Articles tagged with: Israel
The Tent City of Rothschild Boulevard and the Coming Pogrom – Part I
By Yoram Symons
Turn on the news. It is becoming obvious that the world is literally falling apart. Governments are defaulting, stockmarkets are tumbling, London burns, Greece riots, the Arabic nations are descending into civil wars, …
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 …
Victorian Greens dealing with Levitical Leprosy
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 …
Letters to Editor – Responses to Mendes
Below are two slightly abbreviated versions of two lengthy responses we received in regard to the latest article by regular Galus contributor, Prof. Philip Mendes , Advocating Peace or Promoting Conflict and Discrimination? The Strange …
Advocating Peace or Promoting Conflict and Discrimination? The Strange Case of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
By Philip Mendes
The Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney was formed in May 1988 to promote interdisciplinary research and teaching on the causes of conflict, and the conditions that affect …
School’s out on Israel
By Mandi Katz
When it comes to Israel, young Australian Jews often feel themselves caught between extreme positions.
Only days ago, Bialik College graduate and former Australasian Union of Jewish Students president Liam Getreu wrote on this …
An interview with the German Ambassador to Australia
The Capital Jewish Forum (CJF), based in Canberra, has recently launched a new initiative, where distinguished guests are interviewed on a range of issues which are relevant and of interest to Jewish academic, policy, business …
Why I’m attending the J Street Conference 2011
By Liam Getreu
J Street has become one of the most influential organisations in American Jewry in recent years – I’m no expert on its efficacy in lobbying Congress, but there can be no doubt that …
The effective answer to BDS is two states for two peoples
By Philip Mendes
The Palestinian campaign for a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against the State of Israel and its population is currently in the Australian news.
Late last year, the Victorian Trades Hall Council hosted a …
What now for the Jews of Tunis?
By Anthony Frosh
With the political state of affairs in Tunisia now lying somewhere between anarchy and revolution, it’s a troubling time for all citizens of this North African republic. For the Jewish community, such instability …
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