Rabbi Ralph Genende

Protest on the streets of Sydney, 2024 (Image: Elias Bitar/ Shutterstock)

Ceasefire needed on Australian streets

February 5, 2025 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

Apprehension over the remaining hostages has cast a melancholy pall over Israeli society (Image: Shutterstock)

The Last Word: Mixed emotions

January 29, 2025 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

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“The child is the father of the man”: How the birth of my grandson renewed my hope for a gentler year

January 9, 2025 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

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

The Last Word: Light from the embers

December 18, 2024 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

Rabbi Genende (3rd from left) with Christian and Muslim delegates at the Abrahamic Peace Working Group conference in Bandung, Indonesia

Faith, Unity and the Spirit of Abraham

December 2, 2024 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

Rabbi Genende (3rd from left) with Christian and Muslim delegates at the Abrahamic Peace Working Group conference in Bandung, Indonesia

The Last Word: Abrahamic angst and aspirations

November 20, 2024 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

Prayer ceremony for Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) on the Tel Aviv Promenade (Image: Shutterstock)

The Last Word: Lessons of a year of war

October 16, 2024 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

Anti-Israel protestors outside the Great Synagogue in Sydney (image: X/@DrewPavlou)

A Kafkaesque time for the Jewish people

September 27, 2024 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

The devastation wrought by October 7 and its aftermath must not be allowed to destroy our optimism (Image: Jose Hernandez/ Shutterstock)

The Last Word: Beyond this year of shattered hope

September 24, 2024 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

Jewish partisan leader Abba Kovner, centre, with his unit known as “The Avengers” (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

The Last Word: Vengeance, retribution and justice

August 14, 2024 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

The “encampment” at the University of Sydney (Image: X/Twitter)

A university is for a multiplicity of ideas

July 18, 2024 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

The “encampment” at the University of Sydney (Image: X/Twitter)

The Last Word: What is a university?

July 4, 2024 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

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