3+ hour, 29+ min ago   (8+ words) Feintooner J-Wire This week’s cartoon: The ESAU Accords...

4+ hour, 39+ min ago   (170+ words) Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin An avalanche of global celebrations and accolades is still being heaped on the late and great Maestro Leonard Bernstein, almost 36 years after his death on 14 October 1990. When W.H. Auden won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (435+ words) A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First With the reason only revealed late in the piece, global superstar Neil Diamond is presented as a tortured soul in the superbly written, directed and produced musical A Beautiful Noise. Aggressive and recalcitrant,…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (291+ words) A movie review by Alex First It starts with a statement of fact, unbelievable though it may appear. All is fair in love and war if you are married, but not if you are single. Still, the results of the…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (616+ words) I found myself surprisingly emotional from the moment the curtain rose. Alone on the dimly lit stage, the always remarkable virtuoso Ben Adler, already in character, unexpectedly played the haunting Es Brent (“Our Town is Burning”), Mordechai Gebirtig’s lament written…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (323+ words) American Jewish comedian and recovery advocate Chani Lisbon will bring her blend of humour, faith and personal testimony to a special comedy show in Sydney this Sunday evening. During her Sydney visit this week, Lisbon has spoken at several Jewish…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (312+ words) A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Julia Roberts received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Shelby Eatenton in the 1989 film Steel Magnolias. Now, a highly talented cast has done a fine job reviving…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (366+ words) Israeli archaeologists have fully exposed the large central bimah, the raised platform used for Torah readings, at the site of the Great Synagogue of Vilna in Vilnius, Lithuania. The dig also uncovered sections of the main prayer hall and women’s…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (958+ words) Five writers have been honoured in the 2026 Shalom Collective Australian Jewish Writer Awards. The winners were announced at a ceremony at Bondi Pavillion on 3 August, the opening night of the Festival of the Spoken Word presented by the Sydney Jewish…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (378+ words) A movie review by Alex First Spider-Man is my favourite superhero. That said, Brand New Day really tested my patience. I felt every bit of its extended running time, and it is too convoluted for its own good. The subject…...