Zeddy Lawrence

3 days ago | australianjewishnews.com | Zeddy Lawrence

Twenty-five years ago this month, I walked through the doors of Trafalgar House, a grandly named but otherwise unimposing and unremarkable office building in the north-west London suburb of Edgware. That step I took inside would turn out to be the first step of a 25-year journey that led me to the other side of the world, to Melbourne, Australia, and to this very moment, right here, right now – penning this very column for The AJN.

1 month ago | australianjewishnews.com | Zeddy Lawrence

Yes, you read that title right. No, it’s not a spelling mistake and no, I’m not about to spout some antisemitic tropes from a fabricated Russian book about a Jewish plot to take over the world that’s been the bible of Hebrew-haters since the days of Ra-Ra-Rasputin and Tsar Nicolas II.

Jan 29, 2025 | australianjewishnews.com | Zeddy Lawrence

“For American citizens, January 20th 2025 is Liberation Day.”As those words emerged from the lips of the 47th President of the United States last week, I must confess that I was somewhat startled. Not because I’m an American citizen, nor because I’m startled by much of what Donald Trump says. But because just three hours earlier, while thinking of a theme for this opinion piece, that very word – ‘liberation’ is what I’d decided upon. The reason?