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May 23, 2019, 12:01 am
Why the president of RCANZ must stand down
THE leading rabbis of Australia have shown a lack of respect for the Australian legal system by focusing on one dissenting judge's opinion.
By Joshua Levi
Bob Hawke described meeting Golda Meir as “a life-changing experience”
May 22, 2019, 4:18 pm
NOT Exclusive: Bob Hawke: From a love affair to ‘just friends’
AUSTRALIAN Jews and the State of Israel owe Bob Hawke a great deal.
By Sam Lipski
Central Synagogue chazan Rabbi Yehuda Niasoff at last week’s Yom Hazikaron service. Photo: Nadine Saacks
May 16, 2019, 11:45 am
Our failure to honour Israel’s fallen
Last Tuesday night our Sydney community marked Yom Hazikaron. I was once again shocked and saddened to see the relatively poor turnout of people to this important annual event.
By Naomi Balkin
Roger Waters is a leading celebrity in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. (Ernesto S. Ruscio/Getty Images)
May 16, 2019, 12:00 am
Roger Waters, you do need some education
It seems that when it comes to the Jewish State, Roger Waters lives by the Another Brick in the Wall creed that we don't need no education.
By uri butnaru
Rockets fired from Gaza to Israel last weekend. Photo: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit
May 10, 2019, 9:44 am
Resilience in the face of adversity
Hope has been as fundamental to Israel's survival as our most sophisticated defence systems.
By Rebecca Davis
The sign outside Father Rod Bower’s church. Photo: Twitter
May 9, 2019, 12:00 am
Australia through the lens of Godwin’s Law
IN 1990, American lawyer Mike Godwin embarked on an ambitious project. He had become frustrated at gratuitous Nazi comparisons being tossed around in public debate.
By vic alhadeff
Rebecca Moen (fifth from left) and Martin Moen (fourth from left) at the 2013 gathering of the Moens with descendants of the Dutch rescuers.
May 2, 2019, 12:00 am
‘The brave people who saved my grandma’
LITTLE did my father, Martin Moen, know that a chance visit in 1990 to a Dutch war memorial in Loosdrecht, the Netherlands, would trigger such a significant sequence of events.
By Rebecca Moen
Lighting of the memorial candles at a past Yom Hashoah commemoration in Sydney. Photo: Giselle Haber
April 25, 2019, 12:00 am
Yom Hashoah: Memorials and memories
THIS year's theme for the Sydney Yom Hashoah commemoration is "Memorials and Memories". How do we keep history alive in our communities?
By Danny Hochberg
Israel’s Netta Barzilai winning last year’s Eurovision song contest. Photo: AP Photo/Armando Franca
April 18, 2019, 12:00 am
The double standards of Eurovision boycotters
EVERY year the Eurovision Song Contest sees political feuds and friendships exposed like a Bucks Fizz girl's knickers.
By Richard Ferrer
March of the Living participants at Auschwitz. Photo: Emmanuel Santos
April 11, 2019, 4:36 pm
‘We need compulsory Holocaust education’
I SOMETIMES wonder what would happen if I walked down any street in our capital cities and did an impromptu quiz with passers-by on their knowledge of the Holocaust.
By Dvir Abramovich
Israeli deputy chief of mission Ron Gerstenfeld (left) and Australian assistant treasurer Stuart Robert sign the deal. Photo: Twitter
April 8, 2019, 12:00 am
Australia’s newest tax treaty – good for business
ON March 28, the governments of Australia and Israel signed a tax treaty. This is a key milestone in the relationship between the two countries.
By Dr Niv Tadmore and Lauren Moses
Jeremy Corbyn at a pro-Palestinian rally in London, 2014.
April 4, 2019, 12:00 am
Britain’s Labour Party has betrayed its heritage
The British Labour Party used to be at the forefront of the fight against fascism and Nazism. Today, however, it's unrecognisable from its wartime predecessor.
By uri butnaru
The house in Mishmeret destroyed by a Hamas rocket. Photo: Israel Police
April 1, 2019, 10:42 am
What lies behind the latest Hamas attacks?
It would appear that Israel is on the brink of full-scale war against Hamas again, but why now?
By Rebecca Davis
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Photo: AP/Vincent Thian
March 29, 2019, 11:24 am
A slight sense of unease over admirable Ardern
IN the aftermath of the Christchurch mosques massacre, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stands as a beacon of hope and a true force to be reckoned with.
By sophie deutsch
Arsen Ostrovsky speaking outside the United Nations in Geneva last week.
March 28, 2019, 3:15 pm
The deck of cards is stacked entirely against Israel
THE United Nations has long been a place of darkness for the Jewish people and the State of Israel.
By Arsen Ostrovsky
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