8+ hour, 36+ min ago  (147+ words) Australia's E-Safety Comissioner, Julie Inman Grant has told the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion that the powers of her office are too weak to crack down on online hate. The inquiry has a number of terms of reference,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (530+ words) Sarah Schwartz and Shahram Akbarzadeh Last week the ABC and SBS'informed the federal government they would not adopt the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)'working definition of antisemitism. The decision elicited'concern from pro-Israel advocacy groups who have long urged…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (585+ words) The festival of Shavuot is one of the most overlooked festivals on the Jewish calendar. It does not inspire the frenzied preparation of Passover, nor is it as prominent as Chanukkah. Yet in many ways, it is one of the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (373+ words) Is it any wonder, then, that religion has its origins in the natural world? This year, the Jewish holiday of'Shavuot starts on 21 May. It commemorates the giving of the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai. The revelation occurs in the desert…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (452+ words) The bonfires honour Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, a second-century sage associated with Jewish mysticism known as Kabbalah. His teachings point to the presence of a hidden light, the idea that deeper meaning lies beneath the surface of reality. The bows…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (446+ words) Since 7 October 2023, so much of the conversation around Israel has been consumed by the present moment: the war in Gaza, the regional escalation, Iran and its proxies. However, on the eve of Israel's seventy-eighth Independence Day, the question of what…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (441+ words) When people talk about freedom, they tend to picture a holiday on which someone else is doing the cooking and the cleaning, when the ordinary pressures of life fall away and the days feel light and unstructured. Freedom, in that…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (192+ words) This is, this is about more than just religious observance, isn't it? How would you describe your own Jewish identity? Well, I was not, I was not brought up religious. I grew up in a secular Jewish environment. The organisation…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (327+ words) abc. net. au But there is a beautiful quote by Amos Oz, an Israeli who passed away, an author that is very, very well known. And I would love to share that with everyone right now because it is about…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (150+ words) There are different definitions of Zionism. What, what does it mean to you? Kati, in this, in today's context, is it possible to be a Zionist but disagree with the Israeli government? And you have concerns about that? So, Josh…...