Messages
December 15, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
CAM Calls Sydney Chanukah Lighting Shootings a Result of Unchecked Incitement Read more
President Isaac Herzog speaks with Sydney Jewish Community Leaders
December 15, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
President Isaac Herzog spoke this morning with David Ossip, President of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, and Rabbi Levi Wolff, the Rabbi of the Central Synagogue in Sydney, following the horrific terror attack targeting a Chanukah event in Sydney. Read more
Top Israeli journo addresses AIJAC
December 12, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Veteran journalist Maayan Hoffman, currently Executive Editor at ILTV Israel News, a correspondent for The Media Line and a regular columnist for All Israel News and Ynet, recently addressed an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) media luncheon in Sydney on the regional state of play and developments in Israel after two years of war. Read more
Hate in plain sight
December 12, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
CyberWell, working alongside a nonprofit trusted partner of Meta (Facebook, Instagram and Threads), TikTok and YouTube to combat online antisemitism, has identified a rapidly expanding trend of coded antisemitic hate speech that uses emojis and coded language to target Jews across social platforms. Read more
This Chanukah, help J-Wire keep the light burning
December 12, 2025 by J-Wire News Service

UIA Australia leadership transition as Esther Frenkiel concludes four-year term
December 9, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
United Israel Appeal Australia has praised Esther Frenkiel as she concluded her four-year term as Federal President, and welcomed Andrew Boyarsky as her successor. Read more
Not hostages
December 3, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Following the completion of the identification process at the National Centre of Forensic Medicine, it was determined that the findings brought yesterday for examination from the Gaza Strip are not linked to any of the fallen hostages. Read more
“Bound By History – For We Are One”
November 26, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
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
Ariel Bart to perform at VJs in Sydney
November 26, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Dec-15 4:55pm SBS World Movies: The Scarlet and the Black
November 26, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Based on the humanitarian works of Irish-born Vatican priest Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, who saved thousands of escaped prisoners of war, Jews and Italian Resistance families in occupied Rome during World War II, by hiding them in the church.
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Two years of impact marking a lifelong commitment
November 25, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
UIA communities in both Victoria and New South Wales gathered for their AGMs and Report Back events, marking a clear post-ceasefire shift from emergency response to the long-term rebuilding of Israel both physically and emotionally. Read more
“I am Omer Shem Tov, and I am a free man”
November 24, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Over 1,500 supporters under 40 filled three sold-out UIA Young Leadership events in Sydney and Melbourne to hear returned hostage Omer Shem Tov share his story of 505 days in Hamas captivity – and to back Shavim, UIA’s early-intervention program preventing PTSD and rebuilding resilience across Israel. Read more
Podcast: L’Chaim – to Life
November 20, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Col Michael Scott, CSC, GAICD – If Israel falls the world tips into another dark age Read more
JIFF: Complimentary double passes
November 14, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Have you attended the Jewish International Film Festival? J-Wire has complimentary double passes to give away. Read more
“In today’s atmosphere, it could happen again”
November 11, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
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
Chief of the General Staff pays tribute to Rabin
November 7, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Women, Pogroms, Love
October 27, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
A Sydney exhibition by award-winning artist Wendy Lessick Bookatz. Read more
Ohad Hemo offers a unique insight into the Arab World
October 22, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Renowned Arab Affairs Correspondent Ohad Hemo is set to visit Australia for a series of events hosted by UIA Australia in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Read more
Australian October 7 survivor speaks to AIJAC and NSW SZC, criticises Australian government
October 21, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Geoffrey “Danny” Majzner, an Australian oleh and October 7 survivor from Kibbutz Be’eri, recently addressed a function co-sponsored by the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council and the State Zionist Council of NSW. Read more
The funeral of Captain Daniel Perez
October 16, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has paid tribute to Captain Daniel Perez during an emotional funeral held in Israel. Read more
JNF Rosh Hashanah Blue Box appeal
September 19, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
JNF Australia has launched the national Rosh Hashana Blue Box campaign, dedicated to supporting two vital projects in Israel’s north and south: at Kibbutz Malkiya and Netiv Ha’Asara. Read more
A new president for The Great
September 19, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Max Freedman has been elected president of Sydney’s The Great Synagogue. Read more
An old machzor becomes a new exhibit
September 17, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
In time for Rosh Hashanah, the National Library of Israel has announced that a rare, beautifully illuminated 15th-century Portuguese manuscript, once divided into three parts, has been reunited in Jerusalem. Read more
AJC chief Ted Deutch addresses AIJAC
September 10, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Former US Congressman and current American Jewish Committee CEO and President Ted Deutch attended an AIJAC function for supporters, where he spoke with AIJAC Executive Manager Joel Burnie on a wide range of issues affecting the American Jewish community, as well as the similarities and synergies with the Australian Jewish community. Read more
BBANZ charts a bold future
September 3, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Eighty members and guests attended the B’nai B’rith Australia/New Zealand Triennial Convention in Canberra. Read more
Leave a lasting legacy for Israel through a no-cost will courtesy UIA
September 2, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
United Israel Appeal is proud to announce a new partnership with Safewill, one of Australia’s leading online Will-writing platforms, making it easier than ever for Australians to create a legacy that truly matters. Read more
“Next Year in Jerusalem”. This Year, Thanks to You
August 25, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Each year, as Yom Kippur ends, we declare together: L’Shanah HaBa’ah B’Yerushalayim. Next year in Jerusalem. For generations, Jerusalem has been a symbol of our shared vision of unity, peace, home, and for the right to live freely and proudly as Jews. Read more
Indigenous Friends of Israel not pleased with Palestine decision
August 12, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
The Indigenous Friends of Israel International has not welcomed Australia’s announcement that it would support recognition of a Palestinian state. Read more
Hostage survivor to tell his story at JNF events
August 6, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
In an exclusive Australian first, award-winning journalist Nadav Eyal will sit down with Hamas captivity survivor Eli Sharabi for a powerful on-stage interview that promises to be the centrepiece of the JNF Australia 2025 annual campaign, “Together, We Rise With Israel.” Read more
Mark Ginsburg Band at VJs
July 31, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
On Sunday, 3 August, Mark Ginsburg and his all-star band return to VJs in Sydney for an exceptional jazz quintet performance. Read more








