Articles in Community Life
The Illusion of Safety
By Jewin’ the fat
It was a boom. Dull, like the sound of fist hitting flesh.
Everyone in the restaurant looked up, and a couple of the kids wandered over to the windows. The wait-staff stopped, …
Face-off: the Schools Debate
Earlier this week, we published an article by Almoni calling for the abandonment of the private school system. David Werdiger has written a strident reply. We present the two views, side-by-side:
[column width=47% padding=6%]Almoni‘s view:
It is …
The Bourgeois Zionist Dilemma
By Jewin’ the fat
As with many children of the Jewish day school system, my childhood was peppered with intriguing anecdotes and extraordinary stories of a far off Holy Land, where Jews are welcomed into their …
Anti-religious prejudice – sadly, nothing new?
By Rachel Sacks-Davis
I’m sure that it’s no coincidence that the (few) people that I know who have been victims of violent anti-Semitic attacks in Australia have all been religious. Religious Jews who dress in religious …
Let’s talk about sex (or gender)
By The Hasid
The Jewish community of Australia is a strange beast, both forward-thinking and “traditional”.
Nowhere is this dichotomy more apparent than in the role and status of women: we’re simultaneously feminist and bound by …
CSG intelligence failure: not the first, tells former insider
The following is a guest post by a former member of the CSG who has previously commented on this blog under the nom de plum “Former CSG Insider.” Their authenticity as former member …
Community funds, post-Madoff
By The Hasid
Bernie Madoff has been sentenced, symbolically, to 150 years in prison for his fraudulent crimes. As someone who is not terribly financially literate (and who gets clammy-palmed telling even the whitest of lies), …
An Open Letter to the Jewish Community of Australia
This is a guest post from Jono David of Osaka.
I am a freelance documentarian of Jewish communities worldwide (www.JewishPhotoLibrary.com). My mission is to contribute to the preservation of Jewish communities by documenting them photographically. …
My Cousin Sammy (OR: The single-issue voter: a portrait)
By The Hasid
Picture it: Melbourne, 2007!
It’s a Friday night in November. You’re partaking of the Shabbos meal with your nearest and dearest, somewhere in the Jewish Commonwealth of Glen Eira. The conversation turns, inevitably, to …
BRW Rich List – nothing to kvell over.
By Anthony Frosh and Rachel Sacks-Davis
One thing that gets our goat is when people in the Jewish community kvell over the over-representation of Jews in the BRW rich list. Google BRW and AJN, and you …
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