Redemption
They will instruct you to shed your clothes, for the colour of your attire, may resemble the shades of a flag. You don’t belong to a nation – they will tell you. You belong to a religion. Then, they...
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For the Lost: a review of “Beautiful Revolutionary”
Beautiful Revolutionary Laura Elizabeth Woollett Scribe Publications Raised in a family which, while not perfect, was free from religious indoctrination, I am curious about the social and cultural...
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The Power of Human Connection: a review of The Fox Hunt
The Fox Hunt: Four strangers, thirteen days, and one man’s amazing journey to safety Mohammed Al Samawi Scribe Publications Mohammed Al Samawi’s The Fox Hunt starts dramatically on March 22, 2015 in...
View ArticleRemembering the Holocaust means upholding human rights
The trauma experienced by our elders is undeniably part of who we are. It affects what we do, the way we think, how we speak and what we eat, and even our sense of humour. On Wednesday evening and...
View ArticleLegislating against discrimination in religious schools is harder than you think
Should religious schools in Australia, in the name of freedom of religion, be able to exclude gay kids? Current federal law allows religious schools to discriminate against LGBTIQ+ staff and students....
View ArticleThere is no Christ in this church
I find out from the radio. ‘Devastating news from Christchurch coming up right after the break’. I’m in the car, on the way to pick my mother up from the church she volunteers at. She says everyone at...
View ArticleTo be or not to be religious?
When asked why I would consider myself an atheist, I answer: because I know what it felt like to believe in God and now I know that I don’t. I was raised as an orthodox Jew. And although I found the...
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Museum of Inherited Memories launches for Yom HaShoah
Today marks Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, 75 years after its end. For so many Jewish Australians, Yom HaShoah is a seminal event each year, but more than that, it is a seminal part of life....
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Citizenship Denied: Two Million in India Face an Uncertain Future
In mid-2019, the government of India published the National Register of Citizens (NRC), a state record listing only ‘genuine citizens’ living in the north-eastern state of Assam. Human rights experts...
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Coming of Age in the War on Terror: A Review
A generation of Australians have now grown up during the war on terror, the effect this has had on Australian society is pervasive, and nowhere more so than in our schools, as Randa Abdel-Fattah...
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