By Anthony Frosh
The Stern Hu situation provides a lot of food for thought, both in the media coverage and also the reaction of the Australian Government, or lack thereof.
The Rio Tinto executive has apparently admitted to …

At many weddings, you will find that there is a considerable gap, both temporal and geographic, between the chuppah ceremony and the wedding reception.  Typically, the reason cited for implementing this gap is that the …

 
By Anthony Frosh
With the Global Atheist Convention currently taking place in Melbourne, I, like many people, have observed how it is rather unusual to have a conference defined by what you are not.  I don’t …

by Liraz Jedwab

Secular Judaism is by far the most confused and misunderstood concept in the wider Jewish Community. The reality is that for a number of reasons, the words “Secular Judaism” have lost any …

by Liz Paratz. So far, the 21st century appears to be the era when existential philosophy updated its status to ‘iPhone, therefore I am.’

The following article by Martin Indyk, former US ambassador to Israel was written as a reponse to Gerald Steinberg’s op-ed on the New Israel Fund in the AJN. The AJN declined to publish it; it …

By Philip Mendes
The outbreak of the second intifada in September 2000 has lead to an almost unprecedented outpouring of international hostility to Israel. To be sure, the situation is not as bad as that …

By Liz Paratz
In the story of Purim, Haman is a clear descendant of Amalek and the ‘bad guy’. The mission conducted by Esther and Mordechai to expose Haman and save the Jews is completely successful …

Galus Australis resident Zaide goes nutmeg in response to the following letter.
Dear Izzy,
Recently I discovered that a forgery of my passport was used in a mission to assassinate some terrorist in Dubai.  And now I …