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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 …
Limmud l’Mamma
By Lior Misrachi
The other day I complained to my husband about my iphone (I find that I often lean on it in such a way that I turn myself on mute) and he told me …
Menachem Khoen and Kevin Rudd – a Tale of Unfair Dismissal
On the anniversary of Kevin Rudd being dumped by his party, and following several articles published on this website and elsewhere critical of Lion FM boss Menachem Khoen, Ralph Zwier sees things from Khoen’s perspective.
Here …
Protestor at a Prayer Rally
The following is a personal account sent to us by someone who attended the prayer event held last week for Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin. The author supplied their name and address to us …
Existentialist Circumcision Crisis
By Ellyse Borghi
I came to the realisation a couple of years ago, when I was first being exposed to existentialism at the same time as human rights, that I’m very very uncomfortable with circumcision.
Let me …
Interview with a Sydney Flotillian
Vivienne Porzsolt, a spokesperson of Jews against the Occupation Sydney, is taking part in “Freedom Flotilla 2”.
Galus Australis conducted a one-shot (i.e. no follow-up) email-based interview with Ms Porzsolt. Below is the interview, completely …
JCCV Tigerish after the fall of Lion
Tommy Hafey, former Richmond (Tigers) Football Club coach, immortalised the words, “There’s nothing more tigerish than a wounded tiger!” But what’s to be done about a dead Lion? In the wake of the Lion FM …
Waiting for Palestine
Galus Australis’ correspondent, Malki Rose, is currently in Jerusalem attending the ROI Summit. This article is the first of a series that Malki is writing on identity and homelessness.
It is two days before Pesach…and I …
Did God save the Jews during the Holocaust?
Geoff Bloch was recently tasked with arguing the case for the affirmative at a debate put on by the JBD of Melbourne, on the topic of “Did God save the Jews during the Holocaust?”
This is …
Countdown to Draft Day
By Kovi Rose
The process has begun, the cogs are in motion, the clock is ticking and I have less than 100 days until my first draft or tzav rishon for the Israeli Army. During this …
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