Israel has repeatedly been mugged by reality

At its core, Zionism is all about Jewish self-determination. Read more

World In Crisis

According to Bartelby in the Economist last week, we are heading towards a global disaster. Read more

The post-Oct 7 era of official antisemitism begins

It’s easy to think of the opening of the International Court of Justice’s trial of Israel that began this week in The Hague as just more of the same from the international community. Read more

Teshuvah is for everyone

No moment in Jewish history was as breathtaking as the revelation at Sinai. Read more

The British Mandate

The British Mandate of Palestine was established on July 24^th, 1922. Read more

Netanyahu: Herzog’s judicial reform proposal perpetuates imbalance of power

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a judicial compromise proposal presented on Wednesday night by President Isaac Herzog during an address to the nation earlier in the evening. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Celebrating National Council of Jewish Women NSW Division’s 100th anniversary

Whilst NCJWA NSW is not the only organisation in our community to have reached its 100^th anniversary – it certainly is a milestone to celebrate and provides the year ahead with lots of activity. Read more

Israel’s new government must not abandon Jerusalem

The transfer of the Jerusalem Affairs Ministry to a Haredi party (UTJ) constitutes the abandonment of Jerusalem to non-Zionist hands. In the long run, this will lead to the loss of the capital city. Read more

Khamenei blames hijab riots on ‘Zionist regime’ and US

The recent riots in Iran in response to the killing of Mahsa Amini are “plots by the US and Zionist regime [Israel],” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has claimed. Read more

David Spitzer, AKA ‘Yigal’, one of the last Lehi fighters, passes at 92

David Spitzer witnessed it all – he was a member of the Lehi underground and fought the British occupation before the establishment of the State of Israel and 1948, and accompanied the young country through its next seven decades until he passed away on Saturday, at the age of 92. Read more

UNHCR’s blacklist, the ICC and Zionism as racism – these are the 2021 antisemitism trends

The focus on Zionism as a supposedly racist and exclusionary political ideology will intensify, the UNHCR’s blacklist is expected to return and the ICC will continue its campaign against Israel, these as the anti-Israel and antisemitic trends for 2021 according to the International Legal Forum (ILF). Read more

Zionism

It’s a difficult time for pollsters. Read more

WJC Mission highlight – Dr Einat Wilf on Zionism

The World Jewish Congress (WJC) held a ‘Special Mission Celebrating 70 Years of Israel’, in Jerusalem over 18-19 March 2018. The delegation consisted of 70 Jewish leaders from 40 countries. The Executive Council of Australian Jewry, an affiliate of the WJC, was represented by me…writes Julie Nathan. Read more

On antisemitism, difficult questions and contested answers

In his magnum opus “A Lethal Obsession,” the late Robert Wistrich, one of Israel’s finest scholars of the murderous pathways of Jew-hatred, elegantly summarised the character of antisemitism at the turn of this century…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more

Sydney theatre rejects Jewish production

A Sydney theatre has refused to rent its premises to a Jewish group on the grounds that their policy “does not support colonialism/Zionism”. Read more

Zionism is a dirty word in New Zealand

In what must be a world first for a Jewish Community in the democratic world, it seems that the Zionist Federation of New Zealand which had existed in one form or another since before the creation of the State of Israel has gone into voluntary liquidation. Read more