ECAJ lodges misconduct complaint against Sydney lawyers over antisemitic slurs

Australia’s peak Jewish organisation has lodged a formal complaint of professional misconduct against former BlackBay Lawyers partners Justin Carroll and Yianni van Gelder, following revelations of shocking antisemitic WhatsApp messages between the pair.

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President Herzog leads Memorial Day ceremony at Western Wall

Israeli President Isaac Herzog opened the country’s Memorial Day events on Monday evening with a sombre state ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, honouring fallen Israel Defence Forces soldiers and victims of terrorism. Read more

Israel marks Independence Day with 10 million citizens and a strikingly young population

On the eve of Israel’s 77th Independence Day, the country’s population stands at 10.094 million and is strikingly young, according to figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) on Tuesday. Read more

Yom Hashoah 2025 Marks 80 Years Since Liberation

A solemn crowd of over 1,000 filled Sydney’s City Recital Hall on Sunday, 27 April, for the 2025 Yom Hashoah Commemoration, honouring the memory of the six million murdered Jews and marking 80 years since the liberation of the Nazi death camps.

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“Giving the Jews everything they want”

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Focus needed on liberators of concentration camps

As Holocaust survivors continue to dwindle 80 years after the Holocaust, so do the ranks of those who liberated the Nazi concentration camps in Europe. Read more

IDF chief: ‘Our moral duty is to bring our hostages home’

The nation’s “moral duty” is to bring home the hostages still held by Hamas, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said on Monday. Read more

Quentin Tarantino buys Tel Aviv property for $13.8 million

Renowned filmmaker Quentin Tarantino and his spouse, Israeli singer Daniella Pick, recently bought property in Tel Aviv for an estimated 50 million shekels (~$13.8 million), Hebrew media reported on Sunday. Read more

Israeli FM: Guterres ‘personally accountable’ for UNRWA crimes

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar went on the offensive on Monday against the U.N., accusing it of antisemitism, complicity in terrorism, and anti-Israel bias with its legal action against Jerusalem over the UNRWA aid agency for Palestinians. Read more

As top Israeli security chief announces resignation, critics say Netanyahu should too

Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Chief Ronen Bar’s Monday night announcement that he will step down on June 15 has drawn calls from the opposition for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do the same. Read more

Listen to the lost voices of Mizrachi and Sephardi Jewry in Sydney

Coinciding with this year’s Vivid Sydney festival will be a powerful and moving “Recollections”,  a new immersive exhibition by internationally acclaimed Israeli multimedia artist Dor Zlekha Levy.

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From Australia’s Jewish past

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An ambulance honouring a special volunteer

Magen David Adom has inaugurated an ambulance in honour of late volunteer, IDF Staff Sergeant Yonatan “Yoni” Dean Chaim, who was killed in battle in Gaza on December 8, 2023. Read more

Gaza ceasefire talks in ‘significant breakthrough’

Sources say there is a consensus on a long-term ceasefire in the besieged enclave of Gaza, yet some sticking points remain, including Hamas arms. Read more

Delegation of Victorian politicians join March of the Living

Sue Hampel, co-president of the Melbourne Holocaust Museum, led a bipartisan delegation of Victorian politicians to Poland to participate in the annual March of the Living (MOTL) Holocaust remembrance program. Read more

Israeli cannabis inhaler available free to Aussie veterans

An Israeli medical cannabis inhaler to be issued free to eligible patients has been approved by Australia’s Department of Veterans Affairs. Read more

 Mayor’s apology for Amsterdam’s role in WWII persecution of Jews welcomed

The two main Jewish organizations in the Netherlands, the Central Jewish Consultation (CJO) and the Centre for Information and Documentation on Israel (CIDI), have positively received Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema’s apology for the role the Dutch municipality played in the persecution of Jewish citizens during World War II, the Jonet.nl website reported. Read more

IDF finds Hamas weapons hidden in UNRWA bags near Rafah

Israeli forces operating in the Tel al-Sultan area of Rafah discovered a Hamas weapons cache hidden inside UNRWA humanitarian aid bags, the IDF announced on Sunday. Read more

Bar led ‘greatest security failure’ in Israeli history, PM says of Shin Bet chief

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused outgoing Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) chief Ronen Bar of having led the “greatest security failure” in the state’s history. Read more

‘Saudi Arabia seeks end to Gaza war as pathway to Israel normalization’

Saudi Arabia needs the war against Hamas in Gaza to conclude—and some framework for a Palestinian state to be articulated, however unrealistic—before it can finalise a normalisation deal with Israel, the chairman of a nonprofit promoting Israeli-Arab diplomacy said Sunday. Read more

‘We’ll burn Jews like Hitler did,’ says BBC Gaza contributor

A freelance journalist frequently featured on BBC Arabic has called for Jews to be burned “as Hitler did” and praised terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians, according to an exposé published in The Telegraph on Saturday. Read more

Feintooner

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Australia’s oldest rabbi passes away

Perth’s Rabbi Dr Shalom Coleman has died at the age of 106. Read more

Israel’s oldest Holocaust survivor dead at 109 on Yom Hashoah

Nechama Grossman, Israel’s oldest Holocaust survivor, died at the age of 109 on Thursday, coinciding with Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day. Read more

Israel denies any role in huge Iran port blast

Israeli officials denied on Saturday any connection to the massive explosion that rocked the Port of Shahid Rajaee, Iran’s largest, on Saturday, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than 700 others. Read more

Trump: Willing to ‘lead the pack’ in strike against Iran

If the negotiations on a deal to dismantle Tehran’s nuclear program fail, the United States will lead an attack against it, President Donald Trump said on Friday. Read more

Great-grandson killed in Gaza as Shoah survivor visits Bergen-Belsen

As Magda Baratz, a 96-year-old Holocaust survivor, was visiting the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany, where she was held during World War II, her great-grandson was killed in action in Gaza. Read more

Jewish identity hijacked in UK for political vanity

There is no shortage of people willing to sign their names to morally unserious causes…writes Steve Winston. Read more

Hamas says it’s open to long truce but not to disarming

A media adviser for the leadership of Hamas says the militant group is not willing to lay down its arms but will consider a truce of up to seven years. Read more

On the other hand

Preparing for Pesach for your family and guests may be challenging, but it is nothing compared to what the IDF faces. Read more

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