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Hanukkah (or Chanukah) is one of the world’s most widely celebrated Jewish festivals. The Bondi attacks’ timing on its first day is significant – and heartbreaking.
This research – which is in the early stages and yet to be peer reviewed – has recorded a significant increase in antisemitic sentiment after October 7.
Nuremberg, often called ‘history’s greatest trial’, officially opened on October 18 1945. It held senior Nazi leaders to account for war crimes during the Holocaust.
In her book The Ferryman, Katia Ariel reveals the story of Ephraim Finch, ‘community ferryman’ of Jewish souls.
A new book is both a chronicle of pain and upheaval and a testament to strength and resilience.
Left-wing Jewish political journalist Rachel Shabi delivers a nuanced take on antisemitism, legitimate criticism of Israel and the role of race and colonialism.
A scholar who studies Spider-Man examines why the statement ‘with great power comes great responsibility’ resonates with viewers and inspires virtuous actions.
Global tensions have put pressure on universities to adopt politicised definitions of antisemitism and Islamophobia. Dehumanisation is a more inclusive alternative.
Alarming incidents of antisemitism have sparked a political debate in Australia. But tackling the problem requires looking at structural forms of antisemitism, too.
How does one write the essence of a life once it has come to an end?Mark Raphael Baker’s A Season of Death is an intimate, at times harrowing, portrait of grief.
A new Netflix biopic has resurfaced arguments over whether Jesus, a Jewish man, was Palestinian. Was he? Or are these claims cultural and political appropriation? A historian of religion explains.
In his new book, John Safran considers how broader cultural, economic and political forces and attitudes have contributed to a resurgence in antisemitism – through the lens of Kanye West.
Rabbis married to non-Jews exist within Humanist, Reform, Jewish Renewal and Reconstructionist Jewish movements, although not within Conservative and Orthodox streams.
The past is a reality that humanity as whole must contend with, but a lack of understanding is fertile ground for denial, revisionism and antisemitism.
The passions aroused by Israel’s escalating response to the Hamas attacks have revived centuries-old stereotypes, blurring the distinction between opposition to Israel and hatred of Jewish people.
Hermann Pollnow’s parents saved him from the Nazi Germany they wouldn’t survive. His story, told by his Australian granddaughter, reminds us the Holocaust is a global history, not just a European one.
When removed from context, the popular Netflix series ‘My Unorthodox Life’ and ‘Unorthodox’ paint unflattering portraits of religious Judaism. ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ offers more nuance.
Jewish life in Canada and Argentina reflects the diversity of Jewish communities globally, and the political, social and economic evolution of each country throughout the 20th century.
A Christian Palestinian human rights scholar who grew up in Bethlehem writes about the special time of Easter, but also about the restrictions on Palestinian Christians.
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