Articles tagged with: identity
Waiting for Palestine
Galus Australis’ correspondent, Malki Rose, is currently in Jerusalem attending the ROI Summit. This article is the first of a series that Malki is writing on identity and homelessness.
It is two days before Pesach…and I …
Jewish Engagement – That’s the point!
By Ittay Flescher
Simon Green recently posed a challenging question on Galus Australis entitled “Jewish Continuity – What’s the point?” In it, he argued that too many people are asking the wrong question by focusing on ”How do we keep the kids …
A Very Naughty Boy (We’ll be live blogging during the premiere episode of John Safran’s ‘Race Relations’!)
Live, from 9.30pm tonight!
Tune your TV to ABC1 and your internet browser to GalusAustralis.com.
The story so far:
John Safran Gets Busy with Cross-Cultural Love.
Pasty bespectacled comic John Safran is coming back to ABC TV with an …
Now with free music downloads! When elsewhere met Diwon… (and good music was heard by all.)
Andrew Harris from Melbourne’s elsewhere promotions spoke to Brooklyn-based DJ Diwon about his two new records, Serene Poetic and The Sabra Sessions. Diwon is the dynamo behind Shemspeed (a very hip, diverse website dedicated to …
“I don’t roll on Shabbos!”
By ariel
Should Jewish sports clubs compete on Shabbat?
This question has confronted me since early adolescence, when I began playing competitive basketball with Maccabi NSW. It was around the time of my bar-mitzvah when I faced …
Face-off: the Schools Debate
Earlier this week, we published an article by Almoni calling for the abandonment of the private school system. David Werdiger has written a strident reply. We present the two views, side-by-side:
[column width=47% padding=6%]Almoni‘s view:
It is …
Anti-religious prejudice – sadly, nothing new?
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 …
Let’s talk about sex (or gender)
By The Hasid
The Jewish community of Australia is a strange beast, both forward-thinking and “traditional”.
Nowhere is this dichotomy more apparent than in the role and status of women: we’re simultaneously feminist and bound by …
Walk for Harmony, Sunday July 12
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 …
Who is a Jew and the Tyranny of Halacha
By Yoram Symons
Most of us were raised to believe that you were a Jew because your mother was Jewish. That Jewish descent passes through the woman. And no doubt we have all heard the various …
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