The BSA and the terror-tories Hey, you didn’t forget about The Occupation for a minute did you? No silly, we are not talking about Northern Cyprus, Tibet, Crimea, Balochistan, Western Sahara, or any of the other occupations around the world that you never hear about….
A 60 second bird’s eye view of Tel Aviv Tel Aviv has recently been named by Forbes Magazine as one of the 20 most beautiful destinations in the world. In recent years, Tel Aviv has been included on similar lists including, among other things, a list of “best ten…
Bob Narev: From Holocaust survivor to stellar career More than half a century after he was sent to a Nazi concentration camp, Aucklander Bob Narev got a surprise payment from Europe. “Out of the blue and some 60 years after the event, I received a payment of $15,000…
Shadows of Shoah River of Tears “An amazing spectacle” Shadows of Shoah’s new exhibition River of Tears will complete its season in the Gold Coast on 02 December and will be coming to New Zealand in 2017. Queensland’s Dr Michael Shnukal commented on the work: The producers have obviously…
Reality Music – Israel I was fortunate enough to be invited to Israel in September by the Schusterman Foundation as part of the Reality Israel program. After selling their Oklahoma energy company the Schusterman family pledged to give back by running trips to the…
Dismissed Sheikh still in charge of At-Taqwa Mosque: A cause for concern Sheikh Dr Mohammad Anwar Sahib has been widely condemned for his antisemitic and misogynistic comments. He has now been permanently stood down from his role as secretary of the Federation of Islamic Associations of NZ’s religious advisory board and is…
Shocking and repeated anti-Semitism, misogyny by New Zealand muslim leader [UPDATED on 21 November, 2016, to include a statement from Dame Susan Devoy, New Zealand Race Relations Commissioner.] A shocking video has surfaced containing excerpts of a number of Auckland sermons and lectures given by Shaykh Dr Mohammad Anwar Sahib between…
New Zealander makes history swimming across Dead Sea The hypersaline lake at the lowest point on Earth is where people from all over the world take pictures of themselves reading the paper while floating. It’s dangerous to put your face in the water – even a drop of…
A principled man with a mighty pen – Sir James McNeish It seems somehow fitting that on November 14, the day much of New Zealand was shaken repeatedly by earthquakes, and the supermoon hung in the sky, news came that two of the country’s most creative and well-loved souls had slipped…
Marti Friedlander’s eye for the extraordinary ordinary Martha Friedlander. Marti. Everybody called her Marti. It would have been social ignorance not to. It would have been local ignorance, as well, given that her name is now famously attached to thousands of New Zealand images. Among those shots…
Peace Meal – Lamb Shawarma As music is the language of love, food is the language of peace—as much so in the Middle East as anywhere, where business deals, fellowship and declarations of love usually take place around a table laden with good things. And…
Terms misused by anti-Israel activists: A doublespeak dictionary for modern anti-Semites In the seemingly intractable conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, words are just as powerful weapons as rockets or knives. Words can kill, but they are also a casualty of the conflict. You may remember Newspeak, the fictional language in…
Israel’s history part 4 – Land settlement policies In this 4-part series, Professor Dov Bing examines the historic connections of Jews and Muslims to Israel and the more contemporary establishment of the State of Israel. Part 1 concerned the indigenous Jewish presence in the land. Part 2 examined…