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A Real Time Blood Libel Unfolds

Who can sleep at a time like this when a real time blood libel has started against the State of Israel? During the night reports started to come through of a missle strike on a Gaza hospital. My first thought was that Hamas operatives may have been storing weapons, or

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No, Our Students are Not OK

Last week Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued a statement that said hateful prejudice has no place in Australia and that his Government was committed to keeping the Jewish community safe. That same day my friend’s daughter came home from the University of Western Australia with a pamphlet from the student

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Bad policy versus good policy

The governing elite and their backers in Australia could certainly use some help. The citizens of this country voted an emphatic “No” to The Voice on the weekend. Were the citizens of this country voting against a constitutional voice or did they finally wake up weeks ago and realise the

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The Perth Connections

How has the Hamas war impacted the Jewish Community in Perth?  This question has been asked of many of us since the start of this horrendous week. The Jewish world is small.  There are more than 10,000 Australian citizens in Israel, many more migrants, with a disproportionally high number from

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Foreign Policy Doublespeak

What do politicians really mean when they make proclamations of support for Israel ? Is it hypocrisy wrapped in righteousness ? Find out in the best summary around from our beloved leaders and their sycophant supporters.

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Responding to Inhumanity with Humanity

Today we have seen images that should no person should have to see.   There is seemingly no escape from the inhumanity of murdering, hostage taking, maiming, raping and caging innocent people.  Yet at the same time there is so much humanity.  So amidst the absolute horror of the past two

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Israel is under attack – From Hamas and the Media

Yesterday the Jewish community of Perth were celebrating our Sabbath and the culmination of our annual festivities.  Then, in a fleeting moment our joy was interrupted by news that Israel had been attacked and that war had been declared by Israel’s Prime Minister against Hamas. Suddenly our emotions were shattered. 

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Showbags

The Royal show is on again in Perth and if your FOMO meter is peaking, but you don’t have enough time to get there because you spend all your time searching for kosher cheese check out these alternative showbags. JCC WA $10 Low on substance and credibility but high on

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Where are the Safeguards for Australian Foreign Aid?

Tomorrow, as we celebrate Yom Kippur, we also mark the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War.  There is a theory that fifty years needs to transpire between an event and the unfolding of its complete impact on history.  However modern Zionist history recognised and internalised many of the lessons

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Reflections for Rosh Hashana

Here are some of the learnings and thoughts that I am taking into the Jewish new year that will start at sunset this evening. Bringing Teshuva throughout the year The Talmud teaches us there are four Rosh Hashanot in the Jewish calendar. The first is in Nissan, with a national

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