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, …

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 …

by Talia Katz
Part 1 of 2
My earliest memory of the ‘Holocaust’ is the living history project I was asked to create with the help of Olga, a kindly seventy year-old Polish woman.  I was eleven.  She told …

By Larry Stillman
When reading a recent New York Times magazine article by James Traub about the emergence of a left-of centre ‘Israel Lobby’, I was particularly struck by how completely different the situation is in …

By Alex Kats
Last week I was privileged to see the controversial film about Rebiya Kadeer at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF).
In the lead up to the festival, English director, Ken Loach, who had previously …

By Ghil’ad Zuckermann
What lessons could one draw from the Hebrew revival in the Promised Land to current revival attempts of no-longer spoken Aboriginal languages in the Lucky Country? Heaps! While the Hebrew revivalists, who wished …

By Anthony Frosh
By now you have probably read on Galus Australis and/or the Australian Jewish News that filmmaker Ken Loach is threatening a boycott of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), unless MIFF terminates sponsorship …

By The Hasid
Nothing like a hot coffee, a bagel, the AJN and news of a fresh cultural boycott to start one’s day, right?
Yes, dear readers, it’s that time of year again – MIFF! As British …

By Rachel Sacks-Davis
I’m sure that it’s no coincidence that the (few) people that I know who have been victims of violent anti-Semitic attacks in Australia have all been religious. Religious Jews who dress in religious …

Dear Readers,
Just a quick post to wish you all a good Shabbos, pleasant Saturday and restful weekend.
For now, a quick plug: This Sunday is Walk for Harmony day. The event is being promoted by the …