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Recounting 70 years (and still counting)

Seventy years ago Hitler’s war against the Jews was no longer raging. The Holocaust had finally been checked. The Crematoria of Auschwitz-Birkenau and of other of Hitler’s extermination centres had been snuffed out. However the furnaces were still smouldering in…

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…

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@MichaelFieldNZ: New Zealand has today voted at a WHO meeting (on #Covid19) to condemn Israel as world's only violator of health rights. Passed 78-14, New Zealand joined Syria, Cuba, Venezuela, Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan & the PLO. https://t.co/5AelcdDAzL

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@IsraelInstNZ: Where a NZ MP mimics Ilhan Omar in falsely accusing Israel of an "atrocity crime" for demolishing illegal structures within the law. @israel_advocacy has done a great video showing why this is wrong. https://t.co/Lv50EFQvHw https://t.co/U67vBQQpiW

- 19 days ago

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@JulietMosesNZ: The NZ Jewish Council’s statement on the passing of Rabbi Lord Sacks. https://t.co/NKVWRltH9M

- 22 days ago

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We are heartbroken that Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth, has died. His inspiring moral and intellectual leadership left an impact on the Jewish community and the wider world, and this loss will be felt deeply by many. https://t.co/j9DdKT6YDs

- 22 days ago

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@PouTepou: Antisemitism is alive and well in NZ. Look at this gut call, its all in the Headline. The Final Crucifixion of Jeremy Corbyn https://t.co/kNf2m6LTjJ

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Kiwi Views On Israel & Jewish Matters

Recounting 70 years (and still counting)

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

Selected articles

I am a Zionist

Update: Professor Poynting’s anti-Semitic letter

Jerusalem controversy: nothing new

Kiwis challenge PM on one-sided, anti-Israel UNSC resolution

Israel vote was an affront to all New Zealanders

An Illusion of Paradise

The BSA and the terror-tories

New Ambassador to United Nations stands up to bias

Remembering the Holocaust | Inge Woolf

Happy Purim from Shalom.Kiwi

The outsiders

The Simon & Garfunkel Story coming to New Zealand

Upcoming Paris Peace Summit

Remembering the Holocaust | Kitia Altman

NZ Herald’s shocking inversion of morality