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Ask Izzy #3: Sailing Solo
September 9, 2009 – 11:12 pm | No Comment
Ask Izzy #3: Sailing Solo

Dear Izzy,
My young adolescent daughter is a member of youth sailing club.  Recently she has expressed an interest in becoming the youngest ever solo yachtsperson to circumnavigate the globe.  I feel like I need to …

Observations of Jews in their Natural Habitat
September 9, 2009 – 1:07 pm | 3 Comments
Observations of Jews in their Natural Habitat

By Jewin’ the fat
Jewish people are a strange bunch. When it comes to their celebrations, however, the ’strange’ dial gets cranked up to 11. For the uninformed, it can be a treacherous path towards bloating, guilt and …

Ahmadinejad pipped at the post by Pilger for peace prize
August 23, 2009 – 8:49 pm | 2 Comments
Ahmadinejad pipped at the post by Pilger for peace prize
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner!
August 20, 2009 – 10:16 pm | 13 Comments
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner!

By Anthony Frosh
When we created Galus Australis, we were determined not to become a trashy tabloid.  However, very occasionally we might suffer a lapse in our journalistic integrity.  This is one of those occasions.
As some …

Nine things to do in Jerusalem
August 18, 2009 – 10:04 pm | No Comment
Nine things to do in Jerusalem

By Jewin’ the fat
Jerusalem: It evokes picturesque sunsets and co-existence paradise, but sometimes, the reality is a touch different than what the tourguide said it would be. Too often, I meet people who are fresh …

Ask Bayla #2: My son, the lawyer
August 18, 2009 – 8:19 pm | 2 Comments
Ask Bayla #2: My son, the lawyer

Dear Tante Bayla,
We have been blessed with three intelligent, sensitive, creative, independent-minded children. But the fourth, our youngest, is turning into a conservative little son-of-a-neo-con. We don’t know where we went wrong. Normal teenagers have …

Melbourne & Sydney Jews singled out by Ahmadinejad for criticism in this bizarre video
August 6, 2009 – 7:02 pm | 5 Comments
Melbourne & Sydney Jews singled out by Ahmadinejad for criticism in this bizarre video
Ask Izzy #2: Kiddush Conundrum
July 30, 2009 – 6:30 pm | 6 Comments
Ask Izzy #2: Kiddush Conundrum

Dear Izzy,
I seek your advice. I frequently go to Shule on Shabbos but have difficulty getting food at the Kiddush that follows the service. No matter how hard I try, I always seem to end …

Ask Bayla #1: Pesach power struggle
July 21, 2009 – 1:03 pm | One Comment
Ask Bayla #1: Pesach power struggle

Traditionally in Jewish culture, knowledge and wisdom are passed down from the elders to the younger generation.  Together with a historically higher than average literacy rate, this has been one of the keys to Jewish …

Ask Izzy #1: Vegetarian dilemma
July 14, 2009 – 10:56 pm | 10 Comments
Ask Izzy #1: Vegetarian dilemma

Traditionally in Jewish culture, knowledge and wisdom are passed down from the elders to the younger generation.  Together with a historically higher than average literacy rate, this has been one of the keys to Jewish …

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Jewish and Indigenous Australians working together

Jewish and Indigenous Australians working together

By Anne Sarzin and Lisa Miranda Sarzin
It is not an uncommon part of the human experience for casual conversations and chance encounters to launch us in a new direction or to begin an extraordinary …

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COSV President Scolds the RCV

COSV President Scolds the RCV

By Anthony Frosh
In a letter to Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) President Rabbi Yaakov Glasman, Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Victoria (COSV) President Paul Korbl has called on the Rabbis of the RCV to issue …

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Are The Greens Kosher?

Are The Greens Kosher?

By Arielle Perlow and Ittay Flescher
The Rabbis of the Talmud teach us there are 70 faces to the Torah. Is it possible that one of them is green? Many Jews in Australia believe in the …

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Whither the Tribe of Levi

Whither the Tribe of Levi

By David Werdiger
It’s a common scene in a Shul on Shabbat.  Shortly before the reading of the Torah, the gabbai (that fellow who makes sure all the parts of the shul service that have to …

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