Cease and Fire
THE cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians is most unusual. Since the cease-fire was signed, 40 rockets have been fired over the border from…
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18 stories in Sydney's papers
Blaze of colour as Batsheva beguiles
FORTY dancers from the worldacclaimed Israel-based Batsheva Dance Company launched the Sydney Festival last Saturday at the Capitol…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Where there’s smoke, there’s fire - rabbis Rabbis at a conference on health issues warn that smoking is against halacha, writes JUDY SBEGEL-rSZKOVICH
SMOKING is not only harmful to one’s physical self, but it is proscribed in the Torah, an Israeli rabbi told a conference…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Weiss on Fire at South East Ten-pin
JACK Weiss continued his unbeaten run in the South East Maccabi Ten-Pin junior competition when he rolled 127 to defeat Guy Wassershtron, who rolled the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →ABC under fire over cultural ‘insolence’
THE ABC is facing a major Jewish community backlash on two fronts after featuring outspoken Israel critic Antony Loewenstein in a program on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forgive Perth fire-bomber, urges rabbi
CONVICTED Western Australian fire-bomber Jack van Tongeren, who has surfaced in Victoria, should be forgiven, a Perth rabbi…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Easter fire from Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — Tens of thousands of Christian pilgrims converged on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem this past weekend to take…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Chai anxiety Fighting fire with chutzpah
TAPED a superb documentary on SBS last week (incidentally, why does SBS always show programs of high Jewish interest on Shabbat?) titled Antisemitism in the 21st…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Publisher draws fire over Hicks book offer
A CONTROVERSIAL Melbourne publisher has again drawn fire after comparing confessed terrorist David Hicks with Nobel Peace Prize winner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adc Welcomes Jail Term for Perth Fire Bomber
THE B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has welcomed the twoyear jail sentence handed to John Van Blitterswyk, a former member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →‘Shul fire was arson’
GENEVA — These are the charred remains of the Sephardi Hekhal Haness synagogue in Geneva, which a Swiss magistrate this week ruled was gutted…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Review of Salve Regine the 3Rd Release by the Arcade Fire Salve Regine
More of a Significant Other, than a Chinese Democracy. When, at 16, it finally occurred to me that my girlfriend Kathleen had not only broken up with me, but had been…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Long-term Cease-fire
SOME Israelis, such as the former Mossad chief Ephraim…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Maccabi on fire as semifinals approach Touch Football
MACCABI’S top touch football team cruised to victory when it defeated Bliss Cafe, 7-1, at Queens Park on Sunday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Men’s team on fire on the court BASKETBALL
MACCABI’S Sunday night men’s team maintained first place on the ladder, with four wins from five matches, when it demolished…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →On the California Fires
I JUST saw a video clip of a family in California and their home was completely burned but their family prayer book, which should have been…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →On Catch the Fire
THEY believe the Jewish people are lost so they play up to you to win your souls.They are soul stealers. Because they love Israel doesn't mean they…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Keep the fires festive Michelle Coleman
CANDLES, oil, latkes and doughnuts... Chanukah is a time to celebrate, but also a time of increased fire hazard. The NSW Fire Brigades (NSWFB) has…
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