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The Jewish Frankenstein – How to Breathe Life into a Dying Community
By Yaron Gottlieb
For the second time in not very long, someone that I held in very high esteem has come crashing down.
First Rav Motti Elon, my former Rosh Yeshiva, had suspicions raised about his conduct …
An open letter to Philip Chester that the AJN declined to publish
By Nathan Cherny
Dear Philip
From my office in Jerusalem I make it a habit of touching base with the community where I grew up, nurtured by the Zionist values of my family home and my involvement …
Manny Waks Responds to Critics of Capital Jewish Forum
By Manny Waks
After much consideration, I have decided to respond to some of the reaction to the Capital Jewish Forum’s (CJF) inaugural Melbourne event this Sunday (17 July) featuring the Palestinian Authority Head of Delegation, …
Let’s have Medical Aid Without the Politics
By Bernie Tuch
In January this year, an advertisement (see left) appeared in a magazine called Physician Life that is sent to registered physicians like me in Australia. Sponsored by an organization called Towards Hope Foundation …
Like a Virgin – Limmud Oz for the Very First Time
By Robert M Kaplan
“They want you to give a talk at something called Limmud-Oz”, said my publisher, a woman of enormous capability and an undistilled admiration for the organising capacity of the late Mr Ceausescu. …
Nowhere left to hide
By Malki Rose
Perhaps the single most distressing thing about the David Kramer case, is not how many Yeshiva College students he preyed upon, or that he was quietly shipped out of Yeshiva and sent packing …
Human Rights and Israel-Palestine at the Melbourne Festival of Ideas
By Andrew Wirth
I recently attended Melbourne University’s Festival of Ideas to hear a debate entitled: “The Middle East: the Cockpit of National Identities and Perpetual Conflict… can the idea of two states –Israeli and Palestinian …
Refugee Stigma
By Keren Tuch
There were many thought provoking events on last week in honour of Refugee Week, including the confronting SBS series Go Back To Where You Came From, discussed here and here.
One event I attended …
Shooting down religious freedom – The Sunday Age takes aim
By Andrew Harris
It was only a few days ago, but it feels like it was in another life, on another planet, that I was watching Go Back to Where You Came From on SBS, marvelling …
Under Our Hats
Muslim, Jewish & Sikh women talk about fashion, faith and how it feels to look different.
Here’s a press release about an event that readers (especially those in Melbourne) might find interesting:
Finding the perfect scarf to …
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