Sharonne Blum, at The Blogs

Sharonne Blum

Professional Zioness

Oct 26, 2024, 11:33 AM

"Israel Alone" is Bernard-Henri Lévy's latest book written post October 7

Evanesco! For those hopeful muggles awaiting the call to Hogwarts delivered by owl-post, this word might be familiar. It’s the vanishing spell. Once uttered it can cause the subject to simply disappear. Unlike the more well-known invisibility cloak worn...

Oct 11, 2024, 1:41 AM

Acharei Mot – After death, life

This Shabbat coincides with Yom Kippur and as such we read parts of parashat Acharei Mot which means “after death”. But after the death of who? It is the death of Aaron’s two sons due to some misguided worshipping...

Sep 7, 2024, 10:27 AM

Welcome to the House of Fun

Some weeks are more than others. There are weeks when we think things might be settling down and maybe we can start to imagine normal returning. Then something happens. We re-enter the carnival of nightmares, like whiplash, we are...

Aug 11, 2024, 10:20 AM

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Time to reclaim Jewish indigeneity

The land of Israel is a magnetic force for Jews and Tisha B’Av is a reminder that they have reclaimed sovereignty in their ancestral homeland

Jul 12, 2024, 1:26 PM

Australia has its own ‘JVP’ and it calls itself the Jewish Council of Australia

By aligning itself with anti-Zionists, the Jewish Council of Australia helps sow the seeds of antisemitism in Australia, which endangers us and our children. There is a saying in our community, two Jews three opinions. I don’t agree with myself...

Jul 6, 2024, 11:37 AM

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We too are fighting a war, right here in Melbourne

The slogan "Zionism is Fascism" is sprayed on the electoral office of Australian federal Labor Party member of parliament Josh Burns in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda after police said at least five people smashed windows and painted slogans on the walls on June 19, 2024. (William WEST / AFP)

The slogans scrawled all over make me feel like the city itself is screaming at us - until people with megaphones ramp up the violence

About Me

Sharonne Blum is a Jewish Studies educator in Melbourne with over 2 decades of experience. Immersed in not only Jewish education but in pedagogy broadly, having been a fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2013. With family and friends both in Israel and in Melbourne, she is invested in understanding and nurturing the bond between those two worlds.