Australia has a history with the Jews. The most famous quote from the failed 1938 Evian Conference, convened to rescue the Jews from Hitler,…
Denied My Democratic Right
Last Friday I was stopped at Sydney airport and denied my democratic rights. I was almost in tears at the counter when the airline…
A Call for Change
Today, I acknowledge the Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, and pay my respects to their elders: past, present and emerging. I do…
We Should Not Have To Live In Fear
At the age of 13, I dreaded one class like no other. Why? Because every time I walked in, boys asked if I’d have…
Adoption: It Was The Only Option Left
“I met you on March 23, 1996.” I dropped the card and began to cry. I knew immediately it was from my daughter, April,…
Freedom of thought: A Passover parable
Each year at Pesach time, we sit around the table, joyfully retelling the story of the Jewish peoples’ exodus from Egypt. Half mumbling the…
Exile Never Felt So Good
‘Opinions are like arseholes: everybody’s got one’ – Albert Einstein Ok. Einstein probably never said that. In fact, it may have been my…
Why do you care how I pray?
Today was the first day of a new month on the Jewish calendar. I attended an early morning service run by Women of the Wall…
Never again
I was invited to spend Shabbat with some new friends of mine and was really looking forward to finally sitting down after a frantic…