Sam Lipski
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This page contains a small selection of Sam Lipski's written archive. For more or other queries, please email the Sam Lipski webmaster.

"The Spectator" Columns

"The Spectator" column
March 2015
"The Spectator" column
November 2014
"The Spectator" column
May 2014
"The Spectator" column
April 2012
   
"Let My People Go"
2015 - Book
Sam Lipski and Suzanne D. Rutland
Shortlisted for the
Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2016
"The Petrov Affair"
1987 - TV mini-series
Sam Lipski, Associate Producer
and original concept

"Australian Jewish News" Columns

AJN columns November 2016 to October 2020 are available on request.

2016

  • America's all set for its first Jewish S-i-lotus     October 14, 2016
  • Aussie Jewish history must be present in the future      September 2, 2016
  • Dates for your diary      August 5, 2016
  • Dangerous Donald       June 10, 2016
  • Taking Israeli dance to China, the world   May 6, 2016
  • Functioning in the face of terror    April 1, 2016
  • As Jewish American as Apple Pie?       February 26, 2016
  • Gazing into our future      January 15, 2016

2015

  • Bringing Water to the World     December 4 , 2015
  • Facing up to the uncomfortable truth    October 23 , 2015
  • Reflections while spending the new year in New York   September 25, 2015
  • Theodore Bikel: The singer of his people      August 14, 2015
  • Greece is the word for Israel    July 10 , 2015
  • Wouk and remembrance    June 5, 2015
  • From Gallipoli to Israel  April 24, 2015
  • If 25 per cent is a landslide, reform is vital    March 27, 2015
  • The first rule of kiddush club......      February 13 , 2015

2014


2013

2012

  • Learning a French lesson…but not at home    November 20, 2012
  • The so-called Jewish vote    November 2, 2012
  • Inspired by a woman’s voice     October 5, 2012
  • Putting the past in focus     July 20, 2012
  • God save our gracious prayer   June 8, 2012
  • Waging War on the Web    May 4, 2012
  • The Exodus Revisited     March 30, 2012
  • The Bad News for 2012   January 20, 2012

2011

  • Poland's New Reality   December 9, 2011
  • A Sound Investment in our Birthright?   November 4, 2011
  • The Changing Nature of UN Support for Statehood   September 30, 2011
  • Welcome Greeks Bearing Gifts     August 19, 2011
  • First round in the Bibi vs Obama world game    May 27, 2011
  • A skinny flat white Seder    April 22, 2011
  • You say you want a revolution    March 18, 2011
  • The challenge on continuity     February 4, 2011
  • The Court Jew   January 7, 2011

2010

  • A chance encounter?     November 26, 2010
  • Masorti minus prize preachers   October 22, 2010
  • Surprising friendship forged through an existential threat   Sept 24, 2010
  • Clinton wedding puts focus on intermarriage challenge  August 13, 2010
  • Recalling lessons we learnt in a bygone age  June 25, 2010
  • True faith in Aussie Rules    May 21, 2010
  • Finny ‘cause it’s true     March 12, 2010
  • Peres’ political persona February 12, 2010

2009

  • Facing up to the future     December 25, 2009
  • Don't deck the halls with doughnuts and dreidels   December 14, 2009
  • Save the Deli   October 16, 2009
  • Remembering the Scientist that fed the world    September 18, 2009
  • Providing Fodder for the Mavens   September 4, 2009
  • MasterChef for the Jews     July 24, 2009
  • Israel's Existential Threats    June 26, 2009
  • The Luxurity of Diversity       May 29, 2009
  • Chutzpah: it’s Australian for ...    April 3, 2009
  • Dreaming of a Tim Tam Pesach    March 6, 2009
  • The oil jug is running low    February 6, 2009
  • Crystal-balling 2009      January 9, 2009

2008

  • The loudest prayer of all      November 28, 2008
  • What’s good for the Jews?       October 31, 2008
  • Chaim Potok, fried onions and coffee      October 3, 2008
  • Time for a new age       September 5, 2008
  • The most pro-Zionist leader of them all   August 8, 2008
  • Tribute to a mensch at 90      July 10, 2008
  • Urging all Australian Jews: go to Poland   June 12, 2008
  • Eyewitnesses to history       March 21, 2008
  • What makes a great speech?   February 22, 2007
  • A worrying test   January 25, 2008

2007

  • Spying or lobbying? The jury’s still out December 6, 2007
  • ‘It’s a boy ...’  November 2, 2007
  • And the score is: Yale 1, Columbia 0 October 5, 2007
  • When there’s a will, there’s a way September 7, 2007
  • Sixteen years of success and growth   August 3, 2007
  • The numbers add up for Australian Jewry    July 9, 2007
  • The divisive power of overwhelming victory    June 8, 2007
  • Time to do away with school homework    May 11, 2007
  • A new siddur reflects the changing times  April 13, 2007
  • The truly important news: Israel's deteriorating image   March 16, 2007
  • UN Holocaust Day has ulterior motives   February 5, 2007
  • Fearless – and possibly reckless – predictions for 2007   January 12, 2007

2006

  • The lost honour of Australian history    December 8, 2006
  • Yiddish journalism is alive and kicking   November 10, 2006
  • Thanks Gareth, but reality bites    October 13, 2006
  • The high fertility rate of Australian shuls    September 15, 2006
  • The Australian comes to Israel’s defence    August 18, 2006
  • Great Olmert speech – little Diaspora support    July 21, 2006
  • For want of a better word    June 29, 2006
  • Other columns - February-May 2006