Rabbi Ralph Genende

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Interfaith relations after Bondi

February 3, 2026 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

Protesters burn a photo depicting Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran (Image: Shutterstock)

Why Jews stand with the Iranian people

January 29, 2026 | Rabbi Ralph Genende, Ran Porat

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First, we mourn. And mourn again. Then, life must go on

January 19, 2026 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

Nova festival survivor Shalev Biton (Image: Ralph Genende)

Keeping Faith: Energy amidst agony

December 19, 2025 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

The Mellah (Image: Mary Gillham Archive Project/Flickr)

A rabbi’s dream of Morocco

December 4, 2025 | 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

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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