For too long, Israel allowed international pressure to dictate Jewish life in Judea and Samaria. Terror flourished, deterrence eroded, and our enemies inevitably interpreted restraint as weakness.
Despite Israel’s economic wins and technology breakthroughs, many Israelis instinctively doubt good news.
If our presence can offer even a sliver of comfort – if it can help the Sydney community feel the embrace of a global family – then the journey will have been worthwhile.
Everyone knows Bondi Beach could have happened in Montreal, Toronto, or Ottawa – where a woman was stabbed simply for shopping in the kosher section in Loblaws – an iconic Canadian supermarket.
What Joseph teaches Israeli society today
From AI slop to rage bait, 2025’s words reveal a world shaped by tech, outrage, and the human need to connect.
We are being told that the same ministers who failed in the years leading up to October 7 – and on October 7 itself – should determine who will investigate those failures.
Political betrayal has been altogether legitimized when the betrayed was not an individual but an entire country.
In the aftermath of the two-year Israel-Hamas War, the necessity of a national commission of inquiry into the causes of the October 7 massacre and the initial failure to contain it is clear as day.
In Jerusalem, a real estate transaction is rarely just a transaction. It is also a statement about belonging.
I went to the Old City of Jerusalem on December 25, 2025, to find holiday cheer and Christmas events.
