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Monday, December 15, 2025 at 9:57 pm
CAM Calls Sydney Chanukah Lighting Shootings a Result of Unchecked Incitement Read more
President Isaac Herzog speaks with Sydney Jewish Community Leaders
Monday, December 15, 2025 at 6:09 pm
President Isaac Herzog spoke this morning with David Ossip, President of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, and Rabbi Levi Wolff, the Rabbi of the Central Synagogue in Sydney, following the horrific terror attack targeting a Chanukah event in Sydney. Read more
United Hatzalah dispatches a team of experts to Sydney
Monday, December 15, 2025 at 5:59 pm
A delegation of United Hatzalah medics is travelling to Sydney to assist local authorities in the aftermath of today’s terror attack that targeted a family-friendly Chanukah gathering and the local Jewish community at Bondi Beach. Read more
Bondi Beach terror: the victims and their stories
Monday, December 15, 2025 at 5:35 pm
The victims of the horrific shooting at Bondi Beach yesterday, aged 10 to 87, were primarily Jewish community members but also included tourists and other locals.
Israel says no to UN resolution demanding it work with UNRWA
Monday, December 15, 2025 at 4:38 pm
Israel on Friday rejected a resolution adopted by the U.N. General Assembly earlier in the day calling on the Jewish state to cooperate with the U.N.’s relief agency for Palestinians, on the grounds that the organisation has become a “subsidiary” of Hamas. Read more
Jewish leaders state Bondi Beach terror attack was ‘inevitable’
Monday, December 15, 2025 at 3:14 pm
In the wake of a horrific terrorist attack at a Chanukah celebration on Bondi Beach that claimed 16 lives and injured dozens more, prominent Jewish community leaders held a sombre press conference near the site of the shooting on the morning of 15 December 2025.
Emergency national cabinet called after Bondi shooting
Monday, December 15, 2025 at 12:28 pm
The Bondi terror attack has been labelled an “act of pure evil” by Anthony Albanese, as Jewish community leaders warn of rising antisemitic attacks. Read more
Father and son behind Bondi terror attack
Monday, December 15, 2025 at 8:29 am
Two men who killed 15 people, including a child, and injured dozens more in a terrorist attack at one of the world’s most famous beaches were father and son.
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Press conference on Bondi attack with Anthony Albanese, Nigel Ryan and Mike Burgess
Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 11:53 pm
Transcript of press conference with Anthony Albanese, Nigel Ryan and Mike Burgess, Director General of ASIO
PRESS CONFERENCE
CANBERRA
SUNDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2025
SUBJECT: Bondi Terrorist Attack.
Chanukah slaughter on Bondi Beach claims at least 12 dead with 29 injured
Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 9:06 pm
A coordinated shooting at a beachside Chanukah celebration left at least 12 dead Sunday night, including children and a police officer, as two gunmen opened fire on families attending a festival at one of Australia’s most iconic beaches.
Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 6:59 pm
From Australia’s political leadership, Chanukah messages.
Australia evaluates Israeli ‘smart sight’ technology as drone threats reshape modern warfare
Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 6:07 pm
Australia’s Defence Force is evaluating an advanced Israeli-developed weapon sight designed to help frontline soldiers detect and neutralise hostile drones — a move that highlights both the changing nature of warfare and the increasingly complex politics surrounding defence procurement. Read more
Israeli elementary schools to go phone-free
Friday, December 12, 2025 at 6:34 pm
Starting in February, students in Israeli elementary schools will no longer be allowed to use cell phones on school grounds, Education Minister Yoav Kisch announced on Thursday. Read more
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Maccabi Tel Aviv declines allocation for Aston Villa match issuing a strong statement
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 5:20 pm
Maccabi Tel Aviv announced last night that it has decided to decline any allocation offered for away fans at next month’s match against Aston Villa in Birmingham. Read more
Maccabi under-18s seek to win their third championship since 1998
Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 4:45 pm
2025 is set to go down as one of the most successful in the decorated football history of Jewish-affiliated soccer clubs. Read more
Protesters disrupt Kiwi cyclists’ Israeli team at La Vuelta
Friday, August 29, 2025 at 5:40 pm
New Zealand cyclist George Bennett and his Israel–Premier Tech teammates were forced to a halt during the fifth stage of the prestigious Vuelta a España after protesters blocked the road waving Palestinian flags. Read more
Jessica Fox undergoes surgery after tumour diagnosis
Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 5:29 pm
Olympic kayak champion Jessica Fox has withdrawn from upcoming World Cup events in Europe after revealing she had a tumour removed from her kidney. Read more
Features and Articles
Israel prepares for a ‘mass immigration event’
No recent news story better encapsulates the febrile nature of these times than the November exercise in which representatives of Israeli government ministries, welfare agencies and core service providers gamed out various responses to what they termed a “mass immigration event.” Read more
The humanitarian front against Israel
Amazing news: Amnesty International has now acknowledged that night follows day! Read more
Scientists in Israel, collaborating with Australian researchers, have unveiled a groundbreaking method to restore dying coral reefs, offering new hope for marine ecosystems threatened by climate change. Read more
INTO THE FRAY: Strange Bedfellows in Hate: From Carlson to the Caucasus
“Why are my tax dollars being used to murder Christians in Nagorno-Karabakh – to murder Armenian Christians?” – Tucker Carlson, November 8, 2025. Read more
When we talk about being Jewish, we become aware the very term is ambiguous and ill-defined. Read more
There have been far too many times in the long and convoluted history of the Jewish People when stark reality has been denied. Read more
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Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 5:59 pm
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Winner of the Arthur Rubinstein Musical Society visits Australia
Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 5:30 pm
Australian Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein Musical Society, a prestigious Israeli piano competition, brought prize winner and Japanese piano sensation Yukine Kuroki to Melbourne and Sydney recently for sell-out recitals. Read more
Photo gallery: Pre-Chanukah celebration at NSW Parliament House
Friday, November 28, 2025 at 6:15 pm
NSW Premier Chris Minns and newly elected Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane used this year’s pre-Chanukah celebration at Parliament House to deliver firm messages of solidarity with the Jewish community. Read more
Friday, November 28, 2025 at 10:24 am
Australia Israel Exchange this past week signalled a major step forward in strengthening commercial, technological, and research ties between Australia and Israel. Read more
“Bound By History – For We Are One”
Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 4:03 pm
The “Bound By History” event scheduled for December 2 was initiated as a response to the deeply disturbing rise in hostility towards Israel, the Jewish community in Australia and those who advocate for shared humanity since 7 October 2023. Read more
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Moriah Scholars in Entrepreneurship Program ignites innovation and visit to Israel
The Moriah Scholars in Entrepreneurship Program is uniquely designed to inspire entrepreneurship and innovation among our Year 11 students. Read more
Moriah College students excel in HSC
Moriah College’s Class of 2024 has delivered exceptional results in the Higher School Certificate (HSC), underscoring the school’s academic rigour and commitment to holistic student development. Read more
Two Mount Scopus students achieve ATAR score of 99.90
Mount Scopus graduating class’s efforts have gained praise from principal Dan Sztrajt. Read more
Jessica Fox wins another top gong at Sport NSW awards
Champion paddler Jessica Fox has won another gong, named Sport NSW’s athlete of a year for a remarkable sixth time.
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Seven-year-old Zachary’s mission to support the wounded
Seven-year-old Zachary Berman, a Year 1 student at Mount Sinai College in Maroubra, Australia, is turning personal challenges into a mission of compassion. Read more
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Chanukah runs from Sunday evening, 14 December to Monday night, 22 December. Read more
Dec-15 4:55pm SBS World Movies: The Scarlet and the Black
Based on the humanitarian works of Irish-born Vatican priest Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, who saved thousands of escaped prisoners of war, Jews and Italian Resistance families in occupied Rome during World War II, by hiding them in the church.
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