Jewish support strong for Midsumma Pride March

February 6, 2024 by  

Over 13 community groups and 100+ participants danced down the length of Melbourne’s Fitzroy Street St Kilda for the LGBTIQA+ Midsumma Pride March. Read more

Dry Bones: Believe it or Not

February 1, 2024 by  

Israel’s prime minister talks tough, but… Read more

NZ Indigenous organisation leads opening of Indigenous Embassy in Jerusalem 

January 29, 2024 by  

The Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem will open its doors on Thursday. Read more

2024 Australia Day Awards: The Jewish Recipients

January 25, 2024 by  

A husband and wife score OAMs and two awards head to regional NSW.  Unless we have erred, the awards go to Victoria and New South Wales more or less evenly. We wish a hearty Mazeltov to all  recipients!

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World Jewish Congress welcomes Meta Oversight Board decision on Holocaust denial content

January 24, 2024 by  

Meta’s Oversight Board is to address Holocaust denial content more seriously on its platforms, Facebook and Instagram. Read more

Wong tells Palestinians aid must be used appropriately

January 18, 2024 by  

Penny Wong has told Palestinian officials that Australian aid must be used for delivering vital services to civilians in a warning against allowing terror groups to access the funding. Read more

In Ramallah meeting, Blinken calls for Palestinian state

January 11, 2024 by  

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed support for “tangible steps” towards the creation of a Palestinian state in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip during a meeting with Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Wednesday. Read more

Hostage’s brother: Red Cross worker told family to care more about Gaza

January 10, 2024 by  

CNN anchor Jake Tapper interviewed Dor Steinbrecher, the brother of hostage Doron Steinbrecher, a nurse and veterinarian from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, who told him that a Red Cross worker had dismissed a concern from their mother for needed medication, rebuking the family that they should be more concerned about Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Read more

Israel Institute of New Zealand: 2023 and 2024

January 7, 2024 by  

As I reflect on the events that marked the end of 2023, it’s clear that IINZ needs to continue its work. The October 07 attacks are a significant turning point in the Middle East and the Western world. Read more

Readers letter: Petition to dismiss Qantas crew wearing Palestine pins

January 5, 2024 by  

I am a member of the Jewish community, deeply disturbed by the recent actions of certain Qantas cabin crew members who chose to wear Palestinian badges while on duty. Read more

Jan-24 5:00am SBS World Movies: Fill The Void

December 20, 2023 by  

Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of an Orthodox Hassidic family from Tel Aviv and is about to be married off to a promising young man. Read more

Jan-22 7:40pm SBS World Movies: The Art Dealer

December 20, 2023 by  

In Paris, Esther is shocked to see her father’s reaction to an 18th-century painting. Read more

Jan-27 11:00pm SBS-TV: Auschwitz: One Day

December 20, 2023 by  

This documentary tells the story of a typical day in 1944 in the ‘death factory’ at Auschwitz from the viewpoint of victims – but it also allows insights into the mindset of the perpetrators. Read more

Jan-27 5:30pm SBS-TV: Ukraine: Holocaust Ground Zero

December 20, 2023 by  

Following Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, Ukraine suffered some of the most horrific acts of genocide perpetrated during the Second World War. Read more

Melbourne calls out the Red Cross to do its job

December 14, 2023 by  

Jewish community members Tamar Paluch and Simone Whine have led a protest held outside the offices of the Red Cross in Melbourne. Read more

One Life: double passes to win

December 14, 2023 by  

ONE LIFE tells the inspiring true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, played by Academy-Award-winning actor Anthony Hopkins, whose unsung endeavours on the eve of World War II saved more than 600 children from their doom at the hands of the Nazis. Read more

Indigenous Friends of Israel slams The Greens

December 11, 2023 by  

Indigenous Friends of Israel founders Norman and Barbara Miller condemn the ignorance, racism, and antisemitism of the Greens MPs in the Australian Senate in recent weeks and of the Greens’ mayoral candidate for Brisbane, Jonathan Sriranganathan. Read more

From the Prime Minister

December 10, 2023 by  

To the Jewish people of Australia — and around the world — Chag Urim Sameach…writes Anthony Albanese. Read more

Investigations on hate speech in Sydney dropped

December 7, 2023 by  

The Daily Mail has reported that Muslim clerics found to be delivering hate sermons will not be prosecuted. Read more

Israel probes death of civilian who fired at attackers

December 4, 2023 by  

The death of an Israeli civilian, apparently shot by an Israeli soldier during a Palestinian attack in Jerusalem this week, is under investigation, authorities say. Read more

Jan-10 8.20pm SBS World Movies: Lansky (2021)

December 4, 2023 by  

A retired gangster tells the untold truth about his life to a writer, while being investigated by the FBI for the alleged fortune worth millions which he has stashed for over half a century. Read more

Heading home to see her newly-released brother

November 30, 2023 by  

Mika Shanis will rush back to Israel from Melbourne today to welcome her brother Amit who has just been released by Hamas. Read more

A report for reporters

November 29, 2023 by  

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has written to the federal president of MEAA, the union covering journalists, following its backing a letter to publishers and networks criticising the coverage of the Israel-Gaza war and claiming “The conflict did not start on October 7, and it is the media’s responsibility to ensure audiences are fully informed.” Read more

Nazi salute to be outlawed to stop ‘glorifying hatred’

November 28, 2023 by  

The Nazi salute and hate symbols will be outlawed under new counter-terrorism laws. Read more

Israel-Hamas truce in Gaza appears to hold initially

November 24, 2023 by  

No bombings, artillery strikes or rocket attacks have been reported since Israel and Hamas started a four-day ceasefire in Gaza, the first pause in a 48-day-old war that has devastated the Palestinian enclave. Read more

Farewell to Liel, 12-year-old victim of Hamas

November 19, 2023 by  

KIBBUTZ REVIVIM: Clothes. Perfume. Sewing materials from school. Read more

Set them free!

November 9, 2023 by  

Solidarity Vigil Read more

Jessica Fox would be fitting Olympic flagbearer: Meares

November 8, 2023 by  

Chef de Mission Anna Meares believes Jessiica Fox would make a model Olympic flagbearer but the champion canoeist has downplayed talk she could be chosen to lead Australia into Paris. Read more

Nine Israeli soldiers killed when APC is struck by rocket

November 1, 2023 by  

The Israel Defence Forces announced early Wednesday morning the deaths of nine additional soldiers in the Gaza Strip, bringing to 11 the number of troops killed in action the previous day. Nine of the 11 were killed when their armored personnel carrier was struck by an anti-tank rocket on Tuesday. Read more

Incoming NZ PM Luxon wants ceasefire in Gaza

November 1, 2023 by  

Incoming New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon has backed calls for a “humanitarian truce” in Gaza, the position the country supported at the United Nations. Read more

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