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David Leser

Brisbane Times

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Yes, we feel unsafe, but many Jews know we always will while others live in peril

Yes, we feel unsafe, but many Jews know we always will while others live in peril

Our leaders genuflect to so-called Jewish sensibilities, as if Jewish people speak with one emotional voice. We don’t.

yesterday 10

WA Today

David Leser

Yes, we feel unsafe, but many Jews know we always will while others live in peril

Yes, we feel unsafe, but many Jews know we always will while others live in peril

Our leaders genuflect to so-called Jewish sensibilities, as if Jewish people speak with one emotional voice. We don’t.

yesterday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Leser

Yes, we feel unsafe, but many Jews know we always will while others live in peril

Yes, we feel unsafe, but many Jews know we always will while others live in peril

Our leaders genuflect to so-called Jewish sensibilities, as if Jewish people speak with one emotional voice. We don’t.

yesterday 10

The Age

David Leser

Yes, we feel unsafe, but many Jews know we always will while others live in peril

Yes, we feel unsafe, but many Jews know we always will while others live in peril

Our leaders genuflect to so-called Jewish sensibilities, as if Jewish people speak with one emotional voice. We don’t.

yesterday 10

Brisbane Times

David Leser

I’m Jewish. I live in Bondi. But I take no comfort from Herzog’s visit

Not all Jews welcome the arrival of Israel’s president in Australia. I am one who believes he will divide us at a time we need cohesion. It is the...

08.02.2026 9

WA Today

David Leser

I’m Jewish. I live in Bondi. But I take no comfort from Herzog’s visit

Not all Jews welcome the arrival of Israel’s president in Australia. I am one who believes he will divide us at a time we need cohesion. It is the...

08.02.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Leser

I’m Jewish. I live in Bondi. But I take no comfort from Herzog’s visit

Not all Jews welcome the arrival of Israel’s president in Australia. I am one who believes he will divide us at a time we need cohesion. It is the...

08.02.2026 10

The Age

David Leser

I’m Jewish. I live in Bondi. But I take no comfort from Herzog’s visit

Not all Jews welcome the arrival of Israel’s president in Australia. I am one who believes he will divide us at a time we need cohesion. It is the...

08.02.2026 4

Brisbane Times

David Leser

I told a friend the world was trembling, then Bondi erupted

We were two Jewish men and two non-Jewish women, settling down for dinner in Bondi. Then the gunshots rang out.

15.12.2025 10

WA Today

David Leser

I told a friend the world was trembling, then Bondi erupted

We were two Jewish men and two non-Jewish women, settling down for dinner in Bondi. Then the gunshots rang out.

15.12.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Leser

I told a friend the world was trembling, then Bondi erupted

We were two Jewish men and two non-Jewish women, settling down for dinner in Bondi. Then the gunshots rang out.

15.12.2025 20

The Age

David Leser

I told a friend the world was trembling, then Bondi erupted

We were two Jewish men and two non-Jewish women, settling down for dinner in Bondi. Then the gunshots rang out.

15.12.2025 20

Brisbane Times

David Leser

I support the Harbour Bridge protest – not in spite of my Holocaust heritage, but because of it

Millions of people are at risk of being starved, killed and ethnically cleansed on a daily basis. The NSW Premier needs to get out of the way of this...

31.07.2025 10

WA Today

David Leser

I support the Harbour Bridge protest – not in spite of my Holocaust heritage, but because of it

Millions of people are at risk of being starved, killed and ethnically cleansed on a daily basis. The NSW Premier needs to get out of the way of this...

31.07.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Leser

I support the Harbour Bridge protest – not in spite of my Holocaust heritage, but because of it

Millions of people are at risk of being starved, killed and ethnically cleansed on a daily basis. The NSW Premier needs to get out of the way of this...

31.07.2025 20

The Age

David Leser

I support the Harbour Bridge protest – not in spite of my Holocaust heritage, but because of it

Millions of people are at risk of being starved, killed and ethnically cleansed on a daily basis. The NSW Premier needs to get out of the way of this...

31.07.2025 10

Brisbane Times

David Leser

Call me a self-hating Jew, but what Israel is doing in Gaza is indefensible

Does criticism of Israel amount to antisemitism? No, it does not. And the cruelty we see in Gaza is chillingly reminiscent of Europe 80 years ago when...

16.05.2025 5

WA Today

David Leser

Call me a self-hating Jew, but what Israel is doing in Gaza is indefensible

Does criticism of Israel amount to antisemitism? No, it does not. And the cruelty we see in Gaza is chillingly reminiscent of Europe 80 years ago when...

16.05.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Leser

Call me a self-hating Jew, but what Israel is doing in Gaza is indefensible

Does criticism of Israel amount to antisemitism? No, it does not. And the cruelty we see in Gaza is chillingly reminiscent of Europe 80 years ago when...

16.05.2025 9

The Age

David Leser

Call me a self-hating Jew, but what Israel is doing in Gaza is indefensible

Does criticism of Israel amount to antisemitism? No, it does not. And the cruelty we see in Gaza is chillingly reminiscent of Europe 80 years ago when...

16.05.2025 7

Brisbane Times

David Leser