When Premier Colin Barnett addressed a Liberal Party reception for the Perth Jewish Community this morning, he noted two interesting points.  The first was his acknowledgement that Jewish community sets a wonderful example to the wider community when it comes to caring for its people (educating its children, supporting its social needs, and care of [...]

It is widely acknowledged that the Jewish community of Australia, as with any other ethnic minority community, tends to benefit from bipartisan political support.  There is only an occasional level of political parochialism that is detected through Jewish community leadership.  The Jewish community votes according to individual preference, and for the most part from amongst its membership it delivers [...]

In the space of two weeks I have been privileged to attend a number of simchas and receive invites to many others.  We have celebrated engagements, birthdays, britot, weddings, sheva brachot, bnei mitzvah, and a hachnassat sefer torah.  Long may it continue. There is one thing I have noticed with many of these celebrations, and that is an element of discomfort amongst [...]

There is an article on Ynet by Rabbi Levi Brackman about the eroding nature of the traditional Synagogue. We in Perth should look carefully across all our shule and alarm bells should be ringing. Sadly they are not. I would like to cite some trite examples, but out of a will towards Shalom Bayit, I [...]

Who thinks the Jews are crazy?  Ok, so sometimes you need to be a little bit crazy.  For those of us down with swine flu at the moment, it is not so funny.  The Jewish way is to solve rational problems by proclaiming irrational declarations of faith.  It seems as if one such effort has attracted the [...]