Articles in Community Life
We need Jewish Continuity, not Organisational Territoriality
By Manny Waks
In the article, Give Us the Tools to Define Our Involvement, Joshua Einstein cogently articulates the major challenges and obstacles inherent in the global predicament of Jewish continuity. The term “continuity” is ubiquitous …
Welcome to the good life: Snores, chores, bores and much mores
By Kovi Rose
Its 3:00am and I am woken by the sound of my roommate from Minnesota snoring like a disgruntled boar. He has said to me in the past that I should wake him up …
Aliyah: Going up or coming down to earth?
By Kovi Rose
Having just arrived in Israel less than a week ago, I was excited and anxious to deal with the bureaucracy and slide into the culture and life of the locals. I arrived at …
Meanwhile at the Peace Team, things get complicated
This is the second in a series of blog entries, written by Danny Brill, about the Peres Peace Team’s participation in the International Cup. To read the first article, click here.
The …
Choose your Parenting Guru
By Lior Misrachi
In Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers, masechet avot, chapter 1, teaching 6) we find the following saying:
יהושע בן פרחיה אומר: עשה לך רב, וקנה לך חבר, והוי דן את כל האדם לכף …
Peace Team starts boot camp 2011
By Danny Brill
In 2008, a select group of 26 Israeli and Palestinian men (13 of each) trained for 9 months, learning how to tackle, handball, pass, and kick goals for the Australian Rules …
School’s out on Israel
By Mandi Katz
When it comes to Israel, young Australian Jews often feel themselves caught between extreme positions.
Only days ago, Bialik College graduate and former Australasian Union of Jewish Students president Liam Getreu wrote on this …
Jews and the AFL: Some of my best friends and relatives are Carlton supporters, but
By Philip Mendes
This week the NAB cup started again, and those of us suffering from summer-long withdrawal symptoms have regained our voice. But more prescient is the link between Jews and the AFL. Anyone can …
The ‘Third Generation’ in Australia and Israel
Transgenerational Holocaust Trauma: An Australian and Israeli Comparison
By Elisheva Massel
The impact of Holocaust trauma can be understood as being passed down as a family legacy, as a mission to be achieved. The term ʻtransgenerational …
Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence
By Sheiny New
“The Orthodox assume it happens amongst the Reform. The Reform assume it happens amongst the Orthodox. The Conservative look in both directions. The young blame the old saying, ‘This is the way they …
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