The Australian Jewish news have an article about new Liberal leader Brendan Nelson.  This is an example of very good journalism.  The background given is well researched, and it was insightful of the paper to note that ” Nelson overcame a strong challenge from Turnbull – the MO in Australia’s most Jewish seat – in [...]

Below is a full copy of the Annapolis Declaration, so you can make your own minds up: The representatives of the government of the state of Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization, represented respective by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and President Mahmoud Abbas in his capacity as Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee and President [...]

As promised, some comments about my visit to Melbourne. There are many advantages to living in a small community, and these are best highlighted by visiting a large community. The Jewish community of Perth is by no means perfect, but it does a lot of things well.  I noticed this a lot by observing what I [...]

After a week away its time to catch up with some blogging by Gedalia.A few post election thoughts, but with all the “excitement” out of the way there is little left to say. Both the poll and lead up to the poll were bizarre. Over east, where I was able to watch coverage after Shabbat [...]

Today is the day the Peace Summit in Annapolis begins. So what can we expect from it? Will it be another round of talks that go nowhere? Or is the real chance for peace? Or, as is most likely, will Israel walk away having given away a lot, in return for nothing and be held [...]