Tag Archives: OPINION
Reclaiming Our Streets – My Race Against Racism
Another weekend, and once again our streets are filled with angry, masked protestors, some dressed in black, some arms raised in Nazi salutes. This is springtime Melbourne, our Melbourne.How does it get to this? What do these people do for a living? They must live amongst us. Read more » »
Be the reason racism loses its power
Racism is not a distant issue. It lives among us today – in our streets, schools, workplaces and online as an ever-present danger. Our nation’s social cohesion is at its lowest level since 2007.In the face of this growing reality, the worst thing we can do is stay silent. Being a bystander is a choice. Read more » »
Educating the dangers of antisemitism beyond the classroom
It’s safe to assume if you are reading these words that the Jewish world has relevance to your life. You know what being a Jew means to you your family and your Jewish friends. Read more » »
The Spreading Oil Slick of Obsessive Israel Hatred
Pro-Hamas activists gather in Washington Square Park for a rally following a protest march held in response to an NYPD sweep of an anti-Israel encampment at New York University in Manhattan, May 3, 2024. Read more » »
How to Combat the Lie That Israel Is a ‘Settler Colonial’ State
The Western Wall and Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Since the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, there’s been a lot of public discussion of “settler colonialism” and the rights of indigenous peoples. Academics call for the “decolonization” of countries such as Australia, Canada, and the United States. Read more » »
Answering the Genocide Charges: The World Is Not Listening
Egyptian trucks carrying humanitarian aid make their way to the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, at the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel, May 30, 2024. Read more » »
The Monumental Importance of Yom Hazikaron
The Western Wall and Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. JNS.org – This year, more than most, Jews internationally need to commemorate Yom Hazikaron. Israel’s Day of Remembrance was created more than 70 years ago with a unique purpose — to honor soldiers and civilian fighters killed during the efforts to establish its nationhood. Read more » »
Remembering France’s Minister of Justice Who Was Shaped by Holocaust Past
Robert Badinter was a French lawyer, politician, and author who enacted the abolition of the death penalty in France in 1981, while serving as Minister of Justice under François Mitterrand. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Until 1981, the guillotine continued to be used as the means of implementing death sentences in France. Read more » »
A Century of Lived History
As anyone who has been in her presence knows, Janice Rothschild Blumberg’s stories have an “in the room where it happened” quality. This chronicler of Atlanta and Southern Jewish history is marking the centennial of an extraordinary life that provided her with a seemingly inexhaustible supply of material. Read more » »
Living as Jews in Latin America After Oct. 7
Antisemitism is a social illness that we Jews — in Latin America and around the world — have sadly learned to live with. We know that even when it appears dormant, it always remains latent, waiting for the right moment to resurface with force.Both of us have spent years monitoring and combating antisemitism in the region. Read more » »