Archive for December, 2009

25 Dec

Judaism is not on trial

This post is prompted by a You Tube video I have just watched.  The video was made by the ugly anti-Semite Fredrick Toben, in support of our local anti-Semitic non-celebrity Brendon O’Connell.  I’m not posting a link as I have no desire to attract traffic to the video itself.
In the video, Toben requests that Jews who [...]

17 Dec

Deal or No Deal?

First there was Kyoto, with all its predictions of destruction that would transpire if the world didn’t buy in.  Those prophecies did not come to pass.  Now we have the Copenhagen Summit, with similar forcasts of global meltdown, albeit that the conference looks like ending without agreement.  It’s hardly surprising, as there has yet to be a single example [...]

13 Dec

Shedding Light on the Situation

Some of the differences of opinions expressed by the authors of this blog and extending to some the comments posted to this blog were the focus of a drasha by Rabbi Marcus Solomon last Shabbat.  With deference to the Rabbi, and even though our hit counter hasn’t shown a sudden surge of traffic as a [...]

13 Dec

Chabad Channukah in the Park

Well, the annual Chabad Channukah in the Park has finished for another year and one of the JewglePerth readers sent us this shot.
If you have taken any photos you think the community would be interested in seeing, please feel free to send them in to us.
Channukah Semeach, to all JewglePerth readers.

10 Dec

Redirect the Funding

This is not a new theme for my JewglePerth postings, but one that I would like to further explore.
A very important, professional, and effective organisation in the Australian Jewish community is the UIA.  The reputation of Australian Jewry is greatly enhanced by their work.  Over recent years the transparancy and the effectiveness of their fundraising [...]

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