Pew’s Two Views of Jews Pew’s Two Views of Jews By David WerdigerReligion No Comments March, 2016 5 min read The recent Pew report provocatively titled “Israel’s Religiously Divided Society” l...Read More 30 March, 2016
The Rabbinate gets a lesson in transparency The Rabbinate gets a lesson in transparency By David WerdigerReligion No Comments March, 2016 5 min read It was very gratifying to read the latest developments regarding the Rabbinate’s recogn...Read More 9 March, 2016
Sykes & Picot, and Arab Identity Sykes & Picot, and Arab Identity By David WerdigerReligion No Comments February, 2016 4 min read The division of the former Ottoman Empire by the British and French following World War ...Read More 4 February, 2016
And who before his time? By David WerdigerReligion One Comment January, 2016 4 min read The Unetanneh Tokef prayer says it so powerfully and poignantly: “On Rosh Hashanah w...Read More 24 January, 2016
Fairfax Media – spiralling into the blame game Fairfax Media – spiralling into the blame game By David WerdigerReligion No Comments November, 2015 5 min read I’m not sure what the editors at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald were thinking. Pe...Read More 9 November, 2015
Shabbat Project 2015 Shabbat Project 2015 By Laura PorterReligion No Comments October, 2015 1 min read For the Shabbat Project 2015, David Werdiger wrote two articles for the Australian Jewish ...Read More 25 October, 2015
A time to bring the community together A time to bring the community together By David WerdigerReligion No Comments October, 2015 5 min read The Shabbat Project has an energy like no other. Sure, it’s novel and different, and as ...Read More 23 October, 2015
Who Hates Us More? Who Hates Us More? By David WerdigerReligion No Comments October, 2015 3 min read Surely the most useless debate ever would be the following topic: “Who hated the Jews mo...Read More 23 October, 2015
Looking for God in all the wrong places Looking for God in all the wrong places By Laura PorterReligion No Comments October, 2015 6 min read God did a couple of inexplicable things last week. He allowed the brutal murder of a young...Read More 15 October, 2015
Disconnect to Reconnect Disconnect to Reconnect By David WerdigerReligion No Comments September, 2015 3 min read We are fortunate, when it comes to the Shabbat Project, that it evolved so recently and so...Read More 25 September, 2015
5775 – Annus Horribilis 5775 – Annus Horribilis By David WerdigerReligion No Comments September, 2015 6 min read To say it’s been a difficult year for our community would be a gross understatement...Read More 13 September, 2015
Safeguarding the Chabad Ethos Safeguarding the Chabad Ethos By David WerdigerReligion No Comments August, 2015 7 min read As the reform process at the Yeshivah Centre continues, the term “safeguarding the C...Read More 11 August, 2015