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Israel at 70

Israel, a country half the size of Canterbury, is often in the news, but rarely for positive reasons. On 14 May the Jewish homeland celebrates 70 years since its rebirth as a modern state under the mandate of the UN,…

New Zealanders Show Support for Israel

Late in 2016 many New Zealanders were appalled at the stance taken by our government in co-sponsoring UN Resolution 2334, which was seen as a biased, counter-productive and unbalanced censuring of Israel. A large number of Israel supporters responded with…

Exploring the Kiwi connection as Israel turns 70

Last week Israelis began a series of events in celebration of 70 years of statehood since the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. While New Zealand’s relationship with Israel has in recent years been frosty,…

Michael Wood’s 2018 Yom HaShoah Address

Tonight is about remembrance. Recalling the evil barbarism of the Shoah. Remembering the courage and humanity of those who suffered and were murdered, along with those who heroically resisted. Also I think, it is about remembering and acknowledging the collective…

Green MPs Davidson and Ghahraman show selective concern for human rights

Green MPs Marama Davidson and Golriz Ghahraman demonstrated selective outrage last week, suggesting that their concern for human rights in the Middle East extends only so far as Israel can be blamed. In the space of one week they stridently…

Dayenu

Passover has always been my favourite festival. It’s not eating a cardboard-like substance, sinus-clearing horseradish and other artery-clogging food that makes it so. Even as a child, I recognised intuitively that there was something special and rich in meaning in…

From Paris to Auckland: “I’m very happy that we’re here. I’m breathing again”.

Last Friday, 85 year old Jewish Parisienne and Holocaust survivor, Mireille Knoll, was murdered in her home, allegedly by her neighbour and an accomplice. The attackers stabbed her 11 times and then set her and her apartment on fire. Two…

Use of ‘Polish’ camps objectionable but should not be outlawed

Karl du Fresne has been a staunch supporter of free speech: opposing the phenomenon of “no platforming” on university campuses, expressing dismay at Facebook users threatening violence and bullying people into silence, and confronting the idea of New Zealand Police…

International law expert: New Zealand made a terrible mistake at the UN

Professor Alan Dershowitz needs little introduction in legal circles. A preeminent civil-liberties and constitutional lawyer and recently-retired Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, he has also been described as “the best-known criminal lawyer in the world” after taking on…

Is Marama Davidson a dogmatic street activist or serious political leader?

A day before Marama Davidson’s announcement that she was putting her name forward as a candidate for the Green Party’s co-leadership she attended an anti-Israeli protest organised by the Palestinian Solidarity Movement and Kia Ora Gaza – the same group…

When stakes are high we must take a stand

We often question the purpose of learning about the past. How can history be relevant in an ever changing world? As the political poles move further apart, there are few issues that can cross the bridge of partisanship. Remembrance must…

Gideon Levy’s sell-out tour of New Zealand

I’m no biblical scholar, but if I was asked to name great Jewish prophets off the top of my head, Moses, Abraham and Jonah would likely get a mention. Gideon Levy, the Israeli commentator, would not. Nevertheless, on Levy’s visit…

Dear Lorde, don’t give BDS the Green Light

Put in the same position, I don’t think I would have been able to make a different decision to the one Ella made regarding the cancelling of her Tel Aviv concert. For that reason, I find it difficult to be…

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@JulietMosesNZ: This is what I wrote about NZ’s very own Nazi Willi Huber and our treatment of him, something I find deeply disturbing.https://t.co/yZiZgxaUJx

- 35 days ago

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@JulietMosesNZ: Some more on NZ’s very own SS officer Willi Huber, for those questioning what he may have seen or done: https://t.co/YUqyApMfAP

- 37 days ago

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“The Just One Week campaign encourages schools to give students an understanding of what happened during the Holocaust and discuss themes relating to discrimination.”https://t.co/zb9cvQRi0P

- 39 days ago

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@TwoPaddocks: I absolutely love the series #SHTISEL[ Netflix ]. It is close to the greatest thing ever made for Television. Touching , hilarious, often heartbreaking. What actors- #MichaelAloni here- fantastic ! I also recommend thriller #FARTBLINDER from #Sweden. I didn't even make that up... https://t.co/HnJeT4hdm8

- 39 days ago

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@JulietMosesNZ: The atrocities inflicted on the Yazidis by ISIS have received nowhere near the attention and outrage they warrant. https://t.co/s9Gb8AuNbU

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Kiwi Views On Israel & Jewish Matters

Israel at 70

New Zealanders Show Support for Israel

Exploring the Kiwi connection as Israel turns 70

Michael Wood’s 2018 Yom HaShoah Address

Green MPs Davidson and Ghahraman show selective concern for human rights

Dayenu

From Paris to Auckland: “I’m very happy that we’re here. I’m breathing again”.

Use of ‘Polish’ camps objectionable but should not be outlawed

International law expert: New Zealand made a terrible mistake at the UN

Is Marama Davidson a dogmatic street activist or serious political leader?

When stakes are high we must take a stand

Gideon Levy’s sell-out tour of New Zealand

Dear Lorde, don’t give BDS the Green Light

Selected articles

“Faces Of Jerusalem” wins Ilan Wittenberg Travel Photographer of the Year award

Yad Vashem Seminar – ‘Teaching dilemmas through the Holocaust for empathy, not judgement’

What If?

Dear Lorde, don’t give BDS the Green Light

Polish Jewish History: A Christian documentary filmmaker’s view of the Holocaust

NZ Advertising Standards Authority defends libellous propaganda

“Israel reached out to the periphery because of Arab hostility” – Yossi Alpher (1/2)

BSA fails to meet own standards

Israeli judokas flagless on winners’ podium in Abu Dhabi

“Israelis not victims of terror”: NZ Islamic leaders

McCully secures shameful legacy for NZ at UNSC

Reverend’s prayer evokes applause at Holocaust remembrance ceremony

ANZACs secured Palestine for the Allies

Yom Hashoah

Hanukkah in the Bays 2018

10 Questions for Bill English on NZ’s ‘longstanding policy’