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Article Archive for January 2010

The Chasm between the Left and the Jews
January 28, 2010 – 9:16 am | 27 Comments
The Chasm between the Left and the Jews

By David Forbes
Despite historic connections, the chasm between the Left wing movement and the Jewish people is growing both in Australia and internationally. Read many Left wing publications, just some examples being the New Matilda …

BUYcott the Boycott
January 19, 2010 – 8:56 am | 31 Comments
BUYcott the Boycott

By ariel
The second half of the most recent Gregorian decade saw an increase in the desire in Western countries to boycott Israeli products and personnel. These boycott movements are run by far Left and Muslim …

Religion necessary, God optional
January 14, 2010 – 11:13 pm | 15 Comments
Religion necessary, God optional

by Harold Zwier
Do you believe in God?
Let’s not beat about the burning bush here. Do you believe there is a creator of the universe who responds to each of us personally, runs the universe justly, …

Applying Rambam to the Indian Business World
January 10, 2010 – 9:31 pm | No Comment
Applying Rambam to the Indian Business World

By Yaakov
I’m sitting in a bare concrete room, no telephone, no computer, only a desk, a couch, a few battered chairs and two cupboards stacked with dusty papers.  The ceiling fan isn’t running because the …

The Italians are Coming
January 5, 2010 – 11:05 pm | 6 Comments
The Italians are Coming

by Anthony Frosh
I grew up in very Italian neighbourhood.  As a consequence, we had several Italian family friends.  And technically speaking, one of my grandfathers immigrated to Australia from Italy (well, he was …

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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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