JONATHAN LIEBERMAN

Parashat Bo warns: true faith demands responsibility, that honoring life means accountability and protecting the vulnerable.

What happened at Bondi was an assault on the idea that free societies can remain free if they abandon the values that sustain them.

Sport, of course, is never just sport. It is one of the most powerful metaphors we have for life itself. ...In Israel, the clamor is growing for a full national investigation into October 7 failures.

What we witnessed that Shabbat was something far rarer and more precious than a Test match victory: a glimpse of genuine Jewish unity. 

If our presence can offer even a sliver of comfort – if it can help the Sydney community feel the embrace of a global family – then the journey will have been worthwhile.

Ma’oz Tzur insists that Jewish memory is not linear progress but recurring danger. That insistence matters after Bondi.

Hanukkah is not sentimental spirituality: It is political theology. It proclaims that Jewish existence is not justified by how pleasing it is to others, nor how dissolves into general humanity.

Today, Keren Ohr maintains multiple “respite homes” across Israel, in locations such as Neve Michael, Tzfat, Ashkelon, and Netanya, allowing them to offer this vital pause to more couples in need.

A nation in pain finds strength as professionals and volunteers rally to heal the wounded soul.

Israel’s song will be richer if it absorbs the music of Jewish London, as it has absorbed the sounds of Baghdad and Casablanca, Kyiv, and Addis Ababa.