Catch up reading here

For the past few days, and across the past few weeks, I have been travelling into some of the remotest areas of Western Australia for

Earlier this week one of the most important community events of the year took place. The opening of the fourth year of the Perth Yeshivah

I havn’t been blogging much the past few weeks, for personal reasons.  Apologies.  I hope to post occasionally over the next few weeks and return

Spring has arrived in Perth, a little late, but good enough to allow us to sit in the Succah in very comfortable conditions. Courtesy of

Now standing on the other side of Yom Kippur, I ended my fast with a review of three books. The first was the book of

The month of Elul grows in intensity, and the days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are particularly focussed on teshuvah. The Talmud teaches that

This year I had a very uplifting Rosh Hashana, immersed in a shule environment that was fully focussed on tefillah. This was followed by an

As my last post for the Jewish year, I can only focus my reflections on today’s Rosh Hashana “gift” bestowed upon the nation of Israel

Today was a momentous day in the history of the Perth Jewish community, with the dedication and opening of the new performing arts centre at

I’ve read several items of commentary in the past few weeks that suggest that the “obsessive” focus of Israel advocates on the captivity of Gilad

More than ever the media, following cutbacks to news services, need to create and invent their own stories to provide content, much of which is