2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1274+ words) Lebanese-born Rawan Osman was in her late 20s when an encounter in a Strasbourg grocery store forced her to confront a fear she could not explain. Living in Strasbourg, France, Osman had moved into a Jewish neighbourhood without realising it. She…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (707+ words) Not every criticism of Israel is antisemitic. Israel, like every democracy, can be criticised—sometimes harshly—for its government, military operations and policies towards the Palestinians. Nor should every Greens parliamentarian be branded an antisemite. But neither qualification absolves the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (777+ words) There is a particular kind of vertigo that comes with being young and politically conscious in the current climate. We have inherited a world in which certainty is a luxury few institutions can still afford, and in which the word…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (462+ words) Greg Joffe has been elected president of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, defeating Garry Browne in a rare leadership contest at the state’s peak Jewish representative body. Joffe was elected at the Board’s annual general meeting in Sydney on…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1289+ words) John Menadue has earned an important place in Australian public life. His career has encompassed government, diplomacy, business and public administration. That record makes his increasingly antagonistic commentary about Israel, Zionism and mainstream Australian Jewry not less troubling, but more…...