Rabbi Ralph Genende

Celebrating with Torah scrolls in Jerusalem (Image: Teo K/ Shutterstock)

The message is simple: Be joyful!

October 3, 2025 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

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‘Choose the blessing, choose life’: Can we resist despair this Rosh Hashanah?

September 25, 2025 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

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A Rosh Hashanah reflection

September 21, 2025 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

Street protest in Melbourne (Image: Shutterstock)

Keeping Faith: Swept away – Life inside an avalanche

September 19, 2025 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

The aftermath of a violent harassment of diners at an Israeli restaurant in Melbourne (Image: X)

Melbourne may have fallen to antisemitism – but Australia’s unity can be rebuilt

August 19, 2025 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

Fragment of the Arch of Titus in Rome, commemorating the Destruction (Image: Shutterstock)

The arithmetic of hope and despair 

July 17, 2025 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

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Gaza, hunger and Jewish tradition

June 19, 2025 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

Vibrant community: An alumni reunion of Johannesburg’s Yeshiva College (Image: Yeshiva College)

The Last Word: South Africa to Australia and back again

May 28, 2025 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

The destruction wrought on Melbourne's Adass Israel Synagogue in the arson terror attack on December 6 (Image: X)

Aussie leaders and laws turn against antisemitism

May 2, 2025 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

A French Canadian newspaper invokes an antisemitic trope by portraying Netanyahu as a vampire (Screenshot)

The Last Word: Reflexive Wisdom

April 28, 2025 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

A statue of Moses holding the Ten Commandments (Image: Shutterstock)

The Last Word: One Story

April 1, 2025 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

The dramatic Book of Esther, describing events in Persia more than 2,000 years ago, still has important themes that resonate today (Image: Shutterstock)

The Last Word: The Tale of Esther in 2025 

February 25, 2025 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

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