By chance a group of work colleagues swung past Baskin and Robbins in Subiaco today.  Accustomed to my habit of generally not joining them for their obscenely frequent trips out for breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and a never ending series of working meals on the run, they were surprised to see me buy an [...]

Partial commendation to the West Australian for their article about the death of George Habash.  At least the readers could see the type of person he was.  Not that he was called a terrorist, but a guerrilla.  It’s a fine line…..  There have been many news reports praising Habash as a leader.  From the sort of people who also [...]

Whenever I was taught about the Shoah (Holocaust) at a young age, I always used to ask myself “how could this happen?”  Like so many others, I have never been able to comprehend just how a crime of this magnitude could be perpetrated.  How could an entire society allow a genocidal maniac come to power, [...]

In spite of all the bad that comes our way, from time to time it’s good to remember that “we’ve exceeded expectations”. So with Purim coming up, enjoy this little clip from our brothers in the east (Melbourne) – Yidcore: JewglePerth presents: They Tried to Kill Us, They failed, Let’s Eat:

There are a number of Jewish organisations who have no appreciation of their uniqueness.  Our knowledge is sadly lacking in historic terms.  I always cringe when Jewish groups mark occasions with non-Jewish customs, for example holding silence in the memory of a departed person.  It would be far better to fill the silence with noise – the noise [...]