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Israeli Film without a Political Agenda – Let’s have more of it!
November 29, 2009 – 5:16 pm | 3 Comments
Israeli Film without a Political Agenda – Let’s have more of it!

By ariel
In March this year, I returned from a nine month spell in Israel.  While there, I stayed with some family friends in Ramat Aviv where the lady of the house is an avid Israeli …

Tough Frummes – religious Jews making a career in the ring
November 26, 2009 – 2:32 pm | 8 Comments
Tough Frummes – religious Jews making a career in the ring

By Anthony Frosh
Last week, a rabbinical student named Yuri Foreman became a world boxing champion.
Jewish boxing champions are nothing new.  Daniel Mendoza, often known as the father of scientific boxing, and English champion in the …

Learning life… out of school
November 25, 2009 – 5:36 pm | 6 Comments
Learning life… out of school

One week after the graduation of the class of 2009; Joel Lazar reflects on his gap year in Israel in 2008, beginning university, and navigating the gaps between personal fulfilment and parental expectations.

It was …

Jewish Film Festival report: ‘For My Father’
November 24, 2009 – 6:17 pm | One Comment
Jewish Film Festival report: ‘For My Father’

By Keren Tuch
[Seen a good/bad movie at the Jewish Film Festival? Send us your kvetch/kvell and we'll post it to the intertubes!]
It’s that time of year again, where I surrender my active lifestyle for sitting …

Jew is as Jew does
November 23, 2009 – 8:08 pm | 7 Comments
Jew is as Jew does

By Jewin’ the fat
We knew it would happen eventually, and you know what they say – when the shit hits the fan, everyone gets covered in it.
I’m talking of course about the imminent ruling of …

A Serious Man – a spoiler free invitation
November 22, 2009 – 9:42 am | 12 Comments
A Serious Man – a spoiler free invitation

By Anthony Frosh
Last night I went along with RachSD to see the new film by the Coen brothers, A Serious Man.  On a night where we experienced weather that had an almost biblical feel – …

Two Nations in One Womb – a Dvar Torah
November 19, 2009 – 11:46 pm | 2 Comments
Two Nations in One Womb – a Dvar Torah

Parshat Toldot – Dvar Torah

by Yakir
The Parsha in short:
• Rivka gives birth to Yaakov and Esav.
• Yaakov buys Esav’s first-born rights with a bowl of lentil soup
• Yaakov steals Esav’s blessing
Early in Parshat Toldot, we are presented with …

No Need for Religion to Appreciate the Wonders of the Universe
November 18, 2009 – 5:14 pm | 58 Comments
No Need for Religion to Appreciate the Wonders of the Universe

By Almoni
Every night, when I go into my backyard and look into the sky, I am drawn up into the heavens, the extraordinary time and space machine, and I am amazed.
Sometimes, I see red Mars …

New Visions for Commemorating the Shoah
November 17, 2009 – 8:45 pm | 5 Comments
New Visions for Commemorating the Shoah

This article by Talia Katz is the second of a two-part series on new and sometimes controversial forms of Shoah commemoration.  Part 1 can be seen here.
There seems to be a distinctly anti-Generation-Y movement …

Bring back Jewish Youth Counterculture
November 16, 2009 – 9:36 pm | 18 Comments
Bring back Jewish Youth Counterculture

By Joel Lazar
They sought like-minded youth, equally willing to devote their lives to a collective cause and thus, youth movements were born.

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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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