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Premier backs down on protester face mask ban
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 11:52 am
Plans to crack down on protesters wearing face coverings and masks in a bid to improve social cohesion will be watered down, a move which has sparked a police and community backlash. Read more
Francesca Albanese’s campaign to erase Israel
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 7:03 pm
When a public intellectual arms herself with a lexicon of genocide, apartheid and ethnic cleansing and broadcasts those terms as incontrovertible facts, culture and history die a little. Read more
Ex-hostage twins attend first Maccabi Tel Aviv game since release
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 6:53 pm
Gal and Ziv Berman, who endured 772 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza, arrived on Sunday night at Bloomfield Stadium for a soccer match between Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. and Beitar Jerusalem F.C., the first since before their abduction. Read more
“In today’s atmosphere, it could happen again”
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 6:43 pm
On the 87th anniversary of Kristallnacht, Holocaust survivors who lived through the 1938 pogrom as children issued a powerful warning about the dramatic rise in global antisemitism, saying the world today is no safer for Jews than 87 years ago. Read more
PM demands more action on Nazi chants after ‘stuff-up’
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 6:32 pm
Scenes of neo-Nazis chanting outside a state parliament have prompted the prime minister to call for more action to outlaw Nazi chants. Read more
NSW moves to tighten protest laws
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 5:08 pm
The NSW government has moved to restore police powers to disperse protesters harassing or intimidating worshippers, introducing new legislation after a successful Supreme Court challenge.
Queensland Jewish community celebrates 160 years with “less oy, more joy”
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 1:39 pm
The Queensland Jewish community is celebrating 160 years of Jewish life in Queensland, marking the milestone with events highlighting resilience, contribution and unity with the theme “less oy, more joy”.
From Kristallnacht to Kindertransport: Sydney commemoration unites generations of hope
Monday, November 10, 2025 at 6:22 pm
Last night, close to 800 people gathered in Sydney for the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ annual Kristallnacht commemoration, an evening that powerfully linked a notorious moment of the Nazi pogrom with the subsequent act of rescue. The event, themed “From Kristallnacht to Kindertransport”, was a moving reflection on memory, compassion, and resilience.
Scarlett Johansson voices fear of antisemitic violence
Monday, November 10, 2025 at 5:49 pm
Jewish-American actress Scarlett Johansson called out the alarming rise in antisemitism in a recent interview with Israel’s Channel 12 News, discussing concerns that it could lead to physical violence. Read more
Online course on Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Monday, November 10, 2025 at 5:29 pm
Israel’s Bar-Ilan University has launched a groundbreaking new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), The Jewish Philosophy of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.” Read more
‘Will not be bullied’: female MPs stare down neo-Nazis
Monday, November 10, 2025 at 5:14 pm
Two women representing large Jewish communities say they will not be intimidated by extremist neo-Nazis as police permission for a street rally is questioned. Read more
Hamas fighters holed up in Rafah ‘will not surrender’
Monday, November 10, 2025 at 4:57 pm
Hamas’s armed wing says fighters holed up in southern Gaza will not surrender to Israel, raising fears the month-old ceasefire could crumble. Read more
Israel confirms return of Lt. Hadar Goldin after 11 years
Monday, November 10, 2025 at 11:01 am
The body of Lt. Hadar Goldin, who was killed and abducted by Hamas in 2014, has been returned to Israel and formally identified, the Prime Minister’s Office and Israel Defence Forces confirmed Sunday evening. 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
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Miriam Doris Hampson OAM – theatre administrator extraordinaire and political activist Read more
‘Expelling an ambassador is nothing to the Iranians’
In a rare public announcement on Oct. 26, Israel’s Mossad intelligence organisation exposed the identity of a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards Quds Force commander whom it said was responsible for a global terror network targeting Israelis and Jews, including failed plots in Australia, Greece and Germany. Read more
Fifty years ago today, on Nov. 10, 1975, my father, Chaim Herzog, then Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations and later the country’s sixth president, stood before the U.N. General Assembly to respond to the infamous resolution declaring that “Zionism is a form of racism.” Read more
This week’s cartoon: Agreeing to Agree Read more
Words stopped being enough a long time ago — consequences are long overdue
Across Australia, for more than two years, we’ve witnessed a dangerous decline — not just in rhetoric, but in leadership, accountability, and moral courage. The result is a nation increasingly failing to protect its Jewish community — and, by extension, the values that define us all. Read more
The coming four-year nightmare in the Big Apple
Crunch time for Trump on Judea and Samaria (West Bank)
President Trump’s long-overdue decision – promised in March – on the future of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) – could be revealed during his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) at the White House on 18 November. Read more
Here is another Israeli innovation that Israel boycotters should take note of in case they inadvertently take advantage of its life-saving possibilities. Read more
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Chief of the General Staff pays tribute to Rabin
Friday, November 7, 2025 at 4:29 pm
Omer Shem Tov tells his story of faith, survival and unbreakable hope
Friday, November 7, 2025 at 3:34 pm
UIA Australia will welcome Omer Shem Tov and his mother Shelly for a special visit to Sydney and Melbourne in November, where they will share their remarkable story of courage, faith and love that captured the hearts of the Jewish world. Read more
Friday, November 7, 2025 at 9:50 am
Dr Marjorie O’Neill, state MP for Coogee, joined past presidents of the National Council of Jewish Women Australia, Viki Nadel, Dalia Ayalon Sinclair and Miri Orden in Randwick, Sydney.
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Sydney Jewish Museum seeks guides in preparation for expansion
Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 5:23 pm
The Sydney Jewish Museum (SJM) is calling for new volunteer guides to join its team through an innovative training programme, as it gears up for a major expansion set to double visitor numbers by 2027.
‘We saw the truth with our own eyes’
Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 5:46 pm
Zaziwe and Zamaswazi (Swazi) Dlamini-Manaway, the granddaughters of South Africa’s legendary leader, Nelson Mandela, said that while their visit to Israel and Gaza in September had been strictly humanitarian, it was also “life-changing.” 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
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
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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