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Nurses cop national ban over anti-Israel ‘kill’ rant

Nurses cop national ban over anti-Israel ‘kill’ rant

Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 7:56 pm

Two nurses will be barred from working anywhere in Australia after allegedly threatening to kill Israeli patients in a video. Read more

ABC partners MHM in new Holocaust resource for students and teachers

ABC partners MHM in new Holocaust resource for students and teachers

Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 7:01 pm

ABC Education and the Melbourne Holocaust Museum have partnered together to develop and launch a great new Holocaust education resource for all Australian students and teachers: Journeys of Hope. Read more

Dutton wants citizenship debate after anti-Israel video

Dutton wants citizenship debate after anti-Israel video

Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 6:13 pm

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has called for a “conversation” on citizenship rules after a video surfaced of nurses bragging they would kill Israeli patients. Read more

Ita Buttrose tried to expedite ABC host’s dismissal

Ita Buttrose tried to expedite ABC host’s dismissal

Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 6:08 pm

Ita Buttrose asked if a casual ABC radio host who shared a post on the Israel-Gaza war could be kicked off air despite a decision to keep her for all shifts. Read more

Nurses’ Israeli kill comments ‘a hate crime’: top cop

Nurses’ Israeli kill comments ‘a hate crime’: top cop

Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 6:01 pm

Two nurses’ suggestions that Israeli patients would be killed or refused care is being viewed as a hate crime as investigators weigh up laying charges. Read more

Pro-Palestine rallies in Melbourne now a monthly event

Pro-Palestine rallies in Melbourne now a monthly event

Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 5:33 pm

With crowd numbers levelling off at the weekly pro-Palestine rallies in Melbourne, the organisers are switching to monthly protests. Read more

Nurses devastated, Jews fearful after ‘vile’ video

Nurses devastated, Jews fearful after ‘vile’ video

Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 5:19 pm

Emotional nurses have rallied against hate speech as Jewish leaders say some are wondering whether they need to hide their religion to get equitable healthcare. Read more

Jewish Board of Deputies president visits Bankstown Hospital

Jewish Board of Deputies president visits Bankstown Hospital

Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 1:01 pm

The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies president, David Ossip, has visited Sydney’s Bankstown Hospital, from which two nurses participated in a social media video threatening an Israeli. Read more

Israel calls up reservists as Gaza ceasefire fears rise

Israel calls up reservists as Gaza ceasefire fears rise

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 10:48 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns “intense fighting” will resume in Gaza if Hamas does not return hostages by noon on Saturday. Read more

Grillings end in salvo by ABC host fired over Gaza post

Grillings end in salvo by ABC host fired over Gaza post

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 6:29 pm

The ABC has been put under the spotlight with various bosses grilled over why a fill-in radio host was dismissed after sharing a post on the Israel-Gaza war. Read more

Universities ‘toxic’ for Jewish students, inquiry finds

Universities ‘toxic’ for Jewish students, inquiry finds

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 6:15 pm

Universities have become toxic for Jewish students and staff, a parliamentary inquiry has found, releasing its findings early ahead of the the first semester. Read more

Oldest Israeli hostage declared dead

Oldest Israeli hostage declared dead

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 6:03 pm

The family of Shlomo Mansour, the oldest hostage in Gaza, has been notified that the 86-year-old had died in captivity. Read more

Israeli lawmakers push to restore ‘Judea and Samaria’ in government documents

Israeli lawmakers push to restore ‘Judea and Samaria’ in government documents

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 5:53 pm

Legislation to identify the “West Bank” as “Judea and Samaria” in Israeli government documents faces its first vote in the Knesset plenum on Wednesday. Read more

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Jessica outfoxes rivals to claim Oceania championship

Jessica outfoxes rivals to claim Oceania championship

Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 11:48 am

Olympic canoe great Jessica Fox has shaken off the competition cobwebs to win the Oceania title in the K1 event, with her sister Noemie in fourth. Read more

Defending cycling Tour champion hurt in race crash

Defending cycling Tour champion hurt in race crash

Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 4:43 pm

British cyclist Stevie Williams, the defending Tour Down Under champion and the No.1 rider for the Israel Premier Tech team, is nursing cuts on an elbow and knee after crashing during the pivotal third stage of this year’s race. Read more

Fox sisters back to work after basking in Olympic glow

Fox sisters back to work after basking in Olympic glow

Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 3:38 pm

Champion paddlers Jessica and Noemie Fox admit some uncertainty about returning to racing for the first time since winning gold medals at the Paris Olympics. Read more

Israeli tennis player defiantly wears yellow ribbon at Australian Open

Israeli tennis player defiantly wears yellow ribbon at Australian Open

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 5:27 pm

Israeli tennis player Lina Glushko wore a yellow ribbon in her hair to an international match in Australia after organizers forbade her from wearing a pin, which organizers considered a political statement, during the competition, Israel’s Channel 14 reported on Tuesday. Read more

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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

A movie review by Alex First Read more

Shabbat Yitro

Shabbat Yitro

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When Trump and Hamas refuse to leave the tough talk in Vegas

When Trump and Hamas refuse to leave the tough talk in Vegas

The Arab world created the present mess in the Middle East, and now they will not fix it. They are likely being truthful when they claim they cannot.

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From Australia’s Jewish past

From Australia’s Jewish past

Samuel Berkowitz – a master craftsman with a wonderful legacy Read more

From Auschwitz to Gaza: The unfolding horror and its implications

From Auschwitz to Gaza: The unfolding horror and its implications

In late February 1945, among the first reports on the horrors of Auschwitz was one by a Polish officer, Lt. Wacław Lipiński, who wrote in the Polpress Bulletin, “Those who have survived don’t look like human beings, they are mere shadows.” Read more

If hostages are being abused, their captors shouldn’t be rewarded

If hostages are being abused, their captors shouldn’t be rewarded

It’s been more than 16 months since Israel was invaded and its citizens, including men, women and children, were subjected to mass murder, torture, rape and kidnapping. Read more

Trump buries Biden-UN two-state solution in Gaza’s rubble

Trump buries Biden-UN two-state solution in Gaza’s rubble

President Trump’s decision to takeover – and makeover – Gaza – has seen the Biden-United Nations two-state solution: Unifying the Gaza Strip with the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority – buried in the rubble of Gaza. Read more

Shirley Valentine

Shirley Valentine

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

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Live Music Back at VJs!

Live Music Back at VJs!

Monday, February 10, 2025 at 4:56 pm

Sydney north-side venue VJs kicks off its 2025 program with a stellar duo featuring world-renowned Simon Tedeschi and Mat Jodrell.

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New cantor for NSTE

New cantor for NSTE

Monday, February 10, 2025 at 3:14 pm

Melbourne-born Toby Glaser has been appointed as cantor at Sydney’s North Shore Temple Emanuel. Read more

Food that brings us together: The Jewish Food Festival returns!

Food that brings us together: The Jewish Food Festival returns!

Sunday, February 9, 2025 at 4:21 pm

The Jewish Food Festival, created by Sydney’s Shalom Collective, returns for its third year with an exciting milestone: the official launch of the Shalom Collective brand. Read more

Australia’s delegation at the 80th Auschwitz commemoration

Australia’s delegation at the 80th Auschwitz commemoration

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 5:20 pm

The Australian delegation which recently visited Auschwitz to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps. Read more

Educators in Cairns, Brisbane and Perth combine to develop national teaching units on antisemitism

Educators in Cairns, Brisbane and Perth combine to develop national teaching units on antisemitism

Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 4:22 pm

The ongoing success of the In My Pocket project in schools around Australia and South Africa, has brought together Perth’s WE ARE HERE! Foundation, Cairns’s Indigenous Friends of Israel International and Brisbane-based educator Shoshana Linnane to produce units for the National Curriculum starting in primary schools.

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Moriah College students excel in HSC 

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

Emanuel School celebrates exceptional 2024 HSC results

Emanuel School celebrates exceptional 2024 HSC results

Sydney’s Emanuel School is celebrating the outstanding achievements of its Class of 2024 in the Higher School Certificate (HSC). Read more

Two Mount Scopus students achieve ATAR score of 99.90

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

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’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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