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
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
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
Some ideas start out as a satirical attempt to lighten up a pessimistic situation, then as more information comes to light you realise the longer term implications for our community are more serious than initially thought. At the street level you buy your food and grocery’s from the retailer. Every
The search to become an informed voter, and the Jewish community foray into the debate
The Jewish Community Council of WA would be perceived by many as biased in pursuing they’re ever expanding woke agenda. The latest episode is the upcoming Voice debate, which is more interesting for what it doesn’t mention. All the promotional questions are neutral giving the event an air of respectability until
Dear Mr Albanese Last year you wrote an open letter to the Australian Jewish Community for Yom Haatzmaut in which you said “No matter which party is in power here, Israel will have Australia’s friendship and support. As leader of the Australian Labor Party, I can tell you that you
This year I present my annual Pesach composition of the 5782 Autocorrect Seder: Happy Peach. Here we are at the sadder table with the whole mishap-cha. I’m sitting next to the murder in law, waiting for the kishdish and the taste of the bread of eviction. Ur-klutz – the klutz
Each year I compose a satirical message for Pesach. Following last year’s Carona Virus Haggadah, I present the Anti Vaxxers Haggadah for Seder 5781. Kadesh Time for the first of four cups of organic, sulphur free, manure based, biodynamic, unfiltered, sustainably produced, vegan, zero herbicide, non-synthetic, astrologically-informed, phenolic, naturally fermented,
Each year I draft satirical prose for chaggim. Perth was thrust into lockdown just before Pesach 5780 although the corona virus had already caused many other places to impose isolation. In the midst of the unknown I wrote this Covid haggadah spoof which went viral to many parts of the