hospital rehabilitation ward, she offered him a Fruit Roll-Up. Read more
Dry Bones
October 29, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
Today’s cartoon: After Sinwar – with whom do we negotiate? Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past
October 29, 2024 by Ruth Lilian
Charles K Bliss – the inventor of a universal language employing symbols Read more
Ode to Joy – a joyous performance
October 29, 2024 by Shirley Politzer
A music review by Shirley Politzer Read more
A Real Pain
October 28, 2024 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex First Read more
INTO THE FRAY: Something rotten in the land of the Tricolour?
October 28, 2024 by Martin Sherman
While France is the origin of the principles of modern democracy, it has also shown a disturbing affinity for tyranny. Read more
Mozart’s Sister
October 28, 2024 by Shirley Politzer
A movie review by Shirley Politzer Read more
UN inflaming Jew-hatred by keeping Gazans penned inside Gaza
October 28, 2024 by David Singer
The continuing failure of the United Nations to remove Gaza’s children, women, the sick and the elderly from eight refugee camps inside Gaza to the relative safety offered by 10 refugee camps located in Jordan and 12 refugee camps located in Syria – has been a monumental failure of judgement, dereliction of duty and lack of concern for the welfare of the 650,356 refugees living in Gaza and registered with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Read more
Feintooner
October 28, 2024 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Raining in Iran Read more
Iran’s missile program set back, but nuclear threat remains
October 27, 2024 by Yaakov Lappin
Israel’s airstrikes on military targets in Iran overnight Saturday damaged the Islamic Regime’s missile program and air defences while demonstrating the Israeli Air Force’s advanced long-range capabilities. Read more
Ghostlight
October 23, 2024 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex First Read more
Assassinations
October 23, 2024 by Jeremy Rosen
Yes, of course, I was delighted to hear that Sinwar met the violent end that he deserved. Read more
Affirming the ‘genocide’ smear against Israel fuels antisemitism
October 22, 2024 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
It’s ironic. Vice President Kamala Harris’s efforts to ingratiate herself with her party’s Israel-hating left wing are being drowned out on social media by criticisms that she is too pro-Israel. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past
October 22, 2024 by Ruth Lilian
Walter Diesendorf – well-respected and acknowledged for his work on the Snowy River Hydro-electric Scheme Read more
The killing of Yahya Sinwar
October 21, 2024 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Some people here in Israel reportedly cried tears of joy over the killing by the Israel Defence Forces of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the Rafah area of Gaza on Wednesday. Others were jubilant. Read more
Feintooner
October 21, 2024 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Bye Bye Yahya
Biden must champion the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution
October 21, 2024 by David Singer
Israel’s elimination of 16 Hamas and Hezbollah leaders since 7 October 2023 has paved the way for President Biden to achieve what no other American President has accomplished: A Roadmap to finally end the unresolved 100 years-old conflict between Arabs and Jews. Read more
Australia admonishes Israeli, backs US Gaza aid call
October 16, 2024 by AAP
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has condemned the number of civilian deaths in Gaza and backed an American ultimatum to Israel to force a rise in the flow of aid. Read more
Columbia magazine’s troubling silence on antisemitism
October 16, 2024 by Menachem Rosensaft
I have read the autumn 2024 issue of Columbia Magazine, the glossy publication sent to around 350,000 graduates of the university’s undergraduate schools, cover to cover. Read more
The Festival of Succot
October 16, 2024 by Jeremy Rosen
Regime change only solution for Iran, observers say
October 15, 2024 by David Isaac - JNS
Tehran’s ballistic-missile bombardment of Israel on Oct. 1, the hot topic has been which Iranian assets to hit in Israel’s expected retaliatory strike. Some observers say the target should be regime change. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past
October 15, 2024 by Ruth Lilian
Dr Ernst Leslie Fuchs – a key advocate of the International Modern Movement in Australian architecture Read more
Lessons learnt after October 7
October 15, 2024 by Julie Nathan
A year after the October 7 massacre of Israelis in 2023, what have we learnt? For Jews in the diaspora, there have been several lessons. Read more
Feintooner
October 14, 2024 by Feintooner
Jew-hatred at United Nations could have been avoided
October 14, 2024 by David Singer
The beginnings of the Jew-hatred endemic in the United Nations today can be traced to President Obama and Vice President Biden failing to veto Security Council Resolution 2334 (Resolution 2334) – adopted on 23 December 2016 – as both were in the very act of preparing to vacate the White House to make way for Donald Trump. Read more
