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Twenty Post-election Questions

If I’ve missed any critical questions, or if you have any good answers please add them to the comments.

Andrew Blitz May 4, 2025 No Comments

Rabbi Shalom Coleman, Of Blessed Memory

Judaism has an ethos that often blends elation and grief. Both symbolically and practically. At the height of each joyful occasion there is a tinge of sadness, and vice versa each sad occasion pivots towards hope and optimism. Yesterday, in the midst of celebrating a family simcha, a festive event,

Andrew Blitz April 27, 2025 5 Comments

Dear West: I corrected your article

Dear West Australian newspaper Your unattributed article about the Bibas family funeral in today’s paper contained important terminology errors and lacked the full context of this incident, one of the most horrific acts of barbarity that has become a focal point of Israel’s mourning and of the entire Jewish world.

Andrew Blitz February 27, 2025 No Comments

Hippocratic – not Hypocritic

Being proud of my identity, and not ashamed of what I stand for, I wear a kipah (skullcap) in public and have done so in Australia for the past 25 years. Whilst I have occasionally been subject to anti-Semitism, it is far more frequent for me to encounter positive engagement

Andrew Blitz February 12, 2025 1 Comment

What I did on my Summer Holiday

On the first day of term, after each summer break, it was inevitable that our school year would begin with the task of writing an essay called “What I Did on my Summer Holiday”. Our English masters would be assessing comprehension, searching for a cohesive narrative, and marking on the

Andrew Blitz January 10, 2025 2 Comments

Stop Using Our Taxpayer Money to Teach Hatred of Israel

Recently it was reported in The Australian newspaper that our ambassador to the UN, James Larsen said “Australia’s vote in favour of UNRWA reflects the country’s view that it must be able to continue its life-saving work.” He also said “UNRWA is the backbone of the humanitarian response to the

Andrew Blitz December 18, 2024 No Comments

Transcript of a Labor Caucus Meeting – 9 December 2024

(Satire) Penny Wong: Welcome all, please give your attention to the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese. Anthony Albanese: Morning everyone, and I pay my respects to Labour leaders, past, present but not emerging. Richard Marles: How did your trip to Perth go? Anthony Albanese: Had to pay for my

Gedalia December 8, 2024 No Comments

Emerging into the new Jewish Year

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

Andrew Blitz October 22, 2024 No Comments

Local News

An Out of Proportion Protest

Some decades ago Rabbi Coleman, our much loved orator, was giving a sermon on the topic of anti-Semitism in Australia. Whilst noting that Australia was amongst the most welcoming and tolerant societies for a Jewish community to reside anywhere in the world, he also cautioned against the irrational and historic

Andrew Blitz September 9, 2024 1 Comment

Brisbane Travelogue – Tisha B’Av edition

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

Andrew Blitz August 8, 2024 No Comments

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