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It’s about Freedom of Choice, not Freedom of Speech

May 22, 2012 – 10:14 pm | 12 Comments

By Anthony Frosh
As happened last year at Limmud Oz in Sydney, advocates of the destruction of the State of Israel have had their application to host a session rejected. And just as happened last year, …

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Victorian Greens dealing with Levitical Leprosy

April 12, 2011 – 6:35 pm | 32 Comments

By Yaakov Gorr
Whilst Shabbos shul-goers were leyning Parashat Metzora, the Victorian Greens were in their State Conference and dealing with a leprosy of a different kind.  A representative of the Greens’ NSW branch had been …

Gillard – Who is she good for?

September 13, 2010 – 7:19 pm | 28 Comments

By Malki Rose
They say that a nation gets the leader it deserves. And this week not a truer word could have been spoken.
When asked which of the two parties were preferred the answer given seemed …

At least the Maoists won’t be taking power – a global perspective

August 22, 2010 – 12:18 pm | 19 Comments

By Keren Tuch
Whilst I detest listening to our leaders belittling one another in an act of political sabotage, the optimist in me is grateful that I live in a democracy with freedom of speech.  Whilst …

For Separation of Church and State, vote Secular

August 15, 2010 – 10:28 pm | 94 Comments

By Gregory Storer and John August
Australia is the place to be.  We are a country of diversity, people from all over the world with a range of personal belief systems, moral codes and all are …

For the young, the elderly, and for Israel, vote Liberal

August 10, 2010 – 11:06 am | 33 Comments

By Nadav Prawer
The dual identity of being both Australian and Jewish can present a conflict of loyalties when it comes to elections. Do I vote as an Aussie first, or as a Jew? Is there …

Political Misrepresentation

August 4, 2010 – 10:54 pm | 14 Comments

By Alex Kats
It’s that time again in the election cycle of this country, when Australians have to go to the polls to choose our new government. The Labor Party has been on the government side …

Are The Greens Kosher?

July 29, 2010 – 12:04 pm | 84 Comments

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 …