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As we emerge from Simchat Torah and Shabbat Bereshit a few days from now, many have the custom to say the words v’Yaacov holech ldarcho ויעקב הלך לדרכו, meaning “And Jacob went on his way”. The sentiment being that the extraordinary celebrations and festive emotions of the past few weeks

Apparently it’s expected that I post a travelogue whenever I’m on the road. My impressions after a few days in Brisbane is that it is a city exactly like Perth, although it’s on the cusp of braking through the time warp. The people are friendly and the City is flushed

This week has certainly been full of excitement, fear, jubilation, shock and hopefully for some of us a chance for self reflection. Australia’s amazing results in the swimming pool at the Paris Olympics are testament to hard work, adequate funding for competitors and make us all proud that a small

When the Albanese Government was elected, I thought they deserved a chance.  Not just because it is the responsibility of us all to respect democracy.  I said to myself that the vast majority of people go into politics with well-intentioned aspirations and for the right reasons.  None of this has

The Jewish calendar is full of emotion and rhythm. It combines the constancy of the solar calendar (which determines the Sabbath) with the variability of the lunar calendar (which determine our festivals). The lunar calendar is a human product, initially dependent on witnesses and then became a fixed equation of

As Australian’s go about their day to day lives, an unsurpassed quality of life full of beaches, sport and beer, life for many Australian’s Jews has become somewhat dystopian. As we emerged from the Passover festival, a barrage of social media and news awaited.  It was primarily focussed on encampments

In 1917, the ANZACs invaded Palestine to fight the Ottoman Army and, after the third Battle of Gaza on October 31, successfully took control of the land and the people in the name of the British Empire.  This paved the way for what ultimately became the Allied victory in WWI.

Disclaimer Each year I attempt to script a satirical Haggadah that pushes (or as some would contend, crosses) boundaries, as an expression of our contemporary social faux-pas.  Just in case it is not recognised, and as a pre-warning, this is satire!  It does not reflect my actual views, especially regarding

The story of the Jewish people is that of a nation born into slavery and emancipated to freedom.  Freedom with a purpose. We entered Egypt as a family.  We collectively experienced the miracles that fulfilled the ברית בין הבתרים, the covenant between G-d and Avraham, and journeyed forth via Sinai