Breaking News: “A convoy of ships sailing towards Australia to protest against Australian democratic soveriegnty has been warned not to enter Australian territories.  Having disregarded the warnings, and reasserted their intentions, the protestors continued to advance.  Australian troops bordered the ships to escort them to port.  Violence broke out.  The Australian troops were attacked and [...]

Where shall I get meat to give to this entire people when they weep to me saying “Give us meat that we may eat?” (Bamidbar 11:12) As I read the above words in today’s Torah reading, I reflected on the state of kashrut. On the eastern seaboard of Australia a debate is currently raging about [...]

When a blog post starts with a disclaimer you know it is going to be bad. It is not my intention to offend anybody, or to do harm to the interfaith efforts of the Perth Jewish community. However tonight I attended a presentation by the Council of Christians and Jews called the Authority of Scripture. [...]

OK – I’ve been a bad blogger over the past month.  Hopefully that will change.  But there has been so much happening in and around the community.  We have a wonderful and active community and it is far better to spend time being part of the action than it is to sit at the sideline [...]