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Article Archive for February 2010

A Tarantino Purim?
February 28, 2010 – 8:35 pm | 4 Comments
A Tarantino Purim?

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 …

A Terrorist is dead – Quit your kvetching!
February 25, 2010 – 3:52 pm | 28 Comments
A Terrorist is dead – Quit your kvetching!

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 …

The return of the purim spiel
February 24, 2010 – 11:31 pm | 3 Comments
The return of the purim spiel

Next week, the newly-revived Purim Spiel kicks off at the Phoenix Theatre in Elwood.
Last year, the Spiel was revived after a hiatus of over 15 years. “Of Mice and Menschen” was a great success, providing …

The NIF controversy – a chance for closure
February 21, 2010 – 10:07 pm | 41 Comments
The NIF controversy – a chance for closure

It’s no secret that there has been something of a community controversy concerning the recent cancellation of Israeli academic and former Knesset Member, Naomi Chazan’s, visit.
For those that have been trekking in the Himalayas, here’s …

Messianic matters
February 18, 2010 – 10:20 am | 52 Comments
Messianic matters

Outsider, Rachel Sacks-Davis, and insider, David Werdiger, comment on the expulsion of the “Moshiach Dancers” and related controversies at Yeshiva Shule. Click here to skip straight to David’s insiders’ view.
Outsider’s view
by Rachel Sacks-Davis
It’s 6pm on …

With an Outstretched Hand
February 11, 2010 – 10:34 am | 30 Comments
With an Outstretched Hand

By Keren Tuch
The first Australian Jewish international volunteer program has now been launched and completed, thanks to Jewish Aid and AUJS in conjunction with Tevel B’Tzedek – an Israeli NGO working in Nepal. It involved …

Hamas ‘disciplines’ army officers over Gaza
February 5, 2010 – 4:08 pm | 9 Comments
Hamas ‘disciplines’ army officers over Gaza

By David Werdiger
A Hamas army report on its conduct in Gaza last year has revealed that two officers were ‘disciplined’ for insufficiently endangering human life when they authorized three hundred civilians to be moved to …

A Most Unpleasant Word
February 3, 2010 – 9:24 pm | 60 Comments
A Most Unpleasant Word

By Larry Stillman
It hurts. Israel is increasingly called an apartheid state.
In this opinion piece, I wish to deal with the issue from the ‘inside’, from the perspective of an Australian Jew with an abiding connection …

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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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