Articles tagged with: Jewish
Refugee Stigma
By Keren Tuch
There were many thought provoking events on last week in honour of Refugee Week, including the confronting SBS series Go Back To Where You Came From, discussed here and here.
One event I attended …
Under Our Hats
Muslim, Jewish & Sikh women talk about fashion, faith and how it feels to look different.
Here’s a press release about an event that readers (especially those in Melbourne) might find interesting:
Finding the perfect scarf to …
Reflections on Jewish Statelessness and Statehood
By Philip Mendes
One of my current research projects is an analysis of the disproportionate historical Jewish engagement with the political Left. As many readers will know, there were two key factors that drove Jewish involvement …
Welcome to the good life: Snores, chores, bores and much mores
By Kovi Rose
Its 3:00am and I am woken by the sound of my roommate from Minnesota snoring like a disgruntled boar. He has said to me in the past that I should wake him up …
Blurring the Humanitarian Welcome Mat
Continuing with our Pesach theme of asylum seekers and refugees, Malki Rose attended the launch of the ‘People Smugglers: Friend or Foe?’ exhibit now showing at the Jewish Museum of Australia.
Americans refer to them as …
And you shall relate to your son
By David Werdiger
והגדת לבנך – שמות יג”ח
And you shall relate to your son – Exodus 13:8
As Pesach approaches, preparations go into full swing, and my mind jumps around between where we will …
Form one Planet: HIStory or MYstory
By Malki Rose
If there is one broyges bigger than who has ownership of certain clumps of the Middle East, it’s who has ownership of the most accurate account of its history. If the holy books …
Aliyah: Going up or coming down to earth?
By Kovi Rose
Having just arrived in Israel less than a week ago, I was excited and anxious to deal with the bureaucracy and slide into the culture and life of the locals. I arrived at …
Kosher Wars V – The Empire Strikes Back
By David Werdiger
The “kosher wars” have been reignited recently with the release by Rabbi Moshe Gutnick of The Kashrut Authority (I will refer to them as KA(Syd) to avoid ambiguity) of a statement regarding the …
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 …
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