Queensland Labor backs legal warnings for IDF volunteers

Grassroots members at the Queensland Labor conference this weekend have passed a motion calling on the Albanese Government to issue explicit legal notices to Australian citizens serving in the Israel Defence Forces.

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Israeli president: Move to rename Dublin’s Herzog Park is ‘disgraceful’

If Dublin renames Herzog Park, named after Israel’s sixth president, Chaim Herzog, it would be “a shameful and disgraceful move,” Isaac Herzog, the Jewish state’s current head of state, said on Saturday night. Read more

Between two blades: Global squeeze on world Jewry

In recent years, it has become increasingly clear that the global Jewish Diaspora is facing an unsettling squeeze, one that is closing in from both ideological extremes. Read more

Manchester police arrest suspect in Yom Kippur shul attack

British detectives investigating the Oct. 2 Yom Kippur terrorist attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester have arrested an additional suspect, Greater Manchester Police said on Thursday. Read more

Winner of the Arthur Rubinstein Musical Society visits Australia

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

Winner of the Arthur Rubinstein Musical Society visits Australia

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

Bondi Beach hit by antisemitic graffiti attack as police hunt two suspects

Bondi Beach residents woke on Saturday to new antisemitic graffiti, the latest in a series of incidents that have unsettled the local Jewish community and prompted a renewed appeal from police for information.

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On the other hand

Save A Child’s Heart (SACH) – This Israeli humanitarian organisation, founded in 1995, has treated almost 8,000 children from 73 countries where access to pediatric cardiac care is limited or nonexistent. Read more

Photo gallery: Pre-Chanukah celebration at NSW Parliament House

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

The Islamists’ Trojan horse

The “progressive” world is defined by its unchallengeable adherence to two causes: Palestinianism and international human-rights law. The two are symbiotically linked. Read more

Father of last slain Israeli hostage fears his son won’t return

The father of Israel Police Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, one of two deceased hostages still held in Gaza, said on Thursday that Hamas claims not to know where his son’s body is located and expressed fear Israel may never recover him. Read more

NSW Parliament passes new laws to protect places of worship

The NSW Parliament has passed legislation ensuring people can attend their places of worship without being blocked, harassed or intimidated, with police retaining powers to move on protesters who interfere with access.

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Nuremberg

A movie review by Alex First Read more

Photo gallery: Pre-Chanukah celebration at NSW Parliament House

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

Australia lists IRGC as state sponsor of terrorism

On Thursday, 28 November, the Australian Government officially designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a state sponsor of terrorism, marking the first listing under newly passed counter-terrorism legislation.

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Troubling Trends

“Put not your trust in princes.” Read more

Illusions and Delusions

Those Jews who survived the Second World War were under no illusion that the world cared about them. Read more

The launch of AUXiL

Australia Israel Exchange this past week signalled a major step forward in strengthening commercial, technological, and research ties between Australia and Israel. Read more

Peace education now      

President Trump’s Gaza peace plan, adopted by the UN Security Council on November 17, 2025, includes references to a reformed Palestinian Authority that would be able to regain control over the Gaza administration…write David Bedein and Arnon Groiss. Read more

Hakoah target: Pesach 2027

In an update at today’s AGM, Hakoah’s president Steven Lowy told members that the target for the long-awaited opening of the new Sydney club is now Passover, 2027. Read more

Why is US justice for its victims of terror still thwarted?

This week, my family should be joyously marking a child’s birthday. Malki—vibrant, sweet-natured, empathetic, musically talented, everyone’s friend and lovingly devoted to caring for her youngest, very disabled sister—was our first daughter. She would now be 40. Read more

Does it matter that they’re lying about Israel?

A curious thing happened in Israel last week. More than 100 military officers from 20 different countries attended an international conference hosted by the Israel Defence Forces. Read more

Moshav Yated’s volunteers fought off Hamas as army systems broke down, probe finds

An internal Israel Defence Forces probe released on Wednesday credited the civilian defenders of Moshav Yated for confronting Hamas terrorists who infiltrated the agricultural community during the attack of October 7, 2023. Read more

Shabbat Vayeytzey

“A wandering Aramean was my father, and he went down to Egypt” (Devarim 26:5). This is a well-known line from the Haggadah of Pesach that we read on the Seder night. But what or, more precisely, to whom is it referring? Read more

When the Stones Speak: The remarkable discovery of the City of David and What Israel’s Enemies Don’t Want You to Know

Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more

Light overcomes darkness: NSW leaders deliver united message at Chanukah event

The Jewish community has “reclaimed this house for the people of New South Wales.” Read more

Israeli forces receive remains of hostage now identified

Israeli soldiers in Gaza have received from the Red Cross the remains of a hostage released by Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced. Read more

Lapid seeks Knesset approval of Trump plan, putting Netanyahu coalition on spot

Opposition leader Yair Lapid announced on Tuesday that he will bring a motion to the Knesset next week calling for Israel to adopt U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan, a move designed to support Washington while putting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition on the spot. Read more

Indigenous public servant suspended after Gaza support

An Aboriginal public servant says it is incredibly disrespectful to be invited to play music in parliament, then be punted for expressing anti-genocide views. Read more

“Bound By History – For We Are One”

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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