Each year a Jewish person stands individually amongst the kehilla to petition our creator for favourable judgement.  Our plea is for life.  We reflect on our deeds and accomplishments of the past year.  We make amends where necessary for any ill feeling that we have generated.  We ask whether we have achieved to our potential.  We check our middot [...]

This Shabbat, August 28 is Gilad Shalit’s 24th Birthday of Gilad. On June 25th 2006 Gilad Shalit was kidnapped when his unit was ambushed by Hamas terrorists: two other Israeli soldiers were killed. Five birthdays later Gilad Shalit is still in captivity and the pressure has been mounting on the Israeli government to exchange thousands [...]

I have returned this evening from the launch of the Friends of Israel which was hosted at the Victory Life Centre, and am in awe of the accomplishments of the organisers. In particular, I was greatly enthused by the public level of support and understanding, with a strong Christian Zionist support base, that is so [...]

As far as political campaigns are concerned, the current election campaign is possibly the lamest on record.  The media cannot move itself from the Presidential style projection of a leadership contest – in other words a choice between Gillard and Abbot as opposed to a choice between  Labor and Liberal.  However the voters are seeking to put [...]